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[CITE: 48USC1414]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                        CHAPTER 8--GUANO ISLANDS
 
Sec. 1414. Exclusive privileges of discoverer

    The discoverer, or his assigns, being citizens of the United States, 
may be allowed, at the pleasure of Congress, the exclusive right of 
occupying such island, rocks, or keys, for the purpose of obtaining 
guano, and of selling and delivering the same to citizens of the United 
States, to be used therein, and may be allowed to charge and receive for 
every ton thereof delivered alongside a vessel, in proper tubs, within 
reach of ship's tackle, a sum not exceeding $8 per ton for the best 
quality, or $4 for every ton taken while in its native place of deposit.

(R.S. Sec. 5573.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 5573 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, Sec. 2, 11 
Stat. 119.
