OFFENSES AGAINST

CHAPTER THREE

THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF

CITIZENS

Sec. 19. Conspiracy to Injure, etc., Persons in the Exercise of Civil Rights, 484. 20. Depriving Citizens of Civil Rights under Color of State Laws, 492. 21. Conspiracy to Prevent Officer from Performing Duties, 492. 22. Unlawful Presence of Troops at Elections, 493.

23. Intimidation of Voters by Officers, etc., of Army or Navy, 493.

24. Officers of Army or Navy Prescribing Qualifications of Voters, 494. 25. Officers, etc., of Army or Navy Interfering with Officers of Election, etc., 494.

26. Persons Disqualified from Holding Office; When Soldiers, etc., May Vote, 494.

CHAPTER FOUR

OFFENSES AGAINST THE OPERATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT

Sec. 27. Forgery of Letters Patent, 496.

28. Forging Bids, Public Records, etc., 496.

29. Forging Deeds, Powers of Attorney, etc., 504.

30. Having Forged Papers in Possession, 515.

31. False Acknowledgments, 516.

32. Falsely Pretending to Be United States Officer, 516.

33. False Personation of Holder of Public Stock, 522.

34. False Demand on Fraudulent Power of Attorney, 522.

35. Making or Presenting False Claims, 523.

36. Embezzling Arms, Stores, etc., 532.

37. Conspiracy to Commit Offense against the United States; All Parties Liable for Acts of One, 534.

38. Delaying or Defrauding Captor or Claimant, etc., of Prize Property,

602.

39. Bribery of United States Officer, 602.

40. Unlawfully Taking or Using Papers Relating to Claims, 607.

41. Persons Interested Not to Act as Agents of the Government, 607. 42. Enticing Desertions from the Military or Naval Service, 608.

43. Enticing Away Workmen, 609.

44. Injuries to Fortifications, Harbor Defenses, etc., 610.

45. Unlawfully Entering upon Military Reservation, Fort, etc., 610.

46. Robbery or Larceny of Personal Property of the United States, 610. 47. Embezzling, Stealing, etc., Public Property, 612.

48. Receivers, etc., of Stolen Property, 613.

49. Timber Depredations on Public Lands, 615.

50. Timber, etc., Depredations on Indian and Other Reservations, 618.

51. Boxing, etc., Lumber on Public Land for Turpentine, etc., 619.

52. Setting Fire to Timber on Public Lands, 620.

53. Failing to Extinguish Fires, 621.

54. Fines to Be Paid into School Fund, 621.

55. Trespassing on Bull Run National Forest, Oregon, 621.

56. Breaking Fence or Gate Inclosing Reserved Lands, or Driving or Permitting Live Stock to Enter upon, 622.

57. Injuring or Removing Posts or Monuments, 623.

58. Interrupting Surveys, 623.

59. Agreements to Prevent Bids at Sale of Lands, 623.

60. Injuries to United States Telegraph, etc., Lines, 624.

61. Counterfeiting Weather Forecast, 624.

62. Interfering with Employees of Bureau of Animal Industry, 625. 63. Forgery of Certificate of Entry, 625.

Sec. 64. Concealment or Destruction of Invoices, etc., 626.

65. Resisting Revenue Officer; Rescuing or Destroying Seized Property,

etc., 626.

66. Falsely Assuming to Be a Revenue Officer, 627.

67. Offering Presents to Revenue Officer, 628.

68. Admitting Merchandise to Entry for Less than Legal Duty, 628.

69. Securing Entry of Merchandise by False Samples, etc., 629.

70. False Certification by Consular Officer, 630.

71. Taking Seized Property from Custody of Revenue Officer, 630. 72. Forging or Altering Ship's Papers or Custom-house Documents, 630. 73. Forging Military Bounty-Land Warrant, etc., 631.

74. Forging, etc., Certificate of Citizenship, 632.

75. Engraving, etc., Plate for Printing, or Photographing, Selling, or Bringing into United States, etc., Certificate of Citizenship, 632. 76. False Personation, etc., in Procuring Naturalization, etc., 633.

77. Using False Certificate of Citizenship, or Denying Citizenship, etc., 634.

78. Using False Certificate, etc., as Evidence of Right to Vote, etc., 636. 79. Falsely Claiming Citizenship, 636.

80. Taking False Oath in Naturalization Proceedings, 637.

81. Provisions Applicable to All Courts of Naturalization, 638.

82. Shanghaiing and Falsely Inducing Person Intoxicated to Go on Vessel Prohibited, 639.

83. Corporations, etc., Not to Contribute Money for Political Elections, etc., 639.

84. Hunting Birds or Taking Their Eggs from Breeding Grounds, Prohibited, 640.

CHAPTER FIVE

OFFENSES RELATING TO OFFICIAL DUTIES

Sec. 85. Officer, etc., of the United States Guilty of Extortion, 641. 86. Receipting for Larger Sums than Are Paid, 642.

87. Disbursing Officer Unlawfully Converting, etc., Public Money, 643. 88. Failure of Treasurer, etc., Safely to Keep Public Money, 645. 89. Custodian of Public Money Failing to Safely Keep, etc., 99. Failure of Officer to Render Accounts, etc., 647.

91. Failure to Deposit as Required, 647.

645.

92. Provisions of the Five Preceding Sections, to Whom Applicable, 648. 93. Record Evidence of Embezzlement, 648.

94. Prima Facie Evidence, 649.

95. Evidence of Conversion, 649.

96. Banker, etc., Receiving Deposit from Disbursing Officer, 649.

97. Embezzlement by Internal Revenue Officer, etc., 650.

98. Officer Contracting beyond Specific Appropriation, 651.

99. Officer of United States Court Failing to Deposit Moneys, etc., 652.

100. Receiving Loan or Deposit from Officer of Court, 652.

101. Failure to Make Returns or Reports, 653.

102. Aiding in Trading in Obscene Literature, 653.

103. Collecting and Disbursing Officers Forbidden to Trade in Public Property, 653.

104. Certain Officers Forbidden to Purchase, etc., Witness, etc., Fees, 654. 105. Falsely Certifying, etc., as to Record of Deeds, etc., 654.

106. Other False Certificates, 655.

107. Inspector of Steamboats Receiving Illegal Fees, 655.

108. Pension Agent Taking Fee, etc., 655.

109. Officer Not to Be Interested in Claims against the United States, 655.

Sec. 110. Member of Congress, etc., Soliciting or Accepting Bribe, elc., 656. 111. Offering, etc., Member of Congress Bribe, etc., 658.

112. Member of Congress Taking Consideration for Procuring Contract, Office, etc.-Offering Member Consideration, etc., 658.

113. Member of Congress, etc., Taking Compensation in Matters to Which United States Is a Party, 659.

114. Member of Congress Not to Be Interested in Contract, 662. 115. Officer Making Contracts with Member of Congress, 663.

116. Contracts to Which Two Preceding Sections Do Not Apply, 664. 117. United States Officer Accepting Bribe, 664.

118. Political Contributions Not to Be Solicited by Certain Officers, 666. 119. Political Contributions Not to Be Received in Public Offices, 668. 120. Immunity from Official Proscription, 668.

121. Giving Money to Officials for Political Purposes Prohibited, 668. 122. Penalty for Violating Provisions of Four Preceding Sections, 669. 123. Governmental Officer, etc., Giving Out Advance Information Respecting Crop Reports, 669.

124. Government Officer, etc., Knowingly Compiling or Issuing False Statistics Respecting Crops, 669.

CHAPTER SIX

OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE

Sec. 125. Perjury, 670.

126. Subornation of Perjury, 681.

127. Stealing or Altering Process; Procuring False Bail, etc., 684.

128. Destroying, etc., Public Records, 684.

129. Destroying Records by Officer in Charge, 685.

130. Forging Signature of Judge, etc., 686.

131. Bribery of a Judge or Judicial Officer, 687.

132. Judge or Judicial Officer Accepting a Bribe, etc., 687.

133. Juror, Referee, Master, etc., or Judicial Officer, etc., Accepting a Bribe, 688.

134. Witness Accepting Bribe, 688.

135. Intimidation or Corruption of Witnesses, or Grand or Petit Juror or Officer, 688.

136. Conspiring to Intimidate Party, Witness, or Juror, 692.

137. Attempt to Influence Juror, 693.

138. Allowing Prisoner to Escape, 693.

139. Application of Preceding Section, 694.

140. Obstructing Process or Assaulting an Officer, 695.

141. Rescuing, etc., Prisoner; Concealing, etc., Person for Whom Warrant

Has Issued, 701.

142. Rescue at Execution, 702.

143. Rescue of Prisoner, 702.

144. Rescue of Body of Executed Offender, 702.

145. Extortion by Informer, 703.

146. Misprision of Felony, 703.

CHAPTER SEVEN

OFFENSES AGAINST THE CURRENCY, COINAGE, etc.

Sec. 147. "Obligation or Other Security of the United States " Defined, 704. 148. Forging or Counterfeiting United States Securities, 705.

149. Counterfeiting National-Bank Notes, 706.

150. Using Plates to Print Notes Without Authority, etc., 707.
151. Passing, Selling, Concealing, etc., Forged Obligations, 712.

Sec. 152. Taking Impressions of Tools, Implements, etc., 715.

153. Having in Possession Unlawfully Such Impressions, 716.
154. Buying, Selling, or Dealing in Forged Bonds, Notes, etc., 716.
155. Secreting or Removing Tools or Material Used for Printing Bonds,
Notes, Stamps, etc., 717.

156. Counterfeiting Notes, Bonds, etc., of Foreign Governments, 717.
157. Passing Such Forged Notes, Bonds, etc., 718.

158. Counterfeiting Notes of Foreign Banks, 718.

159. Passing Such Counterfeit Bank Notes, 719.

160. Having in Possession Such Forged Notes, Bonds, etc., 719.

161. Having Unlawfully in Possession or Using Plates for Such Notes. Bonds, etc., 720.

162. Connecting Parts of Different Instruments, 721.

163. Counterfeiting Gold or Silver Coins or Bars, 721.

164. Counterfeiting Minor Coins, 726.

165. Falsifying, Mutilating, or Lightening Coinage, 726.

166. Debasement of Coinage by Officers of the Mint, 728.

167. Making or Uttering Coins in Resemblance of Money, 728.

168. Making or Issuing Devices of Minor Coins, 729.

169. Counterfeiting, etc., Dies for Coins of United States, 729.

170. Counterfeiting, etc., Dies for Foreign Coins, 730.

171. Making, Importing or Having in Possession Tokens, Prints, etc., Similar to United States or Foreign Coins, 731.

172. Counterfeit Obligations, Securities, Coins, or Material for Counterfeiting, to Be Forfeited, 732.

173. Issue of Search Warrant for Suspected Counterfeits, etc.; Forfeiture,

733.

174. Circulating Bills of Expired Corporations, 733.

175. Imitating National-Bank

Thereon, 734.

Notes with Printed Advertisements

176. Mutilating or Defacing National-Bank Notes, 735.

177. Imitating United States Securities or Printing Business Cards on

Them, 735.

178. Notes of Less than One Dollar Not to Be Issued, 735.

CHAPTER EIGHT

OFFENSES AGAINST THE POSTAL SERVICE

Sec. 179. Conducting Post Office without Authority, 737.

180. Illegal Carrying of Mail by Carriers and Others, 737. 181. Conveyance of Mail by Private Express Forbidden, 737. 182. Transporting Persons Unlawfully Conveying Mail, 741. 183. Sending Letters by Private Express, 741.

184. Conveying of Letters over Post Routes, 741.

185. Carrying Letters Out of the Mail on Board of Vessel, 744.

186. When Conveying of Letters by Private Persons Is Lawful, 745.

187. Wearing Uniform of Carrier without Authority, 745.

188. Vehicles, etc., Claiming to Be Mail Carriers, 746.

189. Injuring Mail Bags, etc., 746.

190. Stealing Post-Office Property, 747.

191. Stealing or Forging Mail Locks or Keys, 749.

192. Breaking into and Entering Post Office, 750.

193. Unlawfully Entering Postal Car, etc., 753.

194. Stealing, Secreting, Embezzling, etc., Mail Matter or Contents, 754. 195. Postmaster or Employee of Postal Service Detaining, Destroying, or Embezzling Letter, etc., 763.

196. Postmaster, etc., Detaining or Destroying Newspapers, 773.

Sec. 197. Assaulting Mail Carrier with Intent to Rob, and Robbing Mail, 773. 198. Injuring Letter Boxes or Mail Matter; Assaulting Carrier, etc., 775. 199. Deserting the Mail, 776.

200. Delivery of Letters by Master of Vessel, 777.

201. Obstructing the Mail, 777.

202. Ferryman Delaying the Mail, 782.

203. Letters Carried in a Foreign Vessel to Be Deposited in a Post Office, 782.

204. Vessels to Deliver Letters at Post Office; Oath, 783.

205. Using, Selling, etc., Canceled Stamps; Removing Cancellation Marks from Stamps, etc., 783.

206. False Returns to Increase Compensation, 784.

207. Collection of Unlawful Postage Forbidden, 786.

208. Unlawful Pledging or Sale of Stamps, 786.

209. Failure to Account for Postage and to Cancel Stamps, etc., by Officials,

788.

210. Issuing Money Order without Payment, 788.

211. Obscene, etc., Matter Nonmailable, 788.

212. Libelous and Indecent Wrappers and Envelopes, 803.

213. Lottery, Gift Enterprise, etc., Circulars, etc., Not Mailable, 805.

214. Postmasters Not to Be Lottery Agents, 812.

215. Use of Mails to Promote Frauds, 812.

216. Fraudulently Assuming Fictitious Address, 844.

217. Poisons and Explosives Nonmailable, 847. 218. Counterfeiting Money Orders, 847.

219. Counterfeiting Postage Stamps, 849.

220. Counterfeiting, etc., Foreign Stamps, 849.

221. Inclosing Higher Class in Lower Class Matter, 850.
222. Postmaster Illegally Approving Bond, etc., 850.
223. False Evidence as to Second-Class Matter, 851.
224. Inducing or Prosecuting False Claims, 851.

225. Misappropriation of Postal Funds or Property, 851.
226. Employees Not to Become Interested in Contracts, 855.
227. Fraudulent Use of Official Envelopes, 856.

228. Fraudulent Increase of Weight of Mail, 856.

229. Offenses against Foreign Mail in Transit, 857.

230. Omission to Take Oath, 857.

231. Definitions, 857.

CHAPTER NINE

OFFENSES AGAINST FOREIGN AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE

Sec. 232. Dynamite, etc., Not to Be Carried on Vessels or Vehicles Carrying

Passengers for Hire, 857.

233. Interstate Commerce Commission to Make Regulations for Transportation of Explosives, 859.

234. Liquid Nitroglycerine, etc., Not to Be Carried on Certain Vessels

and Vehicles, 859.

235. Marking of Packages of Explosives; Deceptive Marking, 860. 236. Death or Bodily Injury Caused by Such Transportation, 860.

237. Importation and Transportation of Lottery Tickets, etc., Forbidden, 861.

238. Interstate Shipment of Intoxicating Liquors; Delivery of to Be Made Only to Bona Fide Consignee, 863.

239. Common Carrier, etc., Not to Collect Purchase Price of Interstate Shipment of Intoxicating Liquors, 864.

240. Packages Containing Intoxicating Liquors Shipped in Interstate Commerce to Be Marked as Such, 865.