Title 4. FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES  


Chapter 1. THE FLAG
Chapter 2. THE SEAL
Chapter 3. SEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT
Chapter 4. THE STATES
Chapter 5. OFFICIAL TERRITORIAL PAPERS

Enacting

This title was enacted by act July 30, 1947, ch. 389, § 1, 61 Stat. 641

Miscellaneous

Current through 113-100+u1

Amendments

Amendments

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

Codification

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., § —’ ”.

Repeals

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or parts thereof of the Statutes at Large or the Revised Statutes covering provisions codified in this Act are repealed insofar as the provisions appeared in former Title 4, and provided that any rights or liabilities now existing under the repealed sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by the repeal.

Disposition Of Sections

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 4

Title 4 Former Sections

Revised Statutes

Statutes at Large

Title 4 New Sections

1

R.S. §§ 1791, 1792

1

2

R.S. § 1792

2

3

Feb. 8, 1917, ch. 34, 39 Stat. 900

3

4

R.S. § 1793

41

5

R.S. §§ 203 (first clause), 1794

42

6

R.S. § 1795

71

7

R.S. § 1796

72

8

R.S. § 4798

73

9

R.S. § 1836

101

10

R.S. § 1837

102

11

R.S. § 1838

103

12

June 16, 1936, ch. 582, § 10, 49 Stat. 1521

104

 

Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 7, 54 Stat. 1060.

13

Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 1, 54 Stat. 1059

105

14

Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 2, 54 Stat. 1060

106

15

Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 3, 54 Stat. 1060

107

16

Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 4, 54 Stat. 1060

108

17

Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 5, 54 Stat. 1060

109

18

Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 6, 54 Stat. 1060

110