80TH CONG., 1sT SESS.-CH. 512 -AUG. 7,1947 (i) Not later than the first day of the fourth month following the date of approval of this Act, all temporary appointments of naval and Marine Corps personnel made pursuant to the Act of July 24, 1941 (55 Stat. 603), as amended, except those which are affirmed or continued in effect pursuant to this Act, shall be terminated. (j) The words 'active-duty pay" as used in sections 312 and 313 of this title shall be construed to mean the base and longevity pay the retired officer concerned would receive if serving on active duty in his grade. DISTRIBUTION OF OFFICERS SEC.303. (a) The total number of line officers serving on active duty at any one time, exclusive of officers carried by law as additional numbers in grade and of fleet admirals, shall be distributed in the pro- portion of seventy-five one-hundredths of one in the grade of rear admiral and above to six in the grade of captain, to twelve in the grade of commander, to eighteen in the grade of lieutenant commander, to twenty-four and seventy-five one-hundreds in the grade of lieutenant, to thirty-eight and fifty one-hundredths in the combined grades of lieutenant (junior grade) and ensign: Provided,That of the number of officers so authorized in each grade below captain, not to exceed the following percentages may be officers designated for limited duty: In the grade of commander, 36 4/oo per centum; in the grade of lieutenant commander, 8 62/0oo per centum; in the grade of lieutenant, 772/00 per centum; and in the combined grades oflieutenant (junior grade) and ensign, 61Yoo per centum. (b) The total number of rear admirals designated for engineering duty, aeronautical engineering duty, and special duty shall not exceed at any one time a number equal to 13 per centum of the authorized number of line officers, not restricted in the performance of duty, of the grade of rear admiral or above exclusive of fleet admirals at that time. (c) The total number of officers designated for engineering duty, in the combined grades of captain, commander, and lieutenant com- mander, shall not exceed at any one time a number equal to 9 per centum of the total number of line officers, not restricted in the per- formance of duty, authorized in those grades at that time. (d) The total number of officers designated for aeronautical engineering duty only, in the co(bllhine( grIdtts of catl)tailn colm- mander, and lieutenant commander, shall not exceed at any one time a number equal to 5 per centum of the total number of line officers, not restricted in the performance of duty, authorized in those grades at that time. (e) The total number of officers designated for special duty, in the combined grades of captain, commander, and lieutenant com- mander, shall not exceed at any one time a number equal to 5 per centum of the total number of line officers, not restricted in the performance of duty, authorized in those grades at that time. (f) Officers of the Staff Corps of the Navy shall be distributed in the various grades in each staff corps in accordance with the pro- visions of this title: Provided, That the number of rear admirals in the Medical Corps, Supply Corps, Chaplain Corps, Civil Engineer Corps, and Dental Corps, respectively, exclusive of any such rear admiral serving as a chief of bureau, shall not exceed in each corps five-tenths of 1 per centum of the officers in that corps serving on active duty at any one time: Provided further, That such a rear admiral serving as a chief of bureau shall upon termination of his tenure as chief of bureau be carried in excess until the next vacancy occurs in the grade of rear admiral in the corps concerned: And provided further, That the number of captains in the Medical Termination. 34 U. S. C. §§360- 3501. Ante, pp. 312 313. "Active-duty pay. " Post, pp. 858 ,861 . Line officers. Number designated for engineering and special duty. Rear admirals. Combined grades of captain, commander, and lieutenant com- mander. Staff Corps. 831 61 STAT. ]
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