Crime, Kidnaping and Prison Laws...

Act of June 6, 1934, to authorize an appropriation of money to facilitate
the apprehension of certain persons charged with crime. (Public Law
No. 295, 73d Cong.)-

Act of June 14, 1934, to amend the Judicial Code by adding a new section
to be numbered 274D. (Public Law No. 343, 73d Cong.)-

Act of June 18, 1934, to protect trade and commerce against interference

by violence, threats, coercion, or intimidation. (Public Law No. 376,

73d Cong.)

Act of June 18, 1934, to amend section 35 of the Criminal Code of the
United States. (Public Law No. 394, 73d Cong.)_.

Act of June 18, 1934, to empower certain members of the Division of In-
vestigation of the Department of Justice to make certain arrests.
(Public Law No. 402, 73d Cong.).

Act of June 19, 1934, to amend section 766 of the Revised Statutes, as
amended. (Public Law No. 437, 73d Cong.)---

Act of June 23, 1934, to authorize the formation of a body corporate to
insure the more effective diversification of prison industries. (Public
Law No. 461, 73d Cong.) --

Act of June 15, 1935, relating to the powers and duties of the U.S. marshals.
(Public Law No. 146, 74th Cong.).

Act of June 25, 1934, to provide for the taxation of manufacturers, im-
porters, and dealers in certain firearms and machine guns, to tax the
sale or other disposal of such weapons, and to restrict importation and
regulate interstate transportation thereof. (Public Law No. 474,
73d Cong.) -

Act of June 28, 1935, to amend section 1 of the Act of July 8, 1932. (Public

Law No. 174, 74th Cong.)..

Act of July 24, 1935, to prohibit the interstate transportation of prison-
made products in certain cases. (Public Law No. 215, 74th Cong.)-.

Act of August 2, 1935, to authorize the acquisition of land on McNeil

Island. (Public Law No. 226, 74th Cong.)

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Act of August 3, 1935, to amend the Act of May 14, 1930, U.S. prisoners.

Act of August 15, 1935, for the suppression of prostitution in the District

of Columbia. (Public Law No. 276, 74th Cong.)----.

Act of August 26, 1935, providing punishment for forging or counterfeiting

any postmarking stamp. (Public Law No. 338, 74th Cong.).

Act of August 26, 1935, providing for the punishment for attempts to

obtain mail by fraud or by deception. (Public Law No. 339, 74th

Cong.).

Act of August 26, 1935, providing for punishment for the crime of robbing

or attempting to rob custodians of Government moneys or property.

(Public Law No. 340, 74th Cong.)--

Act of January 24, 1936, to amend the Act entitled "An Act Forbidding

the Transportation of Any Persons in Interstate or Foreign Commerce,

Kidnaped, or Otherwise Unlawfully Detained." (Public Law No. 424,

Act of February 8, 1936, to amend the Act of May 18, 1934, providing

punishment for killing or assaulting Federal officers. (Public Law No.

431, 74th Cong.) -

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Act of February 26, 1936, to define the crime of bribery and to provide for

its punishment. (Public Law No. 454, 74th Cong.)-

Act of June 16, 1938, to amend the National Firearms Act. (Public Law

No. 651, 75th Cong.)--

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Act of April 16, 1936, to amend section 51 of the Judicial Code. (Public

Law No. 522, 74th Cong.)- - - -

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Act of June 5, 1936, to fix the compensation of the Director of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation. (Public Law No. 670, 74th Cong.)-

Act of June 20, 1936, relating to the admissibility in evidence of certain

writings and records made in the regular course of business.

Law No. 734, 74th Cong.)-

Act of June 24, 1936, to define the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard. (Public

Law No. 755, 74th Cong.)- - - -

Act of June 24, 1936, making it felony to transport in interstate or foreign

commerce persons to be employed to obstruct or interfere with the right

of peaceful picketing during labor controversies. (Public Law No. 776,

74th Cong.).

Act of July 13, 1936, to clarify section 104 of the Revised Statutes. (Public

Law No. 849, 74th Cong.)..

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Act of June 19, 1937, to provide for the manner of inflicting the punishment

of death. (Public Law No. 156, 76th Cong.) - - -

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Act of August 24, 1937, to amend the bank-robbery statute to include

burglary and larceny. (Public Law No. 349, 75th Cong.).

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Act of February 11, 1938, to authorize certain officers and employees of

Federal penal and correctional institutions to administer oaths. (Public

Law No. 426, 75th Cong.) -

Act of February 28, 1938, to amend the Criminal Code by providing pun-

ishment for impersonation of officers and employees of Government

owned and Government-controlled corporations. (Public Law No. 437,

75th Cong.).

Act of August 24, 1937, to provide for intervention by the United States,

direct appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States, and regulation

of the issuance of injunctions in certain cases involving the constitution-

ality of Acts of Congress. (Public Law No. 352, 75th Cong.).

Act of April 4, 1938, to amend section 35 of the Criminal Code, as amended,

relating to purloining, stealing, or injuring property of the United States.

(Public Law No. 465, 75th Cong.)..

Act of April 5, 1938, to amend the Act of March 3, 1901, as amended, and

particularly sections 863, 911 and 914. (Public Law No. 466, 75th

Cong.)..

Act of May 24, 1938, to grant relief to persons erroneously convicted in

courts of the United States. (Public Law No. 539, 75th Cong.) -----

Act of June 8, 1938, to require the registration of certain persons employed

by agencies to disseminate propaganda in the United States. (Public

Act of June 10, 1938, to authorize membership on behalf of the United

States in the International Criminal Police Commission. (Public Law

No. 587, 75th Cong.)....

Act of June 16, 1938, to provide for the care and treatment of juvenile

delinquents. (Public Law No. 666, 75th Cong.).

Act of June 29, 1938, to abolish appeals in habeas corpus proceedings

brought to test the validity of orders of removal. (Public Law No. 772,

75th Cong.)-

Act of June 29, 1938, to prohibit the transportation of certain persons in

interstate or foreign commerce during labor controversies. (Public Law

No. 779, 75th Cong.)..

Act of June 16, 1938, to amend the National Firearms Act. (Public Law

No. 651, 75th Cong.)...

Act of June 30, 1938, to regulate commerce in firearms. (Public Law No.

785, 75th Cong.)

Act of May 15, 1939, to amend the statutes providing punishment for trans-

mitting threatening communications. (Public Law No. 76, 76th Cong.)-

Act of May 22, 1939, to provide that records certified by the Court of

Claims to the Supreme Court, in response to writs of certiorari, may in-

clude material portions of the evidence. (Public Law No. 81, 76th

Cong.).

Act of May 22, 1939, to prohibit reproductions of official badges, identi-

fication cards, and other insignia. (Public Law No. 82, 76th Cong.). ..

Act of August 6, 1939, to amend the Federal Firearms Act so as to more

adequately define the term "ammunition" as said term is defined in said

Act. (Public Law No. 298, 76th Cong.).

Act of June 13, 1939, to provide for the confiscation of firearms in pos-

session of persons convicted of felony and disposition thereof. (Public

Law No. 121, 76th Cong.)

Act of August 3, 1939, to amend the National Stolen Property Act. (Public

Law No. 255, 76th Cong.) ----

Act of August 4, 1939, to provide that no statute of limitations shall apply

to offenses punishable by death. (Public Law No. 152, 76th Cong.) ...... -

Act of August 5, 1939, to amend section 224 of the Criminal Code as to

penalize the making of false claims for the loss of insured mail matter.

(Public Law No. 265, 76th Cong.)

Act of August 5, 1939, to amend the Criminal

money by false pretenses on the high seas.

Cong.)

Code in regard to obtaining

(Public Law No. 270, 76th

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Act of August 7, 1939, to provide for the administration of the U.S. courts.

(Public Law No. 299, 76th Cong.) --

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Act of August 7, 1939, to amend the Act of June 8, 1938.

No. 319, 76th Cong.).

(Public Law

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Act of August 7, 1939, to amend section 194 of the Act of March 4, 1909.

(Public Law No. 330, 76th Cong.).

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Act of August 10, 1939, to prohibit the use of the mails for the solicitation

of the procurement of divorces in foreign countries. (Public Law No.

366, 76th Cong.) .

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Act of January 13, 1940, to provide for the protection of witnesses appear-

ing before any department, independent establishment, or other agency

of the United States, or the Congress of the United States. (Public Law

No. 401, 76th Cong.).

Act of March 28, 1940, to amend section 45 of the U.S. Criminal Code to

make it applicable to the outlying possessions of the United States.

(Public Law No. 444, 76th Cong.).

Act of April 17, 1940, to amend the Judicial Code with respect to the con-

tinuation of grand juries to finish investigations. (Public Law No. 455,

76th Cong.).

Act of April 20, 1940, to extend original jurisdiction to district courts in

civil suits between citizens of the District of Columbia, the Territories

of Hawaii or Alaska, and any State or Territory. (Public Law No. 463,

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Act of April 30, 1940, to provide for the transfer of U.S. prisoners in cer-

tain cases. (Public Law No. 503, 76th Cong.)

Act of July 10, 1940, to amend the law limiting the operation of statutes

of limitations in certain cases. (Public Law No. 736, 76th Cong.).

Act of May 31, 1940, authorizing the continuance of the Prison Industries
Reorganization Administration, established by Executive Order Num-
bered 7194 of Sept. 26, 1935, to June 30, 1941. (Public Law No. 539,
1941).

Act of June 6, 1940, to amend section 289 of the Criminal Code. (Public

Law No. 548, 76th Cong.) -- -

Act of June 6, 1940, to amend an Act entitled "An Act To Establish a

Board of Intermediate Sentence and Parole for the District of Colum-

bia, and To Determine Its Functions." (Public Law No. 561, 76th

Cong.) . .

Act of June 8, 1940, to make it a crime to wreck or attempt to wreck a

train engaged in interstate commerce. (Public Law No. 575, 76th

Cong.)

Act of June 11, 1940, to amend the Criminal Code so as to confer concur-

rent jurisdiction on courts of the United States over crimes committed

on certain Federal reservations. (Public Law No. 598, 76th Cong.)...