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794 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cue. 102-104. 1925. P,,¤¤i¤¤*gg¤g-in dw nature, knowing the same to have been_stolen, shall in each case mawum. be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten A ti d years, or both, and prosecutions therefor may be iéistitfilted in any “°°' °g °°° SZ distr`ct wherein the crime shall have been committe . ecarrymg mquewm mm or tfansporting of any such freight, express baggage, goods, or ` chattels from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia into another State or Territory or the District of Columb1a,know1ng the same to have been stolen, shall constitute a separate offense and subject the offender to the penalties above described for unlawful u,,*;{°,,‘j,°,f,",§f’“ “‘ ‘“°‘ taking, and prosecutions therefor may be mstituted m any district into which such freight, baggasglehpcflods, p;·ech;.ttelshs;hgl1)l1 _,,g—;·,-;·;;; gg gm, §‘3Z§£ifd.§§m‘iY§§lw‘£"r&??Zt§'a0§ 1.2..2%; · §as3Z.$.,~ .ié`p.,$“§..g.,..Z? .¤¤ili¤¤¤¤¤· ‘ automobile] ‘ truck,’ ‘ or other vehicle,’ as used in this section shall include any station house, platform, depot, wagon, automobile, truck, or other vehicle of any person, Erm, association, or corporation having in his or its custody therein or thereon any freight, express, goods, chattels, shipments, or baggage mov1ng_ as or_ which are a part of or which constitute an interstate or foreign shipment. Jwkgfgig °! 8 % “Sec. 2. That nothing in tlus Act shall be held to take away or impair the ]ur1sd1ction of the courts of the several States under the laws thereof; and a judgment of conviction or acquittal on the merits under the laws of any State shall be a bar to any prosecution hereunder for the same act or acts. mYgg,{,§‘*°}’§*,}{;,*;s{§§j,f "Sec. 3. That to establish the interstate or foreign_commerce ¤w·,¤¤i1>m¤¤¢- character of any shipment in any prosecution under this Act the waybill of such shipment shall be prima facie evidence of the place from which and to which such shipment was made." Approved, January 28, 1925. hmE§lya72:g.im5` CHAP. 103.-—An Act To enlarge the lpowérs of the Washington Hospital for

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0 8D op . &l'WI0 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the gisrrgq¤¤ftC¤¤¤¤fi¤¤i¤- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act for forF%ii11ld1l¥n§s? °m° incorporating a hospital for foundlings in the city of Washington, vs1.m,p.¤z;v01.ss, approved April 22, 1870, and amended_March 3 1909, be, an the ¤·838· same is hereb , amended by inserting m lieu of section 5 of said c o incor ora ion e o wi gz Atf yf th fllo'n D P¤r¤¤ses¤¤¤¤d<=d· "Sec. 5. 'lphe object of this association is to foimd in the cit of . . . Y Washington a hospital for the reception and support of destitute and m¢;=¤;,r;¤:¤5%¤1¤$1¤{_¢ friendless children, and for the erection and maintenance of a wmiek for mgmorial memorial building to be known as the Helen L. and Mary E. War- §§’;g§“',‘Q;,f§,$g,,‘{§,§°§?,‘}{’,; wick Memorial for the care and treatment of foundlings and for vxggr-M 92 new the care and treatment of women afflicted with cancer; and that eu. ’p' said association be, and the same is hereby, authorized and empowered to receive, accept, and hold the bequest and devise contziirgzd in éhegvill of Randolph T. Warwick, deceased, of the District o o um ia. Approved, January 28, 1925. ’““‘§§T§%.;m5‘ CHAP. 104.-An Act To amend section 81 or the Juaaem code

il C 0 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the E,$;°ds,§]°;*,j;‘§_u°°;*\{_;5i; United States of A·meriea in Congress assembled, That the fifth an acme:. paragraph of section 81 of the J udicial Code is hereby amended to read as ollows: