Chapter 108. To amend Subchapter II of Chapter XIX of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 108.— An Act To amend Subchapter II of Chapter XIX of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.March 3, 1913.[[H. R. 21714](/us/bill/62/hr/21714).][[Public, No. 410](/us/pl/62/410).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia Code.Vol. 31, p. 1328. amended. That the Code of Law for the District of Columbia be amended by adding to Subchapter II of Chapter XIX the following section:
" “Sec. 851 b. That if any person entrusted with the possession ofConversion by trustee. anything of value, including things savoring of the realty, for the purpose of applying the same for the use and benefit of the owner or person so delivering it, shall fraudulently convert the same to his own use he shall, where the value of the thing so converted is thirty-fivePunishment for dollars or more, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or both; and where the value of the thing so converted is less than thirty-five dollars he shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or both: *Provided*, That nothing contained in this*Proviso*.Foregoing sections of Code not altered, section shall be construed to alter or repeal the foregoing sections contained in Subchapter II of Chapter XIX of this code.”" Sec. 2.
That this Act shall take effect upon its passage.Effect. Approved, March 3, 1913.