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 364 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 449-JUNE 12, 1948 [62 STAT. or be separated from the active list, as the result of any such computa- tion or determination. mOrgn appoint- SEO. 204. All original appointments of women to commissioned grade in the Regular Navy above the grade of commissioned warrant officer, other than appointments effected pursuant to the Act of April 34i. s. C. i 27a, 18, 1946 (60 Stat. 92), as now or hereafter amended, shall be in the 228a; Spp..i 2,15. grade of ensign or lieutenant (junior grade) at the discretion of the Qualiications. President. Such appointees shall be female citizens of the United States who on July 1 of the year in which appointed are over twenty- one and under thirty years of age. No person shall be appointed pur- suant to this section until she shall have established her mental, moral, educational, professional, and physical qualifications to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy. Assstant to Chief S E C . 205. From the women officers serving in the grade of lieutenant ommander or above, one woman officer may be detailed to duty in the Bureau of Naval Personnel as an assistant to the Chief of Naval Per- sonnel. She shall have the rank of captain while so serving, and shall be entitled to pay and allowances as are now or may be hereafter pre- scribed by law for a captain of the Regular Navy, and her regular status as a commissioned officer in the Navy shall not be disturbed by reason of such detail. Appllcabllityof SEC. 206. (a) The respective provisions of law now existing or hereafter enacted relating to the promotion by selection of line and staff officers of the Regular Navy not restricted in the performance of duty which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this title are hereby made applicable to women officers of the Regular Navy. trotlon to ien- (b) A woman officer of the grade of ensign in the Regular Navy shall be eligible for promotion to the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) on the third anniversary of the date of rank stated in her appointment to the grade of ensign. selection bods. (c) Selection boards for the recommendation of women officers of the Regular Navy for promotion in grade shall consist of not less than six nor more than nine officers of the line or appropriate staff corps of the Regular Navy. The Secretary of the Navy shall determine the composition of such boards. Consideration for (d) Women lieutenant commanders, lieutenants, and lieutenants promoton. (junior grade) of the line of the Regular Navy shall become eligible for consideration by a selection board for promotion to the next higher grade in the fiscal year on June 30 of which they will have completed four four, and three years, respectively, of service in their grades and shall retain such eligibility until recommended for promo- tion in the approved report of a board on selection or until separated service redt. from the active list. In computing such service in grade, an officer 34U-. .o. il. appointed pursuant to the Act of April 18, 1946 (60 Stat. 92), as s28;Slpp. ,15.l:, now or hereafter amended, shall be credited in the grade to which so appointed with all time from the date of rank stated in her appoint- ment in that grade while an officer of the Naval Reserve, exclusive of time in such grade under a temporary appointment which, by its terms, was for a period of limited duration: Provided,That no such officer shall become eligible for consideration by a selection board unless all officers of the same grade senior in lineal rank are eligible for such consideration. In each other instance, service in grade shall be computed from the date of rank stated in the appointment to the grade concerned. Rmnognteas (e) Women officers of the Staff Corps of the Regular Navy shall have as their running mates women officers of the line of the Regular Navy, women staff oficers appointed pursuant to the Act of April 18, 31.4 s.. l 1946 (60 Stat. 92), shall, upon appointment, be assigned running mates Stp 1p.I. lS. as the Secretary of the Navy shall direct; in all other instances, run- ning mates shall be assigned in the manner prescribed by law now

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