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[CITE: 10USC7216]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
   CHAPTER 631--SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES
 
Sec. 7216. Collection, preservation, and display of captured 
        flags
        
    The Secretary of the Navy shall collect all flags, standards, and 
colors taken by the Navy or the Marine Corps from enemies of the United 
States. These flags, standards, and colors shall be delivered to the 
President. Under his direction they shall be preserved and displayed in 
any public place he considers proper.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 445.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7216..................................  5 U.S.C. 418.                        R.
S. 428; R.S. 1554; R.S. 1555.
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    The words ``from time to time cause to be'', ``transmitted to him'', 
and ``for the purpose of being'' are omitted as surplusage. The words 
``Marine Corps'' are inserted for clarity, since the provision is 
interpreted as applicable thereto.
