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 htm xv.-rua mrvr.-cu. 4. 257 Sec. 1472. When the office of chief of Bureau is filled by a line officer Chief of Bureau. below the rank of commodore, said officer shall have the relative rank of when l’°l°"' "mk commodore during the time he holds said office. °_f °°mm°d°“" 3 Mar., 1871, c. 117, s. 12, v. 16, p. 537. Sec. 1473. Officers 'who have been or who shall be retired from the Retired fmmpoposition of chiefs of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgerv, of Provisions ¤1*10¤ of chief of and Clothing, of Steam Engineering, or of Construction. and Repair, by B""““· reason of age or length of service. shall have the relative rank of com- 3 Mar., 1871 c. modore. 117, s. 12, v. 16, p. 537. Sec. 1474. Officers of the Medical Corps on the active list of the Navv Medi¤i1Corps. shall have relative rank as follows: Medical directors, the relative rank of captain. 117,s.5,v.’16,p.5’35; Medical inspectors, the relative rank of commander. Surgeons, the relative rank of lieutenant-commander or lieutenant. Passed assistant surgeons, the relative rank of lieutenant or master. Assistant surgeons, the relative rank of master or ensign. S1-uc. 1475. Oiiioers of the Pay Corps on the active list of the Navy Pay C°"P°· shall have relative rank as follows: 3 Mar., 1871, c. Pay directors, the relative rank of captain. 117. v- 6, v. 16, p. Pay inspectors, the relative rank of commander. 536· Paymasters, the relative rank of lieutenant-commander or lieutenant. Passed assistant paymasters, the relative rank of lieutenant or master. Assistant pavmasters, the relative rank of master or ensign. Sec. 1476. Ciiicers of the Engineer Corps on the active list shall have E¤€1¤°°*' CWD6- relative rank as follows: 3 Mar., 1871, c. Of the chief engineers, ten shall have the relative rank of captain, 117. S- 7.1*. 16. p.. fifteen that of commander, and forty-five that of lieutenant-commander 533 or lieutenant. 35  l;§b‘},1$’;4* °‘ First assistant engineers shall have the relative rank of lieutenant or °`` master, and second assistant engineers that of master or ensi n. Sec. 1477. Of the naval constructors, two shall have the relative rank i f?”§f‘g‘§P9f*· of captain, three of commander, and all others that of lieutenant-com- 3 Mar., 1871, c. mander or lieutenant. Assistant naval constructors shall have the rela- 117. S- 9. V- 16. p- tive rank of lieutenant or master. 536- Sec. 1478. Civil engineers shall have such relative rank as the Presi- CiVi1¤¤zi¤6€1*¤- dent may iix. ii? Niyarllidgghdl ¢,1¤..,\’. `,p. . Sec. 1479. Chaplains shall have relative rank as follows: Four, the _Cj1§Q@=},4_ relative rank of captain; seven, that of commander; and not more than 3 Mar., 1871, c. seven. that of lieutenant-commander or lieutenant. U7-¤-9·V-16-P-536- S1·;c. 1480. Professors of mathematics shall have relative rank as fol- lngagéfaiigsrs °f lows: Three, the relative rank of captain; four, that of commander; and —————{-- five, that of lieutenant-commander or lieutenant. ['[`he grades estab- 2431 M1}? _18f?· °· lished in the six preceding sections for the staff corps of the Navy 1923 s' "` ’ P` shall be filled by appointment from the highest members in each corps, 27 Hb., 1877, c. according to seniority; and new commissions shall be issued to the ofli- 69. v. 19, p. 244. cers so a int-ed, in which the titles and grades established in said sections shailphe inserted; and no existing commission shall be vacated in the said several staff corps, except by the issue of the new commissions required by the provisions of this section; and no officer shall be reduced in rank or lose seniority in his own corps by any change which may be re uircd under the provisions of the said six preceding sections: Prafvlded, That the issuing of a new appointment and commission to any otiicer of the ay corps under the provisions of this section shall not affect or annui)any existing bond, but the same shall remain in force. and ap ly to such new appointment and commission.] gmc. 1481. Officers of the Medical. Pay, and Engineer Corps, chap- W1¤¢¤r¢¢iwdi0¤‘ lains, professors of mathematics, and mnstructors, w o shall have served  l°“g"h °f faithfully for forty-five years, shall, when retired, have the relative rank _;-—-— of commodore; and officcrs of these several corps who have been or shall ui; Mfi- ,18;,} °· be retired at the age of sixty-two years, before having served for forty- 537; °' ’ ‘ ’° five years, but who shall have served faithfully unti retired, shall, on