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PUBLIC LAW 153-JULY 27, 1953 REDUCTIONS I N

APPROPRIATIONS

CEMETERIAL EXPENSES

The appropriation granted under the head, "Cemeterial Expenses, No Year", in the "Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1949" is reduced by $5,158,763, and said amount shall be carried to the surplus of the Treasury. •

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62 Stat. 1019.

CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT

The appropriation granted under this head in the Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1953, is reduced by $750,017, and said amount shall be carried to the surplus of the Treasury: Provided, That the amount made available in said appropriation for construction and major equipment is decreased from "$4,900,000" to "$4,149,983".

66 Stat. 5 8 2.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 102. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of the funds made available lor expenditure by any corporation included in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or 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 has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States or that such person 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 engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or 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 or fund 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. 103. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used directly or indirectly, except for temporary employment in case of emergency, for the payment of any civilian for services rendered by him on the Canal Zone while occupying a skilled, technical, clerical, administrative, executive, or supervisory position unless such person is a citizen of the United States of America or of the Republic of P a n a m a: Provided, however, (1) That, notwithstanding the provision in the Act approved August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1409) limiting employment in the above-mentioned positions to citizens of the United States from and after the date of approval of said Act, citizens of Panama may be employed in such positions; (2) that at no time shall the number of Panamanian citizens employed in the above-mentioned positions exceed the number of citizens of the United States so employed, if United States citizens are available in continental United

Strikes or overt h r o w of Government.

Affidavit. Penalty.

Canal Zone. Employment requirements.

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