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title: "48 U.S.C. § 1470"
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title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 1470 - Repealed. Pub. L. 98–213, § 16(v), Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1463

## Notes

Section, R.S. § 1888, prohibited any Territorial legislative assembly from exceeding amount appropriated by Congress for its annual expenses.