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# 22 U.S.C. § 4203 - Destruction of old invoices

## Text

The Secretary of State is authorized to cause, from time to time, the destruction of invoices that have been filed in the consular offices for a period of more than five years.

(Feb. 24, 1903, ch. 753, 32 Stat. 854.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 1183 of this title, and prior thereto to section 86 of this title.