Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 1.djvu/15

 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 ··—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$¥l(`d "The.CQde of ·the’ Laws of»tl:».e.Uni¢ed States 0t.4meriezfQ "`-, ~   , - < ·       ‘   » - ” “ Sm. 2. In alleourts, etribunels, and public 0Hices"o! the United States, at heme or abroad, of the Districpof Columbia, and . {lf •·:¤··h State, 'lZerritory,`cr insular `pqssessiou cit the United States-- l  l   \ e \ _·- · V e_ ~ .   _ e ml _Theimatter setlgforthein the Code, evidenced ashereinalfteere   this section p1·0vided_,‘ sh;rll‘ establish primer facie the laws of the United Stqyeg, general ei1d·`permauent ln their nature} in fo1`Q€40D_th€ 7th day pt Deeembei, 1925&;ebi1t_ nothiegéim mis .\<·t shaltbe construeq qs repegallng or amen ding any such law, or aeemictipg as new lqyv any matter eentaixied ln the Cede. ln vase of ;mj1y inconsistency ertslng throughlomissieq _0r iotherwlse betweeuthe provisions ofany seqien of this Cqde izndl the (..m*»;mn_<1ing portiono£"legislati0p_heretoi0re- enacted effect shall be givengfor all purposes whatsoeverjto such enactments. . - ih) Copies of __thi"s Act pri—nted··qt.the GOV€l'Hm€}1t»_PIlD]ZlDg ‘OtHcé`_and bearing its imprint shalllbe conclusive evidence ot me- migginzgl of the Code inxhelcustody of the Seci·etary`°0£ State. e ‘ » l e * l ‘ U. ~ ‘ {u) The Code maybe cited as “U. S. C," THE   E OF   OF THE   . S'1lATESeF AMERICA, __ "   TITLE 1;-GENERAL PROVISIONS   l lflzsxptver V __ y i l l ., _   ·$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$¢ii!l1[)l'('lH,g‘ singular Illllllbél', IIIQBCUHHB E€l`ld€Y’, BUY-; extended ~· 2; ·“   ’! " g8 ingluding- “  ” €tC;*¥·T}}€ \V(lI°(l S:} I.e — ‘ ’ `-  . ’*  y_ ·· {—*3;m(.°£ (,:8 iucluding ..‘ pmSh g;. Ptci   . .   » _ I ‘,   "coq;1ty " includes a parish, or any other equivalent S\lbdlVlS10l’l e fl. F wsse!   an including an means or were; u·a¤Sp¤rmu¤¤. —01?’a~State `0;·_ Territory of the United States. (R, S. _§j2;). ‘ ·i. " \'ehicl,e" as including all meansof land transportation} · " ‘ " ·`     _  .. mmpéuy   mid ,. association., as including. éucwmrl and,.“8i8u8; - 3,; “Vessell" as lneludxxgg Lall means of wafer tralzspmtzn g_€cmm_j_ L ·W0rdé importing liimulm, amber, masculine (mx;.-—··The_ word "—vessel3’ includes every (lE§_SCl`l·[)[ll>lil of \\’H{£‘l‘ gmdgr, cw; exgénded applicatim_____TIn jactgmiumgkhe memh crafpore other {BI’tlH$'3f&l Vcentmvance l1§€‘tl,·0l‘ capable of ebemg __imz‘ of any Act or resolution of Congress, wordaimportihg{thei usgd-*:8 8 means of irgnspérmtiop on w£¥¥€r” (R' S' 5 S') _ ~§¤s::ul;u· number may extend and be applieclto sevéml‘"pers0nS_ 4· vehicle ” as mcluding su., mréam of l%;*;»*tmH§p°rm` "*° *hi1¤§S: W0r‘dS imp0rti¤g·the' pluralrnumber» may include the eii¤¤··~———··Th c WQFG "‘ vellicle? lnc1ude~ss` every \ dcs<:rlptilll;_3_{|]u§[• ;‘“'0rdS inlpgrting the masculine    be   lhriflgé O1" Oth€?}.°` Hrtificial C€)Ht{°iV&nC€ U2*¥Cd, OI` Cl\[)1Ibl€ of .l‘[(*l|l§ e·· g3_·Um]@$;_ the wgrdg •· iugane person ·· mm •• lunatic}- shan. used, use means of transp0rtatl0r1 on lsimcli (R, S. § 4.)- ¥=.=~1¤x< le every idiet, 1101; eompoe, luqquq, ,a,nd_ insane person; me 5. -" Company ?"nnd "`nss0ciation " as including successors l*‘~*¤‘d " pekgn " may extend qaudbe applied to partnerships and and assigns.-·-—T‘l1e-. word " cempnny " me "»ass0gim;i¤ auth0ri2;ed»by law to perform the duties ¤t·_gueh· omce, the words _" successors and assigns of meh company or assnoizn ‘A*·*¥**‘$S the ponliext shows that Such woiwls were intended to be ti0¤,T' in like manner as if thege, Inst-mnmrd words, er wmwls of ¤`*1°a‘tiGn ,~_epd the reference to any omeer shall include any used-1n_ reterence to a cerpcmliawn, shall he deemed ee eml»ru¢·c