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 1330 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. subornation of perjury shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years.i Any such false testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate given in the District of Columbia, but intended to be used in a judicial proceeding elsewhere, shall also be perjury within the meaning of this section. bF¤l¤<= P<=‘FS°¤¤¤°¤ Sec. 859. FALSE PERsoNAT1oN.—Whoeverfalselypersonates another €foI‘€9 (‘0`L`lI'tS, €tC. •¤ person before any court of record or judge thereof, or clerk of court, or justice of the peace, or any officer in the District authorized to administer oaths or take the acknowledgment of deeds or other instruments or to grant marriage licenses, with intent to defraud, shall be im risoned for not less than one year nor more than five years. `` peace, notary public, police officer, constable, or other public officer, or a minister qualified to celebrate marriage, and attempts to perform the duty or exercise the authority pertaining to any such office or character, or having been duly appointed to any of such offices shall knowingly attempt to act as any of such officers after his appointment or commission has expired or he has been dismissed from such office, shall suffer imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than three years. Bribery- SEO. 861. BRIBERY.-··lVl10€V€1‘ promises, offers, or gives, or causes or procures to be promised_, offered, or given, any money or other thing of Value, or makes or tenders any contract, undertaking, obligation, credit, or security for the payment of money, or for the delivery or conveyance of anyt ing of value, to any executive, judicial, or othe1· oflicer, or to any person acting in any official function, or to any juror or witness, wit intent to in uence the decision, action, verdict, or evidence of any such person on any question, matter, cause, or proceeding or with intent to influence him to commit or aid in comn1itting, or to collude in or allow any fraud, or make any opportunity fO1‘ the commission of any fraud, shall be lined not more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Timms. SEo. 862. THREATS.··—·“Tl10€V€l' corrupt] y, by threats or force, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede any juro1·, witness, or officer in any court in the District in the discharge of his duties, or, by threats or force, in any other way obstructs or impedes or endeavors to obstruct or impede the due administration of justice therein, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than · three years, or both. SUBCHAPTER F IVE. p,3§§¥‘Q§§,C§.F“"‘“° OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY. _§)»§mriyS· Sec. 863. LOTTERIES.-·—If any person shall within the District keep, " set up, or promote, or be concerned. as owner, agent, or clerk, or in any other manner, in mana ing any policy lottery or polio shop, or shall sell or transfer any ticllzet, certificate, bill, token, or officr device purporting or intended to guarantee or assure to any person or entitle im to a chance of drawing or obtaining a prize, to be drawn in any lottery, or in the game or device commonly known as policy lottery or policy, or shall, for himself or another person, sell or transfer, or have ll] his possession for the purpose of sale or transfer, or shall aid in selling, exchanging, negotiating, or transferring a chance or ticket in or share of a ticket in any policy lottery or any such bill, certificate, token, or other device, he shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both. —f¤r__r;¤jr¤¤i¤i¤¤g on Sec. 86-L. If any person shall knowingly permit, on any remises ‘"°m”°”` under his control in the District, the sale of any chance or ticket in or share of a ticket in any lottery or policy lottery, or shall knowingly
 * ?I{mg;*§jj,fj °m°€’· §EC. 860. Whoever falsely represents himself to be a justice of the