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[CITE: 48USC795]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                         CHAPTER 4--PUERTO RICO
 
          SUBCHAPTER II--THE EXECUTIVE AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
 
Sec. 795. Government expenses payable out of revenues

    All expenses that may be incurred on account of the government of 
Puerto Rico for salaries of officials and the conduct of their offices 
and departments, and all expenses and obligations contracted for the 
internal improvement or development of the island, not, however, 
including defenses, barracks, harbors, lighthouses, buoys, and other 
works undertaken by the United States, shall, except as otherwise 
specifically provided by the Congress, be paid by the treasurer of 
Puerto Rico out of the revenue in his custody.

(Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, Sec. 6, 39 Stat. 953; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 
Stat. 158.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, Sec. 12, 31 Stat. 80, with the exception of the 
words ``except as otherwise specifically provided by the Congress''.

                         Change of Name

    ``Puerto Rico'' substituted in text for ``Porto Rico'' pursuant to 
act May 17, 1932, which is classified to section 731a of this title.
