2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part IV - General Administration
Chapter 661 - Accountability and Responsibility
Sec. 7862 - Accounts of paymasters of lost or captured naval vessels

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7862 (2017)
Section Name §7862. Accounts of paymasters of lost or captured naval vessels
Section Text

When settling the account of a paymaster of a lost or captured naval vessel, the Comptroller General in settling money accounts, and the Secretary of the Navy in settling property accounts, shall credit the account of the paymaster for the amount of provisions, clothing, small stores, and money for which the paymaster is charged that the Comptroller General or Secretary believes was lost inevitably because of the loss or capture. The paymaster is then free of liability for the provisions, clothing, small stores, and money.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 97–258, §2(b)(12)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1057, §7861; amended Pub. L. 97–295, §1(51)(C), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1300; renumbered §7862, Pub. L. 99–433, title V, §514(b)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1054.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
7861 31:44 (1st sentence). June 10, 1921, ch. 18, §304 (1st par. 1st sentence), 42 Stat. 24.
  31:104. R.S. §284; Feb. 18, 1875, ch. 80, §1 (4th complete par. on p. 317), 18 Stat. 317.

The word "naval" is substituted for "belonging to the Navy of the United States" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "Secretary of the Navy" are substituted for "Paymaster General of the Navy" because of section 1 of the Act of March 29, 1894 (ch. 49, 28 Stat. 47), and 10:5061. The words "the account of the paymaster" are substituted for "him" for clarity. The words "such portion of the", "on their books", and "of a public vessel" are omitted as surplus. The words "free of" are substituted for "fully exonerated by such credit from all" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "so proved to have been captured or lost" are omitted as surplus.

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 7862 was renumbered section 7863 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1982—Pub. L. 97–295 substituted "naval" for "public" in section catchline.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 661 - ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
Sec. 7862 - Accounts of paymasters of lost or captured naval vessels
Contains section 7862
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 18 Stat. 317
28 Stat. 47
42 Stat. 24
96 Stat. 1057, 1300
100 Stat. 1054
Public Law References Public Law 97-258, Public Law 97-295, Public Law 99-433
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