MISUSE OF FLAG

TITLE 4, Sec. 3. USE OF FLAG FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES; MUTILATION OF FLAG. Any person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America; or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted, or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any word, figure, mark, picture, design or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall manufacture, sell, expose for sale or to public view, or give away or have in possession for sale, or to be given away or for use for any purpose, any article or substance being an article of merchandise, or a receptacle for merchandise or article or thing for carrying or transporting merchandise, upon which shall have been printed, painted, attached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish the article or substance on which so placed; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile or defy, trample upon, or cast contempt, either by word or act, upon any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The words "flag, standard, colors, or ensign", as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United States of America. (Feb. 8, 1917, c. 34, 39 Stat. 900.)

TITLE 22, Sec. 245j-13. UNLAWFUL USE OF THE AMERICAN FLAG. (a) It shall be unlawful for any vessel belonging to or operating under the jurisdiction of any foreign state to use the flag of the United States thereon, or to make use of any distinctive signs or markings, indicating that the same is an American vessel.

(b) Any vessel violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be denied for a period of three months the right to enter the ports or territorial waters of the United States except in cases of force majeure. (Nov. 4, 1939, c. 2, 12:04 p.m., Sec. 14, 54 Stat. 11.)

PROTECTION OF PRESIDENT

TITLE 18, Sec. 89. THREATS AGAINST PRESIDENT. Any person who knowingly and willfully deposits or causes to be deposited for conveyance in the mail or for delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, or who knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, shall upon conviction be fined not exceeding $1,000 or imprisoned not exceeding five years, or both. (Feb. 14, 1917, c. 64, 39 Stat. 919.)

TREASON, REBELLION, SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY, SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES, ETC.

TITLE 18, Sec. 1. (Criminal Code, section 1.) TREASON. Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason. (R. S. Sec. 5331; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 1, 35 Stat. 1088.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 2. (Criminal Code, section 2.) TREASON; PUNISHMENT. Whoever is convicted of treason shall suffer death; or, at the discretion of the court, shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined not less than $10,000, to be levied on and collected out of any or all of his property, real and personal, of which he was the owner at the time of committing such treason, any sale or conveyance to the contrary notwithstanding; and every person so convicted of treason, shall moreover, be incapable of holding any office under the United States. (R. S. Sec. 5332; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 2, 35 Stat. 1088.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 3. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 3.) MISPRISION OF TREASON; PUNISHMENT. Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be imprisoned not more than seven years and fined not more than $1,000. (R. S. 5333; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 3, 35 Stat. 1088.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 4.

(CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 4.) INCITING REBELLION OR INSURRECTION. Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more than $10,000, or both; and shall, moreover, be incapable of holding any office under the United States. (R. S. Sec. 5334;. Mar. 4, 1909, o. 321, Sec. 4, 35 Stat. 1088.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 6. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 6.) SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY. If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of

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the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than six years, or both. (R. S. Sec. 5336; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 6, 35 Stat. 1089.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 7. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 7.) RECRUITING FOR SERVICE AGAINST UNITED STATES. Whoever recruits soldiers or sailors within the United States, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, to engage in armed hostility against the same, or opens within the United States, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, a recruiting station for the enlistment of such soldiers or sailors to serve in any manner in armed hostility against the United States, shall be fined not more than $1,000 and imprisoned not more than five years. (R. S. Sec. 5337; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321. Sec. 7, 35 Stat. 1089.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 8. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 8) ENLISTING TO SERVE AGAINST UNITED STATES. Every person enlisted or engaged within the United States or in any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, with intent to serve in armed hostility against the United States, shall be fined $100 and imprisoned not more than three years. (R. S. Sec. 5338; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, Sec. 8, 35 Stat. 1089.)

SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES

TITLE 1, Sec. 1. (ALIEN REGISTRATION ACT, 1940) (a) It shall be unlawful for any person with intent to interfere with, impair, or influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline of the military or naval forces of the United States-

(1) to advise, counsel, urge, or in any manner cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States; or

(2) to distribute any written or printed matter which advises, counsels, or urges insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States. (b) For the purposes of this section, the term "military or naval forces of the United States" includes the Army of the United States, as defined in section 1 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended (48 Stat. 153; U. S. C., title 10, sec. 2), the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Naval Reserve, and Marine Corps Reserve of the United States; and, when any merchant vessel is commissioned in the Navy or is in the service of the Army or the Navy, includes the master, officers, and crew of such vessel.

TITLE 1, Sec. 2. (ALIEN REGISTRATION ACT, 1940) (a) It shall be unlawful for any person-(1) to knowingly or willfully advocate, abet, advise, or teach the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or by assassination of any officer of any such government;

(2) with the intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any government in the United States, to print, publish, edit, issue, circulate, sell, distribute, or publicly display any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence;

(3) to organize or. help to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any government in the United States by force or violence; or to be or become a member of, or affiliate with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "government in the United States" means the Government of the United States, the government of any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, the government of the District of Columbia, or the government of any political subdivision of any of them.

TITLE 1, Sec. 3. (ALIEN REGISTRATION ACT, 1940) It shall be unlawful for any person to attempt to commit, or to conspire to commit, any of the acts prohibited by the provisions of this title.

TITLE 1, Sec. 4. (ALIEN REGISTRATION ACT, 1940) Any written or printed matter of the character described in section 1 or section 2 of this Act, which is intended for use in violation of this Act, may be taken from any house or other place in which it may be found, or from any person in whose possession it may be, under a search warrant issued pursuant to the provisions of title XI of the Act entitled "An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes", approved June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 228; U. S. C., title 18, ch. 18).

TITLE 1, Sec. 5. (ALIEN REGISTRATION ACT, 1940) (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this title shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both.

(b) No person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this title shall, during the five years next following his conviction, be eligible for employment by the United States, or by any department or agency thereof (including any corporation the stock of which is wholly owned by the United States). (Act of June 28, 1940, Public #670, 76th Cong., 3rd Session.)

TITLE 18, Sec. 94. (CRIMINAL CODE, SECTION 42.) ENTICING DESERTION FROM ARMY OR NAVY. Whoever shall entice or procure, or attempt or endeavor to entice or procure, any soldier in the military service, or any seaman or other person in the naval service of the United States, or who has been recruited for such service, to desert there from, or shall aid any such soldier, seaman, or other person in deserting or in attempting to desert from such service; or whoever shall harbor, conceal, protect, or assist any such soldier, seaman, or other person who may have deserted from such service, knowing him to have deserted therefrom, or shall refuse to give up and deliver such soldier, seaman, or other person on the demand of