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61 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 357-JULY 30, 1947 officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men traveling on duty pertaining to or on detail to or relief from duty with the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; procurement and issue as provided in section 55c of the Act approved June 4, 1920 (10 U. S . C . 1180), and in section 1225, Revised Statutes, as amended, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, to schools and colleges, other than those provided for in section 40 of the Act above referred to, of such arms, tentage, and equipment, and of ammunition, targets, and target materials, including the transporting of the same, and the overhauling and repair of articles issued as the Secretary of War shall deem necessary for proper military training in said schools and colleges; $25,025,000: Provided,That uniforms and other equip- ment or material issued to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps in accordance with law shall be furnished from surplus or excess stocks of the War Department without payment from this appropriation, except for actual expense incurred in the manufacture or issue: Provided further, That in no case shall the amount paid from this appropriation for uniforms, equipment, or material furnished to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps from stocks under the control of the War Department be in excess of the price current at the time the issue is made: Provided further,That none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the organization or maintenance of a greater number of mounted units in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps than were in existence on January 1, 1928: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be available for any expense on account of any student in Veterinary units not a member of such units on May 5, 1932, but such stoppage of further enrollments shall not interfere with the maintenance of existing units: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated elsewhere in this Act, except for printing and binding and pay and allowances of officers and enlisted men, shall be used for expenses in connection with the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY Promotion of rifle practice: For construction, equipment, and main- tenance of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens in marksmanship, and promotion of practice in the use of rifled arns, for arms, anlmu- nition, targets, and other accessories for target practice, for issue and sale in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and approved by the Secretary of War; clerical services, including not exceeding $82,000 in the District of Columbia; procurement of materials, supplies, trophies, prizes badges, services, and such other items as are authorized in section 113, Act of June 3, 1916, and under this head in War Depart- ment Appropriation Act of June 7, 1924; conduct of the national matches, including incidental travel of rifle teams and of individuals and of Marine Corps and other detachments required in the opera- tion of the matches and including incidental travel of rifle teams and individuals attending regional, national, and international com- petitions, and for the purchase of medals and badges for use in National Rifle Association competitions, including those fired as a part of the national matches; mileage at 8 cents per mile for mem- bers of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice when authorized by the Secretary of War, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding; and maintenance of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, including not to exceed $10,500 for incidental expenses in addition to the amount authorized by Act 567 Military equipment for schools, etc. 41 Stat. 780. 10U. S.0.§1182a. 41 Stat. 776. 10U. S. . 381. Supplies from War Department surplus stocks. Price. Mounted units. Student expenses in Veterinary units. Restriction on use of other funds. Supplies, etc. 39 Stat. 211; 43 Stat. 510. 32 U. S. C. i§183, 186, 181. National matches. Mileage for Board members. Maintenance ot Board.