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 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 83. 1915. 943 and Efty enlisted men in the United States Navy now or hereafter allowed bayllaw, and such chief pay clerks, pay clerks, and actxg pay clerks sh be assigned to duty with pay officers under such es as the Secretary_of the Navy may prescribe: Provakled, That no person §';',;‘f,‘{@,,_¤Im",_ shall be appointed a chief pag c erk, pay clerk, or acting ay clerk quirad. under any dprovisions containe in this Act until his physical) mental, moral, an professional gfualiiications have been satisfactorily estab- - lished l£ examination b ore a board of examining officers appointed ‘ by the cretary of the Navy, from officers of the pay corps when practicable and according to such Igahgiilations as he may rescribe: Pro- Age u¤am¤¤¤. vided further, That noxlperson s be appointed a chief) pay clerk, pay clerk, or acting pay erk unless his accumulated revious service in the Army, Navy, and_Marine Corps, together withlhis Hossible future service prior to attaining the agglpf sixty-twoaiears, wi amount to at least thirty years, except that proviso sh not appxto such persons as were servingem the Navy as paymasters’ c er during the period from Septem r first, mneteen hundred and thirteen, to ctcer thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirteen. That the limitation as to age contained in section thirteen hundred ,°g$“°°“‘ P¤¥¤¤¤· and seventy-mne of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating chappomemenz otpay to appomtment of assistantzlpagnasters in the United States Nag, ii.s:°¤L¤.1zvo,p.z4·:. not apply to chief pay er and pay clerks appointed under e provisions of this Act, who must be between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-five years at the time of appointment as assistant paymas- 1,,,,,,,, ters in the United States Navy: Promdcd, That this shall not be con- gI0¤1y•s• vnmmcc strued as  any preference in said aéplpointment of assistant pay- "°° masteps to said chief pay clerks and pay erks except as to the limitation 0 age. That sections thirteen hundred and eiglhty-six, thirteen hundred and §*§g’°{?_°‘;"{ eighty-seven, and thirteen hundred an eighty-eight of the Revised v.24&`i¤v••\·¤- Statutes, and all Acts andparts of Acts so far as they are in conflict with the provisions of this ct, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Pxovrsrons, Navr: For provisions and commuted rations or the P¤WBi¤¤|· seamen and marines, which commuted rations may be [paid to caterers of messes, in case of death or desertion, upon orders o the commanding officers, commuted rations for officers on sea duty (other than commissioned officers of the line, Medical and Pay Corps, chaplains chief boatswains, chief gunners, chief carpenters, chief machinists, and chief sailmakers) and midshipmen, and commuted rations stopped on ac- • count of sick in hospital and credited at the rate of 50 cents per ration to the naval hospital fund; subsistence of officers and men unavoidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under orders (during which subsistence rations to be stop ed on board ship and no credit or commutation therefor to be givenli; and for subsistence of female nurses, and Navy and Marine Corps general courts·martial I prisoners undergoing imprisonment with sentences of dishonorable dischage from the service at the expiration of such confinement: Pro- I§;°;*I*IjIII,MI°n d vid, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to commute rations mam at px-seam. for such general courts·martial prisoners in such amounts as seem to him proper, which may v in accordance with the location of the nava prison, but whic slilg in no case exceed 30 cents ger diem for each ration so commuted; and for the purchase of United tates Army ,.,,§I‘;§f °“‘°’*°"°’ eme ency rations as required; in all, $7,601,014 to be available until the ifose of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen. II I I Miurrmnancm, Bnnmu or Snrrnms arm Accomrrs: For fuel; the removal and transportation of ashes from ships of war, books blanks, and stationery; including stationery for commandugg and navigating 0Hicers of s `ps, chaplains on shore and afloat, and or the use of courts·martial on board ship; purchase, repair, and exchange