Pub. L. 83-349, tit. II, sec. 205

Sec. 205. Subsection 314 (a) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 314. (a) Commissioned officers of the Marine Corps shall be authorized in number in the same proportion to authorized enlisted strength and shall be distributed in grades, promoted, retired, and discharged in like manner and with the same relative conditions in all respects as provided for commissioned officers of the line of the Navy, by existing law, or by laws hereafter enacted, except as may be necessary to adapt the said provisions to the Marine Corps, or as herein otherwise provided. Of the total number of officers not restricted in the performance of duty serving on active duty at any one time, exclusive of officers carried by law as additional numbers in grade, the number of officers who may serve in each of the grades above captain shall, except as otherwise provided by subsection 303 (k) of this Act, be no greater than a number appropriate to the total number as set forth in the following table: 68 Stat. 69 "Total line officers, exclusive of officers carried by law as extra numbers Brigadier general and above Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major 10, 000 51 600 1, 200 1, 800 12, 500 52 615 1, 250 2, 175 15, 000 53 630 1, 295 2, 535 17, 500 54 645 1, 335 2, 880 20, 000 55 660 1, 370 3, 210 22, 500 57 670 1, 400 3, 525 25, 000 59 680 1, 425 3, 825 27, 500 61 690 1, 445 4, 110 30, 000 63 700 1, 460 4, 380 32, 500 65 705 1, 470 4, 635 83, 000 67 710 1, 475 4, 875 In the event the total number of such line officers serving on active duty falls between two strengths shown in the above table the number in each grade shall be determined by proportionate interpolation between the respective numbers prescribed for the two strengths. Of the number of officers determined under this section for each grade below colonel not to exceed the following percentages may be officers designated for limited duty: In the grade of lieutenant colonel, 3.64 per centum; in the grade of major, 8.62 per centum.”