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33 U.S. Code § 886, 887 - Repealed. June 21, 1955, ch. 172, § 5(1), (2), 69 Stat. 170

Section 886, R.S. § 4687, related to employment of officers of Army and Navy in the work of surveying the coast of the United States.

Section 887, R.S. § 4688; acts Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 837, § 1, 26 Stat. 382; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 929, provided for allowance for subsistence to officers of Army and Navy while employed on coast survey service.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Additional Repeal

Sections were also repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641. Section 49(a) of act Aug. 10, 1956, provided in part that laws effective after Mar. 31, 1955, inconsistent with that act, should be considered as superseding it to the extent of the inconsistency.