Chapter 364.
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CHAP. 364.— An act to authorize the sale of the small-arms now in use in the naval service, and the conversion of the proceeds of such sale, in the purchase of arms similar in caliber to the arms now in use by the United States Army. June 20, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Rifled small-arms.Sale of, authorized. That the chief of the Bureau of Ordnance of the Navy Department be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell the rifled small arms and carbines of caliber fifty”, now used in the Navy, as well as the cartridges adapted to them (now or which may be on band), in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of the Navy; the proceeds of which sale shall be used, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, in the purchasing of arms and ammunition of the caliber of small-arms in use by the United States Army; and that he shall report bis action to Congress.
Approved, June 20, 1878.