4 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2023 Edition
Title 4 - FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES
Front Matter
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#### Editorial Notes

#### Amendments

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

#### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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or parts thereof of the Statutes at Large or the Revised Statutes covering provisions codified in this Act are repealed insofar as the provisions appeared in former Title 4, and provided that any rights or liabilities now existing under the repealed sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by the repeal.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