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[CITE: 10USC7676]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                           CHAPTER 655--PRIZE
 
Sec. 7676. Compensation of prize commissioners and special prize 
        commissioners
        
    (a) Naval prize commissioners and naval special prize commissioners 
may not receive compensation for their services in prize causes other 
than that to which they are entitled as officers of the Navy.
    (b) Prize commissioners and special prize commissioners, except 
naval prize commissioners and naval special prize commissioners, are 
entitled to just and suitable compensation for their services in prize 
causes. The amount of compensation in each cause shall be determined by 
the court and allowed as costs.
    (c) Annually, on the anniversary of his appointment, each prize 
commissioner and special prize commissioner, except a naval prize 
commissioner or a naval special prize commissioner, shall submit to the 
Attorney General an account of all amounts received for his services in 
prize causes within the previous year. Of the amounts reported, each 
such commissioner may retain not more than $3,000, which is in full 
satisfaction for all his services in prize causes for that year. He 
shall pay any excess over that amount into the Treasury.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 482.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7676(a)...............................  34 U.S.C. 1137 (as applicable to     R.
S. 4621 (as applicable to
                                         compensation of naval prize          c
ompensation of naval prize
                                         commissioner).                       c
ommissioner); Nov. 14, 1945, ch.
                                                                              4
72, Sec.  2, 59 Stat. 581.
                                        34 U.S.C. 1163 (as applicable to     Au
g. 18, 1942, ch. 553, Sec.  5 (as
                                         compensation of naval special        a
pplicable to compensation of
                                         prize commissioner).                 n
aval special prize commissioner),
                                                                              5
6 Stat. 746.
7676(b)...............................  34 U.S.C. 1154.                      R.
S. 4646.
7676(c)...............................  34 U.S.C. 1155.                      R.
S. 4647.
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    In subsection (c) the words ``on the anniversary of his 
appointment'' are inserted for clarity, as ``year'' in the context of 
this section means a year of service as prize commissioner. The words 
``and shall be credited to the fund for paying naval pensions'' are 
omitted because the Act of June 26, 1934, ch. 756, Sec. 9, 48 Stat. 
1229, abolished the naval pension fund and provided that moneys 
previously required to be paid into it should be deposited in the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The words ``as miscellaneous 
receipts'' are omitted as surplusage. The word ``amounts'' is 
substituted for the word ``sums''.
    34 U.S.C. 1154 and 1155 and this section reflect the Act of May 28, 
1896, ch. 252, Sec. 6, 29 Stat. 179, 180, which provided that United 
States attorneys should receive fixed annual salaries in lieu of the 
fees and emoluments previously authorized.
