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 902 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 152. 1918. unishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment ¤=~-¤· ·»= ·~»·== QH “Z'.°'° lhmliiHv6dc8hdIr?y(il·ocbl(ftl1shi building or new a.-ng e. ’ $$6 » S PFU y _» pmt mm, to plant 5* facilities, or interest therem, sold-, mortgaged, leased? chartered, delivered, transferred or documented, or agreed to be sold, mortgaged, leased, chartered, delivered, transferre, or documented, in violation of any of the provisions of this section, and any stocks, bonds, or other securities sold or transferred, or_ agreed to be sold or transferred, in violation of any of such provisions, or any vessel departing in violation of the provisions of subdivision (e), shall be huiummmm forfeited to the United States. _ ma. " "Any such sale, mortgage, lease, charter, dehvery, transfer, ,,§°,‘;’_”" °' °"'“‘ documentation, or ent therefor shall be void, whether made within or without the United States and any consideration paid therefor or deposited in connection therewith  be recoverable at the suit of the person who has paid or defposited the same, or of his successors or assigns, after the tender o such vessel, shipyard, drydock, shi building or shi]>repairing1pl»ant or facilities, or interest therein or oi) such stocks, bonds, or other securities, to the gerson entitled thereto, or after forfeiture thereof to the United tates, h°°°u°°‘ unless  person to whom the consideration was paid, or in whose interest it was deposited, entered into the transaction in the honest belief that the person who paid or deposited such consideration was a citizen of the United States. "Sr·:c. 38. That all forfertures incurred under the provisions of this Act may be prosecuted in the same court, and ma be disposed of in the same manner, as forfeitures incurred for offiinses against Ehud the law relating to the collection of duties. m¤v,c¤,,,,,,°_°‘"l“l "  39. That in anfy action or proceeding under the provisions of this act to enforce a orferture the conviction in a court of criminal jurisdiction of any person for a violation thereof with res t to the subject of the_forfeiture shall constitute prima facie evimlgifce of such violation agamst the person so convicte. ,,,§,*§;,‘{,§¤“§*§,,{’,’},§,? ‘fSec. 40. That whenever any bill of sale, mortg e, hypothe- $3:1 ¤¢¤-. tiled thaw- cation, or conveyance of any vessel, or part theres? or mterest therein, is presented to any collector of the customs to be recorded, 4 the vendeehmortglagee, or transferee shall file therewith a written declaration in suc orm as the board may by regulation prescribe, setting forth the facts relating to his citizenship, and such other facts as the board requires, showing that the transaction does not mvolve a violation of any of the provisions of section nine or thirty- ,,§f,"°g@;%j&:,‘;§ seven._ Unless the board, before such presentation has failed to ¤¤¤· prescribe such form, no such bill of sale, mortgage, bypothecation, or conveyance shall be valid agamst any person whatsoever until such declaration has been file . Ancy declaration filed by or in behalf of a cogporapion shall be signe by the president, secretary, or treasurer thereo . ,,,P,$,'§f“"°" '“*’° "W'lioever knowingly makes anyofalse statement of a material fact in any such dec aration shall guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a line of not more than $5,000, or to imprisonment for A not more than five {tears, or both. ,,,,E§,§,‘§‘,§“,$,,§{c_B“'° "Sec. 41. That w enever by said section nine or thirty-seven the approval of the board is reqbugred to render any act or transaction lawful, such approval may accorded either absolutely or u on mg•_;=d<fi¤¤¤¤ *0 ba N- such conditions as the board prescribes. Whenever the approval) of the board is accorded upon any condition a statement of such condition shall be entered upon its_ records and incorporated in the Pu _ h t mr _ same docnment or paper which notifies the applicant of such approval. muon? ‘“°“ “°‘ A_ violation of such cond1tion_ so incorporated shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be Simshable by Ene and im risonment in the same manner, and sh subject the vessel, stocgs, bonds, or