10 USC 5585: Regular Marine Corps: order of filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenant
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10 USC 5585: Regular Marine Corps: order of filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenant Text contains those laws in effect on January 7, 2011
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle C-Navy and Marine CorpsPART II-PERSONNELCHAPTER 539-ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS
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§5585. Regular Marine Corps: order of filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenant

Vacancies on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps in the grade of second lieutenant shall be filled, so far as practicable, first, from members of the graduating class of the Naval Academy; second, from meritorious noncommissioned officers of the Regular Marine Corps; and third, from other persons.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 324 ; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, §503(29), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2913 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
5585 34 U.S.C. 634. Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 413, §19, 30 Stat. 1008 ; Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1010, 32 Stat. 1198 (1st proviso in 5th par., 48th word to end of proviso).

The words "from other persons" are substituted for the words "from civil life" because 34 U.S.C. 1020e authorizes the appointment of graduates of the NROTC program as well as of other persons in civil life. Such graduates are, properly, persons in "civil life", since they are members of the Naval Reserve who are not on active duty. However, since the status of members of the NROTC is not always clear, the statement of the class is expanded.

Amendments

1980-Pub. L. 96–513 substituted "active-duty list" for "active list".

Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.