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[CITE: 10USC7395]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER 639--UNITED STATES NAVAL OBSERVATORY
 
Sec. 7395. Naval Observatory: administration

    (a) The Naval Observatory shall be attached to the Office of the 
Chief of Naval Operations.
    (b) The Superintendent of the Naval Observatory shall be detailed 
from officers in the line of the Navy serving in the grade of captain or 
above.
    (c) The Secretary of the Navy may detail any officer of the Navy, 
competent for that duty, to supervise the Nautical Almanac.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 457.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7395..................................  5 U.S.C. 133y-16 (note).             Re
organization Plan No. 3 of 1946,
                                                                              P
art III, Sec.  301, 60 Stat.
                                                                              1
099.
                                        5 U.S.C. 461.                        Ma
r. 3, 1901, ch. 852, 31 Stat.
                                                                              1
122 (2d par., last sentence).
                                        5 U.S.C. 463.                        R.
S. 436; June 29, 1949, ch. 278,
                                                                              6
3 Stat. 300 (2d par.).
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    In subsection (a) the words ``together with their respective 
functions, are hereby transferred from the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 
Department of the Navy'' are omitted as executed. The words ``attached 
to'' are substituted for the words ``and shall be administered, subject 
to the direction and control of the Secretary of the Navy, under the 
Chief of Naval Operations'' for brevity. All orders issued by the Chief 
of Naval Operations in performing the duties assigned to him are issued 
under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy.
    In subsection (b) the words ``until further legislation by 
Congress'' are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (c) the word ``detail'' is substituted for the word 
``place''. The words ``in charge'' are omitted as surplusage. The word 
``duty'' is substituted for the word ``service'' for clarity.
