Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 48 : Section 869


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 869 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Mar. 2, 1901, ch. 812, Sec. 2, 31 Stat. 953; May 17, 1932, ch.
    190, 47 Stat. 158.)
                               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".
      Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal
    Relations Act which comprises this chapter.
      As originally enacted, so much of section 2 of act Mar. 2, 1901,
    as is pertinent here, was as follows: "Such fees and expenses as
    are payable by the United States, if earned or incurred in
    connection with a circuit or district court of the United States,
    shall be paid from the revenues of Porto Rico, if earned or
    incurred in connection with the district court of the United States
    for Porto Rico."
                              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.

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