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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 642. Appointment of commissioners; vacancies; chairman; tenure of office
The President of the United States shall, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, appoint seven commissioners, three of
whom shall be selected from the Engineer Corps of the Army, one
from the National Ocean Survey, and three from civil life, two of
whom shall be civil engineers. And any vacancy which may occur in
the commission shall in like manner be filled by the President of
the United States; and he shall designate one of the commissioners
appointed from the Engineer Corps of the Army to be president of
the commission. The commissioners appointed under sections 641 to
644, 646, and 647 of this title, except those appointed from civil
life, shall remain in office subject to removal by the President of
the United States. Each commissioner appointed from civil life
after November 7, 1966, shall be appointed for a term of nine
years.
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