Notes on flag and seal, seat of government, and the states : US Code - Notes

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THIS TITLE WAS ENACTED BY ACT JULY 30, 1947, CH. 389, SEC. 1, 61
STAT. 641


Chap.                                                            Sec.
1.      The Flag                                                   1
2.      The Seal                                                  41
3.      Seat of the Government                                    71
4.      The States                                               101
5.      Official Territorial Papers                              141

AMENDMENTS                            
1951 - Act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 11, 65 Stat. 713, added
item for chapter 5.

POSITIVE LAW; CITATION                      
This title has been made positive law by section 1 of act July
30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 641, which provided in part that:
"title 4 of the United States Code, entitled 'Flag and seal, Seat
of Government, and the States', is codified and enacted into
positive law and may be cited as '4 U. S. C., Sec.  - ' ".

REPEALS                              
Section 2 of act July 30, 1947, provided that the sections or
parts thereof of the Statutes at Large or the Revised Statutes
covering provisions codified in this Act are repealed insofar as
the provisions appeared in former Title 4, and provided that any
rights or liabilities now existing under the repealed sections or
parts thereof shall not be affected by the repeal.



TABLE SHOWING DISPOSITION OF ALL SECTIONS OF FORMER TITLE 4    
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Title 4                 Revised Statutes                 Title 4 
Former                  Statutes at Large                  New   
Sections                                                 Sections 
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1               R.S. Secs. 1791, 1792                              1
2               R.S. Sec. 1792                                     2
3               Feb. 8, 1917, ch. 34, 39 Stat. 900                 3
4               R.S. Sec. 1793                                    41
5               R.S. Secs. 203 (first clause), 1794               42
6               R.S. Sec. 1795                                    71
7               R.S. Sec. 1796                                    72
8               R.S. Sec. 4798                                    73
9               R.S. Sec. 1836                                   101
10              R.S. Sec. 1837                                   102
11              R.S. Sec. 1838                                   103
12              June 16, 1936, ch. 582, Sec. 10, 49              104
Stat. 1521                                         
Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 7, 54                   
Stat. 1060.                                        
13              Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 1, 54                105
Stat. 1059                                         
14              Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 2, 54                106
Stat. 1060                                         
15              Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 3, 54                107
Stat. 1060                                         
16              Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 4, 54                108
Stat. 1060                                         
17              Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 5, 54                109
Stat. 1060                                         
18              Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 6, 54                110
Stat. 1060                                         
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