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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2n SESS.-CHS. 389, 390-JUNE 3, 1948 [CHAPTER 389] AN ACT To authorize payments to the public school district or districts serving the Fort Peck project, Montana, for the education of dependents of persons engaged on that project. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That, under regula- tions prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, payments may be made, in advance or otherwise, from any funds available for the Fort Peck project, Montana, to the school district or districts serving that project as reimbursement for educational facilities (including, where appro- priate, transportation to and from school) furnished by the said dis- trict or districts to pupils who are dependents of persons engaged in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the project and living at or near Fort Peck upon real property of the United States not sub- ject to taxation by State or local agencies and upon which payments in lieu of taxes are not made by the United States, which payments for any school year shall not exceed that part of the cost of operating and maintaining such facilities which the number of pupils aforesaid in average daily attendance during that year bears to the whole number of pupils in average daily attendance at those schools during that year: Provided That of the whole amount so paid in any fiscal year, the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, shall reim- burse the Secretary of the Army from the continuing fund provided in Section 10 of the Act of May 18,1938 (52 Stat. 403), that part which is properly chargeable as an operation expense incident to the genera- tion and transmission of power delivered to the Bureau under that Act. Approved June 3, 1948. [CHAPTER 390] AN ACT To provide for the distribution, promotion, separation, and retirement of com- missioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes. June 3, 1948 [H. R. 42011 [Public Law 586] Fort Peck project, Mont. Payments to school districts. Reimbursement to Secretary of Army. 16 U.S.C. §833i. June 3,1948 [H. R. 4393J [Public Law 587] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTIoN 1. That this Act may be cited as the "Coast and Geodetic Cst aond (llseti Survey Conmi&,;ionod Survey Commissioned Officers' Act of 1948". oficers' Act of 1948. AUTHORIZED NUMBERS IN GRADES SEC. 2 . (a) Of the total authorized number of commissioned of- ficers on the active list of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, there are authorized numbers in permanent grade, in relative rank with officers of the Navy, in the proportion of eight in the grade of captain, to fourteen in the grade of commander, to nineteen in the grade of lieu- tenant commander, to twenty-three in the grade of lieutenant, to eighteen in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade), to eighteen in the grade of ensign. (b) Whenever a final fraction occurs in computing the authorized number of officers in any grade, the nearest whole number shall be taken, and if such fraction be one-half the next higher whole number shall be taken: Provided, That the total number of officers as au- thorized by law shall not be increased as the result of the computa- tions prescribed herein, and if necessary the number of officers in the lowest grade shall be reduced accordingly. Fractions in compu- tation. 297

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