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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 476-JULY 2, 1942 Destruction of pri- vate property. 23 Stat. 350 . 31U.S.C.§§218- 222. Interest on amounts withheld. 18 Stat. 481 . 47 Stat. 1516 . State of Vermont. 55 Stat. 613; ante, p. 119. SEC. 206. For the payment of claims allowed by the General Accounting Office under the Act of March 3, 1885, for the destruction of private property and which has been certified to the Seventy- seventh Congress in House Document Numbered 782, under the War Department, $124.54. SEC. 207. For payment of the claim allowed by the General Account- ing Office for interest on amounts withheld by the Comptroller General of the United States on account of claims under the provi- sions of the Act of March 3, 1875, as amended by section 13 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (31 U. S . C. 227), certified to the Seventy- seventh Congress in House Document Numbered 785, under the Veterans' Administration, $15.49. SEC. 208. For payment of interest on claim of the State of Vermont for $7,322.48, settled by the Comptroller General in accordance with Public Law 199, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved July 30, 1941, and which has been certified to the Seventy-seventh Congress in Senate Document Numbered 223, $232.31. TITLE III-GENERAL PROVISIONS Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. Provisos. Affidavit. Penalty. Citizenship require- ments. Exception. Transfer of offices, etc., from D. C. Availability. Ratification of cer- tain obligations. SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who advo- cates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided,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 advo- cates 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 appropriation 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 penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or authorized hereby to be expended (except as otherwise provided for herein) shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of 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 the approval of this Act who being eligible for citizenship had theretofore 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. 303. In any case where an office or bureau of the Government, or a part thereof, is transferred during the fiscal years 1942 or 1943 from the District of Columbia, the appropriation for such office or bureau for such fiscal years for personal services in the District of Columbia shall be available for personal services outside the District of Columbia. SEC. 304. The appropriations and authority with respect to appro- priations contained herein for the fiscal year 1943 shall be available from and including July 1, 1942, for the purposes respectively pro- vided in such appropriations and authority. All obligations incurred during the period between June 30, 1942, and the date of the enact- 610 [56 STAT.

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