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 SIXTY·NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. I.e C11. 529. 1926. 723 have been recomnrended for romotion to the rank of tain b the report of a selection  which has heretofore beenmfppmved °’§$L°  Qi   ved th. ..,,,.,;" { ¤ ·· ·· ' Y. ` · Q 6 V an  “   ith, OI! I {GOOD- sslection boards,‘provided~*ior in   of &is¥Act, succeeding £§‘v¤¢¤¤•¤ •¤•r s¤•;·a¤v¤¤:m¤mmq¤a=st¤r mm rereavsueemm to me nm x.H':..»&‘.?°“°‘* ef‘r·ear admiral, captain, and commander; respectively shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy in accordance with section Am m 2 of this Act assoon as practicabld after the President has approved '°‘ ‘ the report of each line selection board hereafter submitted to him. _ _ ‘Eac such board   to recommend staff officers for bf;’;'g, f,f advancementito the*` of rear admiral ’ and each such board appointedto recommend- stat omcers for advancement to the ranks o captain and commander, shall   for advancementin the corps forrwhich it is appointed, fromsuch stef oiiicers in the next lower   in said corps who are eligible for consideration by said board in iaccordance with (this Act, such oiiicers as according to its judgmmt,"its oath, and the terms of the certificate herein required, should be advancedto the next higher rank not to exceed the number furnished it by the Secretary of the Nag. The number b_q¤%¤¤gh*:¤¤¤¤¤¤1¤m- so furnished,-each board shall be computed in the fo owing manner: bymm. The number for eaclivrank in each corps shall be determined as of the date of the approval by‘ the President of the last preceding line selection board —an shallbe a fraction of the number ofozllicers in the next lower rank in said corps e1i§ible·forEconsideration by a selection board, as provided einrthis ` ct exclusive ofadditional numbers and inclusive ofthose oiiiccrs who would otherwise have been eligible for consideration by the board concerned but whohave beeuretrred from said rank upon their own application after thirty years’ service if such application was submitted within one year prior to the date that they would have become eligible for consid- eration by a selection board: Provided, That the number to be furnished such board by the Secretary of the Navy shall not exceed that numberof oEcers whicg if. advanced to the rank of rear admiral in the corps concs would make theptotal number of · oiiicers on the activelist in that rank and corps more thanfthe maximum.number. prescribed for said rank and corps  E1 of this Act. `  ~   » J? ‘ In determining the number of· staif omeers tocwhieh such fraction  ,E'§ shallbe applied,ino~staf oihcer shal1.—be-counted who wssimluded ¤¤¤¤•**¤¤~ in any  computation for the same rank or who Aves eligible fiirconsi ration for _the same rank on the, date ofgthis The numepator of the fraction for each rank shall be,_a‘ number equal to the total number ofhne officers recommended for promotion to that rankby the  the precedingefour line-selection boards as approved, y the, dent. r»The denommator,o;f..ther·fra¢x.ion for each rank shall be a number equal to tlwztotallnumber eorzgine whose nameaphave appured uponthefactive list of thenext lower  excluding the yumomlrne oiiicer inthatrank ·· crrapromotmn by theereports of theifth preceding lineseleotiou boa approved bythe President, to  the §s,..,r“‘“°' ‘L‘°e‘i£“°£5.£" retnt "“k¤4"Z?°S€’.i"?.£‘?‘*°db£’.5rP"““°"i°”t*2*¥ii ‘i‘° A .+, · vp: w '.B, on Jas-! .  I il the,  exgggtsive of cse ·oi!ioers who have 80t•1V9_·_·__\ dor reasonsother than retirement becauseyoi meligibility for ‘ promotion or ypon theirpw _app,lieation after thirty years’ service if such application was sulbinrttedywithixi one year prior to the date that they would have becoine ine1i`gible"for promotion by reason of age or length of service.