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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 522 , 523-JUNE 29, 1946 One day prior to the date of the termination of the Selective Train- ing and Service Act of 1940, as amended, as herein or hereafter specified, all remaining functions and responsibilities of the Per- sonnel Division established under the authority of section 8 (g) of such Act, and all records and balances of appropriations which have been utilized or are available for use in the administration of such functions of the Personnel Division of the Selective Service System, shall be transferred to such agency of the Federal Government as the Congress may designate, or, if none is so designated, to such agency of the Federal Government as the President may designate." Approved June 29, 1946. [CHAPTER 523] AN ACT To amend the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended, so as to provide an increase in pay for personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the first paragraph of section 9 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "The monthly base pay of enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard shall be as follows: Enlisted men of the first grade, $165; enlisted men of the second grade, $135; enlisted men of the third grade, $115; enlisted men of the fourth grade, $100; enlisted men of the fifth grade, $90; enlisted men of the sixth grade, $80; and enlisted men of the seventh grade, $75. Chief petty officers under act- ing appointment shall be included in the first grade at a monthly base pay of $150." (b) The third paragraph of section 9 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Every enlisted man paid under the provisions of this section shall receive an increase of 5 per centum of the base pay of his grade for each three years of service up to thirty years. Such service shall be active Federal service in any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act or reserve components thereof; service in the active National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia; and service in the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Army, the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army, the Naval Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, and the Coast Guard Reserve: Provided,That retired enlisted men heretofore or hereafter retired with credit for thirty years' serv- ice in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps and who served beyond the continental limits of the United States between 1898 and 1912, such service having been computed under previous laws as double time toward retirement, shall be entitled to receive the maximum retired pay now provided for the grade in which retired." (c) Section 11 of the Act of March 4, 1925 (43 Stat. 1274; 34 U. S. C . 701), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 11. That the band of the United States Marine Corps shall consist of one leader whose pay and allowances shall be those of a captain in the Marine Corps; one second leader whose pay shall be $230 per month and who shall have the allowances of a sergeant major; ten principal musicians whose pay shall be $180 per month; twenty-five first-class musicians whose pay shall be $150 per month; twenty second-class musicians whose pay shall be $120 per month; and ten third-class musicians whose pay shall be $102 per month: such musicians of the band to have the allowances of a sergeant: Provided, That the second leader and musicians of the band shall 343 64 Stat. 885. 50U.S.C. app. § 301-318; Supp. V , 302 et seq. Ante, p. 181. 54 Stat. 891. 50U.S.C.app. § 308 (g). June 29, 1946 [H. R. 6084] [Public Law 474] 56 Stat. 363. 37 U. S.C., Supp. V, § o109. Monthly base pay. Enlisted men. Acting chief petty officers. Longevity increase. Retired enlisted men. Marine Band. Longevity ncrease.