63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 235, 236 -JUNE 22, 23 , 1949
Board: Provided,That the Capitol Police Board is hereby authorized
to detail police from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol
Buildings for police duty on the Capitol Grounds.
SEC. 107. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a
strike against the Government of the United States or who is a
member of an organization of Government employees that asserts
the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or
who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the
overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or vio-
lence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be
considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit
has not, contrary to the provisions of this section, engaged in a strike
against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike
against the Government of the United States, or that such person 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: Providedfurther, That any person who engages in a strike
against the Government of the United States or who is a member of
an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to
strike against the Government of the United States, or 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 imprisoned
for not more than one year, or both: Providedfurther, That the above
penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for,
any other provisions of existing law.
SEC. 108. This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appro-
priation Act, 1950".
Approved June 22, 1949.
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Detail for duty on
Capitol Grounds.
Persons engaging,
etc., in strikes against
or advocating over-
throw of U. S. Gov-
ernment.
Affidavit.
Penalty.
Short title.
AN ACT
June 23, 1949
Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the
[H. R. 4046]
fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.
[Public Law 1191
Be it enacted by the Senate and House 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, to supply supplemental appropriations for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes, namely:
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
For payment to Eileen Mercado-Parra Coffey, widow of Robert L.
Coffey, Junior, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania,
$12,500.
For payment to Ruth E. McC. Somers, widow of Andrew L. Somers,
late a Representative from the State of New York, $12,500.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE
Reporting Hearings
For an additional amount for "Reporting hearings", fiscal year
1947, $100.
Second Deficiency
Ap ropriation Act,
Ante, p. 76; pot, pp .
738, 869.
60 Stat. 397 .
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