48 U.S.C. § 795 — Government expenses payable out of revenues

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This section provides that specified expenses of the government of Puerto Rico may be paid from Puerto Rico revenues. It identifies the expenses covered by that rule.

All expenses that can be incurred on account of the government of Puerto Rico for salaries of officials and the conduct of their offices and departments, and all expenses and obligations contracted for the internal improvement or development of the island, not, however, including defenses, barracks, harbors, lighthouses, buoys, and other works undertaken by the United States, must, except as otherwise specifically provided by the Congress, be paid by the treasurer of Puerto Rico out of the revenue in his custody.

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All expenses that may be incurred on account of the government of Puerto Rico for salaries of officials and the conduct of their offices and departments, and all expenses and obligations contracted for the internal improvement or development of the island, not, however, including defenses, barracks, harbors, lighthouses, buoys, and other works undertaken by the United States, shall, except as otherwise specifically provided by the Congress, be paid by the treasurer of Puerto Rico out of the revenue in his custody.

Source credit: (Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 6, 39 Stat. 953; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1917Enacted · Act of Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145 · 39 Stat. 953
1932Amended · Act of May 17, 1932, ch. 190 · 47 Stat. 158

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