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Code · U.S. Code · Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS · CHAPTER 8A— GUAM · SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL PROVISIONS · § 1421

§ 1421. Territory included under name Guam

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The territory ceded to the United States in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain, signed at Paris, December 10, 1898, and proclaimed April 11, 1899, and known as the island of Guam in the Marianas Islands, shall continue to be known as Guam.
(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 2, 64 Stat. 384.)
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  • Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 2
  • 64 Stat. 384
  • Pub. L. 107–212, § 1
  • 116 Stat. 1051
  • Pub. L. 105–291, § 1
  • 112 Stat. 2785
  • Pub. L. 90–601, § 1
  • 82 Stat. 1172
  • Pub. L. 90–497, § 14
  • 82 Stat. 848
  • Act Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 1
  • section 703 of Title 8
  • Pub. L. 95–348, § 1(a)(6)
  • 92 Stat. 487
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