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48 U.S.C. § 1663 — Acknowledgment of deeds
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Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States may be acknowledged in the islands of Guam and Samoa or in the Canal Zone before any notary public or judge, appointed therein by proper authority, or by any officer therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public: Provided, That the certificate by such notary in Guam, Samoa, or the Canal Zone, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by the certificate of the governor or acting governor of such place to the effect that the notary taking said acknowledgment was in fact the officer he purported to be; and any deeds or other instruments affecting lands so situate, so acknowledged since the first day of January, 1905, and accompanied by such certificate shall have the same effect as such deeds or other instruments hereafter so acknowledged and certified.
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Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States may be acknowledged in the islands of Guam and Samoa or in the Canal Zone before any notary public or judge, appointed therein by proper authority, or by any officer therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public: Provided, That the certificate by such notary in Guam, Samoa, or the Canal Zone, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by the certificate of the governor or acting governor of such place to the effect that the notary taking said acknowledgment was in fact the officer he purported to be; and any deeds or other instruments affecting lands so situate, so acknowledged since the first day of January, 1905, and accompanied by such certificate shall have the same effect as such deeds or other instruments hereafter so acknowledged and certified.
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Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States may be acknowledged in the islands of Guam and Samoa or in the Canal Zone before any notary public or judge appointed therein by proper authority, or by any officer therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public: Provided, That the certificate by such notary in Guam, Samoa, or the Canal Zone, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by the certificate of the governor or acting governor of such place to the effect that the notary taking said acknowledgment was in fact the officer he purported to be; and any deeds or other instruments affecting lands so situate, so acknowledged since the first day of January, 1905, and accompanied by such certificate shall have the same effect as such deeds or other instruments hereafter so acknowledged and certified.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 1431, act Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 563, 43 Stat. 1357, which related to making Swains Island part of American Samoa, was transferred to [section 1662 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1662&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1431a, acts Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 281, 45 Stat. 1253; May 22, 1929, ch. 6, 46 Stat. 4, which related to islands of eastern Samoa, was transferred to [section 1661 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1661&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1432, act June 28, 1906, ch. 3585, 34 Stat. 552, which related to acknowledgment of deeds in the islands of Samoa, was transferred to [section 1663 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1663&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1433, act June 14, 1934, ch. 523, 48 Stat. 963, which related to inapplicability of coastwise shipping laws to Samoa, was transferred to [section 1664 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1664&num=0&edition=prelim) and was subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 109–304, § 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1710.
Section 1434, act July 9, 1952, ch. 597, title I, § 101, 66 Stat. 457, which related to purchases by governments of Samoa, was transferred to [section 1665 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1665&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1435, act July 9, 1952, ch. 597, title I, § 101, 66 Stat. 458, which related to purchases by governments of Pacific Trust Territory, was transferred to [section 1682 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1682&num=0&edition=prelim). Act June 30
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TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
§ 1664
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The existing laws of the United States relative to
public lands, referred to in subsec. (b), are classified
generally to Title 43, Public Lands.
CODIFICATION
Subsec. (d) of this section, which provided for rec-
ommendation of legislation concerning the islands of
eastern Samoa by seven commissioners as soon as rea-
sonably practicable, was omitted from the Code.
Section was formerly classified to section 1431a of
this title.
AMENDMENTS
1929—Subsec. (d). Act May 22, 1929, substituted
‘‘seven’’ and ‘‘three’’ for ‘‘six’’ and ‘‘two’’, respectively,
and inserted ‘‘or high chiefs’’ after ‘‘chiefs’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
AUTHORITY OF GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, AND THE
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS TO ENACT REVENUE LAWS
See section 1271 of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as a note
under section 931 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
SUBMERGED LANDS, CONVEYANCE TO TERRITORY
Conveyance of submerged lands to the government of
American Samoa, see section 1701 et seq. of this title.
§ 1662. Sovereignty of United States extended
over Swains Island
The sovereignty of the United States over
American Samoa is extended over Swains Is-
land, which is made a part of American Samoa
and placed under the jurisdiction of the adminis-
trative and judicial authorities of the govern-
ment established therein by the United States.
(Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 563, 43 Stat. 1357.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 1431 of this
title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSFER OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TO GOVERNMENT OF
AMERICAN SAMOA
Pub. L. 96–597, title I, § 101, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3477,
provided that: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other pro
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