62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 98, 99 --MAR. 5 , 1948 and production policies and methods to be followed by the Naval Establishment in meeting the material requirements of the operating forces, and shall coordinate and direct the efforts of the bureaus and offices of the Navy Department in this respect. SEC. 10. During the temporary absence of the Secretary of the Navy, the Under Secretary of the Navy, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air; the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Vice Chief of Naval Operations in that order, shall be next in succession to act as the Secretary of the Navy. SEC. 11. The Vice Chief of Naval Operations, the Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations, the Naval Inspector General, and the Chief of Naval Material may have the grade, rank, pay, and allowances pro- vided under any provision of law heretofore or hereafter enacted which authorizes such grade, rank, pay, and allowances for officers so designated by the President to perform any special or unusual duty or duty of great importance and responsibility. SEC. 12. (a) That portion of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes", approved March 3, 1915, which reads as follows: "There shall be a Chief of Naval Operations, who shall be an officer on the active list of the Navy appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among the officers of the line of the Navy not below the grade of captain for a period of four years, who shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, be charged with the operations of the fleet, and with the preparation and readiness of plans for its use in war" (38 Stat. 929), is hereby repealed. (b) Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act providing for the reor- ganization of the Navy Department, and for other purposes", approved une 20, 1940 (54 Stat. 494), is hereby repealed. (c) That portion of the Act entitled "An Act making appropria- tions for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes", approved March 3, 1915, which reads as follows: "During the temporary absence of the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations shall be next in succession to act as Secre- tary of the Navy" (38 Stat. 929), as amended by the Act entitled "An Act to amend the provision contained in the Act approved March 3, 1915, providing that the Chief of Naval Operations, during the temporary absence of the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, shall be next in succession to act as Secretary of the Navy," approved February 11, 1927 (44 Stat. 1086), is hereby repealed. (d) The Act entitled "An Act to provide for an Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations", approved May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 430), is hereby repealed. Approved March 5, 1948. [CHAPTER 99] AN ACT To amend the Act of December 3, 1945, so as to extend the exemption of Navy or Coast Guard vessels of special construction from the requirements as to the number, position, range, or arc of visibility of lights, and for other purposes. United States of A erica in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act of December 3, 1945 (59 Stat. 590), is hereby repealed. Approved March 5, 1948. 69 Succession to duties of Secretary of Navy. Grade, rank, pay, and allowances. 5U.S.0.1422. 5 U.S. C. 422a. 5U. S.C. 143a. 5U.S.C. 42a. March 5, 1948 [S. 19611 [Public Law 433) 6OU.8.C.app. 11731 note.
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