Chapter 274. To equalize the pay of retired officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service
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CHAP. 274.— An Act To equalize the pay of retired officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service.May 8, 1926.[[S. 1786](/us/bill/69/s/1786).][[Public, No. 204](/us/pl/69/204).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Army, etc.Pay of officers retired before June 30, 1922, to be not less than of officers retired subsequently. That hereafter the retired pay of the officers and warrant officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard.
Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service, who were retired on or before June 30, 1922, shall not be less than that provided for the officers and warrant officers of these services of equal rank and length of service retired subsequent to that date: *Provided*, That nothing in this Act shall*Proviso*.No pay reduced. operate to reduce the pay of any officer or warrant officer now on the retired list. Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this ActInconsistent laws repealed. are hereby repealed.
Approved, May 8, 1926.