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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 41-43-APR . 5 , 7 , 1941 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 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. SEC. 4 . This Act may be cited as the "Fifth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941". Approved, April 5, 1941. [CHAPTER 42] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make analyses of fiber properties, spinning tests, and other tests of the quality of cotton samples submitted to him. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton", approved March 3, 1927, as amended, is amended by inserting after section 3c thereof a new section to read as follows: "SEC. 3d. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make analy- ses of fiber properties, spinning tests, and other tests of the quality of cotton samples submitted to him by cotton breeders and other persons, subject to such terms and conditions and to the payment by such cotton breeders and other persons of such fees as he may prescribe by regulations under this Act. The fees to be assessed hereunder shall be reasonable, and, as nearly as may be, to cover the cost of the service rendered." Approved, April 7, 1941. [CHAPTER 43] AN ACT Relating to foreign accounts in Federal Reserve banks and insured banks. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (e) of section 14 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence thereof the following: ", or for foreign banks or bankers, or for foreign states as defined in section 25 (b) of this Act". SEC. 2 . Section 25 (b) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: "Whenever (1) any Federal Reserve bank has received any prop- erty from or for the account of a foreign state which is recognized by the Government of the United States, or from or for the account of a central bank of any such foreign state, and holds such property in the nane of such foreign state or such central bank; (2) a repre- sentative of such foreign state who is recognized by the Secretary of State as being the accredited representative of such foreign state to the Government of the United States has certified to the Secretary of April 7, 1941 [H. R. 568] [Public Law 30] Cotton fiber proper- ties. 50 Stat. 62. 7U.S.C. J473. Analyses and tests. April 7, 1941 [S. 390] [Public Law 311 Federal Reserve Act, amendments. 38 Stat. 265. 12U.S.C.i358. 48 Stat. 184 . 12U. S.C. I632. Disposition of prop- erty of foreign state in Federal Reserve banks 131 Penalty. Short title.