10 USC § 8247 - Sale of meals by general messes

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title: "10 USC § 8247 - Sale of meals by general messes"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8247"
section_name: "Sale of meals by general messes"
chapter_number: 827
chapter_name: "RATIONS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 381, § 6087; renumbered § 8247, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1835.)"
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# § 8247. Sale of meals by general messes

Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes, meals may be sold by general messes afloat and ashore.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 381, § 6087; renumbered § 8247, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1835.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6087 | 34 U.S.C. 915b(c). | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 16(c), 60 Stat. 855. |

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 8251 and 8252 were renumbered sections 9131 and 9132 of this title.

Another prior section 8252, , , provided that temporary enlistments could be made only in Air Force without specification of component, prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .