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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 432 -JUNE 26, 1940 prima facie evidence of such citizenship, and that he is not a Communist, and not a member of any Nazi Bund Organization. (g) The Commissioner shall cause a periodic investigation to be made of the rolls of relief employees on work projects, and shall eliminate from the rolls those not in actual need, such investigation to be made so that each case is investigated at least once in every twelve months. SEC. 16. (a) No person in need who refuses a bona fide offer of private or other public employment under reasonable working condi- tions which pays the prevailing wage for such work in the community where he resides and who is capable of performing such work shall be employed or retained in employment on work projects under the funds appropriated in this joint resolution for the period such private or other public employment would be available. (b) Any person who takes such employment shall at the expiration thereof be entitled to immediate resumption of his previous employ- ment status with the Work Projects Administration if he is still in need and if he has lost such employment through no fault of his own, and if he has first drawn all the benefits of unemployment compensa- tion that shall have accrued to him during his term in private employment and which are available to him. SEC. 17. (a) No person shall be employed or retained in employ- ment in any administrative position, or in any supervisory position on any project, under the appropriations in this joint resolution unless such person has previously subscribed or before engaging in such employment subscribes to the following oath: "I, A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office (or employment) on which I am about to enter (or which I now occupy). So help me God." (b) No portion of the appropriation made under this joint reso- lution shall be used to pay any compensation to any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States. (c) The Commissioner and the head of any other agency receiving an appropriation hereunder is authorized to designate employees, administrative and supervisory, as he may deem necessary to admin- ister such oaths as are required by this joint resolution and such other oaths as may be required or necessary in the operation of the Work Projects Administration or other agency, which oaths shall be administered without charge or fee; such oaths shall have the same force and effect as oaths administered by notaries, justices of the peace, and other Federal and non-Federal officers qualified to administer oaths. SEC. 18. In carrying out the purpose of the appropriations in this joint resolution, the Secretary of the Treasury with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations for the establishment of special funds for any agency receiving an appropriation under this joint resolution, in the nature of revolving funds for use, until June 30, 1941, in the purchase, repair, distribution, or rental of materials, supplies, equipment, and tools. SEC. 19. The provision of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5) shall not apply to any purchase made or service procured in connection with the appropriations in this joint resolution when the aggregate amount involved is less than $300. 621 Periodic investiga- tions of relief rolls; eliminations. Refusal of private, etc, employment offer. Restoration of em- ployment status with W.P .A. Oath of office. Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. Designation of em- ployees to administer oaths. Establishment of special funds for pur- chase of supplies, eta. Minor purchases.

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