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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 402-AUG. 5, 1949 to the next higher grade shall be convened as soon as practicable after the reassignment of his running mate and such board shall if it con- siders the Staff Corps officer fitted for temporary promotion so recom- mend him. If recommended for temporary promotion in the approved report of such board, the Staff Corps officer shall become eligible for such promotion when the line officer who is to be his running mate in that grade became or becomes eligible for temporary promotion thereto. Any such Staff Corps officer not recommended for temporary promotion by such board shall be considered as having failed of selection for temporary promotion and shall have assigned as his running mate the senior line officer in the grade in which he remains: Restriction. Provided, That no Staff Corps officer promoted to a higher grade pursuant to this subsection shall be entitled to the pay and allowances of such higher grade from a date earlier than the date of the approval of the report of the board in accordance with whose recommendations his running mate was so reassigned." (c) Deleting the proviso to paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of 61 stat. s5. section 311 and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "Provided, 34 U.S. C., Supp. o wl 6fW(d) (2). upp That a staff officer with the same date of rank as his line running mate Precedence, shall take precedence ahead of all line and staff officers junior to his line running mate: And provided further, That, except as otherwise provided herein, officers serving in the same grade and having the same date of rank in that grade shall take precedence in the following order: (a) Line officers, (b) medical officers, (c) supply officers, (d) chaplains, (e) civil engineers, (f) dental officers, (g) officers of the Medical Service Corps, and (h) officers of the Nurse Corps". Stat. 5. upp (d) Amending paragraph (5) of subsection (d) of section 311 to 306f (d) (5). read as follows: Naval Reserve staf "(5) An officer of a staff corps of the Naval Reserve assigned to orps ofcer active duty subsequent to the date of establishment of the lineal list of 61 tat.3pp. line officers as prescribed by subsection 304 (a) of this title, shall, upon 34 U.S.C., Supp.nI, 21a (a). assignment to active duty and upon appointment to adjust his prece- Ante, p. 567. dence as provided in subsection 304 (o) of this title, be assigned as his running mate by the Secretary of the Navy a line officer of the same grade and appropriate to his adjusted precedence." 3 StC.S upp n11 e) Adding to section 316 the following new subsection: is15, 306g-306n, 332h, (O) Each officer on the active list of the line of the Navy desig- 410k. 410m. 4Officersdesignated nated for engineering duty or aeronautical engineering duty who, on or engineering duty. August 7, 1947, was serving in the grade of captain with date of rank prior to June 21, 1942, and who, subsequent to August 7, 1947, has been or may be temporarily promoted to the grade of rear admiral shall, if in the grade of rear admiral or upon promotion thereto, as the case may be, have lineal rank among all line officers of the grade of rear admiral corresponding to the relative lineal rank of all such officers Lineal position, while serving in the grade of captain: Provided, That if the assign- ment of such lineal rank would result in giving any such officer a lineal position senior to that of another rear admiral of the same category promoted earlier to that grade such first-mentioned officer shall have lineal position next after the junior rear admiral of the same category who attained that grade as the result of such earlier Temporaryapoint- promotion: Providedfurther,That in the assignment of lineal rank as herein provided there shall be disregarded any officer who, on August 7, 1947, was serving in the grade of rear admiral or captain under a temporary appointment of limited duration." 34US. C., upp. II, (f) Deleting in subsection (c) of section 404 the words "service 21le (c). in the Navy" and substituting in lieu thereof the words "naval service, exclusive of active duty for training in a reserve component"; deleting s34U. S.uC.pp II in the first sentence of subsection (h) of the said section the words i 2i1c (h). "For two years after the date of approval of this Act" and substituting 568 [63 STAT.

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