
1 
The powers of a volunteer corps to borrow, and of the Public Works Loan Commissioners to lend, shall extend to the borrowing and lending of such money as may be required for the purchase, erection, construction, alteration, or enlargement of any building or permanent work for the purposes of a volunteer corps, or for the repayment of a loan raised for any such purpose.
2 
This Act shall be construed as part of the Military Lands Act, 1892, and may be cited as the Military Lands Act, 1897, and the Military Lands Act, 1892, and this Act may be cited together as the Military Lands Acts, 1892 and 1897.