(16) (Act Feb. 27, 1920, c. 88.) Leave of absence to officers; employment by Venezuelan Government. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant leave of absence without pay to such officer or officers of the United States. Coast Guard as he may deem advisable, and to permit him or them to accept employment with the Venezuelan Government with such compensation and emoluments as may be agreed upon between the Venezuelan Government and such officer or officers thus granted leave of absence. (41 Stat. 452.) This is an act entitled "An act granting leave of absence to officers of the Coast Guard and for other purposes," cited above. (17) (Act June 5, 1920, c. 235, § 1.) Detail of enlisted men for duty in District of Columbia. Not more than ten enlisted men at one time may be detailed to duty in the District of Columbia. (41 Stat. 879.) This section is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1921, cited above. (18) (Act June 5, 1920, c. 235, § 1.) Officers authorized to administer oaths. Such commissioned and warrant officers of the Coast Guard as may be designated by the commandant of the Coast Guard are hereby authorized to administer such oaths as may be necessary in connection with recruiting and for the proper conduct of said service. (41 Stat. 880.) This section is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1921, cited above. (19) (Act June 5, 1920, c. 235, § 1.) Deck courts. "Deck courts," to consist of one commissioned officer only, may be ordered by or under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury for the trial of enlisted men in the Coast Guard for minor offenses now triable by Coast Guard courts; and said courts shall be governed in their organization and procedure substantially in accordance with naval "deck courts," and shall have the same power to impose punishment. (41 Stat. 880.) This section is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1921, cited above. Cited without definite application, CHAPTER B-THE REVENUE-CUTTER SERV ICE § 84591/2b. (1) (R. S. § 2747.) Revenue-cutters. Cited without definite application, U. S. ex rel. Bryant v. Houston (C. C. A. N. Y.) 273 F. 915. (34) (Act Aug. 18, 1894, c. 301, § 1.) Pay of cadets. Cited without definite application, Yee Won v. White (C. C. A. Cal.) 258 (3412) (Act July 1, 1918, c. 113, § 1.) Pay and allowances of ca dets. Cited without definite application, 32 Op. Atty. Gen. 185. (423) (Act March 6, 1920, c. 94, § 1.) Rate for commutation of rations. Hereafter when rations for the Coast Guard are commuted they shall be commuted at a rate not to exceed the average cost of the ration for the preceding six months, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. (41 Stat. 506.) This section is a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the year 1920, and prior years, cited above. (4256) (Act March 6, 1920, c. 94, § 1.) Purchase of Quartermaster supplies. Officers and enlisted men of the Coast Guard shall be permitted to purchase quartermaster supplies from the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps at the same price as is charged the officers and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. (41 Stat. 506.) This section is a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the year 1920, and prior years, cited above. (43) (Act March 4, 1911, c. 285, § 1.) Burial of officers and men. Cited without definite application, 32 Op. Atty. Gen. 185. CHAPTER C-THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE § 8514d. (Act May 6, 1920, c. 168.) Stations; on Lake Superior, in Cook County, Minnesota. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a Coast Guard station on the coast of Lake Superior, in Cook County, Minnesota, in such locality as the captain. commandant of the Coast Guard may recommend. (41 Stat. 588.) This section is an act entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a Coast Guard station on the coast of Lake Superior, in Cook County, Minnesota," cited above. § 8514e. (Act Sept. 21, 1922, c. 359.) Same; Green Bay in Door County, Wisconsin. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a Coast Guard station on the coast of Green Bay at or in the vicinity of Strawberry Passage, in Door County, Wisconsin, in such locality as the Captain Commandant of the Coast Guard may recommend, at a limit of cost for station buildings and equipment thereof of $35,000. (42 Stat. 991.) This section is an act entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a Coast Guard station on the coast of Green Bay at or in the vicinity of Strawberry Passage, in Door County, Wisconsin," cited above. (2416) Sec. TITLE LVI-THE COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 8548. President may authorize surveys. 8561a. Salaries of officers; officers designated as assistants transferred to positions of engi war. (1) Increase for length of servvice; maximum; no increase of pay of officers or warrant officers on retired list. (3) Service to be counted for pay purposes. (k) Pay of persons serving, not as commissioned officers, but whose existing pay is equivalent to that of commissioned officers of certain enumerated grades. 8562ee (2). Same; No increase of pay for field or sea duty. 8562ee (3). Same; pay of officers of reserve forces authorized to ceive Federal pay; in crease. 8562ee (4). Same; "dependent" defined. 8562ee (5). Money allowance for subsistence. 8562ee (6). Money allowance for rental of quarters. § 8548. (R. S. § 4681.) President Sec. 8562ee (7). Rates of pay; maximum of base pay; pay for length of service, and allowances for subsistence and rental of quarters. 8562ee (8). Mileage allowance to officers; travel expenses. 8562ee (9). Money allowance in lieu of transportation in kind for dependents of commissioned and enlisted personnel. 8562ee (10). Laws authorizing increase of pay for foreign service and commutation of quarters, heat, and light repealed. 8562ee (11). Rates of pay; existing pay of officers and persons whose pay is based upon pay of commissioned officers not reduced; total of existing pay and allowances of enlisted men not reduced. pay 8562ee (12). Retired pay; officers and warrant officers; no promotion of retired officers for active duty; and allowances of retired officers, warrant officers and enlisted men when on active duty. 8562ee (13). Existing laws and regulations not changed; allowances in kind for rations, quarters, heat and light for officers and warrant officers; transportation and packing allowances for baggage or household effects of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men; extra pay to enlisted men serving as stenographic money reporters, etc.; allowances to enlisted men awarded medals or decorations. 8562ee (14). Time of taking effect of act; inconsistent laws repealed. 8562g. Military surveys and maps. 8562h. Transfer of instruments to educational institutions and museums. 8562hh. Claims for damages; adjust ment. may authorize surveys. be taken as absolutely establishing the truth of all that they purport to show. U. S. v. Romaine (C. C. A. Wash.) 255 F. 253. (2417) 1 § 8561a. (Act June 12, 1917, c. 27, § 1.) Salaries of officers; officers designated as assistants transferred to positions of engineers. The Commerce and Labor Departments appropriation act for the year 1923, Act March 28, 1922, c. 117, title I, 42 Stat. 481, makes appropriations for the salaries of officers and clerical force of the Coast and Geodetic Survey as follows: "Pay, commissioned officers: For pay and allowances prescribed by law for commissioned officers on sea duty and other duty, holding relative rank with officers of the Navy, including one director with relative rank of captain, two hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of captain, seven hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of commander, nine hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of lieutenant commander, thirty-eight hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of lieutenant, fifty-five junior hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of lieutenant (junior grade), twenty-nine aids with relative rank of ensign, and including officers retired in accordance with existing law, $524,005. * "Office force: Disbursing agent, $3,000; chief clerk, $2,500; chief of section of library and archives, $1,800; clerk to director, $1,800; chief of printing and sales, $2,000; clerks-three at $1,800 each, three at $1,650 each, four at $1,400 each, eleven at $1,200 each, fifteen at $1,000 each, three at $900 each. "Topographic and hydrographic draftsmen: Two at $2,900 each, three at $2,460 each, six at $2,260 each, six at $2,060 each, three at $1,800 each, six at $1,600 each, six at $1,400 each, two at $1,200 each, two copyist draftsmen at $1,200 each; "Astronomical, geodetic, tidal, and miscellaneous computers: One $3,000, three at $2,460 each, two at $2,360 each, three at $2,260 each, four at $2,060 each, four at $1,800 each, six at $1,600 each, eleven at $1,400 each; "Copperplate engravers: One $2,500, two at $2,400 each, three at $2,200 each, three at $2,000 each, two at $1,800 each, two at $1,600 each, three at $1,400 each; "Engravers and apprentices at not exceeding $1,000 each, $2,000; "Instrument makers: Mechanical engineer $3,000, one $1,800, one $1,600, five at $1,400 each; "Pattern makers and carpenters: Three at $1,400 each, two carpenters and painters at $900 each; "Lithographers, lithographic draftsmen, transferers, lithographic pressmen and their helpers, plate printers and their helpers, and other skilled laborers: Two at $2,200 each, two at $2,000 each, one $1,900, one $1,800, one $1,600, eight at $1,400 each, two at $1,200 each, one $1,100, five at $900 each; "Photographers: One $1,700, one $1,600, one $1,200. "Engineer, electricians, dynamo tenders, and electrotypers: One $1,800, one $1,400, one $1,200, four at $1,080 each; "Watchmen, firemen, messengers, and laborers: Three at $880 each, six at $840 each, four at $820 each, three at $720 each, four at $700 each; plumber and steamfitter, $1,200; "In all, pay of office force, $303,110." See, also, post, §§ 8562ee(1)-8562ee (14). See, also, ante, § 2089a(1), and notes thereunder. § 8561aa. (Act June 4, 1920, c. 228, § 1.) Superintendent; relative rank, pay, and allowances; appointment; term of office. The Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall have the relative rank, pay, and allowances of a captain in the Navy, and that hereafter he shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from the list of commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey not below the rank of commander for a term of four years, and may be reappointed for further periods of four years each. (41 Stat. 825.) This section is a provision of the Naval appropriation act for the fiscal year 1921, cited above. See post, §§ 8562ee (1)-8562ee (14). § 8561aaa. (Act June 5, 1920, c. 235, § 1.) Same; title changed. The title of "superintendent" of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey is hereby changed to "director," but this change shall not affect the status of the present incumbent or require his reappointment. (41 Stat. 929.) This section is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1921, cited above. § 8561aaaa. (Act March 28, 1922, c. 117, title I.) Assistant director; designation of officer to act as. The Secretary of Commerce may designate one of the hydrographic and geodetic engineers to act as assistant director. (42 Stat. 482.) From the Commerce and Labor Departments appropriation act for the year 1923, cited above. The same provision is contained in prior acts. § 8562a. (Act May 22, 1917, c. 20, § 16.) Departments. Transfer to War or Navy Cited without definite application, 32 Op. Atty. Gen. 505. § 8562b. (Act May 22, 1917, c. 20, § 16.) Field officers. Eligibility.-Under this section, a person now serving temporarily as deck officer in the Coast and Geodetic Sur vey is eligible to appointment as aid in said Survey. 32 Op. Atty. Gen. 308. § 8562ee. (Act May 18, 1920, c. 190, § 11.) Pay and allowances of commissioned officers. In lieu of compensation now prescribed by law, commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall receive the same pay and allowances as now are or hereafter may be prescribed for officers of the Navy with whom they hold relative rank as prescribed in the Act of May 22, 1917, entitled “An Act to temporarily increase the commissioned and warrant and, enlisted strength of the Navy and Marine Corps, and for other purposes," including longevity; and all laws relating to the retirement of commissioned officers of the Navy shall hereafter apply to commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. (41 Stat. 603.) This section is a part of § 11 of an act entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service," cited above. See, post, §§ 8562ee(1)-8562ee(14). See, also, ante, § 2089a(1), and notes thereunder. § 8562ee (1). (Act June 10, 1922, c. 212, § 1.) (a) Rates of pay; pay periods. Beginning July 1, 1922, for the purpose of computing the annual pay of the commissioned officers of the Regular Army and Marine Corps below the grade of brigadier general, of the Navy below the grade of rear admiral, of the Coast Guard, of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and of the Public Health Service below the grade of surgeon general, pay periods are prescribed, and the base pay for each is fixed as follows: The first period, $1,500; the second period, $2,000; the third period, $2,400; the fourth period, $3,000; the fifth period, $3,500; and the sixth period, $4,000. (b) Pay of sixth period; to whom payable. The pay of the sixth period shall be paid to colonels of the Army, captains of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade who have completed twenty-six years' service, or whose first appointment in the permanent service was in a grade above that corresponding to captain in the Army, or who were appointed to the Regular Army under the provisions of the first sentence of section 24, Act of June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920; to officers of the Staff Corps of the Navy advanced by selection. under existing laws to the rank or pay of captain; to lieutenant colonels of the Army, commanders of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade, and lieutenant commanders of the line and |