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

Chap.

Sec.

1.

The Flag

1

2.

The Seal

41

3.

Seat of the Government

71

4.

The States

101

5.

Official Territorial Papers

141

Amendments

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

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

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or parts thereof of the Statutes at Large or the Revised Statutes covering provisions codified in this Act are repealed insofar as the provisions appeared in former Title 4, and provided that any rights or liabilities now existing under the repealed sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by the repeal.

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 4 Title 4 Former Sections Revised StatutesStatutes at Large Title 4 New ­Sections 1R.S. §§ 1791, 17921 2R.S. § 17922 3Feb. 8, 1917, ch. 34, 39 Stat. 9003 4R.S. § 179341 5R.S. §§ 203 (first clause), 179442 6R.S. § 179571 7R.S. § 179672 8R.S. § 479873 9R.S. § 1836101 10R.S. § 1837102 11R.S. § 1838103 12June 16, 1936, ch. 582, § 10, 49 Stat. 1521104 Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 7, 54 Stat. 1060. 13Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 1, 54 Stat. 1059105 14Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 2, 54 Stat. 1060106 15Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 3, 54 Stat. 1060107 16Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 4, 54 Stat. 1060108 17Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 5, 54 Stat. 1060109 18Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 787, § 6, 54 Stat. 1060110