Public Law 39.

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(/us/bill/75/pl/38)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, U. S. Coast Guard Academy.Appointment of heads of departments. That the President of the United States is authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint not to exceed five professors to the United States Coast Guard as heads of the departments of instructionOriginal appointments, probationary period. at the Coast Guard Academy.

An original appointment as professor not made from a civilian instructor or regular commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard shall be a temporary appointment; but a professor so appointed, after completion of a satisfactory probationary period of two years, may be regularly appointed as professor to rank from the date of his original appointment:*Proviso*.Appointment of certain instructors without examination. *Provided,* That any person who has served as a civilian instructor in the Coast Guard Academy for fifteen years or more may be appointed to the office of professor in the Coast Guard Academy pursuant to this section without physical examination.

Sec. 2. Professors; rank, pay, and allowances. A professor in the Coast Guard shall be a commissioned officer with rank not above that of commander and shall receive the pay and allowances of a commissioned officer of the same rank and length of service. When any such professor is commissioned with rank less than that of commander, he shall be promoted through the successive ranks to a rank not above that of commander under 67such regulations as the President shall prescribe.

A professor shall Command limited.exercise command only in the academic department of the Coast Guard Academy. Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint in Civilian instructora; appointment, pay, etc.[5 U. S. C. § 673](/us/usc/5/s673).the Coast Guard, subject to the competitive provisions of the civil-service laws and regulations, not to exceed three civilian instructors, and the compensation of such appointees shall be fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.

Sec. 4. Service as a civilian instructor or professor at the Coast Credit for prior service.Guard Academy or as a commissioned officer in the Coast Guard (regular or temporary), rendered prior to an appointment as a professor pursuant to the provisions of this Act, shall be credited in computing length of service as a professor for purposes of pay and allowance. Sec. 5. Professors in the Coast Guard shall be on the same footingRetirement. as to retirement from active service for any cause as other commissioned officers of the Coast Guard: *Provided,* That service as a *Provisos*.Service computation.civilian instructor or professor at the Coast Guard Academy or as a commissioned officer in the Coast Guard (regular or temporary), rendered prior to an appointment as a professor pursuant to the provisions of this Act, shall be credited in computing length of service for retirement purposes: *Provided further,* That the provisions Retirement for disability; restriction.of law relating to retirement for disability in line of duty shall not apply in the case of a professor until he shall have served fifteen years in the Coast Guard.

Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint Advisory committee; appointment, composition, etc.an advisory committee of the Coast Guard Academy which shall consist of not to exceed five persons of distinction in the field of education who shall serve without pay. The members so appointed Visits, meetings, expenses, etc.shall visit the Coast Guard Academy at least once during the academic year on the call of the chairman and may convene once each year at headquarters at the call of the commandant, for the purpose of examining the course of instruction and advising the Secretary of the Treasury relative thereto.

The actual expenses of the members of the committee while engaged in these duties, including their actual expense of travel, shall he defrayed under Government travel regulations from any appropriation available for the authorized work of the United States Coast Guard. Sec. 7. In addition to the advisory board there shall be appointed Congressional Board of Visitors.in January of each year a Board of Visitors to the Coast Guard, which shall consist of two Senators and three Members of the House of Representatives appointed by the chairmen of the committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, having cognizance of legislation pertaining to the Coast Guard Academy.

The chairmen of such committees shall be ex-officio members of the Board.

(b)Such Board shall visit the Coast Guard Academy annually Annual visits to be made.Reimbursement of members’ expenses.on a date to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Each member of the Board shall be reimbursed under Government travel regulations for the actual expense incurred by him while engaged upon duties as a member of such Board. Sec. 8. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the Secretary Assignment of officers, etc., to instruction duty.of the Treasury from assigning any commissioned officer, chief warrant officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man to appropriate instruction duty at the Coast Guard Academy. Sec. 9. Any appropriation which is now or may hereafter be available Funds available for expenses.for the payment of expenses for the authorized work of the Coast Guard shall be available to carry out the purposes of this Act. 68 Sec. 10. Existing provision repealed.[34 Stat. 453](/us/stat/34/453); [40 Stat. 610](/us/stat/40/610).[14 U. S. C. § 124](/us/usc/t14/s124). Section 4 of an Act entitled “An Act to promote the efficiency of the Revenue Cutter Service”, approved June 23, 1906 (34 Stat. 453; U. S. C., 1934 ed., title 14, sec. 124), as amended by the Act of July 1, 1918 (40 Stat. 640), is hereby repealed, but such repeal *Proviso*.Restriction on present appointeesshall not be construed to affect existing appointments: *Provided,* That no appointee, appointed prior to the enactment of this Act, may be retained as an instructor in the Coast Guard Academy without appropriate civil-service status for a period longer than six months from the effective date of this Act. Approved, April 16, 1937. To amend the last two provisos, section 26, Act of Congress approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. L. 1225–1248). 1937-04-17 108 Chapter 50 Stat. 68 75 1 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 2024-11-23 public [CHAPTER 108] AN ACT To amend the last two provisos, section 26, Act of Congress approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. L. 1225–1248). April 17, 1937[[S. 1901](/us/bill/75/s/1901)][[Public, No. 39](/us/bill/75/pl/39)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Quapaw Indians, Oklahoma.State gross production tax on lead and zinc produced on lands of.[41 Stat. 1249](/us/stat/41/1249). That the last two provisos in section 26 of the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. L. 1225–1248), be, and the same are hereby, amended to read as follows: "“That the State of Oklahoma is authorized, from and after the passage of this amendment, to levy and collect a gross production tax upon all lead and zinc produced on said lands in an amount not to exceed the present rate of three-fourths of 1 per centum on the gross value thereof. In accordance with the uniform policy of the United States Government to hold the lands of the Quapaw Indians while restricted and the income therefrom free from State taxation of whatsoever nature, except as said immunity is expressly waived, and, in pursuance of said fixed policy, it is herein Exemption from other State taxes.expressly provided that the waiver of tax immunity herein provided shall be in lieu of all other State taxes of whatsoever nature on said restricted lands or the income therefrom, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be paid out of the individual Indian funds held under his supervision, belonging to the Indian owner of the land, the gross production tax so assessed against the royalty interest of the respective Indian owner in an *Proviso*.Not a lien on property of Indian.amount not to exceed the rate hereinabove set forth: *Provided, however,* That such tax shall not become a lien or charge of any kind or character against the land or other property of said Indian owner.” " Approved, April 17, 1937. To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment for use at the World Jamboree to the Boy Scouts of America; and to authorize the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to remit the tax on steamship tickets; and further to authorize the Secretary of State to issue passports to bona-fide Scouts and Scouters without fee for the application or the issuance of said passports. 1937-04-17 109 Chapter 50 Stat. 68 75 1 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 2024-11-23 public [CHAPTER 109] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment for use at the World Jamboree to the Boy Scouts of America; and to authorize the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to remit the tax on steamship tickets; and further to authorize the Secretary of State to issue passports to bona-fide Scouts and Scouters without fee for the application or the issuance of said passports. April 17, 1937[[S. 1473](/us/bill/75/s/1473)][

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