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title: "48 U.S.C. § 240"
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title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 240 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 637

## Notes

Section, acts June 4, 1897, ch. 2, § 1, 30 Stat. 29; June 23, 1913, ch. 3, 38 Stat. 63, authorized appointment of an agent and assistant agent for protection of salmon fisheries.