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 796 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 482-485. 1903. F¤bl'¤-M"! 5, 190% CHAP. 482.-An Act Authorizing the President to appoint Lieutenant Robert Platt, United States Navy, to the ran of commander. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 0_f the United {·,*§;"·bI,§°';;’,‘;,‘0*f,l$;*é States of America in Uengress assembled, That the President be, and is commander on ¤¤v¤1 hereby, authorized to appoint Robert Platt, lieutenant of the junior mmm grade, United States Navy, not in the line of prgmotion, to the rank gf commander, Unitedh States Navy, and to p him on the retired 'st of the Navy as suc. Approved, February 5, 1903. February 6, 1903. CHAP. 483.-An ActAuthorizing the President to appoint Lieutenant-Commander William P. Randall, retired, United States Navy, a commander on the retired list. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rce€resentatives q f the United wUm°°, °· P°°1g‘;*&*}°’ States of America in Congress assembled, at the President of the May be appointed United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate and, by and ’ "“ mm with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint Lieutenant- Commander William P. Randall, United States Navy, retired, a commander on the retired listhof the Navy, with the retired pay of that grade from the date of suc appointment. Approved, February 5, 1903. February S, GHAP. @84.-··An Act To authorize the President topppoint Brigadier·Gene1al [Pawn, N0, Bm £,nC£mMteJ1·;1azn to tlhgt. grade of major-general m the Um States Army and place Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitet MQW- Pm H- C- States of America in Congress assemble, That the President be, and my be appcmmd he IS hereby, authorized to appoint, with the adv1ce and consent of the §},’(§Q_“°“°” ud Senate, Brigadier-General H. `. Merriam to the grade of major-general in the United States Army and place him on the retired list. Approved, February 5, 1903. February 5, 1m.   485.--An Act Raising the rank of Chief Engineer David Smith on the t‘——‘_*"‘[Publ,c' Nc_ 6,,] retired list of the Navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0_f.Rei{Z·esentatives of the United Dfv’{,§‘§¤mff’¤'*“°°’ States 06 America in Omzgress assembled, That Chief Engineer David gggnlcgtd egmvai Smith, nited States Navy, retired, who served with credit through &h.,,,,.d,.,_ mx both tlpaézivil and Spapisih-zirglietricag wars, and who, in} the pelriflgrmance o u _ mcurre -188. 1 y om exposure ren ering an givalid reqmiiinglthe se}rv1ceshof aan agtendlant ever since his detachment, ebruary sevent eiv teen un re an ninety-nine be advanced on the retired list frbm I-March third, eighteen hundred had ninety-nine, to the next higher grade. Approved, February 5, 1903. _