10 USC § 8135 - Regular Marine Corps: order of filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenant

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title: "10 USC § 8135 - Regular Marine Corps: order of filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenant"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8135"
section_name: "Regular Marine Corps: order of filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenant"
chapter_number: 815
chapter_name: "ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS"
part_number: "II"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 324, § 5585; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 503(29), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2913; renumbered § 8135, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(4), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8135. Regular Marine Corps: order of filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenant

Vacancies on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps in the grade of second lieutenant shall be filled, so far as practicable, first, from members of the graduating class of the Naval Academy; second, from meritorious noncommissioned officers of the Regular Marine Corps; and third, from other persons.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 324, § 5585; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 503(29), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2913; renumbered § 8135, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(4), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 5585 | 34 U.S.C. 634. | Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 413, § 19, 30 Stat. 1008; Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1010, 32 Stat. 1198 (1st proviso in 5th par., 48th word to end of proviso). |

The words “from other persons” are substituted for the words “from civil life” because  authorizes the appointment of graduates of the NROTC program as well as of other persons in civil life. Such graduates are, properly, persons in “civil life”, since they are members of the Naval Reserve who are not on active duty. However, since the status of members of the NROTC is not always clear, the statement of the class is expanded.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1980— substituted “active-duty list” for “active list”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .