Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 39 Part 1.djvu/404

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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 245. 1916. 383 $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. Any mfgbnim of ·¤¤· examiner appomted under this Act who shall accept a loan or gratu- ` 1ty from any land bank or national farm_loan association examined by him, or rom any person connected with any such bank or association m any capacity, shall be punished by a line of not exceedin $5,000, orolay imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, an§ may be fin a further sum equal to the mone so loaned or gratuity given, and shall forever thereafter be disgualiged from holding office as an exammer under the provisions of this Act. No examiner, while holding such office, shall perform any other service for compensation for andy llgank ori! banking or loan association, or for any person connecte therewit in an ca acity. Any person who shi falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause b°%*;¤*°’*°“*¤S· ma or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willing] ` aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or; counterfeiting any bomf; couppn, or paper in imitation of, or purporting to be in imitation of , the ends or coupons issued by any an bank or national farm-loan association, now or hereafter authorized and acting under the laws of the United States; or any person who shall {pass, utter, or publkh or attempt to pass, utter, or publish any false, orged, orcounterfeited bond, coupon, or paper purportmgeto a issued by any such bank or association, knowing the same to falsely made, forged, or counterfeited; or whoever s all falsel alter, or cause or rocure to be falsely altered, or shall willingly aid, or assist' in falsely altering any suc bond, coupon or paper, or shall pass, utter, or publish as true any falsely altered. or spurious bond, couplon, or`paper issued, or ing to have beenamued, by any suc bank or association, owing the same to be falsely altered or spurious, shall bepunished bg a line of no; eirlceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding ve ears, or ot . y Other than the usual salary or director’s fee paid to any officer ,,E§°°@€‘§'{';‘f"{§ director, or employee of a national farm loan association, a Federal °¤i¤¤¤¤· land bank, or a joint stock land bank, and other than a reasonable fee paid by such association or bank to arg officer, director, attorney, or employee for services rendered, no officer, director, attomey or employee of an association or bank organized under this Act shall be a benenciary of or receive, directly or indirectly, anylfee, commission, gift, or other consideration for or in connection wit any transaction or business of such association or bank. No land bank or national farm loan association organized rmder this Act shall charge or receive any fee, commission, bonus, gift, or other consideration not herein specifically authorized. No examiner, lpublic or private, shall disclose U¤¤¤¤}¤•:1,¤{9_gmg1¤- t e names of borrowers to other than the prrgilgr officers of a national ° m' farm loan association or land bank without t having obtained express ermission in writing from the Farm Loan Commissioner or rom the board of directors of such association or bank, excigptewhen ordered to do so b a court of competent jurisdiction or by ction of the Congress ofy the United States, or of either House thereof, or any committee of Congress or of either House duly authorized. _Any person violating any rovision of this paragraph shall be punished y a fine of ict lexceelding $5,000 or by imprisonment not exceedmg one ear, or ot . Ariyy person connected in any capacity with any national farm loan mE,,";}’§,‘,§°‘“°“" °' association, Federal land bank, or joint stock land bank, who embezzles, abstracts, or willfully misapplies any moneys, funds, or credits thereof, or who without augrority from the directrirs drgws anyhorde? aSS1gns` an note bond dr t, mort , `udgmen , or ecree thereo . or who mgkes airy false entry in gfygebdok, report, or statement of N’°°°°"°°’°°°' such association or land ban with intent m either case to defraud such institution or any other company, bod&polmc or corporate, or any individual person, or to deceive any officer of a national farm