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PUBLIC LAW 308-AUG. 9, 1955

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said areas by the State will not interfere with the operation of said dam and reservoir project and such additional terms and conditions as he shall deem to be advisable in the public interest. The conveyance authorized by this Act shall not pass any right, title, or interest in oil, gas, fissionable materials, or other minerals. In the event actual construction of said buildings and improvements has not commenced within five years from the effective date of this Act, or in the event said property shall cease to be used for public park and recreation purposes for a period of two successive years, then title thereto shall immediately revert to the United States. Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 308 August 9, 1955 [H. R. 2109]

Navy and Marine Corps Officer Augf mentation Act of 1955. Appointments.

CHAPTER 668

-^^ ACT To authorize permanent appointments in the United States Navy and in the United States Marine Corps.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Navy and Marine Corps Officer Augmentation Act of 1955". SEC. 2. (a) The President may appoint to permanent commissioned grades, not above lieutenant in the Regular Navy and captain in the Regular Marine Corps, officers of the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve, and officers of the Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps who do not hold permanent commissioned appointments therein, subject to the conditions and limitations in the following subsections of this section. (b) Appointments made under this section shall be made pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President for the administration of this section, which regulations shall include, among other provisions, the following: (1) Provisions establishing standards and qualifications for appointments to the grades specified herein; (2) Provisions for the determination of the lineal position and precedence of appointees; and (3) Provisions for the assignment of running mates to officers appointed to the Staff Corps of the Regular Navy notwithstanding the provisions of other laws. (c) Persons appointed under this section shall be citizens of the United States, and have such other qualifications as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. (d) No person may be permanently appointed in the Regular Navy or Regular Marine Corps under the authority of this Act to a grade higher than that in which he is serving at the time of such permanent appointment. (e) A person permanently appointed in the Regular Navy or Regular Marine Corps, under the authority of this Act, may also be temporarily appointed to a higher grade appropriate to the lineal position assigned, and such temporary appointment shall be regarded as having been effected pursuant to the law under which officers of the Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps having comparable lineal position were temporarily appointed to such higher grade. (f) Persons permanently appointed to the Regular Navy or Regular Marine Corps pursuant to this Act who at the time of such appointment had to their credit leave accrued but not taken, shall not, by reason of such appointment, lose such accrued leave.

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