The term 'United States,' when used in any statute, shall include the District of Columbia and the territories, as well as the states of the union.Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 5; 1871, § 2934; 1880, § 14; 1892, § 1517; 1906, § 1598; Hemingway's 1917, § 1365; 1930, § 1389; 1942, § 697.
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