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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 303- 305 . MAY 18, 1934 . 783 designed to injure or destroy any building or buildings, or any part thereof, of such institution ; or who conveys or causes to be conveyed S muggl ing firearms, into such institution, or from place to place within such institution, or aids or assists therein, or who conspires with any other person or persons to convey or cause to be conveyed into such institution, or from place to place within such institution, any firearm, weapon, explosive, or any lethal or poisonous gas, or any other substance or th ing desig ned to ki ll, injur e, or dis able any officer, agent, e mployee, or inmate thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period Punishment for. of not more than ten years. SEC. 2 . All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby pealed. laws re- repealed. Approved, May 18, 1934. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as used in ban ks .nses against this Act the term " bank " includes anv member bank of the Federal "Bank" defined. Reserve System, and any bank, banking association, trust company, savings bank, or other banking institution organized or operating under the laws of the United States. SEC. 2. (a) Whoever, by force and violence, or by putting in fear, Robbery. felonio usly t akes, or fel onious ly att empts t o take, from the p erson or presence of another any property or money or any other thing of value belonging to, or in the care, custody, control, management, or possession of, any bank shall be fined not more than $5,000 or Punishment. imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. (b) Whoe ver, in comm itt ee , or in attempting to commit, any Assaults. offense d efined in subsecti on (a) of this sec tion, ass aults any person, or puts in jeopardy the life of any person by the use of a dangerous weapon or device, shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than Punishment . $10,000 or imprisoned not less than five years nor more than twenty- five years, or both. SE C. 3. Whoever, in committing any offense defined in this Act, ing omicide or kidnap- or in avoiding or attempting to avoid apprehension for the commis- sion of such offense, or in freeing himself or attempting to free himself from arrest or confinement for such offense, kills any person, or forces any person to accompany him without the consent of such person, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than Punishment . 10 years, or by death if the verdict of the jury shall so direct. SEC. 4. Jurisdiction over any offense defined by this Act shall not Jurisdiction. be reserved exclusively to courts of the United States. Approved, May 18, 1934 . [CHAPTER 305 .] AN ACT May 18, 1934. To authorize the donation of certain land to the town of Bourne, Massachusetts. [H .11. 503.] [Public, No. 236 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the S ecre- Granted tos'Bourne, tary of War is hereby authorized to convey without charge to the Ma ss ., for school town of Bourne, Massachusetts, for school playground purposes, poses, two small parcels of land aggregating about six tenths of an acre [CHAPTER 304 .] AN ACT May 18, 1934. To p rovide punishment fo r certain offenses c ommitted against ban ks organized [S .2841 .1 or operating under laws of the United States or any member of the Federal [Public, No. 235 ] Reserve System.