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Chapter 176 1st Session

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H. R. 2924

AN ACT

To amend section 4164 of title 18, United States Code, relating to conditional release of Federal prisoners.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4164 of title 18 of the United States Code is hereby amended to read as follows:.

"8 4164. Released prisoner as parolee

"A prisoner having served his term or terms less good-time deductions shall, upon release, be deemed as if released on parole until the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced less one hundred and eighty days.

"This section shall not prevent delivery of a prisoner to the authorities of any State otherwise entitled to his custody."

Approved June 29, 1951.

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To amend chapter 213 of title 18 of the United States Code.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 213 of title 18 of the United States Code be amended by adding a new section to be known as section 3291, as follows:

"3291. Nationality, citizenship and passports.

"No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violation. of any provision of sections 1423 to 1428, inclusive, of chapter 69 and sections 1541 to 1544, inclusive, of chapter 75 of title 18 of the United States Code, or for conspiracy to violate any of the afore-mentioned sections, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within ten years after the commission of the offense."

SEC. 2. The chapter analysis of chapter 213, immediately preceding section 3281 of title 18 United States Code is amended by adding the following item at the end thereof: "3291. Nationality, citizenship and passports."

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Approved June 30, 1951.

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To amend title 18 of the United States Code, entitled "Crimes and Criminal Procedure", to provide basic authority for certain activities of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 331 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 331. Mutilation, diminution, and falsification of coins

"Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of the United States, or any foreign coins which are by law made current or are in actual use or circulation as money within the United States; or

"Whoever fraudulently possesses, passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or brings into the United States, any such coin, knowing the same to be altered, defaced, mutilated, impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled, or lightened

"Shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both."

SEO. 2. Section 475 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

"S 475. Imitating obligations or securities; advertisements

"Whoever designs, engraves, prints, makes, or executes, or utters, issues, distributes, circulates, or uses any business or professional card, notice, placard, circular, handbill, or advertisement in the likeness or similitude of any obligation or security of the United States issued under or authorized by any Act of Congress or writes, prints, or otherwise impresses upon or attaches to any such instrument, obligation, or security, or any coin of the United States, any business or professional card, notice, or advertisement, or any notice or advertisement whatever, shall be fined not more than $500."

SEC. 3. Section 489 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

"§ 489. Making or possessing likeness of coins

"Whoever, within the United States, makes or brings therein from any foreign country, or possesses with intent to sell, give away, or in any other manner uses the same, except under authority of the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer of the United States, any token, disk, or device in the likeness or similitude as to design, color, or the inscription thereon of any of the coins of the United States or of any foreign country issued as money, either under the authority of the United States or under the authority of any foreign government shall be fined not more than $100."

SEC. 4. Section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

"83056. Secret Service powers

"Subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, the United States Secret Service, Treasury Department, is authorized to protect the person of the President of the United States and members of his immediate family, the President-elect, and the Vice President at his request; detect and arrest any person committing any offense against the laws of the United States relating to coins, obligations, and securities of the United States and of foreign governments; detect and arrest any person violating any of the provisions of sections 508 and 509 of this title and, insofar as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal land banks, joint-stock land banks and national farm loan associations are concerned, of sections 218, 221, 433, 493, 657,

709, 1006, 1007, 1011, 1013, 1014, 1907, and 1909 of this title; detect and arrest any person violating any laws of the United States directly concerning official matters administered by and under the direct control of the Treasury Department; execute warrants issued under the authority of the United States; carry firearms; offer and pay rewards for services or information looking toward the apprehension of criminals; and perform such other functions and duties as are authorized by law."

SEO. 5. (a) Section 201 of title 3, United States Code, is hereby repealed.

(b) The analysis of chapter 3 of title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking out the item "201. Protection of President and family authorized.".

(c) The analysis of chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, immediately preceding section 471 of such title, is amended by striking out the words "; publisher's illustrations excepted" in item 489. Approved July 16, 1951.

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To amend section 4202 of title 18, United States Code, relating to parole of Federal prisoners.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4202 of title 18 of the United States Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

"§ 4202. Prisoners eligible

"A Federal prisoner, other than a juvenile delinquent or a committed youth offender, wherever confined and serving a definite term or terms of over one hundred and eighty days, whose record shows that he has observed the rules of the institution in which he is confined, may be released on parole after serving one-third of such term or terms or after serving fifteen years of a life sentence or of a sentence of over forty-five years."

Chapter 351 1st Session

H. R. 4106

AN ACT

To amend section 1732 of title 28, United States Code, entitled "Judiciary and judicial procedure" by adding a new subsection thereto "To permit the photographic reproduction of business records and the introduction of the same in evidence".

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1732 of title 28 of the United States Code entitled "Judiciary and judicial procedure" is amended by inserting “(a)” immediately preceding the first paragraph thereof, and by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

"(b) If any business, institution, member of a profession or calling, or any department or agency of government, in the regular course of business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence, or event, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photographic, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of business unless held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity or unless its preservation is required by law. Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under direction of court. The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement, or facsimile does not preclude admission of the original. This subsection shall not be construed to exclude from evidence any document or copy thereof which is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence."

SEC. 2. The analysis of section 1732 of chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, immediately preceding section 1731 of such title, is amended so as to read:

"1732. Record made in regular course of business; photographic copies."

SEC. 3. The catchline of section 1732, chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended so as to read:

"1732. Record made in regular course of business; photographic

copies."

Approved August 28, 1951.

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