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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part IV · Chapter 153 — Exchange of Material and Disposal of Obsolete, Surplus, or Unclaimed Property

§ 2574. Armament: sale of individual pieces

Statutory text

A piece of armament that can be advantageously replaced, and that is not needed for its historical value, may be sold by the military department having jurisdiction over it for not less than cost, if the Secretary concerned considers that there are adequate sentimental reasons for the sale.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 144.) · 70A Stat. 144

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 2574

    (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 144.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 144.)

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Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
257410:1262b.34:545.50:69.Mar. 2, 1905, ch. 1307 (last 55 words of last par. under “Ordnance Department”), 33 Stat. 841.

The words “by the military department having jurisdiction over it” are inserted for clarity. The words “if the Secretary concerned considers” are substituted for the words “when there exist * * * in the judgment of the Secretary”.

Credits

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 144.)

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