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title: "33 U.S.C. § 727"
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title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 727 - Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8512(a)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4759

## Notes

Section, R.S. § 4661, related to necessity for cession by State of jurisdiction for building of lighthouses and other sites.

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 4661 derived from act Mar. 3, 1821, ch. 52, § 3, 3 Stat. 644.