Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 18 Part 1.djvu/1129

 Trrm: 1.xx.——CRIMES.—Ch. 5. 1057 or agent, in the entry of any goods, wares, or merchandise who at any 3 Mar., 1863, c. time makes. or offers to make, to any officer of the revenue, any gratuity 76· ”·6·"·12·l’-740· or present of any money, or other thing of value, shall be fined not more 18 Feb" 1g7s' °' than five thousand dollars or be im risoned not more than two vears. 80’ v` 18’ I" 3m` Sec. 5453. Every person who, witlhoutauthoritv from the United States, q - secretcs within, embezzles or takes and carries away from, any building, lnggillgtlllgoiig room, office, apartment, vault, safe, or other lace where the same is kept material used fmused, employed, placed, lodged, or depositecf) by authority of the United 1“l“*l“¤ b0“d*‘» States, any bedpiece, bed-plate, roll, plate, die, seal. type, or other tool, Y°m”’ mmpilm implement, or t ing used or fitted to be used in stamping or printing, 5 Feb-, 1867, v- or in making some other tool or implement used or fitted to be used in 2*l·*‘·“· "·1*· P·“8*· stamping or printing, any kind or description of bond, bill, note, certificate, coupon, postage-stamp, revenue—stamp, fractional—currency note, or othe1· paper instrument. ob igation, device, or document, now or hereafter anthorized by law to be printed., stamped, sealed, repared, issued, uttered. or put in circulation on behalf of the Unitedp States, or who, without such authority, so secretes, embezzles, or takes and carries away anv paper, parchment, or other material prepared and intended to be used in the making of any such papers, instruments, obligations, devices, or documents, or who, without such authority, so secretes, embezzles, or takes and carries away any paper, parchment, or other material printed or stamped, in whole or part. and intended to be prepared. issued, or put in circulation on behalf of the United States as one of the papers, instruments, or obligations hereinbefore named, or printed or stamped, in whole or part, in the similitude of any such paper, instrument, or obligation, whether_ intended to issue or put the same in circulation or not, shall be punished by imprisonment, at hard labor, not more than ten years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dolIars, or both. Sec. 5-L54. Every person who takes and carries away, without authority Unlawtuiiy takfrom the United States, from the place where it has been filed, lod ed, or ing OT ¤Si¤s Perma deposited, or where it may for the time being actually be kept by aughority "’l“t’“g *0 “l"““"‘· of the United States, any certificate, affidavit, deposition, written state- Ibid., s. T. ment of facts, power of attorney, receipt, voucher, assignment, or other document, record, iile, or paper, prepared, fitted. or intended to be used or presented in order to fprocure the payment of money from or by the United States. or any officer or agent thereof, or the allowance or pay- ment of the whole or any part of any claim, account, or demand against the United States, whether the same has or has not already been so used or presented, and whether such claim. account, or demand, or any part thereof, has or has not already been allowed or paid, or who presents or uses or attempts to use any such document, recorc, tile, or paper so taken and carried away in order to procure the payment of any money from or by the United States, or any officer or agent thereof, or the allowance or payment of the whole or any part of any claim, account, or demand a mst the United States, shall be imprisoned at hard labor not more tlddn ten years, or iined not more than five thousand dollars. Sec. 5455. Every person who entices or procures, or attempts or en- _ Enticing deserdeavors to entice or rocure, any soldier in the military service of the ¤<>¤¤SfFo¤¤*h€m¤li· United States, O1' wholhas been recruited for such service, to desert there-  O' ““"“l SW from, or who aids any such soldier in dcserting or attempting to desert -.. J -*._T . from such service, or who harbors, conceals, protects, or assists any such 3 Mg"·» P5? *'· soldier who may have deserted from such service, knowing him to have  S‘ ‘4’ l' " 1* deserted therefrom, or who refuses to give up and deliver such soldier on li Ju;,-, mar ,._ the demand of any officer authorized to receive him, shall be punished 20·1Lv._i3, p. afs. by imprisonment not less than six months nor more than two years, and 692{ gf}: 1*},35- '· by a line not exceeding five hundred dollars; and every person who * "‘ " "‘ ‘ ‘ entices or procures, or attempts or endeavors to entice or procure, any seaman [or other person] in the naval service of the United States, or who has been recruited for such service, to desert therefrom, or who aids any such seaman [or other person] in deserting or in attempting todesert from such service, or who arbors, conceals, protects, or assists any such seaman [or other person] who may have deserted from such service,know-