Volume 52 · 693
Public Law 75–399
To permit sales of surplus scrap materials of the Navy to certain institutions of learning.
Approved June 15, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
To permit sales of surplus scrap materials of the Navy to certain institutions of learning.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 2 of
Navy.
the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, and for other purposes”, approved August 5, 1882 (22 Stat. 296), is hereby amended by inserting
before the period at the end of the fourth sentence thereof the following: “ Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized,
Sales of surplus scrap metals to schools, etc., authorized.
in his discretion, to sell, at the prices established for issue to naval activities, surplus scrap metals of the Navy, to schools, colleges, and universities for use in courses of instruction in vocational training: Provided further, That any costs incident to the transportation
Transportation costs.
or delivery of such scrap metals shall be charged to the purchaser ”.
Approved, June 15, 1938.