Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 7655 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 7655 : US Code - Notes

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 475.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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7655(a) 34 U.S.C. 1137 (less R.S. 4621 (less
applicability to applicability to
compensation of the naval compensation of the
prize commissioner). naval prize
commissioner); Nov. 14,
1945, ch. 472, Sec. 2,
59 Stat. 581.
7655(b) 34 U.S.C. 1163 (less Aug. 18, 1942, ch. 553,
applicability to Sec. 5 (less
compensation of the naval applicability to
special prize compensation of the
commissioner). naval special prize
commissioner), 56 Stat.
746.
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The first sentence of subsection (a) is reworded to make it clear
that the limitation as to number applies to the number of prize
commissioners who may serve in each judicial district at any one
time and that the court is not precluded from making additional
appointments to fill vacancies. The words "for service in
connection with any prize cause in which proceedings are brought
under section 7653(a) or (c) of this title" are added to
distinguish the prize commissioners from the special prize
commissioners mentioned in subsection (b). The words "officer of
the Navy" in subsections (a) and (b) are substituted for the words
"naval officer, active or retired" because an officer of the Navy
does not lose his status as such upon retirement, and to retain
these words would open to question the many other provisions in
this subtitle treating retired officers as officers.
In subsection (b) the words "in connection with any prize cause
in which proceedings are brought under section 7653(b) of this
title" are substituted for the words "in cases arising under this
Act" for accuracy of reference. The words "including the duties
prescribed by this chapter for United States marshals" are added
for clarity. Section 7662 of this title prescribes the duties of
marshals. Most of these duties could not be performed by the
marshals if the prize was not brought into a United States port. In
such cases occurring during World War II the courts, under the
authority of the 1942 Act, required the special prize commissioners
to perform the duties ordinarily performed by the marshals. The
words "without regard for the requirements of section 7367 of this
title" are omitted as unnecessary, since that section is codified
in subsection (a), and language distinguishing the prize
commissioners from the special prize commissions is included in
each subsection.