Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1415 Restrictions Upon Exportation
Title 48 › CHAPTER 8 — GUANO ISLANDS › § 1415
Summary
Guano from the islands named in section 1411 may only be taken for use by U.S. citizens or people living in the United States. The finder (or their heirs or assigns) must post a bond, in amount and with guarantors the President requires, promising to deliver the guano to U.S. citizens at the set price and to provide needed facilities by the bond’s deadline; breaking the bond causes loss of any rights under the law.
Full Legal Text
Title 48, §1415
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No guano shall be taken from any island, rock, or key mentioned in section 1411 of this title, except for the use of the citizens of the United States or of persons resident therein. The discoverer, or his widow, heir, executor, administrator, or assigns, shall enter into bond, in such penalty and with such sureties as may be required by the President, to deliver the guano to citizens of the United States, for the purpose of being used therein, and to none others, and at the price prescribed, and to provide all necessary facilities for that purpose within a time to be fixed in the bond; and any breach of the provisions thereof shall be deemed a forfeiture of all rights accruing under and by virtue of this chapter.
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Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 5574 derived from acts Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, § 2, 11 Stat. 119;
July 28, 1866, ch. 298, § 3, 14 Stat. 328; Apr. 2, 1872, ch. 81, § 1, 17 Stat. 48. An additional provision of R.S. § 5574 suspending this section for 5 years from and after
July 14, 1872, in relation to all persons who had complied with the provisions of that title of the Revised Statutes, was omitted as temporary.
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48 U.S.C. § 1415
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102