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# 48 U.S.C. § 1423g - Vacancies

## Text

Vacancies occurring in the legislature shall be filled as the legislature shall provide, except that no person filling a vacancy shall hold office longer than for the remainder of the term for which his predecessor was elected.

(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 17, 64 Stat. 388.)