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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., S1TSESS.-CH. 266 -JULY 1, 1941 munity 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 reemployment with the Work Proj- ects 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 compensation that shall have accrued to him during his term in private employment and which are avail- able to him. SEC. 12. (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 reserva- tion or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully dis- charge 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 part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Pro- vided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further. That any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appro- priation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. (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 admin- istered 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. 13. 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 in the nature of revolving funds for use, until June 30, 1942, in the pur- chase, repair, distribution, or rental of materials, supplies, equipment, and tools. SEc. 14. The provision of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5) shall not apply to any purchase made or service pro- 403 Restoration of em- ployment status with WPA. Oath of office. Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. Provisos. Affidavit. Penalty. Designation of em- ployees to administer oaths. Special funds for purchase of supplies, etc. Minor purchases.

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