48 U.S.C. § 869 | Fees payable by United States out of revenue of Puerto Rico

Such fees and expenses as are payable by the United States if earned or incurred in connection with a district court of the United States shall be paid from the revenue of Puerto Rico if earned or incurred in connection with the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Mar. 2, 1901, ch. 812, § 2 31 Stat. 953 May 17, 1932, ch. 190 47 Stat. 158(, ; , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 132(a) of Title 28 section 119 of Title 28“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 , 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 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.

Mar. 2, 1901

“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.”

As originally enacted, so much of section 2 of act , as is pertinent here, was as follows:

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

May 17, 1932section 731a of this title“Puerto Rico” substituted in text for “Porto Rico” pursuant to act , which is classified to .