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§8767 Equipment for instruction in seamanship: loan to military schools

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART IV— - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 875— - DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL › § 8767

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

On a governor’s request, the President may direct the Navy to lend one fully equipped cutter for every 25 cadets, plus spare seamanship gear, to one established military school in a coastal or Great Lakes State that wants to teach basic seamanship. To be eligible, a school must have cutter-drill facilities, at least 75 cadets (each 15 or older, in uniform, receiving military instruction, and housed in barracks), and space to quarter and teach 150 cadets. The Secretary must require a bond equal to twice the property's value to cover care and return.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8767

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(a)Upon the application of the governor of any State having a seacoast or bordering on any of the Great Lakes, the President may direct the Secretary of the Navy to lend to one well-established military school in that State that desires to instruct its cadets in elementary seamanship one fully equipped cutter for every 25 cadets attending the school, and such other equipment adequate for instruction in elementary seamanship as may be spared.
(b)To be eligible for a loan under this section a school must—
(1)have adequate facilities for cutter drill;
(2)have at least 75 cadets—
(A)at least 15 years of age;
(B)in uniform;
(C)receiving military instruction; and
(D)quartered in barracks under military regulations; and
(3)have the capacity to quarter and educate 150 cadets at one time.
(c)Whenever a loan is made under this section, the Secretary shall require a bond in double the value of the property for its care and return when required.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 754734 U.S.C. 1128.Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 863, 31 Stat. 1440;
June 29, 1906, ch. 3612, 34 Stat. 620;
June 24, 1910, ch. 378, 36 Stat. 613 (1st par.). In subsection (a) the word “lend” is substituted for the word “furnish” because of the provision for return of the equipment. The words “man-of-war’s” are omitted as obsolete. The words “attending the school” are substituted for the words “in actual attendance”. In subsection (b) the words “To be eligible for a loan under this section” are added, and the subsection is phrased as a condition.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7547 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8767

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73