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title: "48 U.S.C. § 1251 to 1257"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 1251 to 1257 - Repealed. June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title IV, § 403(a)(38), 66 Stat. 280

## Notes

Section 1251, acts July 10, 1935, ch. 376, § 1, 49 Stat. 478; July 27, 1939, ch. 390, § 1, 53 Stat. 1133; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V, § 1, eff. June 14, 1940, 5 F.R. 2223, 54 Stat. 1238, related to return of native Filipinos residing in the United States to the Philippines.

Section 1252, acts July 10, 1935, ch. 376, § 2, 49 Stat. 478; July 27, 1939, ch. 390, § 2, 53 Stat. 1133; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V, § 1, eff. June 14, 1940, 5 F.R. 2223, 54 Stat. 1238, related to contracts for transportation.

Section 1253, acts July 10, 1935, ch. 376, § 3, 49 Stat. 478; July 27, 1939, ch. 390, § 3, 53 Stat. 1133; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V, § 1, eff. June 14, 1940, 5 F.R. 2223, 54 Stat. 1238, related to rules and regulations.

Section 1254, acts July 10, 1935, ch. 376, § 4, 49 Stat. 479; July 27, 1939, ch. 330, § 4, 53 Stat. 1134, related to returning to the United States.

Section 1255, acts July 10, 1935, ch. 376, § 5, 49 Stat. 479; July 27, 1939, ch. 390, § 5, 53 Stat. 1134; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V, § 1, eff. June 14, 1940, 5 F.R. 2223, 54 Stat. 1238, related to authorization of appropriations.

Section 1256, acts July 10, 1935, ch. 376, § 6, 49 Stat. 479; June 4, 1936, ch. 497, 49 Stat. 1462; May 14, 1937, ch. 184, 50 Stat. 165; July 27, 1939, ch. 390, § 6, 53 Stat. 1134; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V, § 1, eff. June 14, 1940, 5 F.R. 2223, 54 Stat. 1238, related to a time limit for applications.

Section 1257, acts July 10, 1935, ch. 376, § 7, 49 Stat. 479; July 27, 1939, ch. 390, § 7, 53 Stat. 1134, related to deportation.