Chapter 194. To amend section thirty-five of the Criminal Code of the United States
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CHAP. 194.— An Act To amend section thirty-five of the Criminal Code of the United States. October 23, 1918.[[H. R. 10609](/us/bill/65/hr/10609).][[Public, No. 227](/us/pl/65/227).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section thirty-five of Criminal Code.Vol. 35, p. 1095, amended.the Criminal Code of the United States be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 35. Whoever shall make or cause to be made or present or Presenting false claims against the Government, corporation owned by the United States, etc.cause to be presented, for payment or approval, to or by any person or officer in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, or any department thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, any claim upon or against the Government of the United States, or any department or officer thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, knowing such claim to be false, fictitious, or fraudulent; or Using false vouchers, etc., therefor.whoever, for the purpose of obtaining or aiding to obtain the payment or approval of such claim, or for the purpose and with the intent of cheating and swindling or defrauding the Government of the United States, or any department thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, shall knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal or cover up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or make or cause to be made any false or fraudulent 1016statements or representations, or make or use or cause to be made or used any false bill, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit, or deposition, knowing the same to contain any Stealing Government property, etc.fraudulent or fictitious statement or entry; or whoever shall take and carry away or take for his own use, or for the use of another, with intent to steal or purloin, any personal property of the United States, or any branch or department thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder; or whoever shall enter into any agreement, combination, or conspiracy to defraud the Government of the United States, or any department or officer thereof, or any corporation in which the United Conspiring to defraud, etc.States of America is a stockholder, by obtaining or aiding to obtain the payment or allowance of any false Receiving false receipt for military or naval property.or fraudulent claim; and whoever, having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money or other public property used or to be used in the military or naval service, with intent to defraud the United States, or any department thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, or willfully to conceal such money or other property, shall deliver or cause 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 Fraudulently delivering receipt for arms, etc.certificate or took a receipt; or whoever, being 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, shall make or deliver 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, or any department thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a Punishment for.stockholder, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not Unlawfully purchasing arms, etc.. from persons subject to military or naval law.more than ten years, or both.
And whoever shall purchase, or receive in pledge, from any person any arms, equipment, ammunition, clothing, military stores, or other property furnished by the United States, under a clothing allowance or otherwise, to any soldier, sailor, officer, cadet, or midshipman in the military or naval service of the United States or of the National Guard or Naval Militia, or to any person accompanying, serving, or retained with the land or naval forces and subject to military or naval law, having knowledge or reason to believe that the property has been taken from the possession of the United States or furnished by the United States under such Punishment for.allowance, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
” " Approved, October 23, 1918.