Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 8 — Guano Islands
§ 1414. Exclusive privileges of discoverer
Statutory text
The discoverer, or his assigns, being citizens of the United States, may be allowed, at the pleasure of Congress, the exclusive right of occupying such island, rocks, or keys, for the purpose of obtaining guano, and of selling and delivering the same to citizens of the United States, to be used therein, and may be allowed to charge and receive for every ton thereof delivered alongside a vessel, in proper tubs, within reach of ship’s tackle, a sum not exceeding $8 per ton for the best quality, or $4 for every ton taken while in its native place of deposit.
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. § 5573.)
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1414
(R.S. § 5573.)
Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.
Source evidence
Code source credit
(R.S. § 5573.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. § 5573 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, § 2, 11 Stat. 119.
Credits
(R.S. § 5573.)