An Act to authorize permanent appointments in the United States Navy and in the United States Marine Corps
PL 84-308 (H.R.2109), enacted 08/09/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 308-AUG. 9, 1955 
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said areas by the State will not interfere with the operation of said 
dam and reservoir project and such additional terms and conditions 
as he shall deem to be advisable in the public interest. 
The conveyance authorized by this Act shall not pass any right, 
title, or interest in oil, gas, fissionable materials, or other minerals. 
In the event actual construction of said buildings and improve-
ments has not commenced within five years from the effective date of 
this Act, or in the event said property shall cease to be used for public 
park and recreation purposes for a period of two successive years, 
then title thereto shall immediately revert to the United States. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Public Law 308 
CHAPTER 668 
August 9,1955 
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[H. R. 2109] 
To authorize permanent appointments in the United States Navy and in the United 
States Marine Corps. 
Navy and Marine 
Corps Officer Augf 
mentation A c t of 
1955. 
Appointments. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Navy and Marine Corps Officer Augmentation Act of 
1955". 
SEC. 2. (a) The President may appoint to permanent commissioned 
grades, not above lieutenant in the Regular Navy and captain in the 
Regular Marine Corps, officers of the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps 
Reserve, and officers of the Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps 
who do not hold permanent commissioned appointments therein, sub-
ject to the conditions and limitations in the following subsections of 
this section. 
(b) Appointments made under this section shall be made pursuant 
to regulations prescribed by the President for the administration of 
this section, which regulations shall include, among other provisions, 
the following: 
(1) Provisions 
establishing 
standards 
and 
qualifications 
for 
appointments to the grades specified herein; 
(2) Provisions for the determination of the lineal position and pre-
cedence of appointees; and 
(3) Provisions for the assignment of running mates to officers 
appointed to the Staff Corps of the Regular Navy notwithstanding the 
provisions of other laws. 
(c) Persons appointed under this section shall be citizens of the 
United States, and have such other qualifications as may be prescribed 
by the Secretary of the Navy. 
(d) No person may be permanently appointed in the Regular Navy 
or Regular Marine Corps under the authority of this Act to a grade 
higher than that in which he is serving at the time of such permanent 
appointment. 
(e) A person permanently appointed in the Regular Navy or Regu-
lar Marine Corps, under the authority of this Act, may also be tem-
porarily appointed to a higher grade appropriate to the lineal position 
assigned, and such temporary appointment shall be regarded as having 
been effected pursuant to the law under which officers of the Regular 
Navy and Regular Marine Corps having comparable lineal position 
were temporarily appointed to such higher grade. 
(f) Persons permanently appointed to the Regular Navy or Regular 
Marine Corps pursuant to this Act who at the time of such appoint-
ment had to their credit leave accrued but not taken, shall not, by 
reason of such appointment, lose such accrued leave. 
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SEC. 3. (a) The commission of any person appointed under the pro-
visions of section 2 may be revoked by the Secretary of the Navy until 
tlie third anniversary of such appointment in the Regular Navy or 
Regular Marine Corps. 
(b) Each officer whose commission is so revoked shall thereupon be 
discharged from the Navy or Marine Corps without advanced pay or 
allowances. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Navy may provide by regulations for 
appropriate readjustment of lineal position and precedence of former 
commissioned officers of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve who were 
appointed to the permanent commissioned grades of ensign and second 
lieutenant in the Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps, respec-
tively, subsequent to December 7, 1941, and prior to the effective date 
of this Act. 
SEC. 5. The authority contained in this Act shall expire two years 
from and after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Commission rev-
ocation. 
Readjustment of 
lineal p o s i t i o n , 
etc. 
Expiration. 
Public Law 309 
CHAPTER 669 
AN ACT 
To incfease the annual compensation of the Academic* Dean of the United States 
Naval Postgraduate School. 
August 9, 1955 
[H. R, 2149] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hou^e of RepreHentafives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 4 of the 
Act of .fuly 81/1947 (61 Stat. 706). is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. There shall be at the United States Naval Postgraduate 
School the civilian position of Academic Dean. 
An Academic Dean 
shall be appointed, to serve for })eriods of not in excess of five years, by 
the Secretary of the Navy upon the recommendation of the Post-
graduate School Council, which shall consist of the Suj)erintendent, 
Deputy Superintendent, and the Directors of the Technical, Admin-
istrative, and Professional Divisions of the Fnited States Naval 
Postgraduate School. 
The Academic Dean shall receive such com-
pensation for his services as nui}- be prescribed by the Secretary of 
the Navy, which compensation shall not exceed $13,500 per year. 
The 
Academic Dean shall be considered as a member of the civilian teach-
ing staff of the United States Naval Postgraduate School insofar as 
provisions of law regarding retirement are concerned.*' 
SEC. 2. The Act of June 10, 1946 (60 Stat. 236, ch. 298), is hereby 
repealed. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Naval Postgrad-
uate School Ac a-
demic Dean. 
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Public Law 310 
CHAPTER 670 
AN ACT 
To amend section 34.'5 of the Revenue Act of 19.51. 
August 9, 1955 
[H. R. 2619] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That if refund or 
credit of an overpayment resulting from the application of section 345 
of the Revenue Act of 1951 (relating to abatement of tax on certain 
trusts for members of Armed Forces dying in service) is prevented 
on the date of the enactment of this Act by the operation of any law 
or rule of law (other tlian section 3760 of the Internal Revenue Code 
65 Stat. 517. 
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162 note.