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 Trrm: xv.——THE NAVY.—Ch. 10. 279 Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, the F¤i¤¤ P¥P€¥`$· approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States or against any officer thereof, makes or uses, or procures or advises the making or use of, any writing, or other paper, knowing the same to contain any false or fraudulent statement; or Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, the Perjury. approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States or any officer thereof, makes, or procures or advises the makin of, any oath to any fact or to any writing or other paper, knowing such oath to be false; or Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, the Forgory. approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States or any officer thereof, forges or counterfeits, or procures or advises the forging or counterfeiting of,.any signature upon any writing or other Eper, or uses, or procures or advises the use of, any such signature, nowing the 88.1110 to be forged or counterfeited; or Vliho, having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money or Delivering less other property of the United States, furnished or intended for the naval l“`9P°;3' thm ¤">· service thereof, knowingly delivers, or causes to be delivered, to any mpt I""' person having authority to receive the same, any amount thereof less than that for which he receives a certificate or receipt; or Vlfho, being authorized to make or deliver any pa r certifying the _Giving receipts receipt of any money or other property of the Unitedxgtates, furnished without k¤0W*¤B or intended for the naval service thereof, makes, or delivers to any per- "mh °f‘ son, such writing, without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements therein contained, and with intent to defraud the United States; or Who steals, embezzles, knowingly and willfully misappropriates,applies Stealing, wrongto his own use or benefit, or wrongfully and knowin ly sells or disposes full!' ¤°u*¤8· &°· of any ordnance, arms, equipments, ammunition. clothing, subsistence stores, money or other property of the United States, furnished or intended for the military or naval service thereof; or VVho knowingly purchases, or receives in pledge for any obligation or buying public indebtedness, from any other person who is a part of or employed in said m*h***'Y P'°P°'*D'· service, any ordnance, arms, equipments, ammunition, clothing, subsistence stores, or other property of the United States, such other person not having lawful rig t to se l or pledge the same; or lVho executes, attempts, or countenances any other fraud against the 17 July, 1882, c. United snags. gg; ¤¤·7·V·12·r·- And if any person, being guilty of any of the offenses described in this 2 Mar., 1963, c. article while in the naval service, receives his discharge, or is dismissed gg; ”· 2· "· 12· P- from the service, he shall continue to be liable to be arrested and held " for trial and sentence bv a court-martial, in the same manner and to the same extent as if he had not received such discharge nor been dismissed. Anr. 15. The commanding officer of every vessel in the Navy entitled Liv? of pergwns to or claiming an award of prize-money shall, as soon as it may be prac- ;‘:;‘:“8 P"”°‘ ticable after the capture, transmit to the Navty Department a complete _ _;_,_ g __ list of the officers and men of his vessel entitle to s SPG, stating therein 17 July_ 1862, c_ the quality of each person rating; and every commanding officer who 204, s. 5, v. 12, p. otfends against this article shall: be punished as a court-martial may 607· direct. ISNHUB-l _ Am. 16. No person in the Navy shall take out of a prize, or vessel Removing propseized as a prize, any money, plate, goods, or any part of er equipment, WY fwm ¤ PFM- unless it be for the better preservation thereof, or unless such articles are mw ,_ -;_ absolutely needed for the use of any of the vessels or armed forces of the United States, before the same are adjudged lawful prize by a competent court; but the whole, without fraud, concealment, or embezzlement, shall be brought in, in order that judgment may be passed thereon;. and every person who ofends against this article shall be punished_ as a courtmartial m’?yI(fh-wt.tb N tif th l th f `ll M¤l¤’¢¤*·i¤8P°1' Am'. 1 . an rson in e avy s ripso ec o eso ,or pi es, ' or in any manneiynlidltreats, any person taken on board a prize, hezhall °°k°“ °" ° suffer such punishment 8.8 8 G0l1I't-lD8·I‘li18»l mlly Ildjlldgb .- ..-. . . n-03——23 Id., s. 8.-Lively and Cargo. 1 Gallia., 314.