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title: "48 U.S.C. § 1416"
description: "Regulation of trade"
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title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
chapter_number: "8"
chapter_name: "GUANO ISLANDS"
section: "1416"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 1416"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 1416 - Regulation of trade

## Text

The introduction of guano from such islands, rocks, or keys shall be regulated as in the coasting trade between different parts of the United States, and the same laws shall govern the vessels concerned therein.

(R.S. § 5575.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 5575 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, § 3, 11 Stat. 120.