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 452 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 3519, 3520. 1906. June B, 1906- CHAP. 3519.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a port of is- 32*3-1 aefivery at san Lake City, Umm [Public, No. 272.] _ _ Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of ltepresentatzves oftbe United gtiiitihmiféciiy umn, States ofAme7·iea in Owzgress assembled, That section two of an Act V<>¤-33»x>-8~'~.¤i¤¤¤<*- entitled "An Act to establish a port of delivery at Salt Lake City, °d' Utah," approved March eighteenth, nineteen hundred and four, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: giiiggiiibrmm. “Sec. 2. That there shall be appointed a surveyor of customs to reside at said port, whose salary shall be one thousand five hundred ` dollars per annum, in lieu of a l fees and commissions of every kind whatsoever. " Approved, June 23, 1906. Juirée  CHAI'. 3520.—An Act To promote the eiiiciency of the R»evenue—Cutter Service. —]1>utnc,N¤. 27a.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat2}ves of the United R8v€nue_Cmm States ofzlmeriea in Congress assembled, That on and after the passemee. _ sage of this Act the number of officers on the active list in the grade m£}}f,{,‘l l‘°“'°"""“‘ of third lieutenant in the Revenue-Cutter Service shall not exceed gggm,0u0fmdeL_ thirty-seven: Provided, That until such time as the grade of third ' lieutenant shall be filled as provided in this Act there may be advanced to that grade any cadet of the line who has served not less than two _ years as sulcih gadet, and is recommended for advancement by the Secretar of the reasury. ggdggr mowed Sad. 2. That hereafter the number of cadets of the line allowed in ` the Revenue·Cutter Service shall be such as to provide for filling the _ vacancies that may occur in the grade of third lieutenant in said gQ‘§'{';’§’§,;,,i0,,,_ Service: Provided, That a person to be eligible for appointment as a cadet of the line shall produce satisfactory evidence of good moral character, shall be not less than eighteen nor more than twenty-four years of age at the time of appointment, and shall ass a satisfactory _ _ hysical examination by a board of officers of the Fublic Health and m§g'j_‘,{§f““"° °"““‘ Riarine-Hospital Service, and a satisfactory educational examination, which must IH all cases be written and strictly competitive, by a board of commissioned officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service, both examina- _ _ _ tions to be conducted under such regulations as shall be prescribed by D"“*"“"“°*‘“""”· the Secretary of the Treasury: I ’1·0z·ided, That no person who has been dismissed or compelled to resign from the Military Academy or from the Naval Academy of the United States for hazing, or for any other improper conduct, shall be eligible for appointment as a cadet in the S°"`l°° '°‘l“l'°‘· Revenue—Cutter Service: 1 ’r0rided, That no person shall become a cadet of the line who does not obligate himself, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, to serve at least three years _ _ as an officer in said Service after graduation, if his services be so long ”'”“"”‘**'“· required: And pr02.~2`d»»d further, That the Secretary of the Treasury may summarily dismiss from the Service any cadet who. during his probationary term, is found unsatisfactory in either studies or conduct, I _ or may be deemed not adapted for a career in the Service. g,;°€Q'f,§ld ”“"‘°“'““"' Sec. 3. That hereafter appointments into the grade of second assist- P¤‘<>b¤¤¤¤¤¤’ Mm- ant engineer in the Revenue—utter Service shall be as at present. except that, before being commissioned, the candidate who has successfully passed the required examinations shall serve a probationary term of not less than six months  a cadet engineer to determine his fitness for a commission in said Service, and during which probationary term _ he shall receive a salary of seventy-five dollars per month and one PP'01*z80. • ; · . . Age ,.,;,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,_ ration per day: I rwvded, That no person shall be commissioned a second assistant engineer who is less than twenty-one or more than twenty-six years of age, nor until he shall have served the probationary term herein required.