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 FIFTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. Ch. 1010. 1903. 1197 The grades of the active list of the Navy hereinafter designated N·*°“'° lm °‘ **1** shall be so increased that there shall be thirty additional lieutenant- iliyeism in mmm commanders, in all two hundred; fifty additional lieutenants, in all "$‘l,;°?;{‘,,_1w5_ three hundred and fifty; such total numbers of lieutenants (junior — grade) and ensigns as may qualify for said grades under existin law and the provisions of t is Act; thirty additional surgeons wig; the rank of ieutenant-commander, in all eighty-five; one hundred and twenty additional passed assistant and assistant surgeons, with the rank, respectively, of lieutenant and lieutenant (junior grade), in all two hun red, an thirty; two additional pay inspectors, in all fifteen; thirty-six additional paymasters, in all seventy-six; twenty-six additional passed assistant and assistant paymasters, in all ninety- six; twenty-nine additional naval constructors and assistant naval -*’**°· P·°”- constructors, in all seventy-five; one additional civil engineer, in all twenty-eight; and twelve assistant civil engineers, of whom six 4•*·!>-°'*- shall have the rank of lieutenant (junior grade) and six the rank of ensign: Hovided, That assistantcivil engineers, during the first live ,d,n years after date of appointment, shall receive, per annum, when on mmm duty, one thousand five hundred dollars, when on leave or waitin. orders, one thousand dollars; during the second five years after sucg date, when on dut, one thonmnd eight hundred dollars, when on leave or waiting orders, one thousand two hundred dollars; and after ten years from such date, when on dut, two thousand one hundred gplllprp, lisp; wgezzon leavedozlwaggng orders, one thousanclh four hun- d f o :rt, t promotions in the co of { °““ °' civil engineers s ter such examination as the Secretary ggsthe promotion Navy may prescribe. The increase in the grades of lieutenant-commander and lieutenant cgi °* >‘°¤l>’ *¤· provided for in this Act shall be filled by promotion each year of not ° exceeding twenty-five per centum of the total number of the increase in each of said grades; and not more than twenty-five assistant surgeons, not more than twenty assistant aymasters, nor more than five assistant naval constructors, nor more than three assistant civil engineers, in addition to those necessary to fill vacancies in said grades, shall be apppinted in any one calendar year. _ ’ ereafter in each calendar year there may, under the restrictions ,,*"°},E‘,f,'j,‘°‘;,E,Q’f,_f,'j, by existing law, be a inted from the boatswains, gunners, <>g::¤· an warrant machinists of the‘N):vy twelve ensigns. There shall be allowed at the Naval Academy two midshipmen for §`f,§‘§e‘}jj;,”g§’;·p,m,,,,_ each Senator, Re resentative, and Delegate in Con ress two for the ¤§¤g<>f·_ _ _,_ District of Columibia, and five each year at large:   That the ¤¤.é£.&$.iT°1"w‘°"°°' additional Congressional appointments authorized by this Act shall be fQq"{,'g@'g;c d,,_mbu_ made at such times as may be determined by the Secretary of the ¤·>¤ vfincrew. Navy, who shall equitably distribute the increase among the several States Districts, and Territories, so that ultimately, if practicable. each Senator Representative, and Delegate may reco imend for appointment during each Congress one midshipman. Pr0·v2'dedjiu·ther, at members of the F ifty-seventh Congress who will not bemembers P"’“’“‘ "“°““°‘°’· of the Fifty-eighth Congress, and in whose Districts or States appointments have not been made or vacancies filled in the Fifty-seventh Congress, may immediately upon the Fage of this Act make the additional appointments herein provid for. _ The Secretary of the Navy shall as soon as practicable after the fifth ,,,°§‘§‘,?,{§",,,§’,f,,§’;f{‘l'Q§,F day of March in each year notify in writing each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Con ress of any vacancy which may be regarded as existing in the State, District, or Territory which he re resents, _ _ and the nomination of a candidate to fill such vacancy shall he made N°“““““°“* upon the recommendation of the Senator, Representative, or Delegate. Such recommendation shall be made by the iirst day of June of that year, and if not so made the Secretary of the Navy shall till the vacancy by the appointment of an actual resident of the State, District.