§9446 Cadets: Requirements for Admission

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 9346(a)9346(b)9346(c)10:1092b (less provisos).10:1096.10:1095.

June 30, 1950, ch. 421, § 2 (less provisos), 64 Stat. 304. R.S. 1319; restated Mar. 2, 1901, ch. 804 (1st proviso under “Permanent Establishment”), 31 Stat. 911. Aug. 9, 1912, ch. 275 (2d proviso under “Permanent Establishment”), 37 Stat. 252. In subsection (a), the words “Effective

January 1, 1951” are omitted as executed. The word “Calendar” is omitted as surplusage. The words “must not have passed his twenty-second birthday” are substituted for the words “not more than twenty-two years of age”, to make it clear that a person whose twenty-second birthday falls on July 1 of the year of admission is eligible (see opinion of the Judge Advocate General of the Army (JAGA 1952/7083, 2 Sept. 1952)). In subsection (b), the words “is qualified in” are substituted for the words “to be well versed in”. The words “To be” are substituted for the words “before they shall be”. The words “an appointee must show that he is qualified” are substituted for the words “shall be required to be well versed”. The words “from time to time” are omitted as surplusage. In subsection (c), the word “shall” is substituted for the word “may”, since the nominee is required to appear for the examination. The word “appear” is substituted for the words “present himself”. The words “at a place” are substituted for the words “at West Point, New York, or other prescribed places”.