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title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 763a - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 20, 63 Stat. 561

## Notes

Section, act May 22, 1926, ch. 371, § 7, 44 Stat. 626, related to retirement of certain officers and employees of the Lighthouse Service.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of RepealRepeal effective first day of third month after approval by President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14, Coast Guard.