Emma 30, 1926 l {H.R.1Q000] [Puxmc, Nb. 440] THE com QF *r1—1E LAWS GFTHE l . m·‘ AL AND PERMANENT CHAéEAUI"El{ IN ·FORb£ DRQEMCBER SEVENTH, NINEIEENP HUNDRED AND TWENTY-— 1..iy;,;, CQNSOLIDATED, _GODIFIED,· SET FORTH, ANDBUBLISHED IN §I2~¥E'DEE1# H¥§NDRED AND TWENTY··SIX, IN THE!
l ONEQ-HUH AND FIFTIETH· YEAR. OF REPUBLIC,. AT ITS FIRST SESSION, BY THE
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··—States * in foreg Decembe r seventh, —cne.-thousand nine hundred mid twenty»iii·e B(3·1:[”_87l€LQté¢_ by the Séngité Hoigeé 6f‘_Represc1gtgtiveel ef" the United State.; Bcf Arnerieav il: C‘en;gre.§.s aegembled, That iw fifty titles hérein_afterE_set. —·fo1:t,h are intended to embrecethe laws of jzhe _UDii€d States, general engl Il€1‘H1&D€Ilt4lI1 their" z.:émx·e, in -force bathe hh, day of December, -1925, *bpmpi1ed._i11t0 a, si11gle"v0Ium'e‘unde-retl1e.·m1th0_rity_Y0f·Cemgress, and 6e¤;ig— Z`i$¥l(`d "The.CQde of ·the’ Laws of»tl:».e.Uni¢ed States 0t.4meriezfQ "`-, ~ , - < · ‘ » - ” “ Sm. 2. In alleourts, etribunels, and public 0Hices"o! the United States, at heme or abroad, of the Districpof Columbia, and . {lf •·:¤··h State, 'lZerritory,`cr insular `pqssessiou cit the United States-- l l \ e \ _·- · V e_ ~ . _ e ml _Theimatter setlgforthein the Code, evidenced ashereinalfteere this section p1·0vided_,‘ sh;rll‘ establish primer facie the laws of the United Stqyeg, general ei1d·`permauent ln their nature} in fo1`Q€40D_th€ 7th day pt Deeembei, 1925&;ebi1t_ nothiegéim mis .\<·t shaltbe construeq qs repegallng or amen ding any such law, or aeemictipg as new lqyv any matter eentaixied ln the Cede. ln vase of ;mj1y inconsistency ertslng throughlomissieq _0r iotherwlse betweeuthe provisions ofany seqien of this Cqde izndl the (..m*»;mn_<1ing portiono£"legislati0p_heretoi0re- enacted effect shall be givengfor all purposes whatsoeverjto such enactments. . - ih) Copies of __thi"s Act pri—nted··qt.the GOV€l'Hm€}1t»_PIlD]ZlDg ‘OtHcé`_and bearing its imprint shalllbe conclusive evidence ot me- migginzgl of the Code inxhelcustody of the Seci·etary`°0£ State. e ‘ » l e * l ‘ U . ~ ‘ {u) The Code maybe cited as “U. S. C," THE E OF OF THE . S'1lATESe()F AMERICA, __ " TITLE 1;-GENERAL PROVISIONS l lflzsxptver V __ y i l l . , _ ·$ee. _ Clmptexf" _, (_ . l` Seé.` 1. Hvmzs or»co¤s*m¤e·mox 4 , LL ..,,..,.. ,., .. 1 2,AC’1‘8A_·AND msoxjuirxous mv mn comnnsss ronazlnxrxes .o»~~ l l · — " · L , A nmlc•m_mm~; zzm»¤.u.s; smmxm me ms·muns&>:~rs-;--;-;.;--- 21 ¢·`llia;>te·r 1.--·l{ULES OF· CONSTRUCTION. - N _ ehallbe (léepaed complied. with by IIl£lklIlg»&fFli'lIlll[iéH in judicial $ ··**- _ - - ‘_ ‘ _` ·_ · 4form.*(R.'S,§·1.)` ·` _ _. . ~ _ l “’¢S_l'(l$¢ii!l1[)()l'('lH,g‘ singular Illllllbél', IIIQBCUHHB E€l`ld€Y’, BUY-; extended ~· 2; ·“ ’! " g8 ingluding- “ ” €tC;*¥·T}}€ \V(lI°(l S:} I.e — ‘ ’ `- . ’* y_ ·· {—*3;m(;.°£ (,:8 iucluding ..‘ pmSh g;. Ptci . . » _ I ‘, "coq;1ty " includes a parish, or any other equivalent S\lbdlVlS10l’l e fl. F wsse! an including an means or were; u·a¤Sp¤rmu¤¤. —01?’a~State `0;·_ Territory of the United States. (R, S. _§j2;). ‘ ·i. " \'ehicl,e" as including all meansof land transportation} · " ‘ " ·` _
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