Chapter CCCVI. in Regard to the Commencement of increased Pay to promoted Officers in the Navy
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CHAP. CCCVI.— An Act in Regard to the Commencement of increased Pay to promoted Officers in the Navy.June 5, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the clause in section sevenDate of increased pay to promoted officers in the navy.1870, ch. 295, § 7.Vol. xvi, p. 333. of the act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, “making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes,” which enacts “that hereafter the increased pay of a promoted officer shall commence from the date he is to take rank as given in his commission,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed: *Provided,* That if such officer shall have been promoted in course to fill a vacancy, and shall have been in the performance of the duties of the higher grade from the date he is to take rank, he may be allowed the increased pay from that date.
Approved, June 5, 1872.