10 USC § 8877 - Accounts of clerks of district courts

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8877"
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title: "10 USC § 8877 - Accounts of clerks of district courts"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8877"
section_name: "Accounts of clerks of district courts"
chapter_number: 883
chapter_name: "PRIZE"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 482, § 7677; renumbered § 8877, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)"
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# § 8877. Accounts of clerks of district courts

**(a)** The clerk of each district court, for the purpose of the final decree in each prize cause, shall keep account of—

**(1)** the amount deposited with the Treasurer or public depositary, subject to the order of the court in the cause; and

**(2)** the amounts ordered to be paid therefrom as costs and charges.

**(b)** The clerk shall draw the orders of the court for the payment of costs and allowances and for the disposition of the residue of the prize fund in each cause.

**(c)** The clerk shall send to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Navy—

**(1)** copies of final decrees in prize causes; and

**(2)** a semi-annual statement of the amounts allowed by the court, and ordered to be paid, within the preceding six months to the prize commissioners and special prize commissioners for their services.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 482, § 7677; renumbered § 8877, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7677 | 34 U.S.C. 1152. | R.S. 4644. |

and this section reflect modifications of R.S. 4644 effected by—

(1) , , which provided for fixed annual salaries for United States attorneys and marshals;

(2) , , which repealed all laws authorizing distribution of prize proceeds to captors;

(3) , , which provided that clerks of United States district courts should receive fixed annual salaries; and

(4) , , which abolished the offices of assistant treasurers and distributed their functions.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .