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title: "16 U.S.C. § 31"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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section: "31"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 31"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 31 - Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39, 62 Stat. 992, eff. Sept. 1, 1948

## Notes

Section, act May 7, 1894, ch. 72, § 8, 28 Stat. 75, related to payment of costs and expenses.