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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 20. 1917. 89 said Secretaries, and included therein may be rules and regrlations for making reports and communications between the officers or bureaus of the War and Navy Departments and the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Mmm N Sec. 17. That nothing contained in the Act of August twently- Saa.mCe2'£’4a,°"‘ ninth, nineteen hundre and sixteen, shall operate to disturb the V°‘·3°·P·“"- relative position of officers in the Medical Corps with reference to precedence or promotion, but all such officers otherwise qualified shall be advanced in rank with or ahead of officers in said corps who were their juniors on the date of said Act. Sec. 18. That the President be, and he is hereby, further authorized .,tg°m""“‘d °‘ °°°"‘· to designate six officers of the Navy for the command of fleets or agxiugqg subdivisions thereof and, after being so designated from the date of ser. assuming such command until relinquishing thereof, not more than three of such officers shall each have the rank and pay of an admiral, and the others shall each have the rank and ay of a. vice admiraland the grades of admiral and vice admiral arelhereby authorized and Pmm continued for the purpose of this Act: Provided, That in time of war seieeueii in time er the selections under the provisions of this section shall be made from "‘“· the grades of rear admiral or captain on the active list of the Nayhy: P8 Provided further, That the pay o an admiral shall be $10,000 and e mziguaum in mm, pay of a vice admiral $9,000 per annum: Provided further, That in <>f1>¤¤<>¤· time of peace officers for the command of fleets and subdivisions thereof, as herein authorized, shall be designated from amongnthe N M rear admirals on the active list of the Navy: Provided further, at °v°°°°°y°'°° ‘ nothing herein contained shall create an vacancy in any ggade in the Na or increase the total number ofyoflicers authorized y law: To mum to 1 Prmzeklevdjrfurther, That when an officer with the rank of admiral or vice rank wm aeaenea. admiral is detached from the command of a fleet or subdivision thereof, as herein authorized, he shall retum to his regular rank in the list of officers of the Navy and shall thereafter receive only the Sum of an °m_ pay and allowances of such rank: And promkledfurther, That nothing ¢¤rS"¤¤¢ affeculi rn this Act shall be held or construed as amending or repealing the w§·‘;gf°2§;· "°‘*· provisions of sections fourteen hundred and thirty-four fourteen ' undred and sixty-three, and fourteen hundred and sixty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Fam provision N That the provision in the Act approved March third, nineteen peeneu. hundred and fifteen, for the designation of commanders in chief of v°"°°**"°“‘ certain fleets with the rank of admiral and for the designation of oflicers second in command of such fleets with the rank of vice admiral be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec. 19. That section ort -four of the Act entitled "An Act to ,§§,Qi,'{f' °°°° codify, revise, and amend tlie penal laws of the United States," ·¤;‘g&°d“°· P- *°'”· approved March fo1u·th, nineteen hundred and nine, as amended by ` an Act entitled "An Act makin appropriation for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June tiirtreth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes/’ aplproved March fourth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, e, and is ereby, amended by adding the following to said section: VI I, Mmm "Prw£ded, That offenses hereunder committed within the Canal sea areas regunaeee, Zone or within an defensive sea areas which the President is author- °‘$;0,_ 3, p_ ,1,, ized to establish li said section, shall be cogpizable in the District ¤m¤¤¤¤<?-i Court of the Canaly Zone, and jurisdiction is ereby conferred upon e,§,`2d°&u°ft°°e;°‘ee¤ar said court to hear and determme all such cases arising under said Z°"°°“'°“““°‘· section and to impose the penalties therein provided for the violation of any of the provisions of said section." SM om Sec. 20. That hereafter all laws relating to the examination of E¤m,m°§i;; ,0, ,,,_ Officers of the Navy for {promotion shall be construed to ap ly to the v¤¤¤¤r¤¤¤= ¤¤ Weber regular advancement o staff officers to higher ranks on are active "°¤° list the same as though such advancements in rank were promotions