Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73
§1419 Right to abandon islands
Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 8— - GUANO ISLANDS › § 1419
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Title 48, §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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Codification R.S. § 5578 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, § 4, 11 Stat. 120.
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48 U.S.C. § 1419
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73