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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.- CHS. 294-296-JUNE 28, 1944 TITLE IV-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 401. 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: 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 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 appropriation 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 penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 402. If at any time during the fiscal year 1945 the termination of the Act entitled "An Act to provide temporary additional com- pensation for employees in the Postal Service", approved April 9, 1943, or of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the payment of overtime compensation to Government employees, and for other pur- poses", approved May 7, 1943, shall be fixed by concurrent resolution of the Congress at a date earlier than June 30, 1945, the appropria- tions contained in this Act shall cease to be available on such earlier date for obligation for the purposes of the terminated Act and the unobligated portions of appropriations allocated for the purposes of such terminated Act shall not be obligated for any other purposes of the appropriation during the fiscal year 1945. SEC. 403. This Act may be cited as the "Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce Appropriation Act, 1945". Approved June 28, 1944. [CHAPTER 295] AN ACT To amend section 12 (b) of the Act of May 29, 1330, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 12 (b) of the Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, is amended by insert- ing, immediately following the word "employee" where it appears at the end of the first proviso, the following: ": Provided further, That no such interest shall be allowed on any separation unless the service covered thereby aggregates more than one year". Approved June 28, 1944. [CHAPTER 296] AM Ar'Tr 425 Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. Affidavit. Penalty. Termination of des- ignated Acts, effect. 57 Stat. 59, 75. 39 U. S. C., Supp. MI, §§ 835, 836; 50 U. 8. C ., Supp. III, app. §§ 1401-1415 . ost, p. 758. Short title. June 28, 1944 [1. R. 42921 [Public Law 3661 Civil Service. Interest on refund claims. 46 Stat. 476. 5 U. S. C., Supp. I, I 724 (b). Ante, p. 334. . h.i June 28, 194 Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year [.R. 4443] ending June 30, 1945, and for other purposes. [Public Law 367 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, namely: Department of Agriculture Appropri- ation Act, 1945. Posf, pp. 861, 875.

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