Chapter 231. To authorize the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy to make certain disposition of condemned ordnance, guns, and cannon balls in their respective Departments
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CHAP. 231.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy to make certain disposition of condemned ordnance, guns, and cannon balls in their respective Departments.May 22, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War and Condemned cannon. Secretaries of War and of Navy may donate to soldiers’ monument associations, etc. the Secretary of the Navy are each hereby authorized, in their discretion, to loan or give to soldiers’ monument associations, posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, and municipal corporations, condemned 134FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 231–233. 1896. ordnance, guns, and cannon balls which may not be needed in the service of either of said Departments. Such loan or gift shall be made subject to rules and regulations covering the same in each Department, Regulations, etc. and the Government shall be at no expense in connection with any such loan or gift. Approved, May 22, 1896.