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However, the Secretary may excuse an officer of the Quartermaster Corps who is not accountable for public money or property from giving bond. (b) The Quartermaster General is not liable for money or property received by a subordinate officer of the Quartermaster Corps. § 4835. Report s of survey (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe, any officer of the Army designated by him may act upon reports of surveys and vouchers pertaining to the loss, spoilage, unserviceability, unsuitability, or destruction of or damage to property of the United States under the control of the Department of the Army. (b) Action taken under subsection (a) is final, except that action holding a person pecuniarily liable for loss, spoilage, destruction, or damage is not final until approved by the Secretary or an officer of the Army designated by him. § 4836. Individual equipment: unauthorized disposition (a) No enlisted member of the Army may sell, lend, pledge, barter, or give any clothing, arms, or equipment furnished him by the United States to any person other than a member of the Army, or an officer of the United States, authorized to receive it. (b) If a member of the Army has disposed of property in violation of subsection (a) and it is in the possession of a person who is neither a member of the Army, nor an officer of the United States, authorized to receive it, that person has no right to or interest in the property, and any civil or military officer of the United States may seize it, wherever found. Possession of such property furnished by the United States to a member of the Army, by a person who is neither a member of the Army nor an officer of the United States, is prima facie evidence that it has been disposed of in violation of subsection (a). (c) If an officer who seizes property under subsection (b) is not authorized to retain it for the United States, he shall deliver it to a person who is authorized to retain it. § 4837. Settlement of accounts: deductions from p a y (a) An amount due the United States from an enlisted member of the Army for articles sold to the member on credit under section 4621 (a)(1) of this title shall be deducted from the next pay due that member after the sale is reported to the Chief of Finance. An amount due the United States from an enlisted member of the Army for tobacco sold to him by the United States under section 4623 of this title shall be deducted from his pay in the manner provided for the settlement of clothing accounts. (b) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, any amount that an enlisted member is administratively determined to owe the United States or any of its instrumentalities may be deducted from his pay in monthly installments. However, after the deduction of pay forfeited by the sentence of a court-martial, if any, or otherwise authorized by law to be withheld, the deductions authorized by this section may not reduce the pay actually received for any month to less than one-third of his basic pay for that month. (c) Subject to subsection (b), an amount due the United States
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