10 U.S.C. § 7840 — Final settlement of officer’s accounts

Page 3133 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 7841 minister oaths required by law in the settlement of an officer’s accounts for clothing and other military supplies. An oath administered under this section shall be without expense to the per- son to whom it is administered. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 274, § 4839; re- numbered § 7839, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 4839 ......... 10:1303. R.S. 225 (1st sentence). The words ‘‘and other military supplies’’ are sub- stituted for the words ‘‘camp and garrison equipage, quartermaster’s stores, and ordnance’’ to conform to section 4838 of this title. The words ‘‘person to whom administered’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘parties taking them’’. The words ‘‘for the purpose of’’ are omit- ted as surplusage. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4839 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. § 7840. Final settlement of officer’s accounts Before final payment upon discharge may be made to an officer of the Army who has been ac- countable or responsible for public property, he must obtain a certificate of nonindebtedness to the United States from each officer to whom he was accountable or responsible for property. He must also make an affidavit, certified by his commanding officer to be correct, that he is not accountable or responsible for property to any other officer. An officer who has not been re- sponsible for public property must make an affi- davit of that fact, certified by his commanding officer. Compliance with this section warrants the final payment of the officer concerned. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 274, § 4840; re- numbered § 7840, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 4840 ......... 10:878. Jan. 12, 1899, ch. 46, § 2, 30 Stat. 784. The words ‘‘Before final payment upon discharge may be made’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘shall warrant their final payment’’. The words ‘‘at any time’’ are omitted as surplusage. The word ‘‘must’’ is substituted for the words ‘‘shall be required * * * to’’. The words ‘‘He must also make’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘accompanied by’’. The words ‘‘from each officer to whom he was accountable or responsible for property’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘from only such of the bureaus of the Department of the Army to which the property for which they were accountable or respon- sible pertains’’, since there is no longer a bureau struc- ture within the Department of the Army. The words ‘‘that he is not accountable or responsible for property to any other officer’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘ac- companied by the affidavits of officers, of nonaccount- ability or nonresponsibility to other bureaus of the De- partment of the Army’’, for the same reason. The ref- erence to certificates from the General Accounting Of- fice is omitted as obsolete. The last sentence is sub- stituted for 10:878 (last 18 words). The last proviso of section 2 of the act of January 12, 1899, ch. 46, 30 Stat. 784, is not contained in 10:878. It is also omitted from the revised section, since it related to authority of mustering officers to administer oaths and the general authority to administer oaths is now contained in sec- tion 936 of this title (article 136 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4840 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. § 7841. Payment of small amounts to public credi- tors When authorized by the Secretary of the Army, a disbursing official of Army subsistence funds may keep a limited amount of those funds in the personal possession and at the risk of the disbursing official to pay small amounts to pub- lic creditors. (Added Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(b)(10)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1056, § 4841; renumbered § 7841, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 4841 ......... 31:493. Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 251 (pro- viso on p. 1166), 34 Stat. 1166. The title of Secretary of War was changed to Sec- retary of the Army by section 205(a) of the Act of July 26, 1947 (ch. 343, 61 Stat. 501), and by sections 1 and 53 of the Act of August 10, 1956 (ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 157, 676). The word ‘‘When’’ is substituted for ‘‘as shall from time to time be’’ to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ‘‘disbursing official’’ are substituted for ‘‘Officers intrusted with the disbursement’’ for consistency. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4841 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.