Code of Alabama - Title 31: Military Affairs and Civil Defense - Section 31-2-28 - Officers and enlisted men personally responsible for care, etc., of military property in custody

Section 31-2-28 - Officers and enlisted men personally responsible for care, etc., of military property in custody.

Every officer and enlisted man to whom any articles of military property are delivered in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter, shall be held personally responsible for their care, safeguarding, and return. He shall use the same for military purposes only, and upon receiving discharge or otherwise leaving the military service, or upon demand of his commanding officer, shall forthwith surrender and deliver up the property to the commanding officer in as good order and condition as the same was at the time of receiving it, reasonable use and ordinary wear thereof excepted.

(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §27; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §28.)

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