§8879 Powers of district court over prize property notwithstanding appeal

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 767934 U.S.C. 1147.R.S. 565; R.S. 4637. 34 U.S.C. 1147 and this section reflect— (1) Act of

March 3, 1899, ch. 413, § 13, 30 Stat. 1007, which repealed all laws authorizing distribution of prize proceeds to captors; (2) Acts of

March 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 128, 36 Stat. 1133, and

February 13, 1925, ch. 229, § 1, 43 Stat. 938, which defined the appellate jurisdiction of the United States circuit courts, and provided that the Supreme Court should not directly review district court decisions except in specified cases, not including prize cases; and (3) Act of

June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 869, which repealed the Acts of

February 13, 1925, and

March 3, 1911, supra, but enacted similar provisions and changed the name of United States Circuit Courts of Appeals to United States Courts of Appeals for the several circuits. Reference to the court is omitted from 34 U.S.C. 1147 and from the revised section in view of the 1948 Act.