Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 1.djvu/836

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 "Motor vehicle." "Securities " "Value." "Motor vehicle" includes an automobile, automobile truck, auto- mobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled vehicle designed for running on land but not on rails; "Securities" includes any note, stock certificate, bond, debenture, check, draft, warrant, traveler's check, letter of credit, warehouse receipt, negotiable bill of lading, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral- trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, trans- ferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate; certificate of interest in property, tangible or intangible; instrument or docu- ment or writing evidencing ownership of goods, wares, and merchan- dise, or transferring or assigning any right, title, or interest in or to goods, wares, and merchandise; or, in general, any instrument com- monly known as a "security", or any certificate of interest or partici- pation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, warrant, or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the foregoing, or any forged, counterfeited, or spurious representation of any of the foregoing; "Value" means the face, par, or market value, whichever is the greatest, and the aggregate value of all goods, wares, and merchandise, securities, and money referred to in a single indictment shall constitute the value thereof. § 2312. TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN VEHICLE Whoever transports in interstate or foreign commerce a motor vehicle or aircraft, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 2313. SALE OR RECEIPT OF STOLEN VEHICLES Whoever receives, conceals, stores, barters, sells, or disposes of any motor vehicle or aircraft, moving as, or which is a part of, or which constitutes interstate or foreign colmerce, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 2314. TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN GOODS, SECURITIES, MONIES, OR ARTICLES USED IN COUNTERFEITING Whoever knowingly transports in interstate or foreign commerce any goods, wares, or merchandise, securities, or money, of the value of $5,000 or more theretofore stolen, converted, or taken by fraud; or Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports in inter- state or foreign commerce any falsely made, forged, altered, or counter- feited securities, knowing the same to have been falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited; or Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports in inter- state or foreign commerce, any tool, implement, or thing used or fitted to be used in falsely making, forging, altering, or counterfeiting any security, or any part thereof- Shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. This section shall not apply to any falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited or spurious representation of an obligation or other security of the United States, or of an obligation, bond, certificate, security, treasury note, bill, promise to pay or bank note issued by any foreign government or by a bank or corporation of any foreign country. § 2315. SALE OR RECEIT OP STOLENb OODS, SECURITIES, OR MONIES Whoever receives, conceals, stores, barters, sells, or disposes of any goods, wares, or merchandise, securities, or money of the value of $5,000 or more, or pledges or accepts as security for a loan any goods, [62 STAT.