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title: "48 U.S.C. § 540"
description: "Omitted"
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title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
chapter_number: "3"
chapter_name: "HAWAII"
section: "540"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 540"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 540 - Omitted

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section, act Apr. 30, 1900, ch. 339, § 75, 31 Stat. 155, which prescribed powers and duties of superintendent of public works, was omitted in view of admission of Hawaii into the Union.