10 U.S.C. § 7658 : US Code - Section 7658: Duties of prize master

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The prize master shall take the captured vessel to the selected
port. On arrival he shall -
(1) deliver immediately to a prize commissioner the documents
and papers and the inventory thereof;
(2) make affidavit that the documents and papers and the
inventory thereof and the prize property are the same and are in
the same condition as delivered to him, or explaining any loss or
absence or change in their condition;
(3) report all information respecting the prize and her capture
to the United States attorney;
(4) deliver the persons sent as witnesses to the custody of the
United States marshal; and
(5) retain the prize in his custody until it is taken therefrom
by process from the prize court.
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