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title: "48 U.S.C. § 539"
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title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 539 - Repealed. Pub. L. 86–3, § 14(e), Mar. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 10

## Notes

Section, acts Apr. 30, 1900, ch. 339, § 92, 31 Stat. 159; May 27, 1910, ch. 258, § 8, 36 Stat. 448; July 9, 1921, ch. 42, § 314, 42 Stat. 120, authorized governor to employ a private secretary at an annual salary of $3,000.