2012 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 8 - GUANO ISLANDS (§§ 1411 - 1419)
Section 1419 - Right to abandon islands

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
CHAPTER 8 - GUANO ISLANDS
Sec. 1419 - Right to abandon islands
Containssection 1419
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditR.S. §5578.
Statutes at Large Reference11 Stat. 120

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GUANO ISLANDS - 48 U.S.C. § 1419 (2012)
§1419. Right to abandon islands

Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed as obliging the United States to retain possession of the islands, rocks, or keys, after the guano shall have been removed from the same.

(R.S. §5578.)

Codification

R.S. §5578 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, §4, 11 Stat. 120.

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