§787. Payment of judgments or settlements

Any final judgment rendered on any libel or cross libel herein authorized, and any settlement had and agreed to under the provisions of section 786 of this Appendix, shall, upon presentation of a duly authenticated copy thereof, be paid by the proper accounting officer of the United States out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States appropriated therefor by Congress.

(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 428, §7, 43 Stat. 1113 .)

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Admiralty and maritime rules of practice (which included libel procedures) were superseded, and civil and admiralty procedures in United States district courts were unified, effective July 1, 1966, see rule 1 and Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.