PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 145-JUNE 26, 1943 Payment of claims. 5fi Stat. 773. 50 U. S. C., Supp. II, app. §§ 540-554. Total. Hospitalization, etc., restrictions. Salaries of desig- nated officials. Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. Affidavit. Penalty. Payment of certain salaries, etc., restric- tion. Travel expenses, limitation. Expenditures for newspapers, etc., lim- itation. Travel of civilian personnel. Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief: For payment of claims as authorized by article IV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act Amendments of 1942, $70,000, to be immediately and continuously available until expended: Provided, That any moneys received under said article IV shall be credited to this appropriation. Total, Veterans' Administration, $887,087,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. SEC. 102. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, the salaries of the Commissioners of the United States Maritime Commission, with the exception of the Chairman so long as the office is held by the present incumbent, and the Commissioners of the United States Tariff Commission shall be at the rate of $10,000 each per annum. SEC. 103. 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 penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation or authorization in this Act shall be used to pay any part of the salary or expenses of any person whose salary or expenses are prohibited froin being pai;l from anv appropriation or authorization in any other Act; hbt this prohibition shall be effective only luring the period for which such prohibition in such other Act is effective. SEC. 105. Where appropriations in this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for travel expenses may not exceed the amount set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for the appropria- tions. SEC. 106. Where appropriations in this Act are expendable for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals and no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures therefor under each such appro- priation may not exceed the amount of $50: Provided. That this limi- tation shall not apply to the purchase of scientific, technical, trade, or traffic periodicals necessary in connection with the performance of the authorized functions of the agencies for which funds are herein provided. TITLE II-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 201. (a) Appropriations for the fiscal year 1944 available for expenses of travel of civilian officers and employees of the executive departments and independent establishments shall be avail- [57 STAT.
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