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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CII. 451- JUNI, 27, 19-12 commissioned warrant and warrant officers of the Regular Navy as he may deem necessary and the authorized number of commissioned officers of the line and of each staff corps to which such appointments may be made is increased accordingly. SEC. 2. Candidates shall, on June 30 of the calendar year in which Requiret they are to be appointed, have completed not less than three years of service as a warrant officer and shall, on the same date, to be eligible for appointment in the rank of lieutenant, lieutenant (junior grade), or ensign, be not more than forty, thirty-five, or thirty-two years of age, respectively: Provided, That the foregoing limitations shall not P" 0 0io. apply until one year subsequent to the date of approval of this Act. SEC. 3 . No candidate shall be appointed who is not recommended by eCmmE by a commanding officer under whom he has served as a commissioned cer. warrant or warrant officer nor until he shall have established his quEali mental, moral, physical, and professional qualifications, in accordance with standards to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, before, and shall have been recommended by, a board of medical examiners and a naval examining board: Provided, That any candidate who Prvio. shall have twice failed to establish his qualifications for an appoint- eligible. ment pursuant to this Act shall thereafter be ineligible for further consideration for such appointment to any of the ranks provided herein. SEC. 4 . Each officer upon appointment shall take rank after the Rank an junior officer of the same rank in the line or appropriate staff corps on the date of appointment and each officer appointed to a staff corps shall be commissioned in the grade in which the said junior officer is then serving. SEC. 5. Each officer appointed pursuant to this Act to the grade of ieutae lieutenant in the line of the Navy shall be carried as an extra number in that grade only and, while in such grade, shall become eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade by a line selec- tion board when the officer next senior to him becomes eligible. SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Navy, under such regulations as he charge."t may prescribe, may revoke the commission of any officer on the active list appointed pursuant to this Act who, at the date of revocation, has had less than seven years of continuous commissioned service in the Navy, including service as a commissioned warrant officer, and any officer whose commission is so revoked shall be discharged from the naval service. SEC. 7. Except as herein otherwise provided, officers appointed othr aw under the authority of this Act shall be governed by the provisions of existing laws and of laws hereafter enacted relating to line and staff officers of the Navy, as may be appropriate: Provided,That no No red officer appointed pursuant to this Act shall suffer any reduction in and allow, pay and allowances to which he would have been entitled had he not been so appointed. SEC. 8. The provisions of this Act, except as may be necessary to cat ou adapt the same thereto, shall apply to the Marine Corps and Coast Applical Guard in like manner and to the same extent and with the same relative conditions in all respects as are provided for the Regular Navy. ep. SEC. 9. All existing laws or parts of existing laws authorizing the Reea permanent appointment of commissioned warrant and warrant officers to the grade or rank of ensign or above in the line and staff corps of the Regular Navy, and all other laws or parts of laws insofar as they are inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed. Approved, June 27, 1942. 423 nents. aendation anding offi- ihment of ons. andidate in- .d grade. ant in the S. ion and dis- ability of etion in pay mnes. Corps and ird. tion of Act.

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