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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 115. 1910. 261 accessories may be issued for small-arms target practice and instruction at the educational institutions and state soldiers’ and sailors’ orphans’ homes, to which issues of small arms are lawfully made, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, provided the tota value of the stores so issued to the educational institutions does not exceed thirty thousand dollars, one million dollars. For blank ammunition for use of troops articipating in maneuver ,0§L’;§,§eg$;'§s9¤“¥°¤ camps of instruction, seventy-five thousand) dollars. ' MANUFACTURE OF ARMS: `or manufacturing, repairinlg, procuring, &Qlf1*;¤“‘”*mm8·°*°·- and issuing arms at the national armories, one mi lion ol ars: Pro- rwémo. vided, That the Secretary of War is hereb authorized to sell, at the ,,,?§L‘§’_ ‘° °“b° P"` prices fixed and published by the Chief ofy Ordnance, to the Government of Cuba, for the use of its organized troops, not to exceed ten thousand United States magazine rifies of the present service model, with arm chests, arm racks, ap endages, bayonets, and gun slings therefor, and such quantities of) spare parts for the rifles, and of bayonet scabbards, articles of cavalry-horse equipment, and the present ordnance equipment of the soldier as may be desired by that Govemment for the equipment of its troo s. _ O1wNANc1·: sronns AND snrrnrns: .1?ii>r overhauling, cleaning, ,,,§,'§§?'““8·°‘°··°’d' repairing, and preserving ordnance and ordnance stores in the han s of troops and at the arsenals, posts, and depots; for purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to fill requisitions of troops; for E‘1“‘F"“°”“· infantry, cavalry, and artillery equipments, including horse equipments or cavalry and artillery, eight hundred thousand dollars. _ For the purchase of material, equipment, books of instruction, m§f_;rc{_¤¤¤§=¤ for awe range finders, and iire—control equipment for the instruction and use ° m` of state coast artillery 0 anizations, twenty-Eve thousand dollars: Provided, That in time ol?war, or- threatened war, such equipment mm,. may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be withdrawn from OWL,. mm armories or other laces where it is in use by the state coast artillery grganizations, and) may be used in the fortifications of the United tates. Nyrroxar. raornr Arm mnnans ma nr1=·r.r: corzrnsrsz That for the ,,€·j§,$,$;’°¤§§,",,, and purpose of furnishing a national trophy and medals and other prizes prim ` to be provided and contested for annual], under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Vgar, said contest to be open " to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the national iard or organized militia of the several States, Territories, and ofgthe District of Columbia, and for the cost of the trophy, rizes, and medals herein provided for, and for the promotion of riliia practice, including the reimbursement of necessary expenses of members of the national board for the promotion of riiie practice, to be expended for the purposes hereinbefore prescribed under the direction of the Secretary of _ War, ten thousand dollars. Automatic rifles: For the purchase, manufacture, and test of $§,$g,§*8;§°e{§*°’· automatic rifles, including their sights and e uipments, to be avail- ` able until the close of the fiscal year ending dune thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Ordnance contracts: Hereafter whenever contracts which are not %'$,'§§,';;°'je'§;’,§%°S‘ to be gerformed within sixty days are made on behalf of the Government y the Chief of Ordnance, or liy officers under him authorized to make them, and are in excess of 've hundred dollars in amount, such contracts shall be reduced to writing and si ed by the contracting parties with their names at the endc thereo? In all other cases contracts shall be prepared under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Chief of Ordnance. Approved, March 23, 1910. SS740°-—vor, 36, PT 1-11-—-19