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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS. --CHS. 258, 259-JUNE 28, 1941 sation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, or of any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States, whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such officer or employee is a citizen of the United States or a person in the service of the United States on the date of the approval of this Act who being eligible for citizenship has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen or who owes allegiance to the United States. SEC. 503. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid to any person for the filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve of the nomination of said person. SEc. 504. 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: Pro- 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 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 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. 505. No part of the funds appropriated by titles III and IV for salaries of judges, the Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, Solicitor General, district attorneys, marshals, and clerks of court shall be used for any other purpose whatsoever, but such salaries shall be allotted out of appropriations herein made for such salaries and retained by the Department or the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and paid to such officials severally, as and when such salaries fall due and without delay. Approved, June 28, 1941. [CHAPTER 259] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hourse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, namely: 303 Senate disapproval of nomination, effect. Persons advocating overthrow of U. S . Government. Provisos. Affidavit. Penalty. Use of designated funds. June 28, 1941 [H. R. 4590] [Public Law 136] Interior Depart- ment Appropriation Act, 1942. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARIES Salaries: For the Secretary of the Interior, Under Secretary, First PO pp. 55 2,s32 Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, including a special assistant to the Secretary of the Interior to be appointed without reference to civil- service requirements, at a salary of not to exceed $5,000, $924,570: