Chapter CXXXI. to regulate the Appointment of Paymasters in the Navy, and explanatory of an Act for the better Organization of the Pay Department of the Navy
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CHAP. CXXXI.— An Act to regulate the Appointment of Paymasters in the Navy, and explanatory of an Act for the better Organization of the Pay Department of the Navy.June 21, 1866.1866, ch. 72.*Ante,* p. 43. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedPaymasters under the act of May 3, 1866, may be appointed from, &c. States of America in Congress assembled,* That the appointments to be made under the act entitled “An act to provide for the better organization of the pay department of the navy,” approved May third, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, may be made from the number of acting assistant paymasters of the navy who performed duty as acting assistant paymasters during the war, and who at the time of their appointment under this act shall not be over the age of thirty-two years.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the UnitedExamination of such officers as are on duty abroad may be waived;to be made after their return home. States be, and he is hereby, authorized to waive the examination of such officers in the pay department of the navy as are on duty abroad, and cannot at present be examined, as required by law: *Provided,* That such examinations as are required by law shall be made as soon as practicable after the return of said officers to the United States, and no officer found to be disqualified shall receive the promotion contemplated in the act herein referred to.
Approved, June 21, 1866.