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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 321. 1909. 1145 in all other cases, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not more than one year, or both. If the property Determining value stolen consists of any evidence of debt, or other written instrument, °"°"“°'“"”“""°'"‘ the amount of money due thereon, or secured to be paid thereb , and remaining unsatisfied, or which in any contingency might be collected thereon, or the value of the property the title to which is shown thereby, or the sum which mig t be recovered in the absence thereof, shall be deemed to be the value of the property stolen. _ _ Sec. 288. Whoever shall buy, receive, or conceal, any money, goods, QQ? "°‘““ bank notes, or other thing which may be the subject of larceny, which mg S-. sw- 5351. v- has been feloniously taken, stolen, or embezzled, from any other r- ` son knowing the same to have been so taken, stolen, or embezzled, shall be fine not more than one thousand dollars and imglsoned not P“¤*S'““°"* ‘°'· more than three years; and such person may be tried cit before or mbafter the conviction of the principal offender. Sec. 289. Whoever, within the territorial limits of any State, organ- m1;'},',;?; Y;. g§,'§§§f . ized Territory, or District, but within or ulpon any of the places now *°g";°¤g;c¤¤;3°gi°°;· existing or hereafter reserved or acquire , described in section two mul "’ ' hundred and seventy-two of this Act, shall do or omit the doiniof X2,};??,; fiff' any act or thing which is not made Epal by any law of Congfess, ut which if committed or omitted witthe jimsdiction of the State, Territory, or District in which such place is situated, by the laws thereof now in force would be penal, s all be deemed guilty of a like offense and be subject to a like unishment; and every such State, m¤¤*°f ¤l>¤•*·¤*¤- Territorial, or District law shall, fdr the purposes of this section, continue in force, notwithstanding any subsequent repeal or amendment _ thereof by any such State, Territory, or District. Cnsrrna Twnnvn. rumor am: orrmm orrimsns Urou rm: sms. oglfgugggg sw. sw. 290. Piracy under the law of nations. I 302. Robbery on shore by crew of pirat- 291. Maltremtment of crew by officers of ical vessel. vessel. 303. Arming vessel to cruise against citi- 292. Inciting revolt or mutiny on ship- zens of the`United States. board. 304. Piracy under color of a foreign com- 293. Revolt and mutiny on shipboard. mission. _ 294. Seaman laying violent hands on his 305. Piracy by subjects or citizens of a commander. foreign state. 295. Abandonment of mariners in foreign 306. Running away with or yielding up ports. vessel or cargo. 296. Conspiracy to cast away vessel. 307. Confederating, etc., with pirates. 297. Plundering vessel in distress, etc. 308. Sale of arms and intoxicants forbid- 298. Attacking vessel with intent to den in Pacific islands. — plunder. 309. Onenses under preceding section 299. Breaking and entering vessel, etc. I deemed on higll} seas. 300. Owner estroying vessel at sea. 310. "Vessels of the mted States" de- 301. Other person destroying or attempt- lined. ing to destroy vessel at sea. Sec. 290. Whoever, on the high seas, commits the crime of piracy {§’·g°Y·m 5368 as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards brought into or mi. p` found in the United States, shall be imprisoned for life. P°“‘°h'“°“"°" Sec. 291. Whoever, being the master or officer of a vessel of the ‘,,2’§1°‘{,°,f‘K,’},§§,§ Q,} United States, on the high seas, or on any other waters within the '*g¤,¤$·B M admiralty and. maritime jurisdiction of the United States, beats, 1:. s., Elie. san. p. wounds, or without justifiable cause, imprisons any of the crew of lm such vessel, or withholds from them suitable food and nourishment, or inflicts upon them any cruel and unusual punishment, shall be P““l""“°”"°'· lined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more . than five years, or both. Nothing herein contained shall be con- Floszinz. _ strued to repeal or modify section forty-six hundred and eleven of R·S··*“°·*°“~*’·”*· the Revised Statutes.