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[CITE: 48USC1413]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                        CHAPTER 8--GUANO ISLANDS
 
Sec. 1413. Completion of proof on death of discoverer

    If the discoverer dies before perfecting proof of discovery or fully 
complying with the provisions of section 1412 of this title, his widow, 
heir, executor, or administrator shall be entitled to the benefits of 
such discovery, upon complying with the provisions of this chapter. 
Nothing herein shall be held to impair any rights of discovery or any 
assignment by a discoverer recognized prior to April 2, 1872, by the 
United States.

(R.S. Sec. 5572.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 5572 derived from act Apr. 2, 1872, ch. 81, Sec. 1, 17 
Stat. 48.
