Chapter 539. To authorize and direct the Secretary of War to transfer certain materials, machinery, and equipment to the Department of Agriculture
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CHAP. 539.— An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of War to transfer certain materials, machinery, and equipment to the Department of Agriculture. March 4, 1925.[[H. R. 7269](/us/bill/68/hr/7269).][[Public, No. 614](/us/pl/68/614).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the SecretaryArmy tractors and trucks.Transfer of, to Agricultural Department for highway construction.Vol. 40, p. 1201;
Vol. 41, pp. 530, 684, 1156, 1349. of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to transfer to the Department of Agriculture under the provisions of section 7 of the Act approved February 28, 1919, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1920, and for other purposes,” and Acts amendatory there1282 to for use in the improvement of highways and roads as therein provided, the following war materials, machinery, and equipment pertaining to the Military Establishment out of the reserve stocks of the said Military Establishment, to wit:
One hundred five-ton caterpillar tractors complete with tools and spare parts; and one thousand motor trucks, three-quarter to five ton capacity. TheFreight charges, etc. freight charges incurred in the transfer of the property provided for in this provision shall be defrayed by the Department of Agriculture, and if the War Department shall load any of the said property for shipment, the expense of said loading shall be reimbursed to the War Department by the Department of Agriculture by an adjustment of the appropriations of the two departments.State title to equipments, etc.Sale, etc., prohibited.
The title to said materials, machinery, and equipment shall be and remain vested in the State for use in the improvement of the public highways, and no such materials, machinery, and equipment in serviceable condition shall be sold or the title to the same transferred to any individual, company, or corporation. Approved, March 4, 1925.