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TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES

Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps

PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 659 - NAVAL MILITIA

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CHAPTER 661 - ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

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Sec.

7861. Custody of departmental records and property.

7862. Accounts of paymasters of lost or captured naval vessels.

7863. Disposal of public stores by order of commanding officer.

AMENDMENTS

1996 - Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title IX, Sec. 913(c)(3)(B)(ii),

Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 411, substituted ''Disposal of public

stores'' for ''Disbursements'' in item 7863.

1986 - Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 514(b)(2), Oct. 1, 1986, 100

Stat. 1054, renumbered items 7861 and 7862 as 7862 and 7863,

respectively, and inserted item 7861.

1982 - Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 1(51)(D), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat.

1300, substituted ''naval'' for ''public'' in item 7861.

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10 USC Sec. 7861 01/06/03

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TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES

Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps

PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 661 - ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

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Sec. 7861. Custody of departmental records and property

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The Secretary of the Navy has custody and charge of all books,

records, papers, furniture, fixtures, and other property under the

lawful control of the executive part of the Department of the Navy.

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(Added Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 514(b)(2), Oct. 1, 1986, 100

Stat. 1055.)

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PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 7861 was renumbered section 7862 of this title.

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10 USC Sec. 7862 01/06/03

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TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES

Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps

PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 661 - ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

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Sec. 7862. Accounts of paymasters of lost or captured naval vessels

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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.

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(Added Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 2(b)(12)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat.

1057, Sec. 7861; amended Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 1(51)(C), Oct. 12,

1982, 96 Stat. 1300; renumbered Sec. 7862, Pub. L. 99-433, title V,

Sec. 514(b)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1054.)

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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.

Historical and Revision Notes

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Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at

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7861 31:44 (1st June 10, 1921, ch.

sentence). 18, Sec. 304 (1st

par. 1st sentence),

42 Stat. 24.

31:104. R.S. Sec. 284; Feb.

18, 1875, ch. 80,

Sec. 1 (4th

complete par. on p.

317), 18 Stat. 317.

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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.

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TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES

Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps

PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 661 - ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

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Sec. 7863. Disposal of public stores by order of commanding officer

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When settling an account of a disbursing official, the

Comptroller General shall allow disposal of public stores the

disbursing official made under an order of a commanding officer

when presented with satisfactory evidence that the order was made

and that the stores were disposed of as the order provided. The

commanding officer is accountable for the disposal.

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(Added Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 2(b)(12)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat.

1057, Sec. 7862; renumbered Sec. 7863, Pub. L. 99-433, title V,

Sec. 514(b)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1054; amended Pub. L.

104-106, div. A, title IX, Sec. 913(c)(3)(A), (B)(i), Feb. 10,

1996, 110 Stat. 411; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title X, Sec.

1074(a)(20), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2660.)

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Historical and Revision Notes

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Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at

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7862 31:44 (1st June 10, 1921, ch.

sentence). 18, Sec. 304 (1st

par. 1st sentence),

42 Stat. 24.

31:106. R.S. Sec. 285.

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The words ''disbursing official'' are substituted for

''disbursing officer'' for consistency with other titles of the

United States Code. The words ''Comptroller General'' are

substituted for ''General Accounting Office'' for consistency. The

words ''of the Navy'' are omitted because of the restatement. The

words ''when presented with'' are substituted for ''upon'' for

clarity. The words ''by whose order such disbursement or disposal

was made'' are omitted as surplus.

AMENDMENTS

1996 - Pub. L. 104-201 inserted ''were'' after ''the stores'' in

first sentence.

Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 913(c)(3)(B)(i), substituted ''Disposal of

public stores'' for ''Disbursements'' in section catchline.

Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 913(c)(3)(A), in first sentence, struck out

''disbursements of public moneys or'' after ''Comptroller General

shall allow'' and ''the money was paid or'' after ''the order was

made and that'' and, in second sentence, struck out ''disbursement

or'' after ''commanding officer is accountable for the''.

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