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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 754-JUNE 29, 1948 GENERAL PROVISIONS-DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SEC. 2. Appropriations herein made shall be available for the Purchaseofvehicles. purchase of vehicles generally known as quarter-ton or half-ton pick-up trucks and as station wagons without such vehicles being considered as passenger motor vehicles. SEC. 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, aliens Emergeny employ- may be employed during the fiscal year 1949 in the field service of mt ens the Department for periods of not more than thirty days in cases of emergency caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage. SEC. 4. Appropriations herein made for the following bureaus and Attendance at offices shall be available for expenses of attendance of officers and meet employees at meetings or conventions of members of societies or associations concerned with their work in not to exceed the amounts indicated: Office of the Secretary, $850; Oil and Gas Division, $100; Board on Geographic Names, $150; Bureau of Land Management, $1,000; Bureau of Indian Affairs, $1,250; Bureau of Reclamation, $6,750; Geological Survey, $4,750; Bureau of Mines, $5,000; National Park Service, $1,250; Fish and Wildlife Service, $2,375; and soil and moisture conservation operations (all bureaus), $500. SEC. 5 . No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be et e i"rik engaging, used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike or advocating over- against the Government of the United States or who is a member of ernment U. 8 . Gov- 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, Affdavit. 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 Govern- ment 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 advo- cate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the over- throw of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Providedfurther, That any person who engages in a-strike against the Penalty. Government of the United States or who is a member of an organiza- tion 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 Gov- ernment of the United States by force or violence, and accepts employ- ment 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: Providedfurther, That in cases of emergency, caused Emergency employ- by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage, persons may be employed for periods of not more than thirty days and be paid salaries and wages without the necessity of inquiring into their membership in any organization. SEC. 6. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be Jackson Hole Na- used directly or indirectly by way of wages, salaries, per diem or other- tional Monument. wise, for the performance of any new administrative function or the enforcement or issuance of any rule or regulation occasioned by the establishment of the Jackson Hole National Monument as described in Executive Proclamation Numbered 2578, dated March 15, 1943. 57 Stat. 731. SEC. 7 . Limitations on amounts to be expended for personal services Lump-sum leave under appropriations in this Act shall not apply to lump-sum leave pa Y n" 1149