Section, acts Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2918, § 1, 34 Stat. 1322; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; June 21, 1955, ch. 172, § 1, 69 Stat. 169; Sept. 26, 1961, Pub. L. 87–304, § 9(b), 75 Stat. 665, authorized commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to make assignments or allotments of their pay. See section 706 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.