Chapter 362. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the equitable distribution of captured war devices and trophies to the States and Territories of the United States and to the District of Columbia,” approved June 7, 1924
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CHAP. 362.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the equitable distribution of captured war devices and trophies to the States and Territories of the United States and to the District of Columbia,” approved June 7, 1924.May 22, 1926.[[S. 2475](/us/bill/69/s/2475).][[Public, No. 267](/us/pl/69/267).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,World War trophies.Distribution of.Vol. 43, p. 597.*Post*, p. 878.
That section 2 and section 3 of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the equitable distribution of captured war devices and trophies to the States and Territories of the United States and to the District of Columbia,” approved June 7, 1924, be amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 2. That for the purposes of this Act the reports heretoforeCompilation made of armed forces from States, during World War, to serve as basis of distribution. compiled under the direction of the Secretary of War showing the number of men in the armed forces of the United States accredited to each State, Territory, and possession of the United States, and to the District of Columbia, either by enlistment or by the process of the Selective Service Act, or otherwise drawn into and becoming an integral part of the armed forces of the United States during the period April 7, 1917, to November 11, 1918, and the allotment of war trophies suitable for distribution among the several States, Territories, and possessions, and the District of Columbia, shall serve as the basis of distribution.
As soon as practicable after the date uponPrompt detailed notice to executives at States, etc., of apportionment. which this Act shall become effective the Secretary of War shall cause the chief executive of each of the several States, Territories, and possessions, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to be informed of the character and quantity of war devices and trophies apportioned thereto, and shall invite each such chief executive and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to designate such material as will be accepted free on board common carrier at the point of storage and to designate the point or points to which the accepted material is to be shipped without expense to the United States other than that of packing and loading at the point of storage: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War is authorized to*Proviso*.Distribution of devices heretofore considered unsuitable. apportion and distribute such war devices and trophies, formerly contemplated by the said reports heretofore compiled as unsuitable for distribution as trophies, as he deems suitable for distribution andVol. 43, p. 598, amended. to include the Canal Zone in such apportionment and distribution.
“Sec. 3. Shipment of the apportionment of each State, Territory,Shipment on notice of acceptance, etc. and possession, and the District of Columbia accepted shall lie made as soon as practicable after the chief executive or the commissioners thereof, as the case may require, shall have informed the Secretary of War that such State, Territory, possession, or District will accept and take possession thereof as hereinbefore provided for and will relieve the United States of all responsibility for the safe delivery of the material and of all charges, costs, and expenses whatsoever connected with the transportation thereof: *Provided*, That if the*Proviso*.Reapportionment, etc., if acceptance not filed before July 1, 1927. chief executive or the commissioners of any State, Territory, possession, or District shall not, on or before July 1, 1927, file with the Secretary of War such acceptance and agreement, such apportionment, or any part thereof, shall be reapportioned and Vol. 43, p. 598, amended.redistributed to the several States, Territories, and possessions of the United 616States, the District of Columbia, and the Canal Zone as the Secretary of War shall determine, and any residue not accepted or Disposal of residue.rejected on or before July 1, 1928, shall be sold as surplus property as it then is and where it then is, or shall be destroyed, all as the Secretary of War, in his discretion, shall determine; war devices and trophies considered by the Secretary of War as unsuitable for distribution under this Act, may be sold, or otherwise disposed of.”" Approved, May 22, 1926.