any officer authorized to receive him, shall be imprisoned not more than three years and fined not more than $2,000. (R. S. Secs. 1553, 5455; Feb. 27, 1877, c. 69, Sec. 1, 19 Stat. 253, Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 42, 35 Stat. 1097.) TITLE 50, SECTION 33. SEDITIOUS OR DISLOYAL ACTS OR WORDS IN TIME OF WAR. Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies and whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully cause or attempt to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, to the injury of the service of the United States, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title I, Sec. 3, 40 Stat. 219; Mar. 3, 1921; c. 136 41 Stat. 1359.) REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN AGENTS TITLE 22, Section 233a. REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN PROPAGANDISTS; DEFINITIONS. As used in this Act- (c) The term "foreign principal" includes the government of a foreign country, a political party of a foreign country, a person domiciled abroad, any foreign business, partnership, association, corporation or political organization, or a domestic organization subsidized, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part by any of the entities described herein; (d) The term "agent of a foreign principal" means any person who acts or engages or agrees to act as a public-relations counsel, publicity agent, or as agent, servant, representative, or attorney for a foreign principal, and shall include any person who receives compensation from or is under the direction of a foreign principal: Provided, however, That such term shall not include-- (1) a duly accredited diplomatic or consular officer of a foreign government who is so recognized by the Department of State of the United States; nor (2) any official of a foreign government recognized by the United States as a government other than a public-relations counsel or publicity agent or a citizen of the United States, whose status and the character of whose duties as such official are of record in the Department of State of the United States; nor (3) any member of the staff of or person employed by a duly accredited diplomatic or consular officer of a foreign government who is so recognized by the Department of State of the United States, other than a public-relations counsel or publicity agent, whose status and the character of whose duties as such member or employee are of record in the Department of State of the United States; nor (4) any person performing only private, nonpolitical, financial, mercantile, or other activities in furtherance of the bona fide trade or commerce of such foreign principal; nor (5) any person engaged only in activities in furtherance of bona fide religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts. (e) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of State of the United States. (June 8, 1938, c. 327, Sec. 1, 52 Stat. 631, as amended Aug. 7, 1939, o. 521, Sec. 1, 53 Stat. 1244.) TITLE 22, Section 233b. REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN PROPAGANDISTS: REGISTRATION STATEMENT, FILING, CONTENTS. Every person who is now an agent of a foreign principal shall, within thirty days after this Act takes effect, and every person who shall hereafter become an agent of a foreign principal shall forthwith file with the Secretary a registration statement, under oath, on a form prescribed by the Secretary which shall set forth- (a) The name, business address, and residence address of the registrant; (b) The name of the foreign principal or other person or organization for which such person is acting as agent; (c) A copy of all contracts of employment under which such person acts or agrees to act as such agent, if written, or a full statement of the terms and conditions thereof, if oral; (d) The date when each such contract was made, the date of commencement of activity thereunder, and the period during which such contract is to be in effect; (e) The compensation to be paid, if any, and the form and time of payment, under such contract; (f) The name of every foreign principal, or other person or organization which has contributed or which has promised to contribute to the compensation provided in such contract; and (g) If the registrant be a partnership, association, or corporation, a true and complete copy of its charter, articles of incorporation, copartnership association, constitution, and bylaws, and any other instrument or instruments relating to its organization, powers, and purposes. (June 8, 1938, c. 327, Sec. 2, 52 Stat. 632.) TITLE 22, Section 233c. REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN PROPAGANDISTS; ADDITIONAL STATEMENT AFTER SIX MONTHS, CONTENTS. Every person who has filed a registration statement required by section 233b of this title shall, within thirty days after the expiration of each period of six months succeeding the first filing, file with the Secretary a statement, under oath, on a form prescribed by the Secretary, which shall set forth with respect to such preceding six months' period- (a) Such facts as may be necessary to make the information required under section 233b of this title accurate and current with respect to such period; (b) The amount and form of compensation received by such person for acting as agent for a foreign principal which has been received during such six months' period either directly or indirectly from any foreign principal; and (o) A statement containing such details required under this Act as the Secretary shall fix, of the activities of such person as agent of a foreign principal during such six months' period. (June 8, 1938, c. 327, Sec. 3, 52 Stat. 632, as amended Aug. 7, 1939, c. 521, Sec. 2, 53 Stat. 1245.) The TITLE 22, Sec. 233d. REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN PROPAGANDISTS; PERMANENT RECORD; PUBLIC INSPECTION. Secretary shall retain in permanent form all statements filed under this Act, and such statements shall be public records and open to public examination and inspection at all reasonable hours, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe: Provided, That the Secretary is hereby authorized to withdraw from the public records the registration statement of any person whose activities have ceased to be of a character which requires registration under the terms of this Act. (June 8, 1938, c. 327, Sec. 4, 52 Stat. 532 as amended Aug. 7, 1939, c. 521, Sec. 3, 53 Stat. 1246.) TITLE 22, Sec. 2330. REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN PROPAGANDISTS; FAILURE TO REGISTER; FALSE STATEMENT; OMISSION OF MATERIAL FACTS; PENALTIES. Any person who willfully fails to file any statement required to be filed under this Act, or in complying with the provisions of this Act, makes a false statement of a material fact, or willfully omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. (June 8, 1938, c. 327, Sec. 5, 52 Stat. 633.) TITLE 22, Sec. 233f. REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN PROPAGANDISTS; DEFINITIONS; RULES, REGULATIONS, AND FORMS. The Secretary is authorized and directed to prescribe such rules, regulations, and forms as may be necessary to carry out this Act. (June 8, 1938, c. 327, Sec. 6, 52 Stat. 633.) TITLE 22, Sec. 233. ACTING AS FOREIGN GOVERNMENTAL AGENT WITHOUT NOTICE TO SECRETARY OF STATE. Whoever, other than a diplomatic or consular officer or attache, shall act in the United States as an agent of a foreign government without prior notification to the Secretary of State, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years and may, in the discretion of the court, be fined not more than $5,000. (June 15, 1917. c. 30, Title VIII, Sec. 3, 40 Stat. 226, Act of March 28, 1940, Public #43, 76th Cong. 3rd Sess.) ESPIONAGE Title 50, Sec. 31. UNLAWFULLY OBTAINING OR PERMITTING TO BE OBTAINED INFORMATION AFFECTING NATIONAL DEFENSE. (a) Whoever, for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information to be obtained is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation, goes upon, enters, flies over, or otherwise obtains information concerning any vessel, aircraft, work of defense, navy yard, naval station, submarine base, coaling station, fort, battery, torpedo station, dockyard, canal, railroad, arsenal, camp, factory, mine, telegraph, telephone, wireless, or signal station, building, office, or other place connected with the national defense, owned or constructed, or in progres of construction by the United States or under the control of the United States, or of any of its officers or agents, or within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, or any place in which any vessel, aircraft, arms, munitions, or other materials or instruments for use in time of war are being made, prepared, repaired, or stored, under any contract or agreement with the United States, or with any person on behalf of the United States, or otherwise on behalf of the United States, or any prohibited place within the meaning of section 36 of this title, (prohibited places designated by proclamation); or (b) whoever for the purpose aforesaid, and with like intent or reason to believe, copies, takes, makes, or obtains, or attempts, or induces or aids another to copy, take, make, or obtain, any sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, document, writing, or note of anything connected with the national defense; or (c) whoever, for the purpose aforesaid, receives or obtains or agrees or attempts or induces or aids another to receive or obtain from any person, or from any source whatever, any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note, of anything connected with the national defense, knowing or having reason to believe, at the time he receives or obtains, or agrees or attempts or induces or aids another to receive or obtain it, that it has been or will be obtained, taken, made or disposed of by any person contrary to the provisions of this title; or (d) whoever, lawfully or unlawfully having possession of, access to, control over, or being intrusted with any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defense, willfully communicates or transmits or attempts to communicate or transmit the same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it on demand to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it; or (e) whoever, being instructed with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, note, or information, relating to the national defense, through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years and may, in the discretion of the court, be fined not more than $10,000. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title I, Sec. 1; 40 Stat. 217. Act of March 28, 1940; Public No. 443, 76th Congress, 3d Session.) TITLE 50, Sec. 32. UNLAWFULLY DISCLOSING INFORMATION AFFECTING NATIONAL DEFENSE. Whoever, with intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of s foreign nation, communicates, delivers, or transmits, or attempts to, or aids or induces another to, communicate, deliver, or transmit, to any foreign government, or to any faction or party or military or naval force within a foreign country, whether recognized or unrecognized by the United States, or to any representative, officer, agent, employee, subject, or citizen thereof, either directly or indirectly, any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, note, instrument, appliance, or information relating to the national defense, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than twenty years: Provided, That whoever shall violate the provisions of subsection (a) of this section in time of war shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for not more than thirty years; and (b) whoever, in time of war, with intent that the same shall be communicated to the enemy, shall collect, record, publish, or communicate, or attempt to elicit any information with respect to the movement, numbers, description, condition, or disposition of any of the armed forces, ships, aircraft, or war materials of the United States, or with respect to the plans or conduct, or supposed plans or conduct of any naval or military operations, or with respect to any works or measures undertaken for or connected with, or intended for the fortification or defense of any place, or any other information relating to the public defense, which might be useful to the enemy, shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for not more than thirty years. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title I, Sec. 2, 40 Stat. 218.) Title 50, Sec. 45. PHOTOGRAPHING, ETC., DEFENSIVE INSTALLATIONS REGULATED: PENALTIES. Whenever, in the interests of national defense, the President shall define certain vital military and naval installations or equipment as requiring protection against the general dissemination of information relative thereto, it shall be unlawful to make any photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map, or graphical representation of such vital military and naval installations or equipment without first obtaining permission of the commanding officer of the military or naval post, camp, or station concerned, or higher authority, and promptly submitting the product obtained to such commanding officer or higher authority for censorship or such other action he may deem necessary. Any person found guilty of a violation of this section shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Jan. 12, 1938, c. 2, Sec. 1, 52 Stat. 3.) TITLE 50, Sec. 45a. PHOTOGRAPHING, ETC., FROM AIRCRAFT. Any person who uses or permits or procures the use of an aircraft for the purpose of making a photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map, or graphical representation of vital military or naval installations or equipment, in violation of section 45 of this title shall be liable to the penalty therein provided. (Jan. 12, 1938, c. 2, Sec 2, 52 Stat. 3.) TITLE 50, Section 456. REPRODUCING, PUBLISHING, SELLING, ETC., UNCENSORED COPIES. On and after thirty days from the date upon which the President defines any vital military or naval installation or equipment as being within the category contemplated under section 45 of this title, it shall be unlawful for any person to reproduce, publish, sell, or give away any photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map, or graphical representation of the vital military or naval installations or equipment so defined, without first obtaining permission of the commanding officer of the military or naval post, camp, or station concerned, or higher authority, unless such photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map, or graphical representation has clearly indicated thereon that it has been censored by the proper military or naval authority. Any person found guilty of a violation of this section shall upon conviction be punished as provided in section 45 of this title. (Jan. 12, 1938, c. 2, Sec. 3, 52 Stat. 3.) TITLE 10, Sec. 310 (j). ENCOURAGEMENT OF AVIATION. (j) ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARD OF CONTRACT RESTRICTED TO CITIZENS; EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS. Only citizens of the United States, and corporations of which not less than three-fourths of the capital stock is owned by citizens of the United States, and of which the members of the boards of directors are citizens of the United States, and having manufacturing plants located within the continental limits of the United States shall be eligible to be awarded any contract under this section to furnish or construct aircraft, aircraft parts, or aeronautical accessories for the United States Government, except that a domestic corporation whose stock shall be listed on a stock exchange shall not be barred by the provisions of this section unless and until foreign ownership or control of a majority of its stock shall be known to the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy, as the case may be, and no aliens employed by a contractor for furnishing or constructing aircraft, or aircraft parts, or aeronautical accessories for the United States shall be permitted to have access to the plans or specifications or the work under construction or to participate in the contract trials without the written consent beforehand of the Secretary of the department concerned. (July 2, 1926, c. 721, Sec. 10, 44 Stat. 784; Mar. 3, 1927, 。. 345. 44 Stat. 1380.) SABOTAGE, TRESPASS, THEFT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, FRAUDS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT TITLE 16, Sec. 413. NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS; OFFENSES RELATING TO STRUCTURES AND VEGETATION. Every person who willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures, or removes any monument, statue, marker, guidepost, or other structure, or who willfully destroys, cuts, breaks, injures, or removes any tree, shrub, or plant within the limits of any national military parks shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000 for each monument, statue, marker, guidepost, or other structure, tree, shrub, or plant destroyed, defaced, injured, cut, or removed, or by imprisonment for not less than fifteen days and not more than one year, or by both fine and imprisonment. (Mar. 3, 1897, c. 372, Secs. 1, 5, 29 Stat. 621, 622.) TITLE 16, Sec. 414. NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS; TRESPASSING FOR HUNTING, OR SHOOTING. Every person who shall trespass upon any national military parks for the purpose of hunting or shooting, or who shall hunt any kind of game thereon with gun or dog, or shall set trap or net or other device whatsoever thereon for the purpose of hunting or catching game of any kind, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not less than five days or more than thirty days, or by both fine and imprisonment. (Mar. 3, 1897, c. 372, Secs. 2, 5, 29 Stat. 621, 622.) TITLE 18, Sec. 96. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 44, AMENDED.) INJURIES TO FORTIFICATIONS OR HARBOR DEFENSES, JURISDICTION OF OFFENSES COMMITTED WITHIN CANAL ZONE OR DEFENSIVE SEA AREAS. Whoever shall willfully trespass upon, injure or destroy any of the works or property or material of any submarine mine or torpedo or fortification or harbor-defense system owned or constructed or in process of construction by the United States, or shall willfully interfere with the operation or use of any such submarine mine, torpedo, fortift cation, or harbor-defense system, or shall knowingly, willfully, or wantonly violate any duly authorized and promulgated order or regulation of the President governing persons or vessels within the limits of defensive sea areas, which defensive sea areas are hereby authorized to be established by order of the President from time to time as may be necessary in his discretion for purposes of national defense, shall be punished on conviction thereof in a district or circuit court of appeals of the United States for the district or circuit in which the offense is committed, or into which the offender is first brought, by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or by both, in the discretion of the court. Offenses hereunder committed within the Canal Zone or within any defensive sea areas which the President is authorized to establish by this section, shall be cognizable in the District Court of the Canal Zone, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon said court to hear and determine all such cases arising under this section and to impose the penalties herein provided for the violation of any of its provisions. (July 7, 1898, c. 576, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 717; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 44, 35 Stat. 1097; Mar. 4, 1917, c. 180, 39 Stat. 1194; May 22, 1917, c. 20, Sec. 19, 40 Stat. 89.) TITLE 18, Sec. 111. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 57.) INJURING OR REMOVING SURVEY MARKS. Whoever shall willfully destroy, deface, change, or remove to another place any section corner, quarter-section corner, or meander post, on any Government line of survey, or shall willfully cut down any witness tree or any tree blazed to mark the line of a Government survey, or shall willfully deface, change, or remove any monument or bench mark of any Government survey, shall be fined not more than $250, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (June 10, 1896, c. 398, Sec. 1, 29 Stat. 343; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 57, 35 Stat. 1099.) TITLE 18, Sec. 97. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 45.) UNLAWFULLY ENTERING MILITARY RESERVATION, FORT, OR ARSENAL. Whoever within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, including the Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands, shall go upon any military reservation, Army post, fort, or arsenal, for any purpose prohibited by law or military regulation made in pursuance of law, or whoever shall reenter or be found within any such reservation, post, fort, or arsenal, after having been removed therefrom or ordered not to reenter by an officer or person in command or charge thereof, shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 45, 35 Stat. 1097; Act of Mar. 28, 1940, Public No. 44, 76th Cong., 3rd Session.) TITLE 18, Sec. 116. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 60.) INJURIES TO TELEGRAPH LINES. Whoever shall willfully or maliciously injure or destroy any of the works, property, or material of any telegraph, telephone, or cable line, or system, operated or controlled by the United States, whether constructed or in process of construction, or shall willfully or maliciously interfere in any way with the working or use of any such line, or system, or shall willfully or maliciously obstruct, hinder, or delay the transmission of any communication over any such line, or system, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. (June 23, 1874, c. 461, 18 Stat. 250; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 60, 35 Stat. 1099.) TITLE 18, Sec. 502. INJURING VESSELS ENGAGED IN FOREIGN COMMERCE. Whoever shall set fire to any vessel of foreign registry, or any vessel of American registry entitled to engage in commerce with foreign nations, or to any vessel of the United States as defined in section 501 of this title, or to the cargo of the same, or shall tamper with the motive power or instrumentalities of navigation of such vessel, or shall place bombs or explosives in or upon such vessel, or shall do any other act to or upon such vessel while within the jurisdiction of the United States, or, if such vessel is of American registry, while she is on the high sea, with intent to injure or endanger the safety of the vessel or of her cargo, or of persons on board, whether the injury or danger is so intended to take place within the jurisdiction of the United States, or after the vessel shall have departed therefrom; or whoever shall attempt or conspire to do any such acts with such intent, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. The term "United States,' as used in this section, includes the Canal Zone and all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title III, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 221; June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XIII, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 231.) TITLE 18, Sec. 381. VIOLENT INTERFERENCE WITH FOREIGN COMMERCE. Whoever, with intent to prevent, interfere with, or obstruct or attempt to prevent, interfere with, or obstruct the exportation to foreign countries of articles from the United States, shall injure or destroy, by fire or explosives, such articles or the places where they may be while in such foreign commerce, shall be imprisoned not more than twenty years, and may, in the discretion of the court, be fined not more than $10,000. The term "United States," as used in this section, includes the Canal Zone and all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title IV, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 221; June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XIII, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 231; Act of March 28, 1940; Public No. 443, 76th Congress, 3d Session.) TITLE 46, Sec. 369 (e). ATION OF PASSENGER VESSELS. DEFACING OR DESTRUCTION OF PLANS OR SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR ALTERA- plans or specifications approved as provided in this Act, with intent to deceive or delay any officer of the United States in the discharge of his duties under this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $5,000 or by imprisonment for not to exceed five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. (49 Stat. 1384, c. 463. Sec. 5; Act of May 27, 1936.) TITLE 47, Sec. 21. SUBMARINE CABLES; WILLFUL INJURY TO; PUNISHMENT. Any person who shall willfully and wrongfully break or injure, or attempt to break or injure, or who shall in any manner procure, counsel, aid, abet, or be accessory to such breaking or injury, or attempt to break or injure, a submarine cable, in such manner as to interrupt or embarrass, in whole or in part, telegraphic communication, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. (25 Stat. 41, c. 17, Sec. 1; Act of Feb. 29, 1888.) TITLE 48, Secs. 1321, 1322. REGULATIONS AS TO PASSAGE OF PERSON THROUGH CANAL ZONE AND PUNISHMENT FOR INJURY TO CANAL OR APPURTENANCES. The President is hereby authorized to make rules and regulations, and to alter and amend the same from time to time, touching the right of any person to enter or remain upon or pass over any part of the Canal Zone; for the detention of any person entering the Canal Zone in violation of such rules and regulations, and return of such person to the country whence he or she came, on the vessel bringing such person to the Canal Zone, or any other vessel belonging to the same owner or interest, and at the expense of such owner or interest; and in addition to the punishment prescribed by this section for violation of any such rules and regulations, the authorities of the Canal Zone may withhold the clearance of such vessel from any port in the Canal Zone until any fine imposed and the cost of maintenance of such person are paid. Any person violating any of such rules or regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction in the district court of the Canal Zone shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding a year, or both in the discretion of the court. It shall be unlawful for any person, by any means or in any way, to injure or obstruct, any part of the Panama Canal or the locks thereof or the approaches thereto. Any person violating this provision shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction in the district court of the Canal Zone shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding twenty years, or both, in the discretion of the court. If the act shall cause the death of any person within a year and a day thereafter, the person so convicted shall be guilty of murder and shall be punished accordingly. (39 Stat. 529, c. 371, Sec. 10; Act of Aug. 21, 1916.) TITLE 50, Sec. 56. MISCONDUCT OF WORKMEN IN ARMORIES. If any artificer or workman, hired, retained, or employed in any public arsenal or armory, wantonly and carelessly breaks, impairs, or destroys any inplements, tools, or utensils, or any stock, or materials for making guns, the property of the United States, or willfully and obstinately refuses to perform the services lawfully assigned to him, pursuart to his contract, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding $20 for every such act of disobedience or breach of contract, to be recovered in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof. (R. S. Sec. 1669.) WRECKING OR ATTEMPTING TO WRECK A TRAIN ENGAGED IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE. Whoever shall willfully derail, disable, or wreck any train, engine, motor unit, or car used, operated, or employed in interstate or foreign commerce by any railroad, or whoever shall willfully set fire to, or place any explosive substance on or near, or undermine any tunnel, bridge, viaduct, trestle, track, signal, station, depot, warehouse, terminal, or any other way, structure, property, or appurtenance used in the operation of any such railroad in interstate or foreign commerce, or otherwise make any such tunnel, bridge, viaduct, trestle, track, signal, station, depot, warehouse, terminal, or any other way, structure, property, or appurtenance unworkable or unusable or hazardous to work or use, with the intent to derail, disable, or wreck a train, engine, motor unit, or car used, operated, or employed in interstate or foreign commerce or whoever shall willfully attempt to do any of the aforesaid acts or things, shall be deemed guilty of a crime, and on conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine or not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court: Provided, That whoever shall be convicted of any such crime, which has resulted in the death of any person, shall be subject also to the death penalty or to imprisonment for life, if the jury shall in its discretion so direct, or, in the case of a plea of guilty, if the court in its discretion shall so order. Nothing in this Act shall be held to take away or impair the jurisdiction of the courts of the several States under the laws thereof; and a judgment of conviction or acquittal on the merits under the laws of any State shall be a bar to any prosecution hereunder for the same act or acts. (Public No. 575 76th Congress; Act of June 8, 1940.) TITLE 33, Sec. 682. MALICIOUS INJURY TO WORKS ERECTED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION. Any person or persons who willfully or maliciously injure, damage, or destroy, or attempt to injure, damage, or destroy, any dam or other work erected under the provisions of this act for restraining, impounding, or settling purposes, or for use in connection therewith, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars or be imprisoned not to exceed five years, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. And any person or persons, company or corporation, their agents or employees, who shall mine by the hydraulic process directly or indirectly injuring the navigable waters of the United States, in violation of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. (27 Stat. 510, c. 183, Sec. 22; Act of March 1, 1893.)* *This Act relates to improvement of navigability of Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems in California. |