Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 7679 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 7679 : US Code - Notes

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 483.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at
section Large)
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7679 34 U.S.C. 1147. R.S. 565; R.S. 4637.
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34 U.S.C. 1147 and this section reflect -
(1) Act of March 3, 1899, ch. 413, Sec. 13, 30 Stat. 1007, which
repealed all laws authorizing distribution of prize proceeds to
captors;
(2) Acts of March 3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec. 128, 36 Stat. 1133, and
February 13, 1925, ch. 229, Sec. 1, 43 Stat. 938, which defined the
appellate jurisdiction of the United States circuit courts, and
provided that the Supreme Court should not directly review district
court decisions except in specified cases, not including prize
cases; and
(3) Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 869, which repealed
the Acts of February 13, 1925, and March 3, 1911, supra, but
enacted similar provisions and changed the name of United States
Circuit Courts of Appeals to United States Courts of Appeals for
the several circuits.
Reference to the court is omitted from 34 U.S.C. 1147 and from
the revised section in view of the 1948 Act.