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Trru: Lxx.—CRIMES.—C1-1. 6-7. 1067 the delivery of any such money upon security, according to agreement, of parties under the direction of the court. [See SS 8616. 86111 bEC. 5505. Every person who knowingly receives, from a clerk or other Reoeiying loan officer of a court of the United States, any money belonging in the registry °’d°¥;°’“t?`t°m°m° of such court as a deposit, loan,_o1 otherwise, is guilty of embezzlement, Eg-, and shall be punishe as prescribed in the preceding section. 2* Maw 18V1w- 2, s. 5, v. 17, p. 2. CHAPTER SEVEN. CRIKES AGAINST THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS. Sec.Sec. 5506. Preventing, &c., citizensfrom voting. 5519. Conspiracy to deprive any person of 5507. Intimidating voters by bribery or . the equal protection of the laws. threats. _ _ _ _ 5520. Conspiracy to lprevent the support 5508. Conspiracy to mgure or intimidate ; of any candie ate, &c. citizens in the exercise of civil 5521. Supervisor of election, &c., neglectrights. _ ing to discharge duties. 5509. Other crimes committed while vio- 5522. Interfering with supervisor of eleclating the preceding sections. tion, marshals, or deputies. 5510. Depriving citizens of civil rights 5523. Obstructing verification of registraunder color of State laws. tion-lists, &c. 5511. Fraudulent voting, &c., at elections 552-1. Receivin or carrying away any perfor Representatives to Congress. l son to ie sold or held as a slave. 5512. Fraudulent registration, &c. 5525. Kidnaping. 5513. What deemed a registration under 5526. Holding or returning persons to last section. peonage. 5514. Voting or offering to vote in certain 5527. Obstructing execution of laws procases prima-facie evidence, &c. . hibiting peonage. 5515. Violation of duty by officers of elec- I 5528. Unlawful presence of troops at election. tions. 5516. Obstructing execution of process in l 5529. Intimidation of voters by officers, civil-rights cases, &c. &c., of Army or Na.vy. 5517. Marshal refusing to receive or exe- 5530. Officers of Army or Navyprescribing cute process. qualifications of voters. 5518. Conspiracy to prevent accepting or 5531. Officers, &c., of Army or Navy interholding office under United States, fering with officers of election, &c. &c. 5532. Disqualification for holding office. Sec. 5506. Every person who, by any unlawful means, hinders, delays, _1’reventing, &c,, prevents, or obstructs, or combines and confederates with others to hin- 9¤¤¤*>¤¤ ffom voter. delay, prevent, or obstruct, any citizen from doing any act required Eg' to be done to qualify him to vote, or from voting at any election IH any 31 May, 1870, c. State, Territory, district, county, city, parish, township, school-district, u§»i;}»V·H;·P-l41· municipality, or other territorial subdivision, shall be fined not less than 145 ,,_“{é’ pg7§7f,‘ five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one month nor 480i ’" more than one year, or be punished by both such fine and imprison- #{,é ment. r¤·· ss =·>·>+¤<•···-i u. s., eu, U. si. .». Cruikshank et al., 92 L`. S., 542; Seeley r. Koox, 2 Woods, 368, Sec. 5507. Every person who prevents, hinders, controls, or intimi- Intimidating dates another from exercising, or in exercising the right of suffrage, to "°a°h"¤ by b¤b¢¤‘y whom that right is guaranteed by the fifteenth amendment to the Con- Kin stitution of the United States, by means of br1bery or threats of depriv- 31 May, 1870, c. ing such person of employment or 0ccupation, or of e]ecting such person “· 5i "· wv P· f1'Om a rented house, ands, or other property, or by threats of refusing 4.—é--. to renew leases or contracts for labor, or by threats of violence to him- C Sl“‘;8&$€;1h<>¤¤¢ self or family, shall be punished as provided in the preceding section. ”°* ° si 2L Sec. 5508. If two or more persons conspire to in]ure, oppress, threaten, _ Conspiracytoinor intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or en]oyn1ent of any iight N13? 0* intimldiw or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United ;;,,;Q°S;’S gf" (L5 States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or if two or more rights_ persons go in disguise on the hlglhway, or on the premises of another, Ibid_, ,,_ 6_ `"` with intent to prevent or hinder is free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured, they shall be fined not more than fivc thou- sb,,,,,,' Q, Jiu { sand dollars an imprisoned not more than ten years; and shall, more- Woods, 308. l