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59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CH. 589-DEC. 28 , 1945 Document Numbered 115, together with such amount as may be neces- sary to pay interest, to be paid from funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. (c) None of the judgments contained under this caption shall be paid until the right of appeal has expired, except such as has become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise. AUDITED CLAIMS SEC. 204. For the payment of claims certified to be due by the Gen- eral Accounting Office under appropriations the balances of which have been carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874 (31 U. S. C. 713), and under appro- priations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1943 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884 (5 U. S . C. 266), as fully set forth in Senate Document Num- bered 106, and House Document Numbered 353, Seventy-ninth Con- gress, there is appropriated the sum of $6,225,198.02, together with such additional sum due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in the foreign currency and interest as specified in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office, to be disbursed and accounted for as a single fund, and $1,483.79 payable from postal revenues; in all, $6,226,681.81. SEc. 205. For the payment of claims allowed by the General Accounting Office pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of officers and soldiers of the volunteer service of the United States mustered into service for the War with Spain, and who were held in service in the Philippine Islands after the ratification of the treaty of peace, April 11, 1899", approved May 2, 1940 (Public Act Num- bered 505, Seventy-sixth Congress), and which have been certified to the Seventy-ninth Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884 (5 U. S. C . 266), under the War Department in House Document Numbered 348, $1,730.63. SEC. 206. For the payment of a claim allowed by the General Accounting Office under sections 218 and 222 of title 31, United States Code, as amended by the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, June 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 1226), and which has been certified in Senate Docu- ment Numbered 110, and House Document Numbered 351, Seventy- ninth Congress, as follows: Under War Department: Claims of officers and men of the Army for destruction of private property, $70.39. TITLE III-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 301. 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 advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Pro- vided 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 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, 6847 --46- -. -- 42 657 Right of appeal. 18 Stat. 110. 23 Stat. 254 . Volunteers, War with Spain. 54 Stat. 176. 10u. . C. S866a- 866e. 23 Stat. 254. 23 Stat. 350 . Ante, p. 225 . 31 U. S. C. 11725- 725z; 8upp. IV , I 725r t seq. Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. Affidavit. Penalty.