Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 35 Part 1.djvu/1122

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sixrmrn cosennss. sms. II. Ch.321. 1909. 1105 Sec. 86. Whoever, being an officer, clerk, a ent, employee or R¢°;Ll;**¤H i" other person charged with the pa ent of any gpproprialiiohr made ihlillr s mu m by Congress, shall pity to any c erkudr other employee of the United w§ S" °°°‘ 5m' " States a sum less t an that provided by law, and require such employee to receipt or give a voucher for an amount greater than that actually plalid to and received by him, is guilty of embezzlement and shall be ed in double the amount so withheld from any employee Punishment mr. of the Government and imprisoned not more than two ears. Sec. 87. Whoever, bei? a disbursing officer of the lllnited States, m}f;‘§,’g'f};,’;§S,,f,;’i§:j,” 0I' 8 p61'SOI1 acting 8.8 Suc , shall in any manner convert to his own public money. i " use, or loan with or without interest, or deposit in any place or in jug; 8** °°‘ M *" any manner, except as authorized by law, any pgblic money intrusted to him; or shall, for any purpose not prescri d by law, withdraw Srom the Treasurerfor any aspistant treasurer, orhany bquthorized e ita , or trans er, or a , any rtion of the u ic mone intllrhzterl-Else him, shall be debhibd guiltlycof an embezzlbment of thb ‘ money so converted, loaned, deposited, withdrawn, transferred, or applied, and shall be fined not more than the amount embezzled, or P““’“""‘°'" I"' imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. mc. 88. If the Treasurer of the United States or any assistant ,,5,,“§il“,’Q,°,2{c,§,’°§g’g; treasurer, or anypublic depositary, fails safely to keep all moneys P¤]§ig.d¤r·:c¤*{5i8D deposited by any disbursing officer or disbursing agpnt, as well as mu. ’’ n all moneys eposited by any receiver, collector, or other person having money of the United States he shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement of the moneys not so safely kept, and shall be fined in a sum P‘“"“‘”‘°"‘ ‘°"· equal to the amount of money so embezzled and imprisoned not more than ten years. Sec. 89. Every officer or other person charged b any Act of Con- kQ’§§,°?°§2§_{",}*Q‘§,§§ gress with the safe—keeping of the lpublic moneys, who s all loan, use, ¤¤;>,¤¤g¤· M wo or convert to his own use, or sha deposit in any bank or exchange mul "' P' for other funds, except as specially a lowed by aw, any lportion of the public moneys intrusted to him for safe-keeping, sha] be guilty of embezzlement of the monqylso loaned, used, converted, deposite , or exchanged, and shall be ed in a sum equal to the amount of P"‘““”‘”*“"°’· money so embezzled and imprisoned not more than ten years. Sec. 90. Every officer or avent of the United States who, having m£§2,E'·'f,c‘}fu‘Q,‘f_Q,f’“ '° received public money which he is not authorized to retain as salary, wg s.. sec. Mm. p. pay, or emolument, fails to render his accounts for the same as pro- ' vided by law shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and shal be *"‘“"*‘"‘““"°'· fined in a sum equal to the amount of the money embezzled and im risoned not more than ten years. gmc. 91. Whoever, having money of the United States in his pos- ”""§‘,§f;c,§’f’ "°*""" session or under his contro , shall fail to deposit it with the Treas- m1é?.. wc- Mw, r. urer, or some assistant treasurer, or some public depositary of the ’ United States, when required so to do by the Secretary of the Treasury, or the head of any other proper department, or by the accounting officers of the Treasurv, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement thereof, and shall be fined in a sum equal to the amount of money "““‘”'““"’“°'°'· embezzled and imprisoned not more than ten years. Sec. 92. The provisions of the five preceding sections shall be con- ""“‘°"” "°°“"’· strued to apply to all ersons charged with the safe-keeping, transfer, or disbursement ofp the public money, whether such persons be indicted as receivers or depositaries of the same. Sec. 93. Upon the trial of any indictment against any person for ,,,§,f§z°;{;,§Q{,‘}f“°° °* embezzling public money under any provision of the six preceding wigs., sec. 5494. p. sections, it shall be sufficient evidence, prima facie, for the puzgse of showing a balance against such erson, to produce a transom t m the books and proceedings of the llreasury, as required in civd cases, under the provisions for the settlement of accounts between the United States and receivers of public money.