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 Trrnn L1v.—PRIZE. 903 Sec. 4640. No payments shall be made for any prize-fund. except Payment of pxupon the order of the court. All charges for work and labor, materials j:’n"3°“ f’°'“ P""°‘ furnished, or money paid, shall be supported by affidavit or vouchers. ..;.._.._ The court may, at any time, order the payment, from the deposit made Ibidwith the assistant treasurer in the cause, of any costs or charges accrued and allowed. When the cause is finally disposed of, the court shall make its order or orders on·the assistant treasurer to pay the costs and charges allowed and unpaid; and in case the final decree shall be for restitution. or in case there shall be no money subject to the order of the court in the cause, any costs or charges allowed by the court, and noapaid by the claimants, shall be a charge upon, and be paid out of, fu the for defraying! the expenses of suits in which the United States is a party or intereste . Sec. 4641. The net amount decreed for distribution to the United Paymentoiprin States, or to vessels of the Navy, shall be ordered by the court to be m°“°Y· paid into the Treasury of the United States, to.be distributed according Ibid.,s.16. to the decree of the court. The Treasury Department shall credit the Navy Department with each amount received to be distributed to·ves— sels of the Navy; and the persons entitled to share therein shall be severally credited in their accounts with the Navy Department with the amounts to which they are re ctively entitled. In case of vessels not of the Navy, and not controlledby any Department of the Government, the distribution shall be made by the court to the several rties entitled thereto, and the amounts decreed to them shall be dividdd between the owners and the ship’s company, according to any written ement between them, and in the absence of such agreement, one-hlalfcto the owners and one-half to the ships company, according to their respective rates of play on board; and the court may appoint a commissioner to make suc distribution, subject to the contro of the court. who shall make due return of his doings, with proof of actual payments by him, and who shall receive no other compensation, directly or indirectly, than such as shall be allowed him by the court. In case of vessels not of the Navy, but controlled by either Executive Department, the whole amount decreed to the captors shall be divided among the ship’s company. Sec. 4642. All ransom—money, salvage, bounty, or proceeds of con- Distribution oi demned roperty, accruing or awarded to any vessel of the Navy, shall g°“¤*Y· ¤*lV¤K<>· be distributed and paid to the officers and men entitled thereto in the Ll; same manner as prize-money, under the direction of the Secretary of the Ibid·.¤-11.p- 310- Navy. (seo 5 usa, p. vas, and 55 mu, mss.] Sec. 4643. Every assi ment of prize or bounty money due to per- A¤¤is'{¤¤¤¢=¤t¤.&¢-. sons enlisted in the navain service, and all wers of attorney or other gd  m°“°Y· authority to draw, receipt for, or transfer th:) same., shall be void, unless   -.. . . the same be attested by the captain, or other commanding officer, and Ibld-·¤· 12- the paymaster. [Sw I 14*0-] Sec. 4644. The clerk of each district court shall render, to the Secre- ·:gF°“!**¤°l°l°’k¤ tary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Navy, a semiannual state- ment of all the sums allowed by the court, and ordered to be paid, Ibid-.¤-17,p.312. within the previous half-year, to the district attorney and prize-commissioners for services, and to marshals for fees and commissions; and be shall, in all prize—causes in the district, for the puppose of the final decree of distribution, ascertain and keep an account 0 the amount deposited with the assistant treasurer, subject to the order of the court. in each prize-cause, and the amounts ordered to be paid therefrom as costs and charges, and the residue for distribution; and shall send copies of all final decrees of distribution to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Navy; and shall draw the orders of the court for the pa ment of all costs and allowances, and for the distribution of the residshe. For these services he shall be entitled to receive the sum of twenty-five dollars in each prize-cause, which shall be in full for the services required by this action. Sec. 4645. The marshal shall be allowed his actual and necessary ex- Allowances and penses for the custody, care, preservation, insurance, sale, or other dis- °°'m;¤*°¤¤ *° posal of the prize-property, and for executing any order of the court m.°;.;.._ sr-03--62