Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 70.djvu/685

 70 S T A T. ]

629

PUBLIC LAW 776-JULY 24, 1956

SEC. 7. Section 11 of the Act of March 4, 1925 (43 Stat. 1274), as amended by section 1(c) of the Act of June 29, 1946 (60 Stat. 343), is hereby repealed, and all other laws and parts of laws are hereby repealed insofar as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Approved July 24, 1956,

Public Law 775

CHAPTER 687

AN ACT To establish a date of rank for pay purposes for certain Naval Reserve officers promoted to the grades of lieutenant and lieutenant commander. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of July 24, 1941 (55 Stat. 603), those officers of the Naval Keserve— (a) who were selected for promotion to lieutenant or lieutenant commander by selection boards of officers whose reports were approved by the Secretary of the Navy on April 11, 1952, April 14, 1952, April 22, 1952, April 25, 1952, May 20, 1952, or May 29, 1952; and (b) who were promoted to the grade for which selected while on active duty, shall be considered to have been promoted on the date which is stipulated in the appointing orders to be the date of rank in the grade to which promoted, and shall be entitled to pay, allowances, and precedence from this date of rank. Approved July 24, 1956. Public Law 776

Repeals. 34 USC 701.

July 24, 1956 [H. R. V e i l ]

Naval Reserve officers. Date of rank. 14 USC 240, 310; 34 USC 350 et seq.

CHAPTER 688

AN ACT To amend the provisions of the Revised Statutes, relating to physical examinations preliminary to promotion of officers of the naval service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1493 of the Revised Statutes is amended to read as follows: " S E C 1493. No officer of the Kegular Navy or Eegular Marine Corps may be promoted to a grade above that of ensign in the Navy or second lieutenant in the Marine Corps until he has qualified therefor by such physical examination as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe. No officer shall be excluded from a promotion to which he would otherwise be regularly entitled if in his case the Secretary of the Navy or the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery when authorized by the Secretary of the Navy determines that his physical disqualification was by reason of wounds received in the line of duty and that such wounds do not incapacitate him for the performance of useful service in the higher grade." SEC. 2. The following laws and parts of laws are repealed: (1) Section 1494 of the Revised Statutes (34 U.S.C. 272); (2) The last sentence of the tenth paragraph under the heading "Marine Corps" of the Act of August 29, 1916 (ch. 417, 39 Stat. 611; 34 U.S.C. 666); and (3) Section 9 of the Act of May 29, 1934 (ch. 367, 48 Stat. 812; 3 4 U.S.C. 665). Approved July 24, 1956.

July 24, 1956 IH. R. 9892]

Navy officers. Physical examination for promotion. 34 USC 271.

�