48-U.S.C.-1419

§1419 – Right to Abandon Islands

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Title 48 > Chapter 8 > Section 1419

Details

• Reference: Section 1419
• Legend: §1419 – Right to Abandon Islands
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

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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