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48 U.S.C. § 1662 — Sovereignty of United States extended over Swains Island
submitted 101 years ago by ch. 563 to r/title-48-TERRITORIES-AND-INSULAR-POSSESSIONS · 42 words · no verdicts yet
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United States sovereignty over American Samoa also covers Swains Island, which becomes part of American Samoa and is governed by its administrative and judicial authorities.
(a) United States sovereignty over American Samoa is extended to Swains Island. Swains Island is made part of American Samoa and placed under the jurisdiction of the administrative and judicial authorities of the government the United States established there.
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The sovereignty of the United States over American Samoa is extended over Swains Island, which is made a part of American Samoa and placed under the jurisdiction of the administrative and judicial authorities of the government established therein by the United States.
Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 563, 43 Stat. 1357.)
history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
- 1925Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 563 · 43 Stat. 1357
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 563 on 1925-03-04.
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