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57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 215 -JULY 12, 1943 SEc. 3 . Not to exceed 7 per centum of the foregoing amounts for the miscellaneous expenses of the work of any bureau, division, or office herein provided for shall be available interchangeably for expen- ditures on the objects included within the general expenses of such bureau, division, or office, but no more than 7 per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation except in cases of extraordinary emergency. SEC. 4 . During the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made the head of any department or independent establishment of the Government requiring inspections, analyses, and tests of food and other products, within the scope of the functions of the Department of Agriculture and which that Department is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may, with the approval of the Secretary transfer to the Department for direct expenditure such sums as may be necessary for the performance of such work. SEC. 5. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law the lump-sum appropriations herein made for the Department shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-car - rying vehicles necessary in the conduct of the field work of the Depart- ment outside the District of Columbia: Provided,That such vehicles shall be used only for official service outside the District of Columbia, but this shall not prevent the continued use for official service of motortrucks in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for the main- tenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles: Providedfurther, That the funds avail- able to the Agricuftural Conservation and Adjustment Administration may be used for the maintenance, repair and operation of one pas- senger-carrying vehicle in the District of Columbia. SEC. 6 . Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employment of aliens shall not apply to (1) the temporary employment of trans- lators when competent citizen translators are not available; (2) employment in cases of emergency of persons in the field service of the Department for periods of not more than sixty days; (3) employ- ment on the Emergency Rubber Project; (4) employment by the Rural Electrification Administration of not to exceed twenty junior engineer trainees who are citizens of other American republics; and (5) employment under the appropriation for the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations. AlC. 7. 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: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit does not advo- cate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the over- throw of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, That such administrative or supervisory employees of the Department as may be designated for the purpose by the Secretary are hereby authorized to administer the oaths to persons making affidavits required by this section, and they shall charge no fee for so doing: Providedfurther, 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 appropriation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or impris- oned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above pelty hllbein addition to, and not in substitution 4, ,' u.

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, (: . 429 Interchange of ap- propriations. Work for other departments. Vehicles. Limitation on use. Maintenance, etc. Use of designated funds. Employment of aliens. Persons advocating overthrow of U. . Oovernment. Affidavit. Administration of oaths. Penalty.