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 450 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3515. 1906. said appropriation which is thus determined not to be available shall c,,_’§g,'{QQ’§,'§°°,f§' §§f be CDV8F8d back into the Treasury: 1’r0vzYded qlso, That the sums so pews." a portioned among the several States and ’1‘err1tor1es and the District v°1' 32’ p' m' of Columbia shall be available for the purposes named in section fourteen of the Act of January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three, for the actual excess of expenses of travel in making the inspections Rm P¤°“°°· therein provided for over the allowances made for same by law; for the promotion of riiie practice, including the acquisition, construction. maintenance, and equipment of shooting galleries and suitable target H°"“’· °'*°· ranges; for the hiring of horses and draft animals for the use of mounted troops, batteries, and wagons; for forage for the same and for such other incidental expenses in connection with encampments, maneuvers, and field instruction provided for in sections fourteen and fifteen of the said Act of January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three, as the Secretary of War may deem necessary? _ uQ,’B‘;Q€§f· P· ‘°’· Sec. 3. That section three of the Act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, is hereby amended and reenacted as follows: 1’¤r<=h¤¤¤ vf ¤¤¤¤. “Sec. 3. That the purchase or manufacture of arms, ordnance §ii:i£y,°'°d mmm- stores, quartermaster stores, and camp equip e for the militia under the provisions of this Act shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of War, as such arms, ordnance and quartermaster stores, and camp equi ge are now manufactured or otherwise provided for the use of the gdgular Army, and they shall be receipted for and shall remain the property of the United States,_and be annually accounted for by the governors of the States and Territories and b_v the comm1;;,; {001; ¤&L]g;·{;§· manding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, mum. ’ for which urpose the Secretary of War shall prescribe and supply the necessary blanks and make such regulations as he may deem necessary to érrotect the interests of the United States." _¤Y;!}M24· P- W- Ec. 4. That section four of the Act of February twelfth, eighteen ' hundred and eighty-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: icg{~)ré¤;¤l}m<;f€¤:;¤¤¤¤· "S1·:0. 4. That whenever any property furnished to any State or ’Territory, or the District of Columbia, as hereinbefore provided, has been lost or destroyed, or has become unserviceable or unsuitable from $¤"°Yl¤8 0********- use in service, or from any other cause, it shall be examined by a disinterested surveying officer of the organized militia, to be appointed by the overnor of the State or Territory, or the commanding general of the §ational Guard of the District of _Columbia, to whom the property has been issued, and his report shall be forwarded by said governor neemon as eo ne or commanding general direct to the Secretary of War, and if it shall °°“"°"°m°y‘ appear to the Secretary of V\'ar from the record of survey that the property has been lost or destroyed through unavoidable causes, he is ereby authorized to relieve the State from further accountability therefor; if it shall appear that the loss or destruction of property was due to carelessness or neglect or that its loss could have been avoided by the exercise of reasonable care, the money value thereof shall be c arged against the allotment to the States under section sixteen hun- S¤¤¤· ¤°*=· dred and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes as amended. If the articles so surveyed are found to be unserviceable or unsuitable, the Secretary of War shall direct what disposition, by sale or otherwise, shall be made of them, except unserviceable clothing which shall be destroyed, and if sold the roceeds of such saleshall be covered into the Treasury of the United S)tates." Approved. June 22, 1906.