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Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions (Sections 1 - 2004)
Chapter 8 - Guano Islands (Sections 1411 - 1419)
Sec. 1419 - Right to abandon islands
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| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 8 - GUANO ISLANDS Sec. 1419 - Right to abandon islands |
| Contains | section 1419 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | R.S. §5578. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 11 Stat. 120 |
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48 U.S.C. § 1419 (2015)
§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.)
CODIFICATIONR.S. §5578 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, §4, 11 Stat. 120.
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