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title: "33 U.S.C. § 870"
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title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 870 - Repealed. Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 837, title V, § 502(7), 70 Stat. 886

## Notes

Section, acts Jan. 19, 1942, ch. 6, § 9, 56 Stat. 8; Mar. 29, 1944, ch. 141, § 4, 58 Stat. 130; July 15, 1954, ch. 507, § 15, 68 Stat. 481, provided for payment of death gratuity to survivors of commissioned officers of Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of RepealRepeal effective Jan. 1, 1957, see section 603(a) of act Aug. 1, 1956.