Title 14 of the U.S. Code § 2774 - Sales of ration supplies to messes
Full text of § 2774 from Title 14 of the United States Code.
§ 2774. Sales of ration supplies to messes
Ration supplies may be purchased by the cabin, wardroom, warrant officers', and other authorized messes and payment therefor made in cash to the commissary officer. The prices to be charged for such supplies shall not be less than the invoice prices, and the cash received from such sales shall be accounted for on the ration return and may be expended for the general mess.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 533, §479; renumbered §2774, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §132 (Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 223, §1, 38 Stat. 620). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 479 of this title as this section.
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