48 U.S.C. § 1 : US Code - Section 1: Omitted

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CODIFICATION
Section, act July 1, 1902, ch. 1369, Sec. 87, 32 Stat. 712,
provided that the Division of Insular Affairs of the War Department
should be known as the Bureau of Insular Affairs and prescribed its
business.
By Ex. Ord. No. 6726, eff. May 29, 1934, the Division of
Territories and Island Possessions was established in the
Department of the Interior, and the functions of the Bureau
pertaining to the administration of the Government of Puerto Rico,
together with the personnel, equipment and funds, were transferred
thereto.
By Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 4(d), eff. July 1, 1939, 4
F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees. The Bureau of Insular
Affairs of the War Department and its functions were transferred to
the Department of the Interior and consolidated with the Division
of Territories and Island Possessions, to be administered under the
direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. The
office of the Chief of the Bureau and offices subordinate thereto
provided for in section 14 of act June 4, 1920, ch. 227, 41 Stat.
769, were abolished and all their functions transferred to, and
were to be exercised by, the Director of the Division of
Territories and Island Possessions.