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 PUBLIC LAWS--CHS. 450, 451-JUNE 27, 1942 Citizenship require- ments. Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. Provisos. Affidavit. Penalty. Travel expenses, limitation. Expenditures for newspapers, etc., limi- tation. Exceptions. Proviso. Short title. June 27, 1942 [H. R. 6496] (Public Law 6311 Regular Navy, war- rant officers. Appointment to commissioned grade in line and staff corps. SEC. 3 . No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or authorized hereby to be expended shall be used to pay the compen- sation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, or of any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States, whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such person is a citizen of the United States or a person in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen or who owes allegiance to the United States. This section shall not apply to citizens of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. SEC. 4 . 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 vio- lence: 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. SEC. 5. Where appropriations in this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for travel expenses may not exceed the amount set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for the appropriations. SEC. 6. Where appropriations in this Act are expendable for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals and no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures therefor under each such appro- priation may not exceed the amount of $50, but this limitation shall not apply to the Office of Government Reports and the Selective Service System: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to the purchase of scientific, technical, trade, or traffic periodicals necessary in connection with the performance of the authorized functions of the agencies for which fluds are herein provided. SEC. 7. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appro- priation Act, 1943". Approved, June 27, 1942. [CHAPTER 451] AN ACT To authorize the appointment of commissioned warrant and warrant officers to commissioned rank in the line and staff corps of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, is authorized to appoint annually to the commissioned grade or rank for which they make application and for which they are found qualified, not above that of lieutenant, in the line and staff corps of the Navy, as many 422 [56 STAT.

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