§ 7660. Duties of prize commissioners
One or more of the prize commissioners shall—
(1)
receive from the prize master the documents and papers of the captured vessel and the inventory thereof;
(3)
take promptly, in the manner prescribed by section
7661 of this title, the testimony of the witnesses sent in;
(4)
take, at the request of the United States attorney, on interrogatories prescribed by the court, the depositions de bene esse of the prize crew and others;
(6)
apply to the court for an order to the marshal to unload the cargo, if this is necessary to that examination and inventory;
(7)
report to the court, and notify the United States attorney, whether any of the prize property requires immediate sale in the interest of all parties;
(8)
report to the court, from time to time, any matter relating to the condition, custody, or disposal of the prize property requiring action by the court;
(10)
report to the Secretary of the Navy, if, in their judgment, any of the prize property is useful to the United States in the prosecution of war.