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title: "48 U.S.C. § 3"
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title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
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section: "3"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 3 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 640

## Notes

Section, acts June 25, 1906, ch. 3528, 34 Stat. 456; June 4, 1920, ch. 227, subch. I, § 14, 41 Stat. 769, provided for appointment of Chief of Bureau.