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213. Jurisdiction of confiscation proceedings.

201. Federal aid for State Governments. 202. Use of military and naval forces to enforce authority of Federal Gov- 214. Property taken on inland waters not ernment.

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maritime prize.

215. Institution of confiscation proceedings.

216. Preventing transportation of goods to aid insurrection.

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UNITED STATES CODE

ANNOTATED

UNITED STATES CODE

ANNOTATED

THE CODE OF THE LAWS

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

OF A GENERAL AND PERMANENT CHARACTER IN FORCE DECEMBER SEVENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE, CONSOLIDATED, CODIFIED, SET FORTH, AND PUBLISHED

IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, IN

THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH YEAR
OF THE REPUBLIC, AT ITS FIRST
SESSION, BY THE

SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS

AN ACT

To consolidate, codify, and set forth the general and permanent la s of the United States in force December seventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fifty titles hereinafter set forth are intended to embrace the laws of the United States, general and permanent in their nature, in force on the 7th day of December, 1925, compiled into a single volume under the authority of Con

gress, and designated "The Code of the Laws of the United States of America."

Sec. 2. In all courts, tribunals, and public offices of the United States, at home or abroad, of the District of Columbia, and of each State, Territory, or insular possession of the United States

(a) The matter set forth in the Code, evidenced as hereinafter in this section provided, shall establish prima facie the laws of the United States, general and permanent in their nature in force on the 7th day of December, 1925; but nothing in this Act shall be construed as repealing or amending any such law, or as enacting as new law any matter contained in the Code. In case of any inconsistency arising through omission or otherwise between the provisions of any section of this Code and the corresponding portion of legislation heretofore enacted effect shall be given for all purposes whatsoever to such enactments.

(b) Copies of this Act printed at the Government Printing Office and bearing its imprint shall be conclusive evidence of the original of the Code in the custody of the Secretary of State.

(c) The Code may be cited as "U. S. C." *

*Cite United States Code Annotated as "USCA"

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