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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 413 -JUNE 16, 1942 shall suffer no reduction of pay by reason of such promotion: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be held to affect the authority of the Secretary of War to designate permanent or tempo- rary chief warrant officers of the Army to receive the base pay and allowances of the third and fourth pay periods as provided in section 3 of the Act approved August 21, 1941 (Public Law 230, Seventy- seventh Congress). Commissioned warrant officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard with creditable records on the active list, after ten years of commissioned service, and masters in the Army Mine Planter Service, shall receive the base pay of the third period as established by section 1 of this Act and shall be entitled to the money allowances for subsistence and for rental of quarters as established by sections 5 and 6 of this Act for officers receiving the pay of the third period. Commissioned warrant officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, with creditable records on the active list, after twenty years of commissioned service, shall receive the base pay of the fourth period as established by section 1 of this Act and shall be entitled to the money allowances for subsistence and for rental of quarters as established by sections 5 and 6 of this Act for officers receiving the pay of the fourth period. Every person paid under the provisions of this section shall receive an increase of 5 per centum of the base pay of his period for each three years of service, not exceeding thirty years. Such service shall be: active Federal service in any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act or Reserve components thereof; service in the active National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia; and service in the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and the Coast Guard Reserve: Provided, That commissioned warrant officers shall be credited only with all commissioned service in any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act including commissioned service in the Reserve components thereof and the National Guard. When the total pay and allowances authorized by this section for any person shall exceed the rate of $458.33 per month, the amount of the allowances to which such person is entitled shall be reduced by the amount above $458.33. SEC. 9. The monthly base pay of enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard shall be as follows: Enlisted men of the first grade, $138; enlisted men of the second grade, $114; enlisted men of the third grade, $96; enlisted men of the fourth grade, $78; enlisted men of the fifth grade, $66; enlisted men of the sixth grade, $54; and enlisted men of the seventh grade, $50. Chief petty officers under acting appointment shall be included in the first grade at a monthly base pay of $126. For purposes of pay enlisted men of the Army, the Navy, and the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard shall be distributed in the several pay grades by the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Treasury, respectively. Every enlisted man paid under the provisions of this section shall receive an increase of 5 per centum of the base pay of his grade for each three years of service up to thirty years. Such service shall be active Federal service in any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act or Reserve components thereof; service in the active National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia; and service in the enlisted Reserve Corps of the Army, the Naval Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, and the Coast Guard Reserve. SEC. 10. To each enlisted man not furnished quarters or rations in kind there shall be granted, under such regulations as the President may prescribe, an allowance for quarters and subsistence, the value of which shall depend on the conditions under which the duty of the 363 Pay and allowances. 55 Stat. 652 . 10 U.S. C., Supp. , § 591a. Commissioned war- rant officers after 10 years' service. Masters, Army Mine Planter Service. Commissioned war- rant officers after 20 years' service. Longevity increase. Service credits. Proviso. Limitation. Maximum of pay and allowances. Enlisted men. Monthly base pay. Acting chief petty officers. Distribution in pay grades. Longevity increase. Enlisted men. Allowance for quar- ters and subsistence.

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