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[CITE: 48USC1418]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                        CHAPTER 8--GUANO ISLANDS
 
Sec. 1418. Employment of land and naval forces in protection of 
        rights
        
    The President is authorized, at his discretion, to employ the land 
and naval forces of the United States to protect the rights of the 
discoverer or of his widow, heir, executor, administrator, or assigns.

(R.S. Sec. 5577.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 5577 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, Sec. 5, 11 
Stat. 120.
