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582 582 the Secretary and which has at least 100 physically fit male students over 14 years of age. §9652.

Rifles and ammunition for target practice: educational institutions having corps of cadets (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may lend, without expense to the United States, magazine rifles and appendages that are not of the existing service models in use at the time, and that are not necessary for a proper reserve supply, to any educational institution having a uniformed corps of cadets of sufficient number for target practice. He may also issue 40 rounds of ball cartridges for each cadet for each range at which target practice is held, but not more than 120 rounds each year for each cadet participating in target practice. (b) The institutions to which property is lent under subsection (a) shall use it for target practice, take proper care of it, and return it when required. (c) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section, containing such other requirements as he considers necessary to safeguard the interests of the United States. § 9653.

Ordnance and ordnance stores: District of Columbia high schools The Secretary of the Air Force, under regulations to be prescribed! by him, may issue to the high schools of the District of Columbia ordnance and ordnance stores required for military instruction and practice. The Secretary shall require a bond in double the value of the property issued under this section, for the care and safekeeping of that property and, except for property properly expended, for its return when required. § 9654. Supplies: military instruction camps Under such conditions as he may prescribe, the Secretary of the Air Force may issue, to any educational institution at which an Air Force officer is detailed as professor of air science and tactics, such supplies as are necessary to establish and maintain a camp for the military instruction of its students. The Secretary shall require a bond in the value of the property issued under this section, for the. care and safekeeping of that property and, except for property properly expended, for its return when required. §9655.

Arms and ammunition: agencies and departments of United States (a) Whenever required for the protection of public money and property, the Secretary of the Air Force may lend arms and their accouterments, and issue ammunition, to a department or independent agency of the United States, upon request of its head. Property lent or issued under this subsection may be delivered to an officer of the department or agency designated by the head thereof, and that officer shall account for the property to the Secretary of the Air Force. Property lent or issued under this subsection and not properly expended shall be returned when it is no longer needed. (b) The department or agency to which property is lent or issued under subsection (a) shall transfer funds to the credit of the Department of the Air Force to cover the costs of—

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