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 SEC. 15 . There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- ated, such amo unts as may be n ecessary to carr y out th e provis ions and accomplish the purposes of this Act and said Convention. Approved, May 1, 1936. 74T H CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 251, 252. MAY 1, 1936 . 124 9 1 So in original. 104019'-36	79 Appropriations au- thorized. [CH APTE R 252 .] AN ACT May 1, 1936 . An Act 1 to amend section 10 and repeal section 16 of the Act entitled "An Act to	[H.R.4018.1 regulate the distribution, promotion, retirement, and discharge of commissioned [Public, No . 536.] officer s of the Marine Co rps, and for other purposes", approve d May 29, 1934 (48 Stat . 811), and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of section 10 of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the distribution, promotion, retirement, and discharge of commissioned officers of the Marine Corps, and for other purposes", approved May 29, 1934 (48 Stat . 811), as provides : "and officers in the upper four-sevenths of the grades below brigadier general, subject to selection as estab- lished by the first section of this Act, shall be eligible for considera- tion by selection boards and for promotion without regard to length of service in grade : Provided, That no officer of the Marine Corps shall be ineligible for consideration for promotion by reason of completion of length of commissioned service until he shall have been once considered by a selection board", is hereby amended to read as follows : "and until January 1, 1938, officers in the upper three-sevenths of the grades below brigadier general, subject to selection as established by the first section of this Act, shall be eligible for consideration by selection boards without regard to length of service in grade : Provided, That hereafter no officer of the Marine Corps shall be ineligible for consideration by a selection board or for promotion by reason of completion of length of com- missioned service or because of age without having at least once been considered by a selection board, and any officer of the Marine Corps now on a promotion list shall be eligible for promotion unless removed from said list in accordance with existing law : P rovide d further, That officers of the Marine Corps of the grade of second lieutenant and above, except those appointed or serving as major general commandant, as assistant to the major general commandant, as the head of a staff department, or whose names appear on an eligib le list for appo intment as head of a sta ff depar tment, s hall not serve on duty in the Marine Corps Headquarters, Washington, District of Columbia, more than four out of any eight consecutive years unless the President shall determine that the public interests so requir e ." SEC . 2 . That section 16 of the said Act of May 29, 1934 (48 Stat . 811), be, and the same is hereby, repealed . SEC . 3 . That officers of the Marine Corps in the grades of lieu- tenant colonel and major, who prior to June 30, 1935, completed the designated periods of service for their respective grades, shall retain th eir eligibilit y for conside ration for se lection until June 30, 1936, an d such o fficers who on t hat date are not on a pr omotion or retention list shall be transferred to the retired list : Provided, That a duly constituted selection board appointed as provided by law shall be convened immediately after the approval of this Act which board, in recommending for selection for promotion the num- ber of officers of the grades of lieutenant colonel and major directed Marine Corps, co m- missioned officers. Vol.48,p.812;U.S. C.,p.1554. Promotions regard- less of length of service in grade. Provisos. No of ficer i neligib le for promotion until at least once considered by selection board. Se rv ice at Headquar- ters . Secti on repe aled. Vol.48,p.813;U.S. C.,p.1554. Lieutenant colonels and majors. Selection for promo- ti on, etc ., and retire- ment of. Proviso. Selection board, im- mediate convening of, reco mmendatio ns, etc.