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# 33 U.S.C. § 734 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 20, 63 Stat. 561

## Notes

Section, R.S. § 4678, related to coloring and numbering buoys.

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.