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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. 1325 SEo. 832. RECEIVING PROPERTY STOLEN FROM THE DISTRICT or S,,§§gg€ig,§,’;§ §,§gP§{}gf COLUMBIA.·—WhO€V61` shall receive, conceal, or aid in concealing, or rricwi Columbia ` have in possession, with intent to convert to his own use, any money, property, or writing, the property of the District of Columbia, knowing the same to have been embezzled, stolen, or purloined from the District of Columbia by any other person, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both. Sec. 833. EMBEZZLEMENT.··WhO€V€T, bein · charged with the col- ,,£g,*bm‘°¤*€¤° de lection, receipt; safe-keeping, transfer, or disbursement of public ` money or other property or effects belonging or payable to the District of Columbia or in the custody of the same, fraudulently converts to his own use, or to the use of any other person, body corporate, or association whatever, or uses, by way of investment, in any kind of security, stock, loan, property, or in any other manner or form loans, with or without interest, to any company, corporation, association or individual, excepting by depositing in bank to said party’s own credit, in the usual course of business, any public money, funds, property, bonds, securities, assets, or effects received, controlled, or held by him for safe-keeping or for any other purpose, shall forfeit all right, by way of commissions or compensation, to any part of the said money or other property and shall be deemed uilty of embezzlement of the whole of the money or other property gms converted, used, invested, loaned, deposited, or aid out, and shall be im risoned for not more than twenty years anflined in a sum not exceeging double the value of the money or property embezzled. Sec. 834. EMBEZZLEMENT BY AGENT, ATTORNEY, CLERK, oa SERV- E¤;¤¢%zl¢¤¤§;¤_]}y ANT.--—If any agent, attorney, clerk, or servant of a private person or ili°§'$r§r°iJfm`°`(‘ U ` copartnership, or any officer, attorney, agent, clerk, or servant of any association or incorporated company, shall wrongfully convert to his own use, or fraudulently take, make way with, or secrete, with intent to convert to his own use, anything of value which shall come into his possession or under his care by virtue of his employment or office, whether the thing so converted be the property of his master or employer or that of any other person, copartnership, association, or corporation, he shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both. Sec. 835. EMBEZZLEMENT or NOTE NOT DEL1vERED.——Every embez- 1€¤¤b<¤:»g<>l¤;¤_¤¤;(§ of zlement of any evidence of debt negotiable by delivery only, actually Im er 6 M"' ` executed by the master or emdployer of any such clerk, attorney, agent, ofjicer, or servant, but not elivered or issued as a valid instrument, shall be deemed an offense within the meaning of the last preceding section. Sec. 836. RECEIVING wrru xN0wLEDGE.——Every person who shall kn1§§yc%i;i¤¤¤ with buy or in any way receive anything of value, knowing the Same to g` have been embezzled, taken, or secreted contrary to the provisions of any of the three next preceding sections, shall be punished in the same manner and to the same extent as prescribed in said sections, respectivel n SE§C. 837. CARRIERS AND INNKEEPERS.···A.Ily person intrusted with _1g;¤g;=zs;%mi;;¤kr€ by anything of value, to be carried for hire, or being an innkeeper and Lil, °` °p` intrusted by his guest with anything of value for safe-keeping, who fraudulently converts the same to his own use, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement and punished as provided in section eight hundred and thirty-four. Sec. 838. WAREHOUSEMAN, AND so FORTII.-—AD}’ warehouseman, gr ~···¤r¤¤¤¤~¢¤¤¤¤. factor, storage, forwarding, or commission merchant, or his clerk, °°` agent, or employee, who, with intent to defraud the owner thereof,