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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 296-JUNE 28,1944 the maintenance, repair, and operation of one passenger-carrying vehicle in the District of Columbia. Employment of SEC. 6. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ- ment of aliens shall not apply to (1) the temporary employment of translators when competent citizen translators are not available; (2) employment in cases of emergency of persons in the field service of the Department for periods of not more than sixty days; (3) employ- ment on the emergency rubber project; (4) employment by the Rural Electrification Administration of not to exceed twenty junior engi- neer trainees who are citizens of other American republics; and (5) employment under the appropriation for the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations. eversthrow of U.t SEC. 7. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall Government. 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- Affidavit. 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- Administration of lence: Provided further, That such administrative or supervisory t employees of the Department as may be designated for the purpose by the Secretary are hereby authorized to administer the oaths to persons making affidavits required by this section, and they shall Penalty. charge no fee for so doing: 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 vio- lence 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: Provided Emergency work. further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to require an affidavit from any person employed for less than sixty days for sudden emergency work involving the loss of human life or destruc- tion of property, and payment of salary or wages may be made to such persons from applicable appropriations for services rendered in such emergency without execution of the affidavit contemplated by this section. Termination of des- SEC. 8. If at any time during the fiscal year 1945 the termination 67 Stat. 59. of the Act entitled "An Act to provide temporary additional compen- sation for employees in the Postal Service, approved April 9, 1943, m39 uS5s C., Supp" or of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the payment of over- time compensation to Government employees, and for other pur- 57 Sta-. 75. to e 50 U. . C., Supp. poses", approved May 7, 1943, shall be fixed by concurrent resolution Ims p.p 401'415. 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. hort title. SEC. 9. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1945". Approved June 28, 1944. [58 STAT.

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