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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 211 , 212-JULY 9,1947 "Circuit oonrt of appeals." "Senior circuit judge. " "Circuit judge." "Judge. " U. S. Court of Appeals, D. C., re- ports. Marking of books. Citation of title. Persons engaging, etc., in strikes against or advocating over- throw of U. 8. ov- emanent. Affidavit. Penalty. Short title. July 9, 1947 [H. R. 33331 [Public Law 167] Marine Historical Association, Mystic, Conn. Transfer of the Joseph Conrad. As used in this title, the term "circuit court of appeals" includes the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; the term "senior circuit judge" includes the chief justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; the term "circuit judge" includes associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; and the term "judge" includes justice. The reports of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia shall not be sold for a price exceeding that approved by the court and for not more than $6.50 per volume: Provided, That all books purchased hereunder for United States judges and other judicial officers shall be marked plainly "The Property of the United States", and such books shall in all cases be transmitted to their successors in office. This title may be cited as the "Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1948". TITLE V-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 501. 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 violence: 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 Gov- ernment of the United States by force or violence: Providedfurther, That any person who engages m 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 organi- zation 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: Provided further,That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 502. This Act may be cited as the "Departments of State, Justice and Commerce, and the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1948". Approved July 9, 1947. [CHAPTER 212] AN ACT To authorize the transferof the Joseph Conrad to the Marine Historical Association of Mystic, Connecticut, for museum and youth-training purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the dnited States of Ameria in Congress assembled, That the Maritime Commission is authorized to give and deliver (at her present location, Saint Petersburg, Florida) to the Marine Historical Association of 306 [61 STAT.