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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2n SESS.- CH. 303-JUNE 28, 1944 diem in lieu of subsistence while traveling from their homes or places of business to official duty station and return as may be authorized in travel orders or letters of appointment for individuals) as he may determine, the services of architects, engineers, or firms or corpora- tions thereof, and other technical and professional personnel as may be necessary. SEC. 10. Section 3648, Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 529), shall not apply to payments made from appropriations contained in this Act in compliance with the laws of foreign countries or their ministerial regulations under which military attaches are required to operate or to payments made for tuition. SEC. 11 . 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 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. 12. No part of any money appropriated herein or included under any contract authority herein granted shall be expended for the payment of any commission on any land purchase contract in excess of 2 per centum of the purchase price. SEC. 13. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act may be obligated for the construction of quarters, including heating and plumbing apparatus, wiring and fixtures, in continental United States, except in Alaska, for greater amounts per unit than follow: Permanent construction: For commissioned officer, $10,000. For commissioned warrant or warrant officer, $7,500. For enlisted man, $6,000. Temporary construction: For commissioned officer, $7,500. For commissioned warrant or warrant officer, $5,000. For enlisted man, $3,500. SEC. 14. Whenever the President deems it to be in the interest of national defense, he may authorize the Secretary of War to sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States, defense articles procured from funds appropriated in this or prior Acts, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 11, 1941, as amended (22 U. S . C. 411-419) to the extent that transfers have been authorized in prior Acts: Provided, That the term "defense article" as used herein shall be deemed to include defense information and services (including furnishing of quarters, subsistence, transportation, and hospitalization of personnel, and care of the dead), whether or not such information or service is necessary to or connected with the procurement or disposition of any defense article. SEC. 15. The Secretary of War is authorized to utilize any appro- priation available for the Military Establishment, under such 595 Advances of public moneys. Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. Affidavit. Penalty. Commissions on land purchase con- tracts. Construction of quarters, limitations. Disposal of defense articles. 55 Stat. 31. 22 U. S. C., Supp. III, §§ 411-419. Ante, p. 222. "Defense article." Prisbmm of w, ete. Mintenase, pay. and allownoas

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