{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s8101","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8101.","heading":"Prescribed number; vacancies","text":"\u00a7\u202f8101.\nPrescribed number; vacancies\nIn this chapter, the term \u201cprescribed number\u201d or \u201cnumber .\u2000.\u2000. prescribed\u201d as applied to a grade, means the number of officers of a described corps, designation, or other category that shall be maintained in the grade concerned. Except as otherwise specifically provided, the actual number of officers in a grade may not exceed the prescribed number. Vacancies occur whenever, and to the extent that, the actual number falls below the prescribed number.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s8101.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8101","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8101."},{"t":"heading","text":"Prescribed number; vacancies"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In this chapter, the term \u201cprescribed number\u201d or \u201cnumber .\u2000.\u2000. prescribed\u201d as applied to a grade, means the number of officers of a described corps, designation, or other category that shall be maintained in the grade concerned. Except as otherwise specifically provided, the actual number of officers in a grade may not exceed the prescribed number. Vacancies occur whenever, and to the extent that, the actual number falls below the prescribed number.","tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}