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TITLE 4

Notes on TITLE 4

THIS TITLE WAS ENACTED BY ACT JULY 30, 1947, CH. 389, SEC. 1, 61 STAT. 641

AMENDMENTS

1951 - Act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 11, 65 Stat. 713, added item for chapter 5.

POSITIVE LAW; CITATION

This title has been made positive law by section 1 of act July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 641, which provided in part that: ''title 4 of the United States Code, entitled 'Flag and seal, Seat of Government, and the States', is codified and enacted into positive law and may be cited as '4 U. S. C., Sec. - ' ''

REPEALS

Section 2 of act July 30, 1947, provided that the sections or parts thereof of the Statutes at Large or the Revised Statutes covering provisions codified in this Act are repealed insofar as the provisions appeared in former Title 4, and provided that any rights or liabilities now existing under the repealed sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by the repeal.

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 4
Title 4 Former SectionsRevised StatutesStatutes at LargeTitle 4 New Sections
1R.S. Sec. 1791, 17921
2R.S. Sec. 17922
3Feb. 8, 1917, ch. 34, 39 Stat. 9003
4R.S. Sec. 179341
5R.S. Sec. 203 (first clause), 179442
6R.S. Sec. 179571
7R.S. Sec. 179672
8R.S. Sec. 479873
9R.S. Sec. 1836101
10R.S. Sec. 1837102
11R.S. Sec. 1838103
12June 16, 1936, ch. 582, Sec. 10, 49 Stat. 1521 Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 7, 54 Stat. 1060.104
13Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 1059105
14Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 2, 54 Stat. 1060106
15Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 3, 54 Stat. 1060107
16Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 4, 54 Stat. 1060108
17Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 5, 54 Stat. 1060109
18Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, Sec. 6, 54 Stat. 1060110

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