---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 U.S.C. § 1...6"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
number: "1...6"
heading: "Repealed. July 16, 1947, ch. 256, § 1, 61 Stat. 327"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/1...6"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Telegraphs"
---

# [§1...6. Repealed. July 16, 1947, ch. 256, § 1, 61 Stat. 327 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 1, R.S. § 5263, related to use of public domain.

Section 2, R.S. § 5264, related to use of materials from public lands.

Section 3, R.S. § 5266; acts June 19, 1934, ch. 652, § 601, 48 Stat. 1101; Mar. 6, 1943, ch. 10, § 6, 57 Stat. 12, related to Government priority in transmission of messages.

Section 4, R.S. § 5267; act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, § 601, 48 Stat. 1101, related to purchase of lines.

Section 5, R.S. § 5268; act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, § 601, 48 Stat. 1101, related to acceptance of obligations to be filed.

Section 6, R.S. § 5265; act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, § 601, 48 Stat. 1101, provided that rights were not transferable.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Act July 16, 1947, ch. 256, § 3, 61 Stat. 327, provided that: “This Act [repealing sections 1 to 6 and 8 of this title] shall take effect on the tenth day following the enactment date thereof [July 16, 1947].”

### Authority of Federal Communications Commission; Effect of Repeal

Act July 16, 1947, ch. 256, § 2, 61 Stat. 327, provided that: “Nothing in this Act [repealing sections 1 to 6 and 8 of this title] shall limit the authority of the Federal Communications Commission under the provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended [chapter 5 of this title], to prescribe charges, classifications, regulations, and practices, including priorities, applicable to Government communications.”