CHAPTER 867 —UNITED STATES NAVAL OBSERVATORY
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§8715. 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,
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7395 | Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946, Part III, §301, |
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Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 852, |
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R.S. 436; June 29, 1949, ch. 278, |
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.
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§8716. Naval Observatory: exchange of information with foreign offices
(a) The Secretary of the Navy may arrange to exchange data with foreign almanac offices to reduce the duplication of work in preparing the different national nautical and astronomical almanacs and make available for publication a larger amount of data useful to navigators and astronomers. Each such arrangement shall be made terminable on one year's notice.
(b) The work of the Nautical Almanac Office shall be so conducted that in an emergency the part of the work intended for the use of navigators may be computed by the force of the office without foreign cooperation.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041,
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7396 | Aug. 22, 1912, ch. 335, |
In subsection (a) the words "as he may from time to time deem desirable with a view" are omitted as surplusage. The words "a larger amount of data useful" are substituted for the words "increase the total data which may be of use" for clarity.
In subsection (b) the words "during the continuance of any such arrangement" are omitted as surplusage. The third proviso of
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1978—Subsec. (a).
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