{"identifier":"/us/usc/t48/s1405","title":48,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1405.","heading":"Geographical application of subchapter; land and waters included in term \u201cVirgin Islands\u201d","text":"\u00a7\u202f1405.\nGeographical application of subchapter; land and waters included in term \u201cVirgin Islands\u201d\nThe provisions of this subchapter, and the name \u201cthe Virgin Islands\u201d as used in this subchapter, shall apply to and include the territorial domain, lands and waters acquired by the United States through cession of the Danish West Indian Islands by the convention between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Denmark entered into\nAugust 4, 1916\nSeptember 7, 1916","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t48/s1405.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t48/s1405","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1405."},{"t":"heading","text":"Geographical application of subchapter; land and waters included in term \u201cVirgin Islands\u201d"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The provisions of this subchapter, and the name \u201cthe Virgin Islands\u201d as used in this subchapter, shall apply to and include the territorial domain, lands and waters acquired by the United States through cession of the Danish West Indian Islands by the convention between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Denmark entered into ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"August 4, 1916","tail":", and ratified by the Senate on "},{"t":"text","text":"September 7, 1916","tail":" (39 Stat. L. 1706)."}],"tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}