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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 130-MAY 29, 1945 SEC. 111. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who advocates, Government. 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 Affidavit. 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 Penalty. 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 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.ommissions on SEC. 112. No part of any money appropriated herein or included lad purchase con- under any contract authority herein granted shall be expended for tracts. the payment of any commission on any land purchase contract in excess of 2 per centum of the purchase price. SEC. 113. The Secretary is authorized to employ additional civil Additionnal ivil per. personnel in the Navy Department at the seat of government, and to provide out of any appropriations available for the Naval Estab- lishment for their salaries: Provided,That the average number of all Limitation. civil personnel in the Navy Department at the seat of government, excluding the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard, shall not exceed seventeen thousand. SEC. 114. The appropriations for the Naval Establishment for the rpeTsrtation of fiscal year 1946 shall be available for providing transportation of naval and civilian personnel between their domiciles and places of employment as authorized by law; carrying out the provisions of trnancing war o.n Executive Order Numbered 9112 of March 26, 1942, Public Law 395, 3CFR.Cumn.Supp.. approved July 1, 1944, and Public Law 457, approved October 3, s .S. ., upp. 1944; services of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those per- 58Stat. 649, nte. forming similar services carried under native and alien schedules in iv' oS125, tlp. the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the field service of the ('. sp. V, app. Navy Department; payment of employment at the seat of government 1 Pt, p.41 . or elsewhere for a period not to exceed the duration of the war of such Spo(ialists. specialists as may be contracted for by the Secretary, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed (no appropn- Empoayment eput- ation for the Navy Department or the Naval Establishment shall be ment. available during the fiscal year 1946, except funds transferred or made of funds. available to other executive agencies for use for naval purposes, for the employment of persons for the performance of service in other than the Navy Department or elsewhere than under the Navy Depart ment, except (1) employees who had been employed by and perform- ing service under the Navy Department for three months or more immediately prior to their detail for service elsewhere and (2) employees now or hereafter detailed and assigned pursuant to the lawful authority of the Secretary of the Navy to any committee of the Congress operating under resolution duly authorizing such assign- Payment of claims ment); payment, upon approval of the Secretary, of claims, not in excess of $1,000 in any one case, for causes other than personal injury or death, resulting from the administration or operation of the naval service during the existing national emergency and not cognizable under other law; pay of commissioned medical officers who are gradu- Ci on sec' ates of reputable schools of osteopathy; actual and necessary expenses duty abroa. or per diem in lieu thereof, as may be determined and approved by the 221

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