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[CITE: 33USC853b]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                    CHAPTER 17--NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 853b. Promotion by selection to grades above lieutenant 
        (junior grade)
        
    Promotion to fill vacancies in all permanent grades above that of 
lieutenant (junior grade) shall be made by selection from the next lower 
respective grades upon recommendation of the personnel board hereinafter 
provided for.

(June 3, 1948, ch. 390, Sec. 3, 62 Stat. 298.)
