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[CITE: 10USC334]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
                        CHAPTER 15--INSURRECTION
 
Sec. 334. Proclamation to disperse

    Whenever the President considers it necessary to use the militia or 
the armed forces under this chapter, he shall, by proclamation, 
immediately order the insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to 
their abodes within a limited time.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 16.)

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   Source (Statutes at Large)
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334...................................  50:204.                              R.
S. 5300.
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    The words ``militia or the armed forces'' are substituted for the 
words ``military forces'' for clarity and to conform to sections 331, 
332, and 333 of this title.


                               Derivation

    Act July 29, 1861, ch. 25, Sec. 2, 12 Stat. 282.

     Proc. No. 3204. Obstruction of Justice in the State of Arkansas

    Proc. No. 3204, Sept. 23, 1957, 22 F.R. 7628, commanded all persons 
in the State of Arkansas who were obstructing the enforcement of orders 
of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas 
relating to enrollment and attendance at public schools, particularly 
Central High School at Little Rock, Arkansas, to cease and desist 
therefrom and to disperse forthwith.

   Proc. No. 3497. Obstruction of Justice in the State of Mississippi

    Proc. No. 3497, Sept. 30, 1962, 27 F.R. 9681, commanded all persons 
in the State of Mississippi who were obstructing the enforcement of 
orders entered by the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Mississippi and the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Fifth Circuit to cease and desist therefrom and to disperse and retire 
peaceably forthwith.

Proc. No. 3542. Unlawful Obstruction of Justice and Combinations in the 
                            State of Alabama

    Proc. No. 3542, June 11, 1963, 28 F.R. 5707, commanded the Governor 
of the State of Alabama and all other persons who were obstructing the 
orders of the United States District Court for the Northern District of 
Alabama relating to the enrollment and attendance of Negro students at 
the University of Alabama to cease and desist therefrom.

     Proc. No. 3554. Obstruction of Justice in the State of Alabama

    Proc. No. 3554, Sept. 10, 1963, 28 F.R. 9861, commanded all persons 
obstructing the enforcement of orders entered by the United States 
District Courts in the State of Alabama relating to the enrollment and 
attendance of students in public schools in that State to cease and 
desist therefrom and to disperse and retire peaceably forthwith.

     Proc. No. 3645. Obstruction of Justice in the State of Alabama

    Proc. No. 3645, Mar. 23, 1965, 30 F.R. 3739, commanded all persons 
engaged or who may engage in domestic violence obstructing the 
enforcement of the laws and the judicial order approving the right to 
march along U.S. Highway 80 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama commencing 
during the period from Mar. 19, 1965 to Mar. 22, 1965 and terminating 
within 5 days of the commencement to cease and desist therefrom and to 
disperse forthwith.

     Proc. No. 3795. Obstruction of Justice in the State of Michigan

    Proc. No. 3795, July 26, 1967, 32 F.R. 10905, commanded all persons 
engaged in domestic violence and disorder in Detroit, Michigan, and 
obstructing the enforcement of the laws to cease and desist therefrom 
and to disperse forthwith.

 Proc. No. 3840. Obstruction of Justice in the Washington Metropolitan 
                                  Area

    Proc. No. 3840, Apr. 9, 1968, 33 F.R. 5495, commanded all persons 
engaged in acts of violence threatening the Washington Metropolitan Area 
and obstructing the execution of the laws to cease and desist therefrom 
and to disperse forthwith.

     Proc. No. 3841. Obstruction of Justice in the State of Illinois

    Proc. No. 3841, Apr. 9, 1968, 33 F.R. 5497, commanded all persons 
engaged in violence in and about the City of Chicago and obstructing the 
enforcement of the laws to cease and desist therefrom and to disperse 
forthwith.

     Proc. No. 3842. Obstruction of Justice in the State of Maryland

    Proc. No. 3842, Apr. 9, 1968, 33 F.R. 5499, commanded all persons 
engaged in acts of violence and obstructing the enforcement of the laws 
in and about the City of Baltimore to cease and desist therefrom and to 
disperse forthwith.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2662 of this title.
