or arsenal, solicit in any manner whatever or receive any contribution of money or other thing of value for any political purpose whatever. Act Jan. 16, 1883, c. 27, § 12, 22 Stat. 407. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 119, 35 Stat. 1110. § 10290. (Crim. Code, § 120.) Immunity from official proscription.. No officer or employee of the United States mentioned in section one hundred and eighteen, shall discharge, or promote, or degrade, or in any manner change the official rank or compensation of any other officer or employee, or promise or threaten so to do, for giving or withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of money or other valuable thing for any political purpose. Act Jan. 16, 1883, c. 27, § 13, 22 Stat. 407. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 120, 35 Stat. 1110. § 10291. (Crim. Code, § 121.) Making political contributions to officials. No officer, clerk, or other person in the service of the United States shall, directly or indirectly, give or hand over to any other officer, clerk, or person in the service of the United States, or to any Senator or Member of or Delegate to Congress, or Resident Commissioner, any money or other valuable thing on account of or to be applied to the promotion of any political object whatever. Act Jan. 16, 1883, c. 27, § 14, 22 Stat. 407. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 121, 35 Stat. 1110. § 10292. (Crim. Code, § 122.) Punishment for violations. Whoever shall violate any provision of the four preceding sections shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Act Jan. 16, 1883, c. 27, § 15, 22 Stat. 407. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 122, 35 Stat. 1110. § 10293. (Crim. Code, § 123.) formation of crop reports; required. Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States or a person acting for or on behalf of the United States in any capacity under or by virtue of the authority of any department or office thereof, and while holding such office, employment, or position shall, by virtue of the office, employment, or position held by him, become possessed of any information which might exert an influence upon or affect the market value of any product of the soil grown within the United States, which information is by law or by the rules. of the department or office required to be withheld from publication until a fixed time, and shall willfully impart, directly or indirectly, such information, or any part thereof, to any person not entitled. under the law or the rules of the department or office to receive the same; or shall, before such information is made public through regular official channels, directly or indirectly speculate in any such product respecting which he has thus become possessed of such information, by buying or selling the same in any quantity, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or (4721) Officials, etc., giving advance inpunishment for; actual knowledge COMP.ST.'13-296 both: Provided, That no person shall be deemed guilty of a violation of any such rule, unless prior to such alleged violation he shall have had actual knowledge thereof. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 123, 35 Stat. 1110. § 10294. (Crim. Code, § 124.) Official knowingly issuing false crop reports; punishment for. Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States and whose duties require the compilation or report of statistics or information relative to the products of the soil, shall knowingly compile for issuance, or issue, any false statistics or information as a report of the United States, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 124, 35 Stat. 1111. Sec. CHAPTER SIX Offenses against Public Justice 10295. Perjury defined; punishment for. 10296. Subornation of perjury. 10298. Destroying, etc., public records; 10299. Destroying records by officer in charge; punishment for. 10300. Forging signature of judge, etc.; punishment for. 10301. Bribery of judicial officer; punishment for. 10302. Judicial officer accepting bribe; 10303. Juror, referee, etc., accepting 10305. Attempting to influence wit- Sec. 10306. Conspiring to intimidate party, witness, or juror; punishment for. 10307. Attempt to influence juror by writing; punishment for. 10308. Allowing prisoner to escape. 10309. Application of provisions. 10310. Obstructing process or assaulting officer; punishment for. 10311. Rescuing, etc., prisoner; concealing person from arrest; punishment for. 10312. Rescue at execution; punishment for. 10313. Rescue of prisoner; punishment for. 10314. Rescue of dead body of executed offender; punishment for. 10315. Extortion by informer; punishment for. 10316. Misprision of felony; punishment for. § 10295. (Crim. Code, § 125.) Perjury defined; punishment for. Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, shall willfully and contrary to such oath state or subscribe any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years. R. S. § 5392. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 125, 35 Stat. 1111. Requisites of indictment for perjury were prescribed by B. S. § 5396, ante, § 1687. § 10296. (Crim. Code, § 126.) Subornation of perjury. Whoever shall procure another to commit any perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and punishable as in the preceding section prescribed. R. S. § 5393. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 126, 35 Stat. 1111. Requisites of indictment for subornation of perjury were prescribed by R. S. § 5397, ante, § 1688. § 10297. (Crim. Code, § 127.) Stealing or altering process; procuring false bail, etc.; punishment for. Whoever shall feloniously steal, take away, alter, falsify, or otherwise avoid any record, writ, process, or other proceeding, in any court of the United States, by means whereof any judgment is reversed, made void, or does not take effect; or whoever shall acknowledge, or procure to be acknowledged, in any such court, any recognizance, bail, or judgment, in the name of any other person not privy or consenting to the same, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both; but this provision shall not extend to the acknowledgment of any judgment by an attorney, duly admitted, for any person against whom such judgment is had or given. R. S. § 5394. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 127, 35 Stat. 1111. § 10298. (Crim. Code, § 128.) Destroying, etc., public records; punishment for. Whoever shall willfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy, or attempt to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy, or, with intent to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, destroy, or steal, shall take and carry away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. R. S. § 5403. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 128, 35 Stat. 1111. § 10299. (Crim. Code, § 129.) Destroying records by officer in charge; punishment for. Whoever, having the custody of any record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing specified in the preceding section, shall willfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, falsify, or destroy any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or thing, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall moreover forfeit his office and be forever afterward disqualified from holding any office under the Government of the United States. R. S. 5408. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 129, 35 Stat. 1112. § 10300. (Crim. Code, § 130.) Forging signature of judge, etc.; punishment for. Whoever shall forge the signature of any judge, register, or other officer of any court of the United States, or of any Territory thereof, or shall forge or counterfeit the seal of any such court, or shall knowingly concur in using any such forged or counterfeit signature or seal, for the purpose of authenticating any proceeding or document, or shall tender in evidence any such proceeding or document with a false or counterfeit signature of any such judge, register, or other officer, or a false or counterfeit seal of the court, subscribed or attached thereto, knowing such signature or seal to be false or counterfeit, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years. R. S. § 5419. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 130, 35 Stat. 1112. § 10301. (Crim. Code, § 131.) Bribery of judicial officer; punishment for. Whoever, directly or indirectly, shall give or offer, or cause to be given or offered any money, property, or value of any kind, or any promise or agreement therefor, or any other bribe, to any judge, judicial officer, or other person authorized by any law of the United States to hear or determine any question, matter, cause, proceeding, or controversy, with intent to influence his action, vote, opinion, or decision thereon, or because of any such action, vote, opinion, or decision, shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both; and shall forever be disqualified to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States. R. S. § 5449. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 131, 35 Stat. 1112. § 10302. (Crim. Code, § 132.) Judicial officer accepting bribe; punishment for. Whoever, being a judge of the United States, shall in anywise accept or receive any sum of money, or other bribe, present, or reward, or any promise, contract, obligation, gift, or security for the payment of money, or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value, with the intent to be influenced thereby in any opinion, judgment, or decree in any suit, controversy, matter, or cause depending before him, or because of any such opinion, ruling, decision, judgment, or decree, shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both; and shall be forever disqualified to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States. R. S. § 5499. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 132, 35 Stat. 1112. § 10303. (Crim. Code, § 133.) Juror, referee, etc., accepting bribe; punishment for. Whoever, being a juror, referee, arbitrator, appraiser, assessor, auditor, master, receiver, United States commissioner, or other person authorized by any law of the United States to hear or determine any question, matter, cause, controversy, or proceeding, shall ask, receive, or agree to receive, any money, property, or value of any kind, or any promise or agreement therefor, upon any agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion, action, judgment, or decision shall be influenced thereby, or because of any such vote, opinion, action, judgment, or decision, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 133, 35 Stat. 1112. § 10304. (Crim. Code, § 134.) Witness accepting bribe; punishment for. Whoever, being, or about to be, a witness upon a trial, hearing, or other proceeding, before any court or any officer authorized by the laws of the United States to hear evidence or take testimony, shall receive, or agree or offer to receive, a bribe, upon any agreement or understanding that his testimony shall be influenced thereby, or that he will absent himself from the trial, hearing, or other proceeding, or because of such testimony, or such absence, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 134, 35 Stat. 1113. § 10305. (Crim. Code, § 135.) Attempting to influence witness, juror, or officer; punishment for. Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, shall endeavor to influence, intimidate, or impede any witness, in any court of the United States or before any United States commissioner or officer acting as such commissioner, or any grand or petit juror, or officer in or of any court of the United States, or officer who may be serving at any examination or other proceeding before any United States commissioner or officer acting as such commissioner, in the discharge of his duty, or who corruptly or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, shall influence, obstruct, or impede, or endeavor to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice therein, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. R. S. §§ 5399, 5404. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 135, 35 Stat. 1113. § 10306. (Crim. Code, § 136.) Conspiring to intimidate party, witness, or juror; punishment for. If two or more persons conspire to deter by force, intimidation, or threat, any party or witness in any court of the United States, or in any examination before a United States commissioner or officer acting as such commissioner, from attending such court or examination, or from testifying to any matter pending therein, freely, fully, and truthfully, or to injure such party or witness in his person or property on account of his having so attended or testified, or to influence the verdict, presentment, or indictment of any grand or petit juror in any such court, or to injure such juror in his person or property on account of any verdict, presentment, or indictment lawfully assented to by him, or on account of his being or having been such juror, each of such persons shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six years, or both. R. S. § 5406. 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