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1485 commissioned line officers of the Na vy as in the opin ion of the Secretary of the Navy may be necessary to fill vacancies which will occur prior to July 1 of the current calendar year, and thereafter no further appointments shall be made in the grade of ensign until the total number of commissioned line officers has been reduced below that authorized by law . SEC. 8. In making any compu tation re quired o r authori zed by or diO naersc m abdras sd- pursuant to this Act there shall be excluded from consideration those cluded in computation, officers carried by law as additional numbers, and whenever a final fraction of one-half or more occurs the whole number ne xt above shall be regarded as the authorized number . SEC. 9. The pro vision in the Act approv ed Augus t 29, 1916 Agel9, p. 579, re (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 579
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pealed. 34, section 311), prescribing maximum age limits for the promotion II s. c., p.1111. of captains, commanders, and lieutenant commanders is hereby repealed . SEC . 10. The Act of March 4, 1925, section 30 (Forty-third Statutes Matter Vol 4 amended . d 9, at Large, page 1279 ; United States Code, title 34, section 399), amended . U S.C.,p.1117 . providin g for the retireme nt of off icers wh o have be en specia lly Retirement grade, commended for their performance of duty in actual combat with the et Combat citations . ene my is her eby am end ed by ins ert ing af ter the words "by reason of age ineligibility for promotion," the words " or ineligibility for consideration by a selection board after completion of the designated periods of service for their respective grades," so that the first paragraph of said section 30 will read as follows "All officers of the Navy and Marine Corps who have been specially Officers eaf pocc ialr commended for their performance of duty in actual combat with the duty i n world war to be retired with rank of enemy du ring the World War , by the head of the execu tive depa rt- next high er grade. ment under whose jurisdiction such duty was performed, when retired by reason of age ineligibility for promotion, or ineligibility for consideration by a selection board after completion of the designated periods of service for their respective grades, shall be placed upon the reti red list with the rank of t he next higher gr ade and w ith three-fourths of the pay they would have received if not advanced in rank pursuant to this section ." SEC . 11 . All Acts and parts of Acts, so far as they conflict with Inconsi stent l aws re- the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed .
pealed. Approved, March 3, 1931 . CHAP. 398 .-An Act To authorize the city of Fernandina, Florida, under certain conditions, to dispose of a portion of the Amelia Island Lighthouse Reservation . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, Tha t upon the payment of $4,762 .50 by t he city of Fernan dina, Flo rida, to the Secretary of Commerce such city is authorized to convey, with- out regard to the conditions and limitations of paragraph (6) of section 1 and of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of certain lighthouse reserva- tions, and to increase the efficiency of the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes," approved May 22, 1926, the lands conveyed to such city pursuant to paragraph (6) of section 1 of such Act, except a tract bounded on the south by so much of the shell road as crosses section 12, on the east by the eastern boundary of section 12 with a water front of not less than nine hundred and sixty feet, on the north bya straight line extending from such eastern boundary for one thousand feet, more or less to the western boundary of section 12, and on the west by the western boundary of section 12 extending March 3, 1931 . [S . 3404.1 [Public, No . 785 .1 Amelia Island Light- house Reservation. F ern andi na, Fla ., may convey portion of, upon pa yment . Vol. 44, p . 624. Portion excepted .
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