---
type: "LegalText"
title: "48 U.S.C. § 46"
description: "Repealed. July 28, 1956, ch. 772, title III, § 301(a)(2), 70 Stat. 712"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
chapter_number: "2"
chapter_name: "ALASKA"
section: "46"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 46"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc48@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s46"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-48/usc48.xml"
source_hash: "1faf97f1a915f0e14f0bb5bd496e859a1472ee3beb38e08ef93bf712c71d5c5c"
raw_snapshot_hash: "2f9a72ec272e6666d7f55f52cc3186aefc6368ca4cc2b9053a531de2fb9288c2"
text_hash: "d7e7b3435482bdc24d1fd0c669af23761c4d7bf87984aa95a0795fb6c70e3352"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 48 U.S.C. § 46 - Repealed. July 28, 1956, ch. 772, title III, § 301(a)(2), 70 Stat. 712

## Notes

Section, acts Feb. 6, 1909, ch. 80, § 7, 35 Stat. 601; Oct. 14, 1942, ch. 601, § 2, 56 Stat. 782; July 28, 1956, ch. 722, title III, § 301(b)(1), 70 Stat. 712, authorized Governor of Alaska or his designee to contract for care and custody of insane persons.