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170 Post, p . 247. Senate confirmation of nomination. Citizenship. Exception. Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. Provisos. Affidavit. Penalty. Short title. PUBLIC LAWS--CHS. 178, 179-MAR . 10, 13, 1942 [56 STAT. not apply to any motor vehicles for official use of the President, the heads of the executive departments, Ambassadors, Ministers, and charges d'affaires. (c) For the maintenance, upkeep, and repair (exclusive of garage rent, pay of operators, tires, fuel, and lubricants) on any one motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, except busses and ambulances, in excess of one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make and class and in no case in excess of $400. SEC. 303. No part of the money appropriated under this Act shall be paid to any person for the filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate upon vote has failed to confirm the nomination of such person. SEc. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or authorized hereby to be expended shall be used to pay the com- pensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, or of any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States, whose post of duty is in continental United States, unless such officer or employee 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 citizenship, has 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. 305. 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 penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 306. This Act may be cited as the "Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 1943". Approved, March 10, 1942. [CHAPTER 179] AN ACT March 13, 1942 AN ACT [H. R. 3798] To amend the Act of August 5, 1939, entitled "An Act to provide for the dis- (Public Law 496] position of certain records of the United States Government." Disposition of Oov- ernment records. 44U.. C. §351- 361. Report to Archivist. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of August 5, 1939, entitled "An Act to provide for the disposition of certain records of the United States Government" (53 Stat. 1219; 44 U. S . C., 1934 edition, Supp. V, sees. 351-361), is amended in the following particulars: Section 6 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 6. When any records of the United States Government have been transferred in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c)