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 THIRTY-·SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 67. 1863. _ 697 voucher, entry, roll, account, claim, statement, certificate, affidavit, or F¤l¤° '°“°h°”· deposition, knowing the same to contain any false or fraudulent statement or entry; any person in said forces or service who shall make or procure to be made, or knowingly advise the making of any false oath to FHM 0¤ih¤~ any fact, statement, or certificate, voucher or entry, for the purpose of obtaining, or of aiding to obtain, any approval or payment of any claim against the United States or any department or officer thereof; any person in said forces or service who, for the purpose of obtaining or enabling any other person to obtain from the Government of the United States, or any department or officer thereof, any payment or allowance, or the approval or signature of any person in the military, naval, or civil service of the United States, of or to any false, fraudulent, or fictitious claim, shall forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or coun- Forging signaterfeited, any sipature upon any bill, receipt, voucher, account, claim, *“’°¤· roll, statement, affidavit, or deposition; and any person in said forces or service who shall utter or use the same as true or genuine, knowing the Uttcring forged same to have been forged or counterfeited; any person in said forces or Pam"' service who shall enter into any agreement, combination, or conspiracy to cheat or defraud the Government of the United States, or any depart- Conspiring to ment or officer thereof, by obtaining, or aiding and assisting to obtain, the d°f*`““d‘ payment or allowance of any false or fraudulent claim; any person in said forces or service who shall steal, embezzle, or knowingly and wil- gmigug oromfully misappropriate or apply to his own use or benefit, or who shall l>°¤Zli¤G· wrongfully and knowingly sell, convey, or dispose of any ordnance, arms, ammunition, clothing, subsistence stores, money, or other property of the United States, furnished or to be used for the military or naval service of the United States; any contractor, agent, pnymaster, quartcrmaster, Contractors, or other person whatsoever in said forces or service having charge, pos- &°·· °°“°°“l“‘g ., property, Sec. session, custody, or control of any money or other public property, used or to be used in the military or naval service of the United States, who shall, with intent to defraud the United States, or wilfully to conceal such money or other property, deliver or cause to be delivered to any other person having authority to receive the same any amount of such money or other public property less than that for which he shall receive a certificate or receipt; any person in said forces or service who is or shall be authorized to make or deliver any certificate, voucher, or receipt, 1),-,];,4,,-i,,g·, or other paper certifying the receipt of arms, ammunition, provisions, g¤¤·»¤'¤lS8§:f€iP** clothing, or other public property so used or to be used, who shall make °r °m"’ °` or deliver the same to any persomwithout having full knowledge of the truth of the facts stated therein, and with intent to cheat, defraud, or injure the United States; any person in said forces or service who shall Purchasing or knowingly purchase or receive, in pledge for any obligation or indebted- g¢°i¥i¤S ¤*‘;¤¤i ness, from any soldier, officer, or other person called into or employed in d,;}s_r°m °° ` said forces or service, any arms, equipments, ammunition, clothes, or military stores, or other public property, such soldier, officer, or other person not having the lawful right to pledge or sell the same, shall be deemed guilty of a criminal offence, and shall be subject to the rules and regulations made for the government of the military and naval forces of the United States, and of the militia when called into and employed in the actual service of the United States in time of war, and to the provisions of this act. And every person so offending may be arrested and T,.;,,, by c,,,,,, held for trial by a court-martial, and if found guilty shall be punished by martial. fine and imprisonment, or such other punishment as the court-martial Punishment_ may adjudgc, save the punishment of death. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person heretofore called 1);,,,,,;,,,,;;,,,,,, or hereafter to be called into or employed in such forces or service, who ¤¤rvi¤¤ rw; gv shall commit any violation of this act and shall afterwards receive his p"°""“"°" discharge, or be dismissed from the service, shall, notwithstanding such discharge or dismissal, continue to be liable to be arrested and held for von. xii. Pu1s.—88