Chapter 530. To establish the warrant grade of pay clerk and the commissioned warrant grades of chief marine gunner, chief quartermaster clerk, and chief pay clerk in the United States Marine Corps
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CHAP. 530.— An Act To establish the warrant grade of pay clerk and the commissioned warrant grades of chief marine gunner, chief quartermaster clerk, and chief pay clerk in the United States Marine Corps.June 10, 1926. [[H. R. 8725](/us/bill/69/hr/8725).] [[Public, No. 367](/us/pl/69/367).] *Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Marine Corps.Warrant pay clerk grade established. That the warrant grade of pay clerk in the United States Marine Corps is hereby established, appointments thereto to be made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.
Officers inPay, etc., same as other warrant officers. said grade shall have the same rank, pay, allowances, and other benefits as now are or may hereafter be allowed other warrant officers in the Marine Corps. All pay clerks hereafter appointed shall be warrant officers. Pay clerks now in the Marine Corps shallRank of present pay clerks when warranted. be warranted as pay clerks under the provisions of this Act and shall take rank in accordance with their present dates of precedence.
That the commissioned warrant grades of chief marine gunner,Commissioned chief warrant grades established. chief quartermaster clerk, and chief pay clerk in the Marine Corps are hereby established, and that marine gunners, quartermasterPromotion from warrant grades. clerks, and pay clerks shall after six years from the date of warrant be commissioned chief marine gunners, chief quartermaster clerks, and chief pay clerks, respectively, after passing satisfactorily such examinations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, and when so commissioned they shall have the same rank, pay, allowances, and other benefits as now are or may hereafter be allowed commissioned warrant officers of the Navy: *Provided* That for the purpose of*Provisos*.Computation of six years period of service. computing the six-year period of service required for promotion from warrant to chief warrant rank, all service as pay clerk, warrant officer, and commissioned officer in the Marine Corps and all active service for purposes other than training rendered during the period from April 6, 1917, to December 31, 1921, under a temporary appointment as a pay clerk, warrant or commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, or as a pay clerk, warrant or commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, shall be counted: *Provided further*, That nothing contained herein shall be construedNo pay, etc. reduced. so as to reduce the pay, allowances, emoluments, or other benefits that any person now in the service would have received but for the passage of this Act: *And provided further*, That the total number of warrantPresent number of warrant officers not increased. officers and commissioned warrant officers shall not exceed the total number of warrant officers and pay clerks now authorized by law.
Approved, June 10, 1926.