than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 109, 35 Stat. 1107.

This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," cited above, incorporating therein the provisions of Rev. St. sec. 5498, which said section is expressly repealed by section 341 of this act.

Rev. St. sec. 190, set forth on p. 304, post, provides that it shall be unlawful for any person formerly employed in any of the departments to act as counsel, etc., for prosecuting any claim against the United States pending while he was so employed, or aid in the prosecution of such claim within two years after he has ceased to be so employed.

Member of Congress or officer or agent of the United States taking consideration for procuring, etc., contract, office, etc., from officer or department; offering, giving, etc., consideration to procure, etc., contract, office, etc.; punishment; such contracts voidable.

SEC. 112. Whoever, being elected or appointed a Member of or Delegate to Congress, or a Resident Commissioner, shall, after his election or appointment and either before or after he has qualified and during his continuance in office, or being an officer or agent of the United States, shall directly or indirectly take, receive, or agree to receive, from any person, any money, property, or other valuable consideration whatever, for procuring, or aiding to procure, any contract, appointive office, or place from the United States or from any officer or Department thereof, for any person whatever, or for giving any such contract, appointive office, or place to any person whomsoever; or whoever, directly or indirectly, shall offer, or agree to give, or shall give, or bestow, any money, property, or other valuable consideration whatever, for the procuring, or aiding to procure, any such contract, appointive office, or place, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than two years; and shall, moreover, be disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit, or trust under the Government of the United States. Any such contract or agreement may, at the option of the President, be declared void.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 112, 35 Stat. 1108.

This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," cited above, incorporating therein the provisions of Rev. St. sec. 1781, which section is expressly repealed by section 341 of this act.

Member of Congress or officer or clerk of United States receiving, etc., pay in matters affecting United States; punishment.

SEC. 113. Whoever, being elected or appointed a Senator, Member of or Delegate to Congress, or a Resident Commissioner, shall, after his election or appointment and either before or after he has qualified, and during his continuance in office, or being the head of a department, or other officer or clerk in the employ of the United States, shall, directly or indirectly, receive, or agree to receive, any compensation whatever for any services rendered or to be rendeed to any person, either by himself or another, in relation to any proceeding, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest, or other matter or thing in which the United States is a party or directly or indirectly interested, before any department, court-martial, bureau, officer, or any civil, military, or naval commission whatever, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than

two years; and shall, moreover, thereafter be incapable of holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the Government of the United States.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 113, 35 Stat. 1109.

This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," cited above, incorporating therein the provisions of Rev. St. sec. 1782, which section is expressly repealed by section 341 of this act.

Officers of United States accepting bribe.

SEC. 117. Whoever, being an officer of the United States, or a person acting for or on behalf of the United States, in any official capacity, under or by virtue of the authority of any department or office of the Government thereof; or whoever, being an officer or person acting for or on behalf of either House of Congress, or of any committee of either House, or of both Houses thereof, shall ask, accept, or receive, any money, or any contract, promise, undertaking, obligation, gratuity, or security for the payment of money, or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value, with intent to have his decision or action on any question, matter, cause, or proceeding which may at any time be pending, or which may by law be brought before him in his official capacity, or in his place of trust or profit, influenced thereby, shall be fined not more than three times the amount of money or value of the thing so asked, accepted, or received, and imprisoned not more than three years; and shall, moreover, forfeit his office or place and thereafter be forever disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the Government of the United States.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 117, 35 Stat. 1109.

This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," cited above, incorporating therein the provisions of Rev. St. secs. 5501 and 5502, which sections are expressly repealed by section 341 of this act.

Officers or employees giving advance information of crop reports; punishment; actual knowledge required.

SEC. 123. Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States or a person acting for or on behalf of the United States in any capacity under or by virtue of the authority of any department or office thereof, and while holding such office, employment, or position shall, by virtue of the office, employment, or position held by him, become possessed of any information which might exert an influence upon or affect the market value of any product of the soil grown within the United States, which information is by law or by the rules of the department or office required to be withheld from publication until a fixed time, and shall willfully impart, directly or indirectly, such information, or any part thereof, to any person not entitled under the law or the rules of the department or office to receive the same; or shall, before such information is made public through regular official channels, directly or indirectly speculate in any such product respecting which he has thus become possessed of such information, by buying or selling the same in any quantity, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both: Provided, That no person shall be deemed guilty of a

violation of any such rule, unless prior to such alleged violation he shall have had actual knowledge thereof.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 123, 35 Stat. 1110.

This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," cited above.

Officer or employee issuing false crop reports; punishment.

SEC. 124. Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States and whose duties require the compilation or report of statistics or information relative to the products of the soil, shall knowingly compile for issuance, or issue, any false statistics or information as a report of the United States, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 124, 35 Stat. 1111.

This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," cited above.

Bribery of officer authorized to determine any question, etc.; punishment. SEC. 131. Whoever, directly or indirectly, shall give or offer, or cause to be given or offered, any money, property, or value of any kind, or any promise or agreement therefor, or any other bribe, to any judge, judicial officer, or other person authorized by any law of the United States to hear or determine any question, matter, cause. proceeding, or controversy, with intent to influence his action, vote, opinion, or decision thereon, or because of any such action, vote, opinion, or decision, shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both; and shall forever be disqualified to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 131, 35 Stat. 1112.

This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," cited above, incorporating therein the provisions of Rev. St. sec. 5449, which section is expressly repealed by section 341 of this act.

Officer authorized to determine any question, etc., receiving bribe; punishment. SEC. 133. Whoever, being a juror, referee, arbitrator, appraiser, assessor, auditor, master, receiver, United States commissioner, or other person authorized by any law of the United States to hear or determine any question, matter, cause, controversy, or proceeding, shall ask, receive, or agree to receive, any money, property, or value of any kind, or any promise or agreement therefor, upon any agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion, action, judgment, or decision, shall be influenced thereby, or because of any such vote, opinion, action, judgment, or decision, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 133, 35 Stat. 1112.

This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," cited above.

REV. ST. SEC. 190.

Persons formerly in the departments not to prosecute claims in them.

SEC. 190. It shall not be lawful for any person appointed after the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, as an officer, clerk, or employé in any of the Departments, to act as counsel, attorney, or agent for prosecuting any claim against the

United States which was pending in either of said Departments while he was such officer, clerk, or employé, nor in any manner, nor by any means, to aid in the prosecution of any such claim, within two years next after he shall have ceased to be such officer, clerk, or employé.

Officers of the United States are prohibited from aiding or sharing in any claim against the United States, and punishment therefor is provided by act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 109, set forth on p. 301, ante.

ACT MARCH 3, 1901, c. 854. (31 Stat. 1189.)

Officers of the Government exempt from jury duty.

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SEC. 217. All executive * * * officers, salaried officers of the Government of the United States shall be exempt from jury duty, and their names shall not be placed on the jury lists.

Act March 3, 1901, c. 854, s. 217, 31 Stat. 1224.

This section is a portion of "An act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia," cited above.

ACT MARCH 3, 1883, c. 143. (22 Stat. 603.)

Patents to officers of the Government for inventions to be used in the public service.

The Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Patents are authorized to grant any officer of the government, except officers and employees of the Patent Office, a patent for any invention of the classes mentioned in section forty eight hundred and eighty six of the Revised Statutes, when such invention is used or to be used in the public service, without the payment of any fee: Provided, That the applicant in his application shall state that the invention described therein, if patented, may be used by the government or any of its officers or employees in the prosecution of work for the government, or by any other person in the United States, without the payment to him of any royalty thereon, which stipulation shall be included in the patent.

Act March 3, 1883, c. 143, 22 Stat. 625.

This is a paragraph of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1884, cited above.

ACT MARCH 3, 1897, c. 391. (29 Stat. 692.)

Representation of heads of departments requesting expediting of patents.

SEC. 7. That in every case where the head of any Department of the Government shall request the Commissioner of Patents to expedite the consideration of an application for a patent it shall be the duty of such head of a Department to be represented before the Commissioner in order to prevent the improper issue of a patent.

Act March 3, 1897, c. 391, s. 7, 29 Stat. 694.

ACT MARCH 18, 1904, c. 716. (33 Stat. 85.)

Restrictions on payment of expenses of horses, carriages, etc., for personal use of officers.

No part of any money appropriated by this or any other Act shall be available for paying expenses of horses and carriages or drivers there for for the personal use of any officer provided for by this or any other Act other than the President of the United States, the heads 71657-13-20

of Executive Departments, and the Secretary to the President: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to officials outside of the District of Columbia in the performance of their public duties. This paragraph shall not take effect until July first, nineteen hundred and four.

Act March 18, 1904, c. 716, s. 3, 33 Stat. 142.

This is a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1905, cited above. A similar provision, applicable only to officers and employees of the executive departments at Washington, D. C., contained in the similar act for the fiscal year 1906, act February 3, 1905, c. 297, s. 4, is set forth below.

ACT FEBRUARY 3, 1905, c. 297. (33 Stat. 631.)

Restrictions on payment of expenses of carriages or vehicles for personal or official use; carriages or vehicles for official use to have thereon name of department, etc.

SEC. 4. No part of any money appropriated by this or any other Act shall be used for purchasing, maintaining, driving, or operating any carriage or vehicle (other than those for the use of the President of the United States, the heads of the Executive Departments, and the Secretary to the President, and other than those used for transportation of property belonging to or in the custody of the United States), for the personal or official use of any officer or employee of any of the Executive Departments or other Government establishments at Washington, District of Columbia, unless the same shall be specifically authorized by law or provided for in terms by appropriation of money, and all such carriages and vehicles so procured and used for official purposes shall have conspicuously painted thereon at all times the full name of the Executive Department or other branch of the public service to which the same belong and in the service of which the same are used.

Act February 3, 1905, c. 297, s. 4, 33 Stat. 687.

This section is a portion of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1906, cited above. A previous similar provision, contained in the similar act for the preceding fiscal year, act March 18, 1904, c. 716, s. 3, is set forth above.

ACT AUGUST 23, 1912, c. 350. (37 Stat. 360.)

Restrictions on payment for telephone service from private residences, etc.

SEC. 7. That no money appropriated by this or any other Act shall be expended for telephone service installed in any private residence or private apartment or for tolls or other charges for telephone service from private residences or private apartments, except for long-distance telephone tolls required strictly for the public business, and so shown by vouchers duly sworn to and approved by the head of the department, division, bureau, or office in which the official using such telephone or incurring the expense of such tolls shall be employed.

Act August 23, 1912, c. 350, s. 7, 37 Stat. 414.

This section is a portion of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above.

ACT JANUARY 12, 1895, c. 23. (28 Stat. 601.)

Data for Official Register.

To enable the officer charged with the duty of preparing the Official Register of the United States to publish the same, the Secretary of