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 100 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 501. 1902. APPU12. 1902- CHAP. 501.-An Act/Tqpromote the efficiency of the Revenue-Cutter Service. [Pm1c' NO. 68] Be it tegby t14é_`x>SZmzte and House 0 Representatives 0 f the [batted States Tqg?o Omagmss assembl, That on and after the assage Se“,${,‘f,f‘“°‘°“"°’ of th`t t cldmmissioned officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service 0¤1¤¢¤=- s as s: Captains, first lieutenants, second lieutenants, third P""' p` 1°°‘na t§eapta` of engineers, chief engineers, first assistant engin-, sé thengineers, and constructor; and the captain of eng` e , cengineers, first assistant engineers, second assistant e ers s have the rank of captain, first, second, and third lieu- I nts, respectively; and the constructor shall have the rank of iirst m·m not m_ utenant: Provuled, however, There shall be no increase in the numc¤&¤gee5w'm49‘p·5u ppgspfnoflirielrs upon the active list over the present number ID each R~·=1¤¤v¤¤¤1r- Seo. 2g That the said commissioned officers shall rank as follows: Captains with majors in the Army and lieutenant-commanders in the Navy; first lieutenants with captains in the Army and lieutenants in the Navy; second lieutenants with iirst lieutenants in the Army and lieutenants (junior grade) in the Navy;_ third lieutenants with second gfghcu womb heutenants in the y and ensigns ID the Navy: Propzded, That snksgmznusgly. 585 whenever forces of the Navy and Revenue—Cutter Service shall be ‘·’°°‘m *" · serving in cooperationepursuant to law (section twenty-seven hundred and ii y-seven, Revis Statutes), the officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service shall rank as follows: Captains with and next after lieutenantcommanders in the Navy; first lxeutenants with and next after lieutenants in the Navy; second lieutenants with and next after lieutenants ummmm of W giunior gra)de)bin the Navy; third lieulmlnxnts with_ and 1;e;:lt_af§e1é mmm nsxgns in e avy. _ _ fu ', no provision o is c shal be construed as giving any officer of the Revenue-butter Service military or other control at any time over any vessel, officer, or man of the naval service. Nor shall any naval officer exercise such military gp other control pvc;] any vessephpdilger, og man of the Revenue—Cutter rvice, except `rection o e resident. P"'“‘“°““°"““°°“· Sec. 3. Thaltthe commissioned officers of the United States Revenue- Cutter Service shall hereafter receive the same pay,and allowances, except forage, as are now or may hereafter be provided by law for R _ officers of corresponding rank in the Army, including longevity pay. °"’°“’“”‘· Sec. 4. That when any officer in the Revenue-Cutter t ‘l‘\'l e has reached the age of sixty-four years he shall be retired by the President from active service; and when any officer has become incapable of performing the duties of his office he shall be either placed upon the rgtired wlaiting-grders listd og dropped from the service by the resident, as ereina ter rovi e . “°'“"“*' "°“"’· Sec. 5. That the Secretgry of the Treasury, under the direction of the President, shall from time to time assemble a Revenue-Cutter ,,,‘§g"QP°"*“°“ ‘*““ Service retirirég board, composed of officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service and m ical officers of the Marine—Hospital Service, consisting of not less than five commissioned officers, two-fifths of whom shall be selected from medical officers of the Marine-Hospital Service, for the purpose of examining and reporting on such officers of the Revenueutter Service as may be ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury to appear before it; and the members of said board shall be sworn, in every case, to discharge their duties honestly and impartially, the oath to be administered to the members by the president of the board, and to tgim (py} the junior lmepiber or ricordpg; and such board shall inquire in an etermine the acts touc in e nature and occasion of the disability of any officer who ap ar.? to be incapable of performing the duties of his office, and shall hive such powers as may be necessary for that purpose; and when the board finds an officer incapacitated