Chapter 793.
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CHAP. 793.— Ac Act Amending section fifty-two hundred and seventy of the Revised Statutes of the United States. June 6, 1900. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Extradition with countries under control of the United States.[R. S., sec. 5270, p. 1021](/us/rs/sec5270/p1021). amended. That section fifty-two hundred and seventy of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby amended by adding thereto the following proviso:
" *“Provided*, That whenever any foreign country or territory, or any part thereof, is occupied by or under the control of the United States, any person who shall violate, or who has violated, the criminal laws in force therein, by the commission of any of the following offenses,Extraditable offenses specified. namely: Murder and assault with intent to commit murder: counterfeiting or altering money, or uttering or bringing into circulation counterfeit or altered money; counterfeiting certificates or coupons of public indebtedness, bank notes, or other instruments of public credit, and the utterance or circulation of the same; forgery or altering, and uttering what is forged or altered: embezzlement or criminal malversation of the public funds, committed by public officers, employees, or depositaries: larceny or embezzlement of an amount not less than one hundred dollars in value; robbery; burglary, defined to be the breaking and entering by nighttime into the house of another person with intent to commit a felony therein; and the act of breaking and entering the house or building of another, whether in the day or night time, with the intent to commit a felony therein: the act of entering, or of breaking and entering the offices of the Government and public authorities, or the offices of banks, banking houses, savings banks, trust companies, insurance or other companies, with the intent to commit a felony therein; perjury or the subornation of perjury; rape; arson; piracy by the law of nations; murder, assault with intent to kill, and manslaughter, committed, on the high seas, on board a ship owned by or in control of citizens or residents of such foreign country or territory and not under the flag of the United States, or of some other government: malicious destruction of or attempt to destroy railways. trams, vessels, bridges, dwellings, public edifices, or other buildings. when the act endangers human life, and who shall depart or flee, or who has departed or fled, from justice therein to the United States, any Territory thereof or to the District of Columbia, shall, when found therein, he liable to arrest and detention by the authorities of the United States, and on the written request or requisition of the military governor or other chief executive officer in control of such foreign country or territory shall be returned and surrendered as hereinafter provided to such authorities for trial under the laws in force in theProcedure.[R.
S., secs. 5270—5277, pp. 1021, 1022](/us/rs/secs5270—5277/pp1021/1022). place where such offense was committed. All the provisions of sections fifty-two hundred and seventy to fifty-two hundred and seventy-seven of this title, so far as applicable, shall govern proceedings657 authorized by this proviso: *Provided further*, That such proceedings shall be bad before a judge of the courts of the United States only, who shall hold such person on evidence establishing probable cause that he is guilty of the offense charged: *And provided further*, That*Proviso*.Political offenses excepted. no return or surrender shall be made of any person charged with the commission of any offense of a political nature.
If so held such person shall be returned and surrendered to the authorities in control of such foreign country or territory on the order of the Secretary of State of the United States, and such authorities shall secure to such a person a fair and impartial trial.” " Approved, June 6, 1900.