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 996 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 586, 587. JUNE 18, 1934. upon payments per mile which may be made from Federal funds, shall hereafter not apply. and ction Relief SEC. 14. No deductions shall hereafter be made on account of prior 1932. advance s and/or loan s to the State s for the con struction of r oads No deduction on n- ac- count of advances un under the requirements of the Federal Highway Act or on account der. A nte of amounts paid under the provisions of title I of the Emergenc , p. 203. Y Relief and Construction Act of 1932 for furnishing relief and work relief to needy and distressed people. Inter-American Highway. SEC. 15. To provide for the continuation of the cooperative recon- Continuing coopers- naissance surveys for a proposed inter-American highway as pro- tion, in surveys as to vi feasibility of building, ded in Public Resolution Numbered 104, approved March 4, 1929 etc ° (45 Stat . 1697), and for making location surveys, plans, and esti- Vol.45,p.1697. Pod, p. 1042. mates for such highway, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorize d to expend no t more than $ 75,000 to pay all costs her e- after incurred for such work from any moneys available from the here- Vol, 42, p . 217. administrative funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916 U.S.C., p. 667. (U .S .C ., title 23, sec. 21), as amended, or as otherwise provided. Inconsistent laws re- SEC. 1 6 . Acts or parts of A cts in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed and this Act shall take effect on its passage. Approved, June 18, 1934. [CHAPTER 587 .] AN ACT sane 1s ,1934. [H.R. 8912.] To amend section 35 of the Criminal Code of the United States. [Public, No. 394 .] Criminal Code Be it enacted by t he Senate and House of Repr esentatives of the amendments. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 35 Vol. 35, pp. 1095, 555. U.S. of the Criminal Code of the United States, as amended (U.S .C . C.,p. 465. f title 18, sees . 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, and 86), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows Pres ent ing fa lse " SEC. 35 . Whoever shall make or cause to be made or present claims to o r of ficer the reof nment or cause to be presented, for payment or approval, to or by any person or offi cer in the ci vil, mi litary, or na val ser vice of the U nited States, or any department thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, any claim upon or against the Government of the United States, or any department or officer thereof, or an y corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, knowing such claim to be false, fictitious, or fraudulent ; or whoever shall knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal or cover up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or make or cau se to be made any false or fraudulent st atements or representations, or make or use or cause. to be made or used any false bill, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit, or deposition, knowing the same to contain any fraudulent or fictitious statement or entry, in any matter within the jurisdiction of any depart- ment or agency of the United States or of any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder ; or whoever shall take and carry away or take for his own use, or for the. use of willful damage, or another, with intent to steal or purloin, or shall willfully injure or depredation against commit any depredation against, any property of the United States, Government, etc ., property or any branch or department thereof, or any corp oration in which , the United States of America is a stockholder, or any property which has been or is being made, manufactured, or constructed under con- tract for the War or Navy Departments of the United States ; or whoever shall enter into any agreement, combination, or conspiracy to defraud the Government o f the United States, or any department or officer thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, by obtaining or aiding to obtain the pay-