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SIXTYZSECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 335. 1912. 329 _ That the Act approved May thirteenth, nineteen hundred and m*“°"•¤°°•,*°*°•**¤ eight, making apperplpnatnons for the naval service for the fiscal year vol. ni. r. ma endmg_ June `¢l11l"i·1_ , mneteen hundred and nine, and for other pur- ‘”‘°“d°°‘ poses,msofar sent relatesto thepayment ofsixmonth.s’ ayto the wuiolvir of an officer or enlisted man and so forth, be amendped to read as o ows: _ . . ~ mt hmm; immediately upon amen notification tr the dma, ,.,,°;;:•r°* °·•°· ** from wounds •0l' disease not the result of his own misconduct, of any ofiicer or enlisted man on the active list of the Navy and Marine Corps the Paymaster General of the Navy shall cause to be paid to the widow, and, if no widow, to the children, and, if there be no b,‘Q’,’;*,}f,’,',f,,“,,_"*°°“ ‘° children, to any other rtlggendent relative of such officer or enlisted I man previously designs by amount gud to six months’ payuazt the rate received by such cer or e man at the date of death, less seventy·£ve dollarsin the case of an officer and thirty-five dollars in the ease of an enlisted man, to defray of igterment, and the rgsigue, if egg, of the amonmt reserved be subsequen to the esigua n.’ PuThat the poxiihn of the Act entitled "An Act making appropria- ,,,{,‘}{°' °’“°"°‘ ""‘ tions for the navalservice for the fiscal year ending June ieth, u;’ghcd¤6· P- M- nineteen hundred and eleven, and for other puxises, ’ approved Jnme ` tweritlygfourth, nineteen hundred and ten, whi reads as follows: In l p { " pay and allowances of chiefs of bureaus of the N avy Depart- m$u,ea., ment shall be the highest shore-dutoyhipay and allowances o the rear admiral of the lower nine, and all cers of the Navy who are now serving or who shall hereafter serve as chief of in the Navy

 and are eligible for retirement afte1;th1.rtygears’ service,

have, while on the active list, the rank,_t1tle, an emoluments of a chief of bnueau in the same manner as is already provided by statute law for such officers upon retirement by reason of age or length of service, and such officers, after thirty years’ service, be entitled to and shall receive new commissions in accordance with - the rank and title hereby conferred," be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That no officer who has received his comm1ssion ?{g{;,°; wmmw under the provisions of said Act shall be d4?_;)r1ved of sand _C0m1D1S•· ¤¤¤¤• ¤¤¤¤¤·~=¤¤<¤- sion or the rank, title, and emoluments thereo y vutue of this repeal. Hereafter any naval officer on the retired hst may, with his consent, *,}f}";;§ ‘§$,i,‘;',,,,,,. in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, be ordered to_such ¤<·ggfg¤¤vm duty as he may be able to sperform at sea or on shore, and while so 'p° ' employed m time of all receive the pgy and allowances of an _ officer of the active t of the same rank: ro·v1ded,_ That no such umaasoo sn um retired officer so employedi gpl active dpltyusgpll recenvezi 511 time of °‘P°‘°°· ace, an greater a an owances e ay an owances _ fivehich areynow 151 nih; harm E; pfovided py law for Ingeutenant seniorgradeon eactive`t0 eengtho service: promd¢d~ further, Thatany such oH·icer whose retired pay the higglt ug.?} Sit".?} J3 pay and allowances of the grade of lieutenant senior grade, _ , ‘°‘““"°"‘°' ""’°· while so em loyed in time o peace, receive his retired pay only, in lieu of all otihsr pay and allowances. _ mm-, 0, mh. _ The Act "to authorize and provide for the of uselesspapers papernon venus in executive departments,j’ approved February sixteenth, ealfhteen °‘·"‘·’·"’· hundred and eighti-mus is hereby amended so that accum ations m the files of v of the Nav; of papers that, m the judgment of the commander in chief of the eet, are not needed or useful m the transaction of currmt business and have no permanent valt}0 or historical interest may be of by the commander in chief of the fleet by sale, advertisement for proposals, as waste papers if practicable, or if not practicable, then otherwise, as may Epxpear but or the mterests of the Government, the commander in of of the nuuum Beet to make report thereon to the Secretary of the Navy; provided