Chapter 574. To readjust the commissioned personnel of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes
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Chap. 574: To readjust the commissioned personnel of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. 1929-03-02 574 Chapter 45 Stat. 1533 70 2 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 public Chapter 574.— An Act To readjust the commissioned personnel of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. March 2, 1929.[[H.
R. 17060](/us/bill/70/hr/17060).][[Public, No. 1000](/us/pl/70/1000).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That on and afterCoast Guard.Readjustment of commissioned personnel.Vol. 42, p. 1130, amended. July 1, 1929, the total number of commissioned officers on the active list, regular and temporary combined (exclusive of the commandant and commissioned warrant officers and additional numbers that have been authorized by law), authorized in the Coast Guard shall be five hundred and eighty-eight, consisting of five hundred and twenty-six line officers distributed in the proportion of four in the grade of captain, to eight in the grade of commander, to fifteen in the grade of lieutenant commander, to thirty in the grade of lieutenant, to forty-three in the grades of lieutenant (junior grade) and ensign, inclusive; and of one engineer in chief, eight captains (engineering), sixteen commanders (engineering), and eighteen lieutenant commanders (engineering), and of five constructors, and fourteen district commanders: *Provided*, That the number of temporary*Provisos*.Temporary officers. commissioned officers, not above the rank of lieutenant, within the total of commissioned officers herein authorized shall be as the President shall determine: *And provided further*, That notwithstandingPromotion of engineer officers at same time as line officers. the number of officers herein authorized in the grades of captain (engineering) and commander (engineering), respectively, 1534an engineer officer may be promoted, subject to examination as provided by law, to either of these grades at the same time as a line officer of the same length of total service in the Coast Guard is promoted to either of the corresponding grades in the line.
Sec. 2. Effect of vacancy at bottom of list of engineers. That each vacancy occurring at the bottom of the list of commissioned engineer officers on the active list after July 1, 1929, shall operate to reduce by one the total number of engineer officers and to increase by one the total number of line officers authorized by section 1 of this Act. Sec. 3. Computations to exclude officers carried as additional numbers. In making any computation required or authorized by or pursuant to this Act there shall be excluded from consideration those officers carried by law as additional numbers, and whenever a final fraction of one-half or more occurs the whole number next above shall be regarded as the authorized number.
Sec. 4. Escort for burial of officer or enlisted man in service. That the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, is hereby authorized to furnish an escort, not to exceed one person, to the place of burial for the body of an officer or enlisted man who has lost his life in the Coast Guard. Such expenses as are incurred for this purpose shall be paid from the proper appropriation. Sec. 5. No pay reduction, etc. That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to reduce the rank, pay, or allowances of any commissioned officer of the Coast Guard as now provided by law.
Sec. 6. Inconsistent laws repealed. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 2, 1929.
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