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74TH CONGRESS. SESS I. C1I. 402. JULY 22, 1935. Naval academy grade : Provided further, That the commissioned service of Naval graduates . computation of com- Aca demy grad uates, f or the pu rpose of this sec tion only , shall be missioned service . computed from June 30 of the calendar year in which the class in which they graduated completed, its academic course, or, if its academic course was more or less than four years, from June 30 of the calendar year in which it would have completed an academic Commissioned from course of four years : Provided further, That except as provided in other rthan Naval acad- section 7, officers of any grade commissioned in the line of the Navy from sources other than the Naval Academy, shall become ineligible for consideration by a selection board when the members of the Naval Academy class next junior to them at the date of their when ineligible for original permanent commission as ensign or above become ineligible considerat ion . for c onsid erat ion u nder the provi sion s of this sect ion . " Co nst ruct ion -Ci vil SEC. 6. That the President of the United States is hereby author- Eng in eer --- and of~nd supply ized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to transfer and appoint officers of the line of the Navy, not above the grade of Tran sfer au tho ri zed . lieutenant commander, to the corresponding grade in the Construc- tion Corps, Civil Engineer Corps, or Suppy Corps, without regard to the age of the officers so transferred and appointe d . Staff Corps officers .

SEC. 7. That the President of the United States is hereby author- Transf ers authorize d . ized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to transfer and appoint officers of the Staff Corps of the Navy not above the Rank and grade of rank of lieutenant commander to the corresponding rank and grade transferred officers.

in the line of the Navy and the officers so transferred and appointed shall have the lineal position and precedence in the line which they would have held had they remained in the line or had their original Carried as additional appointments been in the line . Any officer so transferred and number.

appointed shall be carried as an additional number in the grade in which he is serving and to which he may hereafter be promoted . Naval aviation .

SE C. 8 . That exclusive of student aviators and qualified aircraft Detail of tactical and gun nery obse rvers to pilots of the Navy and Marine Corps, the number of tactical and duty in.

gunnery observers of the Navy and Marine Corps detailed to duty in aircraft and involving actual flying shall hereafter be in accord- ance with the requirements of naval aviation as determined by the Vol . 42, p.632;Vol . Secretary of the Navy . So much of section 20 of the Act approved 44, p . 782. .,

June 10, 1922 (42 Stat . 632), as amended b section 6 of the Act II.S.C.,p.1622.

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y approved July 2, 1926 (44 Stat. 782 ; U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 37, see. 29), which is inconsistent with or in conflict with the provision of this section, insofar as it relates to the Navy and Marine Corps, is hereby repealed . N avy and Mar ine SEC. 9. The last proviso of the appropriation "Pay of the Navy," Cor ps 29,,p3sl .

contained in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1897, approved June 10, 1896 (29 Stat . 361), is hereby amended to read Payment to, wh en as follows : "And provided further, That hereafter no payment shall employed by contra c- tors,p rohibited . otnbited,

be made from appropriations made by Congress to any officer in the Navy or Marine Corps on the active list while such officer is employed, after June 30, 1897, by any person or company furnishing naval supplies or war materials to the Government, and such employ- Retired officers . ment is hereby made unlawful after said date : Provided, That no payment shall be made from appropriations made by Congress to any retired officer in the Navy or Marine Corps who for himself or for others is engaged in the selling of, contracting for the sale of, or negotiating for the sale of, to the Navy or the Navy Department, any naval supplies or war material ." Inconsisten t laws re- SEC . 10 . That all laws and parts of laws which are inconsistent pealed .

herewith or in conflict with the provisions hereof, insofar as they relate to the Navy and Marine Corps, are hereby repealed . Approved, July 22, 1935 .