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48 U.S.C. § 1419

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Right to abandon islands
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/us/usc/t48/s1419
Title
48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter
CH8
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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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. (R.S. § 5578.) Editorial Notes Codification R.S. § 5578 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, § 4, 11 Stat. 120.

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