Chapter 523. To amend section 1571 of the Revised Statutes to permit officers of the Navy to count duty on airships as sea duty
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Chap. 523: To amend section 1571 of the Revised Statutes to permit officers of the Navy to count duty on airships as sea duty. Chapter 523 45 Stat. 498 1928-05-11 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 1 public Chapter 523.— An Act To amend section 1571 of the Revised Statutes to permit officers of the Navy to count duty on airships as sea duty.
May 11, 1928.[[H. R. 5465](/us/bill/70/hr/5465).][[Public, No. 366](/us/pl/70/366).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Navy.Sea duty.R. S., sec. 1571, p. 269, amended.Duty of officers on airships equivalent to sea duty.U. S. Code, p. 1107. That section 1571, Revised Statutes, is hereby amended by changing the period at the end of said section to a colon and by adding thereto the following: " “*Provided*, That when officers are assigned to airships on duty requiring them to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights the Secretary of the Navy shall determine and certify whether or not, in his judgment, the service to be performed is equivalent to sea duty.
If such service is thus determined to be equivalent to sea duty, it shall be considered to be actual sea service on sea-going ships for all purposes.” " Approved, May 11, 1928.
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Chapter 523
To amend section 1571 of the Revised Statutes to permit officers of the Navy to count duty on airships as sea duty
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