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48 U.S.C. § 1400 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–454, title VII, § 709, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1741
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act May 20, 1932, ch. 194, 47 Stat. 160, related to extension of admiralty laws of the United States to Virgin Islands.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective on ninetieth day following Oct. 5, 1984, see section 1005 of Pub. L. 98–454, set out as an Effective Date of 1984 Amendment note under [section 1424 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1424&num=0&edition=prelim).
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act May 20, 1932, ch. 194, 47 Stat. 160, related to extension of admiralty laws of the United States to Virgin Islands.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective on ninetieth day following Oct. 5, 1984, see section 1005 of Pub. L. 98–454, set out as an Effective Date of 1984 Amendment note under [section 1424 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1424&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) District Court of Guam; unified court system**
(1) The judicial authority of Guam shall be vested in a court established by Congress designated as the “District Court of Guam”, and a judicial branch of Guam which branch shall constitute a unified judicial system and include an appellate court designated as the “Supreme Court of Guam”, a trial court designated as the “Superior Court of Guam”, and such other lower local courts as may have been or shall hereafter be established by the laws of Guam.
(2) The Supreme Court of Guam may, by rules of such court, create divisions of the Superior Court of Guam and other local courts of Guam.
(3) The courts of record for Guam shall be the District Court of Guam, the Supreme Court of Guam, the Superior Court of Guam (except the Traffic and Small Claims divisions of the Superior Court of Guam) and any other local courts or divisions of local courts that the Supreme Court of Guam shall designate.
**(b) Jurisdiction** The District Court of Guam shall have the jurisdiction of a district court of the United States, including, but not limited to, the diversity jurisdiction provided for in [section 1332 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1332&num=0&edition=prelim), and that of a bankruptcy court of the United States.
**(c) Original jurisdiction** In addition to the jurisdiction described in subsection (b), the District Court of Guam shall have original jurisdiction in all other causes in Guam, jurisdiction over which is not then vested by the legislature in another court or other courts established by it. In causes brought in the district court solely on the basis of this subsection, the district court shall be considered a court established by the laws of Guam for the purpos
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TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
§ 1400
1 See References in Text note below.
when such articles contain foreign materials which
may be imported directly into the United States free of
duty.
§ 1395. Tax laws continued; tax on sugar
Until Congress shall otherwise provide all laws
now imposing taxes in the said West Indian Is-
lands, including the customs laws and regula-
tions, shall, insofar as compatible with the
changed sovereignty and not otherwise herein
provided, continue in force and effect, except
that articles the growth, product, or manufac-
ture of the United States shall be admitted
there free of duty: Provided, That upon expor-
tation of sugar to any foreign country, or the
shipment thereof to the United States or any of
its possessions, there shall be levied, collected,
and paid thereon an export duty of $6 per ton of
two thousand pounds, irrespective of polariscope
test, in lieu of any export tax now required by
law: Provided further, That the internal revenue
taxes levied by the Colonial Council of Saint
Croix, or by the Colonial Council of Saint Thom-
as and Saint John, in pursuance of the authority
granted by this section and sections 1391,1 1392,
1394, and 1396 of this title on articles, goods,
wares, or merchandise may be levied and col-
lected as the Colonial Council of Saint Croix, or
as the Colonial Council of Saint Thomas and
Saint John, may direct, on the articles subject
to said tax, as soon as the same are manufac-
tured, sold, used, or brought into the island: And
provided further, That no discrimination be made
between the articles imported from the United
States or foreign countries and similar articles
produced or manufactured in the municipality
of Saint Croix, or in the municipality of Saint
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