---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 173"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "173"
heading: "Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/173"
units:
  - "Chapter 11 — Acquisition of and Expenditures on Land for National-Defense Purposes"
---

# [§173. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 172, act July 9, 1918, ch. 143, subch. XV § 8, 40 Stat. 888, related to acquisition of property for production of lumber. See section 2665 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Section 173, act Apr. 28, 1904, ch. 1762, § 1, 33 Stat. 497, related to purchase of land for quarters and barracks in addition to sites for fortifications.