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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. CHS. 25, 26. 1923. 1131 neering) in the Coast Guard, and hereafter the engineer in chief shall be selected from the active list of engineer officers not below the greglade of lieutenant commander (engineering): Ami provided Rm furt, That an officer who shall hereafter serve as engineer in chief am, ’ °t°" wm ” shall, when retired, be retired with the rank of engineer in chief and with the pay of a captain (engineering) on the retired list, and that _ an officer w ose term of service as engineer in chief has expired may ,,,£°°‘P"“°i°“°'S°"‘ be appointed a commander (engineering) and shall be an additional number in that grade; but if not so appointed, he shall take the place on the lineal list in the grade that he would have attained had he not served as engineer in chief and be an additional number in such grade: Andmprovakied further, That a constructor, after ten yea1s’ §’,';:,§"§,*;,";,,,,_ commission service in the Revenue-Cutter Service and Coast ’ ' Guard, shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a lieutenant commander and after twenty years’ commissioned service the rank, pay, and allowances of a commander. Pt t, dw Sec. 3. That hereafter no commissioned officer of the Coast Guard mn;-§3§?m °x` shall be promoted to a higher grade or rank on the active list, except to commandant or to engineer in chief, until his mental, moral, and professional iitness to perform all the duties of such higher grade or rank have been established to the satisfaction of a board of examining officers appointed by the President, and until he has been examined by a board of medical officers and pronounced physically ualiitied to perform all the duties of such higher grade or rank: 2>’I'0'U7:d€d, That if any commissioned officer sha fail in his physical _ Retirementlor pup examination for promotion and be found incapacitated for service *°°‘***S°"“"Y· by reason of physical disability contracted in the line of duty he shall be retired with the rank to which his seniority entitled to be promoted: Promkled further, That hereafter when a commis- ,,,;§,,,'§,° sioned officer of the Coast Guard who has had forty years’ service y¤¤r¤’¤¤rvi¤¤- shall retire, he shall be placed on the retired list with the rank and retired pay of one grade above that actually held by him at the time c,,,,,,,,,,,,_ of retirement; and, in the case of a captain, the rank and retired pay of one grade above shall be the rank of commodore and the pay of a commodore in the Navy on the retired list. 1;,,,,,,,,,, ,_,,c_ · Sec. 4. That an ensign, an ensign (engineering), or a district Pwpsggggemtm superintendent with the rank of ensign, shall be rerlpired to com- Fm ` plete three years’ service in his grade, after whic he shall be eligible for promotion to the next higher grade without regard to the number already in that higher grade. Sno, 5. That nothing contamed in this Act shall be construed to d,§§d_'““k' °t°" '° reduce the rank, pay, or allowances of any commissioned officer of the Coast Guard as now provided by law. Approved, January 12, 1923. nmnayi ma. CHAP. 28.-An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled "An Act to authorize [H· · 1;,*70-} the commissioners of Lycoming Coung, Penngylvania, and their successors in omce, {mmm N°- ml to construct a bridge across the West ranch the_Sus3:.)1ehanna River from the foot of Arch Street, in the city of Wilhamsport,,)Lyc¤m1ng_ unty, Pennsylvania, to the borough of Duboiswwn, Lycoming County, ennsylvama," appmved August 11, 1916. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assevnbted, That the Act ap- q,]g,°,fn*,§"§R*}*`j*;,f‘ Ss proved August 11, 1916, authorising the commissioners of Lycoming Pg·yc<>mi¤z_ <>ou$H. County, Pennsylvania, and their successors in office,·to construct  l{‘§°$§;,bd,Z a bridge across the West Branch of the Susquehanna River from the *°',g_ 3,, p_ 5,2 W foot of Arch Street, in the city of Williamsport, Lycoming County, mm. ’ ' Pennsylvania, to the borough of Duboistown, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, be, and the same is hereby, revived and reenacted: