57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 219-JULY 12, 1943 animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equip- ment. SEC. 3. Appropriations herein made shall be available for the pur- Pick-up trucks, etc. chase, maintenance, operation, and repair of vehicles generally known as quarter-ton or half-ton pick-up trucks and as station wagons with- out such vehicles being considered as passenger-carrying vehicles. SEC. 4. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, Employment of aliens may be employed during the fiscal year 1944 in the field service of the Department for periods of not more than thirty days in cases of emergency caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage. SEC. 5. Appropriations herein made for the following bureaus and inttedac"eat'met- offices shall be available for expenses of attendance of officers and employees at meetings or conventions of members of societies or asso- ciations concerned with their work in not to exceed the amounts indi- cated: Office of the Secretary, $500; Grazing Service, $400; Petroleum Conservation.Division, $150; General Land Office, $400; Bureau of Indian Affairs, $3,000; Bureau of Reclamation, $2,500; Geological Survey, $1,500; Bureau of Mines, $5,000; National Park Service, $1,500; Fish and Wildlife Service, $2,250; and Soil and Moisture Conservation Operations (all bureaus), $1,500. SEC. 6. Appropriations available for expenses of travel of officers Alaska. and employees of the Department shall be available for traveling new appointees. expenses of new appointees from Seattle, Washington, or from any point within Alaska, to their posts of duty in Alaska, and return. SEC. 7. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall o Perons a dvoc ti n be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who advocates, or Government. 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 Affidavit. 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 Penalty. 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 pen- alty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That in cases of "Bxes"tm emergency, caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage, per- sons may be employed for periods of not more than thirty days and be paid salaries and wages without the necessity of inquiring into their membership in any organization. SEC. 8. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall tiona Homnt. be used directly or indirectly by way of wages, salaries, per diem or otherwise, for the performance of any new administrative function or the enforcement or issuance of any rule or regulation occasioned by the establishment of the Jackson Hole National Monument as described in Executive Proclamation Numbered 2578, dated March sF. . 32n. 15, 1943. SEC. 9. The appropriations and authority with respect to appro- pLsbmysan af- priations contained herein shall be available from and including t - July 1, 1943, for the purposes respectively provided in such appro- a- priations and authority. All obligations incurred during the period obatio between June 30, 1943, and the date of enactment of this Act in anticipation of such appropriations and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms thereof 493
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