Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 8 — Guano Islands
§ 1413. Completion of proof on death of discoverer
Statutory text
If the discoverer dies before perfecting proof of discovery or fully complying with the provisions of section 1412 of this title, his widow, heir, executor, or administrator shall be entitled to the benefits of such discovery, upon complying with the provisions of this chapter. Nothing herein shall be held to impair any rights of discovery or any assignment by a discoverer recognized prior to , by the United States.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
(R.S. § 5572.)
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1413
(R.S. § 5572.)
Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.
Source evidence
Code source credit
(R.S. § 5572.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. § 5572 derived from act Apr. 2, 1872, ch. 81, § 1, 17 Stat. 48.
Credits
(R.S. § 5572.)