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ance with the foregoing sections who now hold permanent warrant or permanent commissioned warrant rank in the United States Navy shall, if they thereafter fail professionally on examination for promotion, revert to such permanent warrant or permanent commissioned warrant status. [41 Stat. L. 835.]

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SEC. 5. [Age limit for officers appointed-promotions · ductions in rank-officers holding temporary appointments.] That officers appointed under any of the foregoing provisions shall be not more than thirtyfive years of age when so appointed to the line of the Navy, Construction Corps, or Supply Corps, and not more than forty-three years of age when so appointed to the Corps of Chaplains, or to the Medical, Dental, or Civil Engineering Corps: Provided, That said age limits shall be increased in the cases of officers who have rendered prior service as paymaster's clerks, or as mates, or as warrant or commissioned officers in the naval service to the extent of all prior naval service: Provided further, That officers originally appointed to the Dental Corps above the said age limits shall be eligible for appointment and promotion under this Act irrespective of age: And provided further, That officers of the line of the Navy who are appointed thereto pursuant to this Act from sources other than the Naval Academy shall not be ineligible for promotion by reason of age as prescribed by the Act of August 29, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes, page 579), until they have rendered ten years' service in the grade of lieutenant commander, six years' service in the grade of commander, or eight years' service in the grade of captain, respectively, upon the completion of which service such officers, if then ineligible for promotion by reason of age, shall be retired in accordance with said Act: And provided further, That until June 30, 1923, promotions to lieutenant (junior grade) and lieutenant may be made without regard to length of service: And provided further, That until June 30, 1923, officers of the permanent Navy who have served satisfactorily during the war with the German Government in a temporary grade or rank shall be eligible under the provisions of existing law for selection for promotion or for promotion to the same permanent grade or rank without regard to statutory requirements other than age and professional and physical examination: And provided further, That in making reductions in rank as may be required by this Act, officers holding temporary appointments may be given temporary appointments in lower grades, and officers so appointed shall take precedence from the dates of their original appointments in such lower grades. [41 Stat. L. 835.]

For Act of Aug. 29, 1916, mentioned in the text, see 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 514.

SEC. 6. [Reenlistment in Navy or Marine Corps - bonus-travel pay.] That in case any enlisted man or enrolled man who, since the 11th day of November, 1918, has been or hereafter shall be discharged from any branch or class of the naval service for the purpose of reenlisting in the Navy or Marine Corps or heretofore has extended or hereafter shall extend his enlistment therein, he shall be entitled to the payment of the $60 bonus provided in section 1406 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide revenue, and for other purposes," approved February 24, 1919, and to travel pay as authorized in section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act permitting any person who has served in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps in the present war to retain his uniform and personal equipment and to wear the same under certain conditions,"

approved February 28, 1919: Provided, That only one bonus shall be paid to the same person. [41 Stat. L. 836.]

For Act of Feb. 24, 1319, mentioned in the text, see 1919 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 368. For Act of Feb. 28, 1919, mentioned in the text, see 1919 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 371.

SEC. 7. [Enlistments in Navy and Marine Corps-term-grades and ratings.] That hereafter enlistments in the Navy and in the Marine Corps. may be for terms of two, three, or four years, and all laws now applicable to four-year enlistments shall apply, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, to enlistments for a shorter period with proportionate benefits upon discharge and reenlistment: Provided, That hereafter the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in his discretion, to establish such grades and ratings as may be necessary for the proper administration of the enlisted personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps. [41 Stat. L. 836.]

SEC. 8. [Protection of uniform.] That section 125 of the Act entitled "An Act for making further and more effectual provisions for the national defense, and for other purposes," approved June 3, 1916, shall hereafter be in full force and effect as originally enacted, notwithstanding anything contained in the Act entitled "An Act permitting any person who has served in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps in the present war to retain his uniform and personal equipment and to wear the same under certain conditions," approved February 28, 1918 [1919]: Provided, That the words "or the Secretary of the Navy" shall be inserted immediately after the words "the Secretary of War wherever those words appear in section 125 of the Act approved June 3, 1916, hereinbefore referred to. [41 Stat. L. 836.]

For Act of June 3, 1916, § 125, mentioned in the text, see 9 Fed. Stat. Ann. (2d ed.) 1075. For Act of Feb. 28, 1919, mentioned in the text, see 1919 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 370.

SEC. 9. [Naval Reserve Force-retainer pay-withholding-use.] That hereafter the Secretary of the Navy may, in his discretion, withhold any part or all of the retainer pay which may be due a member of the Naval Reserve Force where such members fail to perform such duty as may be prescribed by law for the maintenance of the efficiency of the Naval Reserve Force: Provided, That any money so withheld shall be credited to the appropriation for organizing and administering the Naval Reserve Force to be used for any purpose that the Secretary of the Navy may consider proper to increase the efficiency of the Naval Reserve Force: Provided further, That hereafter the minimum amount of active service required for the maintenance of the efficiency of the Fleet Naval Reserve shall be the same as for the Naval Reserve. [41 Stat. L. 837.]

SEC. 10. [Age limits for promotion.] That the age limits for promotion by selection, which, under existing law, will become effective on June 30, 1920, are hereby deferred until June 30, 1921, in the cases only of those officers who may request such deferment. [41 Stat. L. 837.]

An Act To authorize officers of the naval service to accept offices with compensation and emoluments from Governments of the Republics of South America.

[Act of June 5, 1920, ch. 261, 41 Stat. L. 1056.]

[Officers of naval service acceptance of offices from South American Republics.] That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, upon application from the foreign Governments concerned, and whenever in his discretion the public interests require, to detail officers of the United States naval service to assist the Governments of the Republics of South America in naval matters: Provided, That the officers so detailed be, and they are hereby, authorized to accept offices from the Government to which detailed with such compensation and emoluments therefor as may be first approved by the Secretary of the Navy: Provided further, That while so detailed such officers shall receive, in addition to the compensation and emoluments allowed them by such Governments, the pay and allowances of their rank in the United States naval service, and they shall be entitled to the same credit while so detailed for longevity, retirement, and for all other purposes that they would receive if they were serving with the United States naval service. [41 Stat. L. 1056.]

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PASSPORTS

Act of June 4, 1920, ch. 223 (Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation Act), 151.

Sec. 1. Fees for Passports-Persons Excepted, 151.

2. Visé of Passport Fee for Executing Application of Alien for

Visé, 151.

3. Validity of Passport or Visé - Limitation of Time, 151.

4. Refusal of Appropriate Officer to Visé Passport - Refund of Fee,

152.

CROSS-REFERENCE

See also CITIZENSHIP

SECTION 1. [Fees for passports

persons excepted.] From and after the 1st day of July, 1920, there shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of the United States quarterly a fee of $1 for executing each application for a passport and $9 for each passport issued to a citizen or person owing allegiance to or entitled to the protection of the United States: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the right of the Secretary of State by regulation to authorize the retention by State officials of the fee of $1 for executing an application for a passport: And provided further, That no fee shall be collected for passports issued to officers or employees of the United States proceeding abroad in the discharge of their official duties, or to members of their immediate families, or to seamen, or to widows, children, parents, brothers, and sisters of American soldiers, sailors, or marines, buried abroad whose journey is undertaken for the purpose and with the intent of visiting the graves of such soldiers, sailors, or marines, which facts shall be made a part of the application for the passport. [41 Stat. L. 750.]

This section and secs. 2, 3 and 4 following are from the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation Act of June 4, 1920, ch. 223. Sec. 5 of the same Act will be found under the title CITIZENSHIP, p. 16, ante.

SEC. 2. [Visé of passport-fee for executing application of alien for visé.] From and after the 1st day of July, 1920, there shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of the United States quarterly a fee of $1 for executing each application of an alien for a visé and $9 for each visé of the passport of an alien: Provided, That no fee shall be collected from any officer of any foreign Government, or members of his immediate family, its armed forces, or of any State, district, or municipality thereof, traveling to or through the United States, or of any soldiers coming within the terms of the public resolution approved October 19, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, part 1, page 1014). [41 Stat. L. 750.]

See note to preceding section.

For Res. of Oct. 19, 1918, see 1918 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann. 73.

SEC. 3. [Validity of passport or visé

of a passport or visé shall be limited to two

limitation of time.]
limitation of time.] The validity
years, unless the Secretary of State

shall by regulation limit the validity of such passport or visé to a shorter period.

[41 Stat. L. 751.]

See note to preceding sec. 1.

SEC. 4. [Refusal of appropriate officer to visé passport - refund of fee.] Whenever the appropriate officer within the United States of any foreign country refuses to visé a passport issued by the United States, the Department of State is hereby authorized upon request in writing and the return of the unused passport within six months from the date of issue to refund to the person to whom the passport was issued the fees which have been paid to Federal officials, and the money for that purpose is hereby appropriated and directed to be paid upon the order of the Secretary of State. [41 Stat. L. 751.] See note to preceding sec. 1.

PATENTS

Act of March 6, 1920, ch. 94 (Deficiency Appropriation Act), 152.

Sec. 1. Fees Disposition - Moneys Paid by Mistake or in Excess of Fee Required by Law, 152.

[SEC. 1.]

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