Chapter 3. To make the tenure of the office of the major general commandant of the Marine Corps for a term of four years
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CHAP. 3.— An Act To make the tenure of the office of the major general commandant of the Marine Corps for a term of four years. December 19, 1913.[[H. R. 10081](/us/bill/63/hr/10081).][[Public, No. 40](/us/pl/63/40).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That hereafter when a vacancy Marine Corps.Commandant to hold office four years.Vol. 35, p. 155.Rank, etc., white servingshall exist in the position of commandant of the Marine Corps the President may appoint to such position, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an officer of the Marine Corps on the active list not below the grade of field officer, who shall hold office as such commandant for a term of four years, unless sooner relieved, and who, while so serving, shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a major general in the Army; and any officer appointed under the provisions Retirement.of this Act who shall be retired from the position of commandant of the Marine Corps, in accordance with the provisions of sections twelve [R.
S., secs. 1251, 1622, 1623, pp. 218, 274](/us/rs/s1251/1622/1623/pp218/274).hundred and fifty-one, sixteen hundred and twenty-two, and sixteen hundred and twenty-three, Revised Statutes of the United States, or by reason of age or length of service, shall have the rank and retired pay of a major general; if retired for any other reason, he shall be placed on the retired list of officers of the grade to which he belonged at the time of his retirement: *Provided*, That an officer serving as *Provisos*.To be an additional number.commandant shall be carried as an additional number in his grade while so serving, and after his return to duty in his grade until said grade is reduced to the number authorized by law: *Provided further*, That nothing herein contained shall operate to increase or reduce the Total not changed.total number of officers in the Marine Corps now provided by law.
Approved, December 19, 1913. 241