Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 740 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 740 : US Code - Notes

(Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, Sec. 4, 31 Stat. 78; May 17, 1932, ch.
190, 47 Stat. 158.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, means act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191,
31 Stat. 77, as amended, popularly known as the Foraker Act, which,
insofar as is classified to the Code, enacted sections 733, 736,
738 to 740, 743, 744, 755, 864, and 866 of this title and amended
sections 1 and 11 of former Title 11, Bankruptcy. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
CODIFICATION
Additional provisions of act Apr. 12, 1900, Sec. 4, directing the
payment of duties and taxes into a separate fund in the Treasury of
the United States until the organization of a local civil
government, have been omitted.
Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal
Relations Act which comprises this chapter.
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.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
All offices of collector of customs, comptroller of customs,
surveyor of customs, and appraiser of merchandise of Bureau of
Customs of Department of the Treasury to which appointments were
required to be made by President with advice and consent of Senate
ordered abolished, with such offices to be terminated not later
than December 31, 1966, by Reorg. Plan No. 1, of 1965, eff. May 25,
1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317, set out in the Appendix to Title
5, Government Organization and Employees. All functions of offices
eliminated were already vested in Secretary of the Treasury by
Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64
Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
EXPENDITURES FOR GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC PURPOSES
The amount of customs revenue received by the United States on
importations from Puerto Rico since its evacuation by the Spanish
forces together with all that should thereafter be collected under
the existing law were placed at the disposal of the President to be
used for governmental and public purposes in Puerto Rico, by act
Mar. 24, 1900, ch. 91, 31 Stat. 51.