PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 38, 39-APR. 9, 1943 34 U. s . C , SUpp. amended by the Act approved June 30, 1942 (56 Stat. 465; 34 II, 350e. U. S . C. 350), be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: Commodore. "SEC. 6. The rank and grade of commodore are hereby established for the purposes of this Act: Provided, That all officers appointed to the rank of commodore pursuant to the authority of this Act, while serving in such rank, shall be entitled to the pay and allow- Approval. ances provided for an officer of the sixth pay period. Temporary appointments under the authority of this Act shall, if they are to a grade above that of captain in the Navy or colonel in the Marine Corps, be made by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; if to other ranks or grades, they shall be made by the President alone." 55 Stat. 65 . SEC. 2 . Paragraph (b) of section 11 of the aforesaid Act is hereby 34 U. S. C., Supp. ii, 5 350j (b). amended by striking out the proviso thereto, so that said paragraph shall read as follows: Coast Guard. "(b) Personnel of the Coast Guard in relationship to the Coast Guard in the same manner and to the same extent as they apply to personnel of the Navy in relationship to the Navy." Approved April 9, 1943. April 9, 1943 [S. 8531 [Public Law 27] Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. Procurement anl, sale of stores. 34 U. S. ('.. Sipp. II, 6 533. [CHAPTER 39] AN ACT To amend the Act of March 3, 1909, as amended by the Act of January 23, 1942, providing for the sale of naval stores, in order to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to permit the sale of naval stores in the continental United States during the war and six months thereafter to civilian officers and employees of the United States, and to other persons at stations where purchase from private agencies is found to be impracticable. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That such part of the Act approved March 3, 1909 (35 Stat. 753), as was amended by the Act approved January 23, 1942, entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, and for other purposes', approved March 3, 1909, as amended, so as to extend commissary privileges to such otller persons as may be specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Navy" (56 Stat. 13; 34 U. S . C. 533), is hereby amended to read as follows: 'That such stores as the Secretary of the Navy may designate may be procured and sold to officers and enlisted men of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and to the widows of such officers and enlisted men. Such designated stores may also be procured and sold to civilian officers and employees of the United States. and to such other persons as may be specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Navy- "(1) At naval stations and post exchanges beyond the continental United States or in Alaska; and "(2) At naval stations and post exchanges within the continental United States, in time of war and not exceeding six months there- after, when the Secretary of the Navy finds that it is impracticable for the said civilian officers and employees and other persons to pro- cure such stores from private agencies without impairing the efficient operation of the stations. The Secretary of the Navy may prescribe regulations governing sales under this Act." Approved April 9, 1943. 60 [57 STAT.
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