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 628 75Tu CONGRESS, 1sr SESSION-CH. 599-AUGUST 12, 1937 [CHAPTER 599 ] AN ACT Aat 12,193 7 rR . 63981 To amend subchapter 2 of chapter 19 of the C ode of Law for the Dis tr ict of [Public, No. 2681 Columbi a, relating to offenses ag ainst property. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subchapter 2 of chapter 19 of the Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1901, and the Acts amendatory thereof (the same being title 6 of 1929 D . C. Code), be, and the same are hereby, amended as follows By striking out section 826 (title 6, sec. 60, 1929 D . C . Code) and inserting in lieu thereof the following "SEC. 826 (title 6, sec . 60, 1929, D . C . Code), GRAND LARCENCY 1 .- Whoever shall feloniously take and carry away anything of value of the amount or value of $50 or upward, including things savoring of the realty, shall suffer imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years ." By striking out section 827 (title 6, sec 61, 1929 D . C . Code) and inserting in lieu thereof the following "SEC. 827 (title 6, sec. 61, 1929 D. C. Code) . PETIT LARCENY ; ORDER of RESTITUTION .-Whoever shall feloniously take and carry away any property of value of less than $50, including things savor- ing of the realty, shall be fined not more than $200 or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both . And in all convictions for larc eny, eithe r gra nd or petit the trial justi ce ma y, in his sound dis- cretion, order restitution to be made of the value of the money or property shown to have been stolen by the defendant and made way with or otherwise disposed of and not recovered ." By striking out section 842 (title 6, 85, 1929 D . C . Code) and inserting in lieu thereof the following "SEC . 842 (title 6, sec . 85, 1929 D . C . Code) . FALSE PRETENSES .- Whoever, by any false pretense, with intent to defraud, obtains from any person anything of value, or procures the execution and delivery of any instrument of writing or conveyance of real or personal property, or the signature of any person, as maker, endorser, or guarantor, to or upon any bond, bill, receipt, promissory note, draft or check, or any other evidence of indebtedness, and whoever fraud- ulently sells, barters, or disposes of any bond, bill, receipt, promis- sory note, draft or check, or other evidence of indebtedness, for value, knowing the same to be worthless, or knowing the signature of the maker, endorser, or guarantor thereof to have been obtained by any false pretense, shall, if the value of the property or the sum or value of the money or property so obtained, procured, sold, bartered, or disposed of is $50 or upward, be imprisoned not less than one year nor more than three years ; or, if less than that sum, shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Any person who obtains any lodging, food, or accommodation at an inn, boarding house, or lodging house, without paying therefor, with intent to defraud the proprietor or manager thereof, or who obtains credit at such an inn, boarding house, or lodging house by the use of any false pretense, or who, after obtain- ing credit or accommodation at such an inn, boarding house, or lodging house, absconds or surreptitiously removes his baggage therefrom without paying for his food, accommodation, or lodging, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in the police court of the District of Columbia be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of said court ." District of Colum- bia Code, amen d- ments . Offen ses a gains t property . 31 Stat . 1323-1328. Grand larc eny . Petit larceny ; order of r estitu tion . False pretenses. D efrau ding inn- keepr, etc . 1 So in original.