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Source
(R.S. § 101; June 26, 1884, ch. 123, 23 Stat. 60; June 22, 1938, ch. 594, 52 Stat. 942, 943.)
Codification
R.S. § 101 derived from acts May 3, 1798, ch. 36, § 1, 1 Stat. 554, and Feb. 8, 1817, ch. 10, 3 Stat. 345.
R.S. § 101 constitutes first sentence, and act June 26, 1884, constitutes second sentence.
Amendments
1938—Act June 22, 1938, reenacted section without change.
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