FEDERAL · 48 U.S.C. · Chapter 8
Right to abandon islands
48 U.S.C. § 1419
Title48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter8 — GUANO ISLANDS
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48 U.S.C. § 1419.
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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.
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History
(R.S. §5578.)
Editorial Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. §5578 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, §4, 11 Stat. 120.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Constitutions for Virgin Islands and Guam: Establishment; Congressional Authorization
Authorization for the peoples of the Virgin Islands and Guam to call constitutional conventions to draft constitutions for local self-government, see Pub. L. 94–584, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2899, set out as a note under section 1541 of this title.
Delegate to Congress From Guam
Provisions respecting representation in Congress by a Delegate from Guam to the House of Representatives, see section 1711 et seq. of this title.
Codification
R.S. §5578 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, §4, 11 Stat. 120.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Constitutions for Virgin Islands and Guam: Establishment; Congressional Authorization
Authorization for the peoples of the Virgin Islands and Guam to call constitutional conventions to draft constitutions for local self-government, see Pub. L. 94–584, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2899, set out as a note under section 1541 of this title.
Delegate to Congress From Guam
Provisions respecting representation in Congress by a Delegate from Guam to the House of Representatives, see section 1711 et seq. of this title.
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