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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 462, 463-JUNE 30, 1942 Reserve; each such officer so appointed to a grade above that of ensign or second lieutenant shall take precedence according to the date of rank stated in his reserve commission in the same rank. SEC. 5. Personnel heretofore and hereafter temporarily appointed pursuant to and as defined in the Act of July 24, 1941 (Public Law 188, Seventy-seventh Congress), shall be entitled to the pay and allowances of the grade or rank to which so appointed from the dates on which such appointments are made by the President, and their appointments, unless expressly declined, shall be regarded for all purposes as having been accepted on the date made, without formal acceptance or oath of office. SEC. 6 . Any officer of the Regular Navy below the grade of vice admiral and any officer of the Regular Marine Corps below the rank of lieutenant general transferred to the retired list upon attaining the age of sixty-four years while serving under a temporary appoint- ment pursuant to the Act of July 24, 1941 (Public Law 188, Seventy- seventh Congress), shall be retired in such temporary grade or rank with retired pay at the rate of 75 per centum of his active-duty pay at the time of retirement, unless eligible for retirement in a higher grade or rank under some other provision of law. SEC. 7. The Act of July 24, 1941 (Public Law 188, Seventy-seventh Congress), is hereby amended as follows: Section 1, change period to comma and add "and during such period thereafter as the President shall determine, but not later than June 30 of the fiscal year following that in which the war or national emergency shall terminate." Section 10 of the aforesaid Act of July 24, 1941, is hereby amended so that temporary appointments made under authority of that Act during the present war may continue in force until six months after the termination of this Act. SEC. 8 . The provisions of this Act, except as may be necessary to adapt the said provisions to the Coast Guard, shall apply to officer personnel of the Coast Guard in like manner and to the same extent and with the same relative conditions in all respects as are provided for the officer personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps. SEC. 9 . No officer shall suffer any reduction in pay or allowances by reason of any provisions of this Act, all sections of which shall become effective on date of approval and, with the exception of sec- tion 4, shall terminate on June 30 of the fiscal year following that in which the present war shall end. Approved, June 30, 1942. [CHAPTER 463] AN ACT To amend section 13 (d) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso contained in the third paragraph of subsection (d) of section 13 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, as amended (which proviso relates to the postponement of withholding from certification for payment to States, in certain cases, of amounts for the adminis- tration of State unemployment compensation laws) is amended as follows: (1) By striking out "until July 1, 1942" and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "until July 1, 1944, or until a date one hundred and eighty days after the adjournment of the first session of the legislature of such State beginning after July 1, 1942, whichever date is the earlier"; and 6 5714--43 --PT . I --30 465 I Temporary appoint- nents. 55 Stat. 603 . 34U. S. C., Supp. I, § 350-350j. Infra. Post,p. 1023 . Retirements in tem- porary rank. 55 Stat. 603. 34 U.S. C., Supp. I, Ii 350-350]. Infra. Post,p . 1023. 55 Stat. 603. 34U. S. C., Supp. I, 5§ 3350350j. Post, p. 1023. Time limitation. Duration of tem- porary appointments. Application to Coast Guard. Pay reductions, etc. Duration of Act. June 30, 1942 [H. R. 7212] [Public Law 640] Railroad Unem- ployment Insurance Act, amendments. 52 Stat. 1112; 54 Stat. 741 . 45U.S .C . 363 (c). Withholding from certification of amounts for payment to States, time exten- sion.