Chapter 235. To amend section fifty-four hundred and thirty-eight of the Revised Statutes
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CHAP. 235.— An Act To amend section fifty-four hundred and thirty-eight of the Revised Statutes. May 30, 1908.[[H. R. 19482](/us/bill/70/hr/19482).][[Public, No. 175](/us/pl/70/175).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section fifty-four hundredFalse claims against the Government.R.S.,sec. 5438. p.1054. and thirty-eight of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 5438 Every person who makes or causes to be made, or presentsPresenting false claims or causes to be presented, for payment or approval, to or by any person or officer in the civil, military, or naval service of the United 556 States, any claim upon or against the Government of the United States, or any department or officer thereof, knowing such claim to be false, fictitious, or fraudulent, or who, for the purpose of obtaining or aiding to obtain the payment or approval of such claim, makes, uses, or causes to be made or used, any false bill, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit, or deposition, knowing the same to contain any fraudulent or fictitious statement or entry, or who enters into any agreement, combination, or conspiracy to defraud the Government ofMilitary and naval property.Custodians, etc., who deliver, etc., with fraudulent intent. the United States, or any department or officer thereof, by obtaining or aiding to obtain the payment or allowance of any false or fraudulent claim, or who, having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money or other public property used or to be used in the military or naval service, who with intent to defraud the United States or willfully to conceal such money or other property, delivers or causes to be delivered, to any person having authority to receive the same, any amount of such money or other property less than that for which he received a certificate or took a receipt, and every person authorized to make or deliver any certificate, voucher, receipt, or other paper certifying the receipt of arms, ammunition, provisions, clothing, or other property so used or to be used, who makes or delivers the same to any other person without a full knowledge of the truth of the, facts stated therein, and with intent to defraud the United States, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years, or fined notPenalty. more than five thousand dollars; and every person who knowinglyPersons who purchase, etc., public property with fraudulent intent. purchases or receives in pledge for any obligation or indebtedness from any soldier, officer, sailor, or other person called into or employed in the military or naval service any arms, equipments, ammunition, clothes, military stores, or other public property, whether furnished to the soldier under a clothing allowance or otherwise, such soldier, sailor, officer, or other person not having the lawful right to pledge or sell the same, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more thanPenalty. two years and by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
” Approved, May 30, 1908.