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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 779— REAL PROPERTY · § 7771

§ 7771. Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, or aviation field

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The Secretary of the Army may accept for the United States a gift of—
(1)land that he considers suitable and desirable for a permanent mobilization, training, or supply station; and
(2)land that he considers suitable and desirable for an aviation field, if the gift is from a citizen of the United States and its terms authorize the use of the property by the United States for any purpose.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 268, § 4771; renumbered § 7771, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)
10:1344 (last 40 words) is omitted as executed. The words “tract or tracts”, in 10:1342 and 1344, are omitted as surplusage. The words “and remount station”, in 10:1342, are omitted, since the property and civilian personnel of the Remount Service of the Quartermaster Corps were transferred to the Department of Agriculture by the Act of April 21, 1948, ch. 224, 62 Stat. 197 (7 U.S.C. 436–438). The words “by the United States for any purpose” are substituted for the words “for any other service of the United States which may hereafter appear desirable”, in 10:1342. The words “from any person”, in 10:1344, are omitted as surplusage.
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  • Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 268
  • 132 Stat. 1839
  • Act of April 21, 1948, ch. 224
  • 62 Stat. 197
  • section 4771 of this title
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§ 7771
Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, or aviation field
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ActAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
Stat.70A Stat. 268
Stat.132 Stat. 1839
ActAct of April 21, 1948, ch. 224
Stat.62 Stat. 197
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