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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 45 STAT. · June 10, 1922 · Chapter 221

Chapter 221. to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service,” approved June 10, 1922, as amended

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Chap. 221: To amend the Act entitled “An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service,” approved June 10, 1922, as amended. Chapter 221 45 Stat. 1186 1929-02-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 221.— An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service,” approved June 10, 1922, as amended. February 16, 1929.[[H. R. 12032](/us/bill/70/hr/12032).][[Public, No. 763](/us/pl/70/763).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pay readjustment, Army, etc.Commissioned warrant officers.Vol. 42, p. 627, amended.
That the Act entitled “An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine. Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service,” approved June 10, 1922, as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out in paragraph 12 of section 1 of said Act the following 1187clause, lines 12, 13,14, and 15 of said paragraph, volume 42, Statutes Matter stricken out.U. S. Code, p. 1186.at Large, page 627, “Commissioned warrant officers on the active list with creditable record shall, after six years’ commissioned service, receive the pay of the second period, and after twelve years’ commissioned service, receive the pay of the third period,” and insertingNew matter. in lieu thereof the following:
" “Commissioned warrant officers with creditable recordsPay of commissioned warrant officers. on the active list shall receive pay as follows: During the first ten years of commissioned service, the pay of the second period; after ten years of commissioned service, the pay of the third period; after twenty years of commissioned service, the pay of the fourth period.” " Sec. 2. That section 7 of said Act is hereby amended by substitutingMaximum pay.Vol. 42, p. 629, amended.Proviso inserted. a colon for the period, volume 42, Statutes at Large, page 629, line 4, and adding the following proviso at the end of said Proviso inserted, paragraph:
" “*Provided further,* That when the total base pay, pay for lengthTotal pay, allowances, etc., of commissioned warrant officers.U. S. Code, p. 1187. of service and allowances for subsistence and rental of quarters authorized in this Act for any commissioned warrant officer shall exceed $5,000 a year, the amount of the allowances to which such officer is entitled shall be reduced by the amount above $5,000, and the pay and allowances of a commissioned warrant officer receiving the pay and allowances of the (second pay period shall not exceed $3,158 a year for the first three years of commissioned service, $3,258 a year for the next three years of commissioned service, $3,358 a year for the next three years, and $3,458 a year for from nine to ten years’ commissioned service.
” " Sec. 3. That section 10 of said Act is hereby amended by strikingWarrant officers, Navy and Coast Guard.Vol. 42, p. 630, amended. out in paragraph 1, lines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of said paragraph, volume 42, Statutes at Large, page 630, the following: " “That on and after July 1, 1922, the monthly base pay of warrantMatter stricken out.U. S. Code, p. 1188. officers of the Navy and Coast Guard shall be as follows: During the first six years of service at sea, $153; on shore $135; during the second six years of service at sea, $168; on shore, $147; after twelve years’ service at sea, $189; on shore, $168.”, and inserting in lieu thereofNew matter. the following:
“That hereafter the monthly base pay of warrant officers of theMonthly base pay established. Navy and Coast Guard shall be as follows: During the first six years of service, $153; during the second six years of service, $168; after twelve years’ service, $189.” " Sec. 4. That nothing contained herein shall be construedNo reduction of pay, etc., of any person in the service.Vol. 44, p. 725. so as to reduce the pay, allowances, emoluments, or other benefits, including the benefits of the Act of June 10, 1926, Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 725, that any person now in the service is receiving at the date of the passage of this Act.
Sec. 5. That the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey shallDirector of Coast and Geodetic Survey.To receive pay, etc., of a rear admiral (lower half). have the pay and allowances of a rear admiral (lower half) of the Navy. Approved, February 16, 1929.
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