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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 141 -143-MAR . 5 , 1942 Citizenship require- ment. Exception. Employment of citi- zens of Common- wealth of the Philip- pines. Short title. 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 provi- sions of existing law. SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or authorized hereby to be expended (except as otherwise provided for herein) shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such person 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 citizen- ship had theretofore filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen or who owes allegiance to the United States. This section shall not apply to citizens of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. SEC. 403. Limitations on appropriations heretofore enacted and available for obligation during the fiscal years 1942 and 1943, which prohibit the use of such appropriations and other funds for the employment in the service of the District of Columbia and the United States (including any agency a majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States) of persons who are not citizens of the United States or who have not filed declarations of intention to become such, shall not apply hereafter to citizens of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. SEC. 404. This Act may be cited as the "Fifth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942." Approved, March 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 142] AN ACT March 5, 1942 [H. R. 1060] To vest absolute in the city of Dearborn the title to lot 19 of the Detroit Arsenal (Public Law 475] grounds subdivision, Wayne County, Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the DearbornMich. United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon payment of the sum of $250, the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall, in behalf of the United States, relinquish all right, title, and interest to the city of Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, in and to lot 19, Detroit Arsenal grounds subdivision, Wayne County, Michi- gan, free from the conditions and limitations of the Act of Congress 28 Stat. 93 . approved June 14, 1894, recorded in chapter 106, volume 28, page 93. Approved, March 5, 1942. March 5, 1942 [n. R. 54811 [Public Law 476] Blair County, Pa. Transfer to middle judicial district. Pavima [CHAPTER 143] AN ACT To transfer Blair County, Pennsylvania, from the western judicial district of Pennsylvania to the middle judicial district of Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Blair County, Pennsylvania of the western judicial district of Pennsylvania, be. and it is hereby, detached from said judicial district and attached to the middle judicial district of Pennsylvania: Provided, That the transfer herein provided shall not affect any case or proceedings now pending. Approved, March 5, 1942. [56 STAT.