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PUBLIC LAW 310-AUG. 9, 1955

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SEC. 3. (a) The commission of any person appointed under the provisions of section 2 may be revoked by the Secretary of the Navy until the third anniversary of such appointment in the Regular Navy or Regular Marine Corps. (b) Each officer whose commission is so revoked shall thereupon be discharged from the Navy or Marine Corps without advanced pay or allowances. SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Navy may provide by regulations for appropriate readjustment of lineal position and precedence of former commissioned officers of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve who were appointed to the permanent commissioned grades of ensign and second lieutenant in the Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps, respectively, subsequent to December 7, 1941, and prior to the effective date of this Act. SEC. 5. The authority contained in this Act shall expire two years from and after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 309

Readjustment of lineal p o s i t i o n, etc.

Expiration.

CHAPTER 669

AN ACT To incfease the annual compensation of the Academic* Dean of the United States Naval Postgraduate School. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 4 of the Act of.fuly 81/1947 (61 Stat. 706). is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. There shall be at the United States Naval Postgraduate School the civilian position of Academic Dean. An Academic Dean shall be appointed, to serve for periods of not in excess of five years, by the Secretary of the Navy upon the recommendation of the Postgraduate School Council, which shall consist of the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, and the Directors of the Technical, Administrative, and Professional Divisions of the Fnited States Naval Postgraduate School. The Academic Dean shall receive such compensation for his services as nui}- be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, which compensation shall not exceed $13,500 per year. The Academic Dean shall be considered as a member of the civilian teaching staff of the United States Naval Postgraduate School insofar as provisions of law regarding retirement are concerned.*' SEC. 2. The Act of June 10, 1946 (60 Stat. 236, ch. 298), is hereby repealed. Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 310

Commission revocation.

August 9, 1955 [H. R, 2149]

Naval Postgraduate School Ac ademic Dean. 34 USC 1076c

34 USC 1074.

CHAPTER 670

AN ACT To amend section 34.'5 of the Revenue Act of 19.51.

August 9, 1955 [H. R. 2619]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if refund or credit of an overpayment resulting from the application of section 345 of the Revenue Act of 1951 (relating to abatement of tax on certain trusts for members of Armed Forces dying in service) is prevented on the date of the enactment of this Act by the operation of any law or rule of law (other tlian section 3760 of the Internal Revenue Code

65 Stat. 517. 26 USC 1952 ed. 162 note.

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