2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part IV - General Administration
Chapter 631 - Secretary of the Navy: Miscellaneous Powers and Duties
Sec. 7221 - Acceptance and care of gifts to vessels

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7221 (2017)
Section Name §7221. Acceptance and care of gifts to vessels
Section Text

The Secretary of the Navy may accept and care for such gifts of silver, colors, books, or other articles of equipment or furniture as, in accordance with custom, are made to vessels of the Navy. Necessary expenses incident to the care of gifts that are accepted shall be paid from the appropriation for the maintenance and operation of vessels.

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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 446.)

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Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
7221 5 U.S.C. 419. May 20, 1908, ch. 182, 35 Stat. 171.

The words "in the form" and "by States, municipalities, or otherwise" are omitted as surplusage. The words "the appropriation for the maintenance and operation of vessels" are substituted for the words "the appropriation 'Equipment of Vessels' " to identify by a general description, rather than by a specific appropriation title, the appropriation authorized to be used.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 631 - SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 7221 - Acceptance and care of gifts to vessels
Contains section 7221
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 35 Stat. 171
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