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 696 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 645--JUNE 25, 1948 [62 STAT. consideration not specifically authorized, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. § 222. ACCEPTANCE OF CONSIDERATION FOR ADJUSTMENT OF FARM INDEBTEDNESS Whoever, being an officer or employee of, or person acting for the United States or any agency thereof, accepts any fee, commission, gift, or other consideration in connection with the compromise, adjust- ment, or cancellation of any farm indebtedness as provided by sections 1150, 1150a, and 1150b of Title 12, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. § 223. HoME OWNERS' LOAN CORPORATION TRANSACTIONS Whoever, whether a person, partnership, association, or corporation, directly or indirectly solicits, contracts for, charges, or receives, or attempts to solicit, contract for, charge, or receive, from any person applying to the Home Owners' Loan Corporation for a loan, (1) any fee, charge, or other consideration, whether bond or cash, except ordi- nary fees authorized and required by the said Corporation for services actually rendered for examination and perfection of title, appraisal, and like necessary services, or (2) any moneys, check, note, or other form of obligation, representing payment of any difference which may exist between the market value and the par value of the bonds of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. OHAPTER 13.--CIVIL RIGHTS Sec. 241. Conspiracy against rights of citizens. 242. Deprivation of rights under color of law. 243. Exclusion of jurors on account of race or color. 244. Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed forces. § 241. CONSPIRACY AGAINST RIGHTS OF CITIZENS If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured- They shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. § 242. DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER COLOR OF LAW Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any inhabitant of any State, Territory, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such inhabitant being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. § 243. EXCLUSION OF JURORS ON ACCOUNT OF RACE OR COLOR No citizen possessing all other qualifications which are or may be prescribed by law shall be disqualified for service as grand or petit juror in any court of the United States, or of any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude; and whoever, being an officer or other person charged with any duty in the selection or summoning of jurors, excludes or fails to summon any citizen for such cause, shall be fined not more than $5,000.

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