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rect the marshal to transfer the same to the
district selected by the court for the sale, and
to insure the same with proper orders as to the
time and manner of selling the same. And
il shall be the duty of the marshal 30 to trans
fer the property, and keep and sell the same
in like manner as If the property were IN his
own district and he shall deposit the gross
proceeds of the sale with the assistant treasur.
er nearest to the place Of sale, subject to the
order of the court in which the adjudication
thereon is pending; and the necessary expense
attending the insuring, transferring, receiving,
keeping, and selling the said property shall be
a charge thereupon and upon the proceeds
thereof; and whenever any such expense is
paid in advance by the marshal, and he shall
not be repaid from the proceeds any amount
not SO repaid he shall be allowed as in case OF
expenses incurred ia suits IN which the United
States is party. The Secretary of the Navy
may, in like manner, either by general reg
ulation or special direction in any cause, re-
quire a marshal to transfer any prize property
from the district in which the judicial proceed
ings are pending to any other district for sale,
and the same proceedings shall be had as If
such transfer had been made by order OF the
court, as hereinbefore provided. ...
Sec 81. And be it further enacted, That
il any person shall wilfully do any act, or aid,
assist, or advise in the doing Of any act rela-
ting to the bringing in, custody, preservation,
sale, or other disposition of any property cap
tured as prize, or relating to any documents
or papers connected with the property, or to
any deposition or other document or paper
connected with the proceedings, with intent
to defraud, delay, or injure the United States,
or any captor or claimant Of such property, he
shall, on conviction, be punished by fine not
exceeding ten thousand dollars, or by impris-
onmcnt not exceeding five years, or both, at
the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3d. And be il further enacted, That
in the term vessels of the navy shall be
included, for the purposes of this act, all arm
ed vessels officered and manned by the United
States, and under the control of the Depart
ment of the Navy.
Sec. 33 And be it further enacted, That
! the provisions of this act shall be applied to
all captures made as prize by authority of the
United States, or adopted and ratified by the
President of the United States.
Sec. a. And be it further enacted, That
this act shall apply to all prize proceedings
now pending.
Sec. 35. And be it further enacted, That
the act entitled An act providing for salvage
in cases of rccapture," approved on the third
day of March, in the year eighteen hundred,
and the act entitled" An act in addition to
the act concerning letters of marque, prizes,
and prize goods, approved on tne twenty
seventh day of January, in the year eighteen
hundred and thirteen, aud the act entitled
can act in addition to an act entitled an act
i'm relation to the navy pension fund, ap-
proved on the sixteenth day of April, eighteen
hundred and sixteen, and an act entitled |" An
act to facilitate judicial proceedings in adjudi-
cations upon captured property and for the bet
ter administration of the law of prize" APP
proved on the twenty-ffth day of March, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-two, and the second,
sixth, and twelfth sections of an act entitled
" An act for the better government of the na-
w of the United States" approved on the
seventeenth day of July, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, and the act entitled I" An act
further to regulate proceedings in prize cases
and to amend various acts of Congress in rela-
ton thereto, approved on the third day Of
March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and
all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved, June 80. 1864.