US Code
CHAPTER 883— PRIZE
§ 8877. Accounts of clerks of district courts

(a) The clerk of each district court, for the purpose of the final decree in each prize cause, shall keep account of—(1) the amount deposited with the Treasurer or public depositary, subject to the order of the court in the cause; and
(2) the amounts ordered to be paid therefrom as costs and charges.
(b) The clerk shall draw the orders of the court for the payment of costs and allowances and for the disposition of the residue of the prize fund in each cause.
(c) The clerk shall send to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Navy—(1) copies of final decrees in prize causes; and
(2) a semi-annual statement of the amounts allowed by the court, and ordered to be paid, within the preceding six months to the prize commissioners and special prize commissioners for their services.

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Title 10— ARMED FORCES

Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps

PART IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 883— PRIZE

§ 8851. Scope of chapter

§ 8852. Jurisdiction

§ 8853. Court in which proceedings brought

§ 8854. Effect of failure to start proceedings

§ 8855. Appointment of prize commissioners and special prize commissioners

§ 8856. Duties of United States attorney

§ 8857. Duties of commanding officer of capturing vessel

§ 8858. Duties of prize master

§ 8859. Libel and proceedings by United States attorney

§ 8860. Duties of prize commissioners

§ 8861. Interrogation of witnesses by prize commissioners

§ 8862. Duties of marshal

§ 8863. Prize property appropriated for the use of the United States

§ 8864. Delivery of property on stipulation

§ 8865. Sale of prize

§ 8866. Mode of making sale

§ 8867. Transfer of prize property to another district for sale

§ 8868. Disposition of prize money

§ 8869. Security for costs

§ 8870. Costs and expenses a charge on prize property

§ 8871. Payment of costs and expenses from prize fund

§ 8872. Recaptures: award of salvage, costs, and expenses

§ 8873. Allowance of expenses to marshals

§ 8874. Payment of witness fees

§ 8875. Commissions of auctioneers

§ 8876. Compensation of prize commissioners and special prize commissioners

§ 8877. Accounts of clerks of district courts

§ 8878. Interfering with delivery, custody, or sale of prize property

§ 8879. Powers of district court over prize property notwithstanding appeal

§ 8880. Appeals and amendments in prize causes

§ 8881. Reciprocal privileges to cobelligerent