§ 868. Fees part of United States revenues

Statutory text

All fees, fines, costs, and forfeitures as would be deposited to the credit of the United States if collected and paid into a district court of the United States shall become revenues of the United States when collected and paid into the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The sum of $500 a year from such fees, fines, costs, and forfeitures shall be retained by the clerk and expended for law library purposes under the direction of the judge.

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.

1917
Pub. L. 64–145 § 45 · 39 Stat. 226
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 868
Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 45, 39 Stat. 966
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 45, 39 Stat. 966

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Editorial Notes

Codification

“United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico” substituted in text for “District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico” in view of section 132(a) of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, which states that “There shall be in each judicial district a district court which shall be a court of record known as the United States District Court for the district” and section 119 of Title 28, which states that “Puerto Rico constitutes one judicial district”.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Mar. 2, 1901, ch. 812, § 2, 31 Stat. 953.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

Credits

1917–1932 · 2 acts

1917Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 45, 39 Stat. 966
1932May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.

Show as published

(Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 45, 39 Stat. 966; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)