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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 48 STAT. · May 18, 1934 · Public Law 231

Public Law 231.

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(/us/pl/73/230)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Criminal Code amendments.Killing, assaulting Federal officers.Vol. 35, p. 1143. That whoever shall kill, as defined in sections 273 and 274 of the Criminal Code, any United States marshal or deputy United States marshal, special agent of the Division of Investigation of the Department of Justice, post-office inspector, Secret Service operative, any officer or enlisted man of the Coast Guard, any employee of any United States penal or correctional institution, any officer of the customs or of the internal revenue, any immigrant inspector or any immigration patrol inspector, while engaged in the performance of his official duties, or on account of the performance of his official duties, Punishment.shall be punished as provided under section 275 of the Criminal Code. 781 Sec. 2.
Whoever shall forcibly resist, oppose, impede, intimidate,Forcible resistance, etc. or interfere with any person designated in section 1 hereof while engaged in the performance of his official duties, or shall assault him on account of the performance of his official duties, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than threePunishment. years, or both; and whoever, in the commission of any of the acts described in this section, shall use a deadly or dangerous weapon shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
Approved, May 18, 1934. Applying the powers of the Federal Government, under the commerce clause of the Constitution, to extortion by means of telephone, telegraph, radio, oral message, or otherwise. 1934-05-18 300 Chapter 48 Stat. 781 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 2 public [CHAPTER 300.] AN ACT Applying the powers of the Federal Government, under the commerce clause of the Constitution, to extortion by means of telephone, telegraph, radio, oral message, or otherwise.May 18, 1934.[[S. 2249](/us/bill/73/s/2249)][[Public, No. 231](/us/pl/73/231)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That whoever,Extortion messages in interstate commerce. with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation any money or other thing of value, shall transmit in interstate commerce, by any means whatsoever, any threat
(1)to injure the person, property, or reputation of any person, or the reputation of a deceased person, or
(2)to kidnap any person, or
(3)to accuse any person of a crime, or
(4)containing any demand or request for a ransom or reward for the release of any kidnaped person, shallPunishment for transmitting. upon conviction be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both: *Provided*, That the term “interstate*Provisos*.“Interstate commerce” defined.Mailing threatening communications. commerce” shall include communication from one State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, to another State, Territory, or the District of Columbia: *Provided further*, That nothing herein shallVol. 47, p. 649;[U. S. C., Supp. VII, p. 349](/us/usc/p349). amend or repeal section 33'8a, title 18, United States Code (47 Stat. 649). Approved, May 18, 1934. To amend the Act forbidding the transportation of kidnaped persons in interstate commerce. 1934-05-18 301 Chapter 48 Stat. 781 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 2 public [CHAPTER 301.] AN ACT To amend the Act forbidding the transportation of kidnaped persons in interstate commerce.May 18, 1934.[[S. 2252](/us/bill/73/s/2252)][
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