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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cg. 497. 1930 . 753 any vessel, vehicle, warehouse, or package containing merchandise or ADMINISTRATIVE ON PR O- baggage in bond or in customs custody, or willfully aids, abets, or encourages any other person to remove, break, injure, or deface such seal, fastening, or mark ; or if any ersoli maliciously enters any Unlawfully remov- ing g oods or bagga ge bonded warehouse or any vessel or ve licle laden with or containing from warehouse, ves- bonded merchandise with intent unlawfully to remove or cause to se!, or vehicle. be removed therefrom any merchandise or baggage therein, or unlaw- fully removes or causes to be removed any merchandise or baggage in such vessel, vehicle, or bonded warehouse or otherwise in customs custody or control, or aids or assists therein ; or if any person receives Recei ving unl awful or transports any merchandise or baggage unlawfully removed from removals. any such vessel, vehicle, or warehouse, knowing the same to have been unlawfully removed, he shall be guilty of a felony and liable Ant e, p.7511 to the same penalties as are imposed by section 593 of this Act. SEC. 599. OFFICERS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN VESSELS OR CARGO. andcargoes in vessels No person employed under the authority of the United States, cuowne officials pro- in in the collection of duties on imports or tonnage, shall own, either hibited in whole or in part, any vessel, or act as agent, attorney, or consignee for the owner or owners of any vessel, or of any cargo or lading on board the same ; nor shall any such person import, or be concerned directly or indirectly in the importation of, any merchandise for sale into the United States. Every person who violates this section shall Penalty . be liable to a penalty of $500. SEC. 600. GRATUITIES. SEC. 601. BRIBERY. Gratuities. Any officer or employee of the United States who, except in Punishment fo r offi- cial recei ving, for serv - payment of the duties or exactions fixed by law, solicits, demands, ices. exacts, or receives from any person, directly or indirectly, any gra- tuity, money, or thing of value, for any service performed under the customs laws, or in consideration of any official act to be per- formed by him, or of the omission of performance of any such act, in connection with or pertaining to the importation, entry, inspection or examination, or appraisement of merchandise or bag- Post, p. 1029 . gage, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, and evidence, satisfactory to Prima facie evidence. the court in which the trial is had, of such soliciting, demanding, exacting, or receiving shall be prima facie evidence that the same was contrary t o law. Bribery . Punishment fo r brib- Any person who gives, or offers to give, or promises to give, any ing, etc., customs money or thing of value, directly or indirectly, to any officer or cials. employee of the United States in consideration of or for any act or omission contrary to law in connection with or pertaining to the importation, appraisement, entry, examination, or inspection of merchandise or baggage, or of the liquidation of the entry thereof, or by threats or demands or promises of any character attempts to improperly influence or control any such officer or employee of the United States as to the performance of his official duties, shall be Post, p. 1ozs. guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be pun- ished by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both, and evidence of such giving, Prima facie evidence. offer- ing or promising to give, or attempting to influence or control, satisfactory to the court in which such trial is had, shall be prima facie evidence that the same was contrary to law. 57594•-J1-J 8

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