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title: "42 U.S.C. § 5"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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section: "5"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 5 - Omitted

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section, act Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 167, § 4, 38 Stat. 1191, provided for appointment to higher grade of officers of Public Health Service detailed with the former Isthmian Canal Commission.