Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 4 — Puerto Rico
§ 795. Government expenses payable out of revenues
Statutory text
All expenses that may be incurred on account of the government of Puerto Rico for salaries of officials and the conduct of their offices and departments, and all expenses and obligations contracted for the internal improvement or development of the island, not, however, including defenses, barracks, harbors, lighthouses, buoys, and other works undertaken by the United States, shall, except as otherwise specifically provided by the Congress, be paid by the treasurer of Puerto Rico out of the revenue in his custody.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 64–145 § 6 · 39 Stat. 226
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 795
Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 6, 39 Stat. 953
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 6, 39 Stat. 953
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Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, § 12, 31 Stat. 80, with the exception of the words “except as otherwise specifically provided by the Congress”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Puerto Rico” substituted in text for “Porto Rico” pursuant to act , which is classified to section 731a of this title.
Credits
1917–1932 · 2 acts
- 1917Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 6, 39 Stat. 953
- 1932May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.
Show as published
(Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 6, 39 Stat. 953; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)