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[CITE: 10USC7225]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
   CHAPTER 631--SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES
 
Sec. 7225. Naval Reserve flag

    The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe a suitable flag to be 
known as the Naval Reserve flag. This flag may be flown by a seagoing 
merchant vessel if--
        (1) the vessel is documented under the laws of the United 
    States;
        (2) the vessel has been designated by the Secretary, under such 
    regulations as he prescribes, as suitable for service as a naval 
    auxiliary in time of war; and
        (3) the master or commanding officer and at least half of the 
    other licensed officers of the vessel are members of the Navy.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 447.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7225..................................  50 U.S.C. 1048.                      Ju
ly 9, 1952, ch. 608, Sec.  409,
                                                                              6
6 Stat. 499.
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    In clause (3) the words ``at least half'' are substituted for the 
words ``not less than 50 per centum''. The words ``or Naval Reserve'' 
are omitted as surplusage, since the Navy includes the Naval Reserve.
