Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 47 Part 1.djvu/1507

 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 206. MARCH 3, 1933 . 1483 or corpo ration engag ed eit her as princ ipal or as ag ent, c lerk, or re presentat ive of an other in such busi ness. SEC. 2. That the business of becoming surety for compensation ,~ptyyabwith public o upon bonds in criminal cases in the District of Columbia is impressed interest. with a public interest. bo ndsmen SEC. 3 . It shall be unlawful for any person engaged, either as taut to any by pub lic bo ndsman official pr incipal o r as the clerk, ag ent, or r epresent ative of a corpora tion, for procuring business, or another person in the business of becoming surety upon bonds "n'BiPfhT for compensation in the District of Columbia, either directly or in directly, to give, donate, lend, con tribute, or to pr omise to give, do nate, loan o r cont ribute any m oney, propert y, ent ertain ment, or other thing of value whatsoever to any - attorney at law, police officer, deputy United States marshal, jailer, probation officer, clerk, or other at tach„ of a crimina l court, or publi c officia l of any char- acter, for procuring or assisting in procuring any person to employ said bondsman to execute as surety any bond for compensation in any criminal case in the District of Columbia ; and it shall be unlaw- es Jnlawful to a cc ept, fu l for any at torney at la w, pol ice of ficer, deputy Unite d Stat es marshal, jailer, probation officer, clerk, bailiff, or other attach„ of a criminal court, or public official of any character, to accept or receive from any such person engaged in the bonding business any money, property, entertainment, or other thing of value whatsoever for procuring or assisting in procuring any person to employ any bonds man t o exe cute as s urety any bond for compe nsat ion i n any criminal case in the District of Columbia. SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any attorney at law, either directly bon ~a n, att pub lic o or indirectly, to give, loan, donate, contribute, or to promise to give, oficl al,mi lawf ul. loan, donate, or contribute any money, property, entertainment, or other thing of value whatsoever to, or to split or divide any fee or com mi ssion with, any bondsman, the agent, clerk, or representative of any bondsman, police officer, deputy United States marshal, pro- bation - officer, assistant probation officer, bailiff, clerk, or other attach„ of any criminal court for causing or procuring or assisting in causing or procuring any person to employ such attorney to represent him in any criminal case in the District of Columbia. SEC. 5. It shall be lawful to charge for executing any bond in a regui M arbonding eotherta e criminal case in the District of Columbia, and it shall be unlawful unlawful . for any p erson or corporati on engage d in the bonding b usiness, either as principal, or clerk, agent, or representative of another, either directly or indirectly, to charge, accept, or receive any sum of money, or other thing of value, other than the regular fee for bond- ing, from any person for whom he has executed bond, for any other service whatever performed in connection with any indictment, information, or charge upon which said person is bailed or held in the District of Columbia. It also shall be unlawful for any person Aupt, tc, to urt, etc . . or corp oratio n enga ged ei ther a s prin cipal o r as a gent, clerk, or representative of another in the bonding business, to settle, or attempt to settle, or to procure or attempt to procure the dismissal of any indictment, information, or charge against any person in custody or held upon bond in the District of Columbia, with any court, or with the prosecuting attorney in any court in the District of Columbia. Pos tin g aemes SEC. 6 . A typewritten or printed list alphabetically arranged of bondsmen. of all persons engaged under the authority of any of the courts of criminal jurisdiction in the District of Columbia in the business of becoming surety upon bonds for compensation in criminal cases shall be posted in a con spicuous place in each poli ce precin ct, jail, ~?risoner's dock, house of detention, and every other place in the District of Columbia in which persons in custody of the law are