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in resculng and succoring the shipwrecked, and-saving persons
from drowning,,as, In his opinion, shall merit such recognition.
(June 18, 1878, c. 205, § 12, 20 Stat. 165.)
195. Additional tokens of honor for repeated acts of hero-
ism.-The life-saving medals of the first and second class au-
thorized by the second preceding section shall be designated as
the gold and silver life-saving medal respectively, and any per-
son who lizs received or may hereafter receive either of said
medals under the provisions of either of the two preceding sec-
ti,ns, and who slall again perform an act which would entitle
limi to a nmdal of the same class under said provisions, shall re-
coive, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
to award, In lieu of a second medal, a bar, sultably inscribed,
of the same metal as the medal to which said person would be
entitled, to be attached to a ribbon of such description as the
Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, which may be fasitened
to the medal already bestowed upon sail person; and for every
such additional act an additional bar may be added. And the
SecretOry of tie Treasury is herebi authorized, in his dis-
cretion, whenever any person becomes entitled to a bar repre-
senting a gold medal, to award him, in addition to sail liar,
such token its it is customary to award In acknowledgment of
the services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescu-
Ing American citizens froni shipwreck. (May 4, 1882, c. 117 § 9,
22 Stat. 57.)
196.'Bestowal of medal on person other than member of
Coast Guard.-So much of the tlree preceding sections as pro-
vide for the award of life-saving medals shall be construed so
as to empower the Secretary of the Treasury to bestow such
medals upon persons making signal exertions in rescuing and
succoring the shipwrecked and saving persons front drowning
in the waters over which the United States has jurisdiction,
whether the sai persons making such exertions were or were
not members of the Coast Guard, or whether or not such exer-
tions were made in the vicinity of a Const Guard station. (Jan.
21, 1897, c. 83, 29 Stat. 494.)
Chapter 8.-TEMPORARY PERSONNEL.
Sec.
201. General quallficatlons for appointment ns temporary commissioned
officers.
202. Temporary promotion of permanent officers ;' effect of promotion
on permanent commission and retirement rights.
203. Appointment of temporary officers authorized; pay and allow-
ances; retirement rglts.
204. Special list of temporary officers; promotions, reductions, and dis.
missals.
205. Appointment of temporary chief warrant officers ; pay and allow-
ance4; retirement rights.
200. Appointment of temporary warrant officers and temporary enlist-
ments; retirement length of service rights.
207. Temporary appointments from naval reserve; effect on status;
pay.
208. Rights of permanent personnel unaffected.
Section 201. General qualifications for appointment as tem-
porary commissioned officers.-(a) All original temporary ap-
pointments shall lie made in grades not above that of lieuten-
ant, in the line or the Engineer Corps, and shall be made only
ifter the candidate has satisfactorily passed such examinations
as the President may prescribe. No person shall be given an
original temporary appointment who Is nmore than forty years
of age.
S(b) Any warrant officer or enlisted'man of the permanent
Coast Guard may be given an original temporary qppointment,
under such regulations as the President may prescribe, and
without reduction in pay or allowances. Notwithstanding such
temporary appointment, any such warrant officer or enlisted
nnan shall be entitled to retirement li the same manner as
Ihough he had continued to hold his peramanent grade or rating,
avid upon the termination of such temporary appointment shall
be entitled to revert to such grade or rating. Service under.
any suel temporary appointment shall he included in deter-
mining length' of service as a warrant ollcer or enlisted man.
(Apr. 21, 1924, c. 130, § 4, 43 Stat. 105.)
202. Temporary promotion of permanent officers; effect of,
promotion oi permanent commission and retirement rights.-
Permanent commissioned ollcers of the Coast Guard many be
given temliorary promotion in order of senlo'lty and without
examination, to fill any such temporary grades. Notwithstand-
Ing such temporary promotion, any such officer shall con-
timue to hold is lernanent commission and1 shall be advanced
In lineal rank, promoted, and retired in the sane manner its
though no provision for temporary officers had been made by
law. (Apr. 21, 1921, c. 130, § 3, 43 Stat. 105.)
203. Appointment of temnporary officers authorized; pay and
allowances; retirement rights.- (a) The President is author-
ized to appoint, by and with tie advice and consent of the
Senate, the following temporary officers of the Coast Guard:
Two captains, ten commanders, twenty-live lieutenant com-
manders, f,,rty-elght lieutenants, ail forty-two lieutenants
(Junior grade) and ensigns, of the line; and live commanders,
eleven lieut,.imant comnalnders, ninteee lieutenant s, and forty
lieutenants (Junior grade) and ensigns, of the Engineer Corps.
(b) Such temporary officers while in service shmll receive
the smne pay, allowances, and benefits as permanent conlinis-
sioned officers of the Coast Guard of correslondling grade antd
length of service, except that no such officer shall be entitled
to retirement because of Is temporary commission.
(c) Temporary appointments shall continue until the Presi-
dent otherwise directs or Congress otherwi provides. (Apr,
21, 1924, e. 130, § 2, 43 Stat. 105.)
204. Special list of temporary officers; promotions, reduc-
tions, and dismissals.-The names of all persons appointed
under the preceding section shall be placed upon a special
list of temp)orary officers, its (listinguished from the list of
permanent officers, of the Coast Guard. The President Is au-
thorized, without regard to length of service or seniority,
to promote to grades not above lieutenant, in the line or
Engineer Corps, or to reduce officers on such special list,
within the number specified for each grade, and l may, liu
his discretion, call for the resignation of, or dismiss, any such
officer for unfitness or mnisconduct. (Apr. 21, 1924, c. 130,
§ 4, 43 Stat. 105.)
205. Appointment of temporary chief warrant officers; pay
and allowances; retirement rights.-(a) Umler such regula-
tions as lie ,nay prescribe, the President is authorized to ap)-
point, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
twenty-five temporary chief warrant otilcers of the Coast
Guard from the permanent list of warrant officers of tho
Coast Guard.
(b) Such chief warrant officers shall receive the sane pay,
allowances, and benefits as commissioned warrant officers of
the Navy, except that any such offleer shall contintae to hold
his permanent grade, and shall be retired in the snine manner
as though no provision had been made for lemporary ciilef
warrant officers. (Apr. 21, 1924, c. 130, § 5, 43 Stat. 100.)
206. Appointment of temporary warrant officers and tem-
porary enlistments; retirement length of service rights.-(a)
Under such regulations its he may prescribe, the Secretary of
the Treasury Is authorized to appoint temporary warrant oill-
cers, and to make special temporary enlistmnts, In the Coast
Guard. No person shall he entitled to retirement because of
his temporary appointment or enlistment under this section.
(b) Any enlisted man in the pernianent Coast Guard nmy be
appointed as a temporary warrant officer. Notwithstanding
such temporary appointment, any such enlisted nian shul be
entitled to retirenient In the same manner as though lie had
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continued to hold his permanent rating, and upon the termina-
tion of such temporary appointment shall be entitled to revert
to such rating. Service under any such tempoiary appoint-
ment shall be included in determining length of service as an
.enlisted man. (Apr. 21, 1924, c. 130, § 0, 43 Stat. 100.)
207. Temporary appointments from naval reserve; effect on
status; pay.--The temporary appointment of any member of
the Naval Reserve to an enlisted, warrant or commissioned
grade in the Coast Guard shall not prejudice his status in the
Naval Reserve when his temporary service in the Coast Guard
shall have terminated. While serving with the Coast Guard
members of the Naval Reserve shall not be entitled to retainer
pay or any other special privileges by reason of their former
servicoin the Navy or Naval Reserve, except that service In
the Cast Guard may bo counted as service In the Naval Re-
serve. (Apr. 21, 1924, e. 130, § 7, 43 Stat. 100.)
208. Rights of. permanent personnel unaffected.-Nothihg
contained in the preceding sections 201 to 207 of this chapter
shall operate to reduce the grade, rank, pay, allowances, or
benefits that any person in the Coast Guard would have been
entitled to if such sections had not become law. (Apr. 21, 1924,
c. 130, § 8, 43 Stat. 100.)

COINS AND COINAGE

Sep Title 31, MONEY AND FINANC.

COLLISIONS
See Title 33, NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS.

COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF

See Title 24, ilOSPITALS, ASYLUMS, AND CEMErERIES.

COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE

See Title 15, COMMEICE AND TRADE.