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PUBLIC LAW 8 5 - 8 6 1 - S E P T. 2, 1958

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lieutenant (junior grade) and ensign combined are the following percentages of the total number of such officers: "(1) Captain—1,5 percent. "(2) Commander—^7 percent. "(3) Lieutenant commander—22 percent. "(4) Lieutenant—37 percent. "(5) Lieutenant (junior grade) and ensign combined—32.5 percent. "(c) When the actual number of line officers in an active status in any grade is less than the number authorized by subsection (b) for that grade, the difference may be applied to increase the number authorized by subsection (b) for any lower grade or grades. "(d) An officer may not be reduced in permanent grade because of a reduction in the number authorized by this section for his grade. "§5458. Marine Corps Reserve: officers in an active status in permanent grades above chief warrant officer, W-4 "(a) The authorized strength of the Marine Corps Reserve in officers in an active status in the permanent grades of brigadier general and major general combined is 5. "(b) The authorized strengths of the Marine Corps Reserve in officers in an active status in the permanent grades of colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, and captain, and in the permanent grades of first and second lieutenant combined are the following percentages of the total number of such officers: "(1) Colonel—2 percent. "(2) Lieutenant colonel—6 percent. "(3) Major—12 percent. "(4) Captain—35 percent. "(5) First and second lieutenant combined—45 percent. "(c) "When the actual number of officers in an active status in any grade is less than the number authorized by subsection (b) for that grade, the difference may be applied to increase the number authorized by subsection (b) for any lower grade or grades. "(d) An officer may not be reduced in permanent grade because of a reduction in the number authorized by this section for his grade."; and (B) by adding the following new items at the end of the chapter analysis: "5457. Naval Reserve: officers in an active status in permanent grades above chief warrant officer, W-4. "5458. Marine Corps Reserve: officers in an active status in permanent grades above chief warrant officer, W-4."

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(114) Chapter 635 is amended— (A) by inserting the following new section after section 5505: '*§5506. Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve; officers: precedence "Officers in an active status in the Naval Reserve in each grade and officers in an active status in the Marine Corps Reserve in each grade rank among themselves and among officers of the same grade in the Regular Navy and the Regular Marine Corps, respectively, in accordance with the dates of rank stated in their commissions. When regular and reserve officers are in the same grade and have the same date of rank, they rank among themselves as the Secretary of the Navy determines."; and

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