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 74Tx CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 422. JULY 31, 1935 . 507 upon completion of the same respective periods of service pre- scribed by law in force on June 30, 1935, for officers of the Medical Corps. From and after the effective date of this Act original Original appoint- in ments, Vet er in ary appointments in the Veterinary Corps shall be made in the grade cor ps. of first lieutenant from Reserve veterinary officers between the ages Age and ra nk. of twenty-three and thirty-two years, and officers serving in that Corps on the effective date of this Act in the grade of second lieu- tenant shall be promoted to the grade of first lieutenant as of said date. SEC. 5 . That any officer on the active list of the Regular Army or Retirement pr ovi- sions ; scouts who, on the effective date of this Act or at any servi ce req uire- Ph ilippi ne thereafter, shall have completed not less than fifteen nor more than twenty-nine years' service may upon his own application be retired, in the discretion of the President with annual pay equal to ray . the product of 2 1/2 per centum of his active duty annual pay at the time of his retirement, multiplied by a number equal to the years of his active service not in excess of twenty-nine years : Provided, Provisos. C visor. ion of ser•- That the number of years of service to be credited in computing the ice. right to retirement and retirement pay under this section shall inc lude a ll ser vice n ow or hereaf ter cr edited for a ctive duty p ay pur poses any fr action al par t of a year amount ing to six m onths or more to be counted as a complete year : And provided further, That Officers below grade any officer of the Regular Army or Philippine scouts below the to November serving prior grade of major who served as a commissioned officer in the Army of the United States prior to November 12, 1918, and whose applica- tion for retirement under the provisions of this section has been approved by the President shall be retired in the grade of major with retire d pay comput ed as herein before provi ded as for a major with the same length of service : And provided further, That tir ed h e oforr eecers re- nothing in this Act shall operate to deprive any officer of the retired rank to which he is now entitled under the provisions of law : And provided further, That any officer originally appointed as of July CeRe tir oe na fo rf of 1, 1920, at an a ge great er than forty-fi ve years, may i f he so elects, ye ars ofage when ap- in li eu of retire d pay at the rate herein before provi ded, r eceive pointed. retired pay at the rate of 4 per centum of active duty pay for each complete year of commissioned service in the United States Army, the total to be not more than 75 per centum : And provided further, Placing on unlimited That all officers retired under the provisions of this section shall retired list . be placed on the unlimited retired list. SEC. 6 . That nothing in this Act shall be deemed to apply to tempo rary Corp s adva nce - tempo rary y temporary advancements in rank of commissioned officers of the runts .4l, p .792;U.S. Air Corps as authorized in the Act of July 2, 1926 (U. S. C., Supp. C.,p.2-02. III, 19 :292a, 44 Stat . 780), and offic ers te mporar ily ad vanced in rank under the provisions of said Act shall be counted only in the grade in which they hold permanent commissions in computing the numbers in such grades. SEC. 7. All existing law the termination of active Existing law res pect- governing ing termination of ac- serv ice of officers shall continue in full force and effect, except as tive service. herein modified. SEC.8. This Act sha ll be ef fective the firs t of the month followin g Effectivedate; incon- the date of enactment of this Act, and all laws and parts of laws, sistent laws repealed. insofar as they are inconsistent with or in conflict with any of the provisions hereof, are hereby repealed as of that date. Approved, July 31, 1935.