(See sec. 75, Federal Criminal Code of March 4, 1909; 35 Stat. 1102; U. S. C., title 18, sec. 137, opposite proposed sec. 345 (a) (20), above.)

(See sec. 75, Federal Criminal Code of March 4, 1909; 35 Stat. 1102; U. S. C., title 18, sec. 137, opposite proposed sec. 345 (a) (20), above.)

(See sec. 75, Federal Criminal Code of March 4, 1909; 35 Stat. 1102; U. S. C., title 18, sec. 137, opposite proposed sec. 345 (a) (20), above.)

SEC. 22. That the clerk of any court exercising jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings, or any person acting under authority of this Act, who shall knowingly certify that a petitioner, affiant, or witness named in an affidavit, petition, or certificate of citizenship, or other paper or writing required to be executed under the provisions of this Act, personally appeared before him and was sworn therto, or acknowledged the execution thereof or signed the same, when in fact such petitioner, affiant, or witness did not personally appear before him, or was not sworn thereto, or did not execute the same, or did not acknowledge the execution thereof, shall be punished by a fine not

declaration of intention, or certificate of naturalization, or certificate of citizenship, or any other documentary evidence of naturalization or of citizenship, printed from any metallic plate engraved after the similitude of any plate from which any declaration of intention, or certificate of naturalization, or certificate of citizenship, or any other documentary evidence of naturalization or of citizenship has been or is to be printed.

(27) To have in his possession without lawful authority any blank certificate of arrival, blank declaration of intention, or blank certificate of naturalization or of citizenship provided by the Service, with the intent unlawfully to use the same.

(28) To have in his possession a distinctive paper which has been adopted by the proper officer or agency of the United States for the printing or engraving of any declaration of intention, or certificate of naturalization or of citizenship, with intent unlawfully to use the same.

(29) To print, photograph, make, or execute, or in any manner cause to be printed, photographed, made, or executed, without lawful authority, any print or impression in the likeness of any certificate of arrival, declaration of intention, or certificate of naturalization or of citizenship, or any part thereof.

(30) Knowingly to procure or attempt to procure an alien or other person to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.

(31) Failing, after at least sixty days' notice by the appropriate court or the Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner, to surrender a certificate of naturalization or of citizenship which has been canceled, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, such person having such certificate in his possession or under his control.

(32) Knowingly to certify that an applicant, declarant, petitioner, affiant, witness, deponent, or other person named in an application, declaration, petition, affidavit, deposition, or certifi cate of naturalization, or certificate of citizenship, or other paper or writing required or authorized to be executed or used under the provisions of this chapter, personally appeared before the person making such certification and was sworn thereto or acknowledged the execution thereof, or signed the same, when in fact such applicant, declarant, petitioner, affiant, witness, deponent, or other person, did not personally appear before the person making such certification, or was not sworn thereto, or did

SEC. 21. That it shall be unlawful for any clerk of any court or his authorized deputy or assistant exercising judisdiction in naturalization proceedings, or1 to demand, charge, collect, or receive any other or additional fees or moneys in naturalization proceedings save the fees or moneys herein specified; and a violation of any of the provisions of this section or any part thereof is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment (act of June 29, 1906; 34 Stat. 602; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 412).

SEC. 20. That any clerk or other officer of a court having power under this Act to naturalize aliens who willfully neglects to render true accounts of moneys received by him for naturalization proceedings or who willfully neglects to pay over any balance of such moneys due to the United States within thirty days after said payment shall become due and demand therefor has been made and refused, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement of the public moneys, and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or both (act of June 29, 1906; 34 Stat. 602; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 411). "SEC. 33. * * *

"(c) The provisions of sections 74 to 81, inclusive, of the Act entitled 'An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States,' approved March 4, 1909, shall apply in respect of proceedings and certificates of citizenship under this section in the same manner and to the same extent, including penalties, as they apply in respect of proceedings and certificates of citizenship under the naturalization laws" (act of June 29, 1906, as amended by sec. 9, act of March 2, 1929; 45 Stat. 1516; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 399c (c) ). SEC. 4. * * ** 66* Twelfth. The certificate of repatriation issued under this subdivision shall have the same effect as a certificate issued by a court having naturalization jurisdiction, and the provisions of subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 33 shall apply in respect of proceedings and certificates of repatriation under this subdivision in the same manner and to the same extent, including penalties, as they apply in respect of proceedings and certificates

1 So in original.

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(33) Knowingly to demand, charge, solicit, collect, or receive, or agree to charge, solicit, collect, or receive, any other or additional fees or moneys in naturalization or citizenship or other proceedings under this chapter than the fees and moneys specified in such chapter.

(34) Willfully to neglect to render true accounts of moneys received by any clerk of a naturalization court or such clerk's assistant or any other person under this chapter or willfully to neglect to pay over any balance of such moneys due to the United States within thirty days after said payment shall become due and demand therefor has been made and refused, which neglect shall constitute embezzlement of the public moneys.

of citizenship issued under this section" (act of June 29, 1906, as amended, as amended by act of June 21, 1930; 46 Stat. 791; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 18).

SEC. 81. The provisions of the five sections last preceding shall apply to all proceedings had or taken, or attempted to be had or taken, before any court in which any proceeding for naturalization may be commenced or attempted to be commenced, and whether such court was vested by law with jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings or not (Federal Criminal Code of March 4, 1909; 35 Stat. 1103; U. S. C., title 18, sec. 143).

SEC. 1. * * * That all mail matter, of whatever class, relating to naturalization, including duplicate papers required by law or regulation to be sent to the Immigration and Naturalization Service by clerks of State or Federal courts, addressed to the Department of Labor or the Immigration and Naturalization Service, or to any official thereof, and indorsed "Official Business," shall be transmitted free of postage, and by registered mail if necessary, and so marked: Provided further, That if any person shall make use of such indorsement to avoid payment of postage or registry fee on his or her private letter, package, or other matter in the mail, the person offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of $300, to be prosecuted in any court of competent jurisdiction (act of October 6, 1917; 40 Stat. 376; U. S. C., title 39, sec. 324).

(b) The provisions of this section shall apply to copies and duplicates of certificates of arrival, of declarations of intention, of certificates of naturalization, of certificates of citizenship, and of other documents required or authorized by the naturalization laws and citizenship laws as well as to the originals of such certificates of arrival, declarations of intention, certificates of naturalization, certificates of citizenship, and other documents, whether issued by any court or by the Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner.

(c) The provisions of this section shall apply to all proceedings had or taken or attempted to be had or taken, before any court spec fid in subsection (a) of section 301, or any court, in which proceedings for naturalization may have been or may be commenced or attempted to be commenced, and whether or not such court at the time such proceedings were had or taken was vested by law with jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings..

(d) Any person violating subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(e) Any person who has been subpenaed under the provisions of subsection (c) of section 309 to appear on the final hearing of a petition for naturalization, and who shall neglect or refuse to so appear and to testify, if in the power of such person to do so, shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by subsection (d) of this section.

(f) If any person shall use the endorsement "Cfficial Business" authorized by section 342 to avoid payment of postage or registry fee on a private letter, package, or other matter in the mail, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of $300, to be prosecuted in any court of competent jurisdiction.

SEC. 24. That no person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any crime arising under the provisions of this Act unless the indictment is found or the information is filed within five years next after the commission of such crime (act of June 29, 1906; 34 Stat. 603; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 415).

"SEC. 1014. No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense, not capital, except as provided in section 1046, unless the indictment is found, or the information is instituted, within three years next after such offense shall have been committed: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall apply to any offense for which an indictment has been heretofore found or an information instituted, or to any proceedings under any such indictment or information" (R. S. U. S., as amended, as amended by act of December 27, 1927; 45 Stat. 51; U. S. C., title 18, sec. 582).

SEC. 25. That for the purpose of the prosecution of all crimes and offenses against the naturalization laws of the United States which may have been committed prior to the date when this Act shall go into effect, the existing naturalization laws shall remain in full force and effect (act of June 29, 1906; 34 Stat. 603, as amended by sec. 2, act of May 9, 1918; 40 Stat. 547; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 416).

SEC. 12. That it is hereby made the duty of the clerk of each and every court exercising jurisdiction in naturalization matters under the provisions of this Act to keep and file a duplicate of each declaration of intention made before him and to send to the Immigration and Naturalization Service at Washington, within thirty days after the is suance of a certificate of citizenship, a duplicate of such certificate, and to make and keep on file in his office a stub

(g) No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any crime arising under the provisions of this chapter unless the indictment is found or the information is filed within five years next after the commission of such crime.

(h) For the purpose of the prosecution of all crimes and offenses against the naturalization or citizenship laws of the United States which may have been committed prior to the date when this chapter shall go into effect, the existing naturalization and citizenship laws shall remain in full force and effect.

(i) It shall be lawful and admissible as evidence in any proceeding founded under this chapter, or any of the penal or criminal provisions of the naturalization or citizenship laws, for any officer or employee of the United States to render testimony as to any statement voluntarily made to such officer or employee in the course of the performance of the official duties of such officer or employee by any defendant at the time of or subsequent to the alleged commission of any crime or offense referred to in this section which may tend to show that such defendant did not or could not have had knowledge of any matter concerning which such defendant is shown to have made affidavit, or oath, or to have been a witness pursuant to such law or laws.

(j) In case any clerk of court shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of section 336 (a), (b), (c), (d), such clerk of court shall forfeit and pay to the United States the sum of $25 in each and every case in which such violation or omission occurs, and the amount of such forfeiture may be recovered by the United States in an action of debt against such clerk.

for each certificate so issued by him whereon shall be entered a memorandum of all the essential facts set forth in such certificate. It shall also be the duty of the clerk of each of said courts to report to the said Service, within thirty days after the final hearing and decision of the court, the name of each and every alien who shall be denied naturalization, and to furnish to said Service duplicates of all petitions within thirty days after the filing of the same, and certified copies of such other proceedings and orders instituted in or issued out of said court affecting or relating to the naturalization of aliens as may be required from time to time by the said Service.

In case any such clerk or officer acting under his direction shall refuse or neglect to comply with any of the foregoing provisions he shall forfeit and pay to the United States the sum of twenty-five dollars in each and every case in which such violation or omission occurs, and the amount of such forfeiture may be recovered by the United States in an action of debt against such clerk * * * (act of June 29, 1906; 34 'Stat. 599-600; U. S. C., title S, sec. 400).

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SEC. 12. Clerks of courts having and exercising jurisdiction in naturalization matters shall be responsible for all blank certificates of citizenship received by them from time to time from the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and shall account for the same to the said Service whenever required so to do by such Service. No certificate of citizenship received by any such clerk which may be defaced or injured in such manner as to prevent its use as herein provided shall in any case be destroyed, but such certificate shall be returned to the said Service; and in case any such clerk shall fail to return or properly account for any certificate furnished by the said Service, as herein provided, he shall be liable to the United States in the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt, for each and every certificate not properly accounted for or returned (act of June 29, 1906; 34 Stat. 600; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 401).

(k) If any clerk of court shall fail to return to the Service or properly account for any certificate of naturalization or of citizenship furnished by the Service as provided in subsection (e) of section 336, such clerk of court shall be liable to the United States in the sum of $50, to be recovered in an action of debt, for each and every such certificate not properly accounted for or returned.

(1) The provisions of subsections (a), (b), (d), (g), (h), and (i) of this section shall apply in respect of the application for and the record of registry authorized by section 327, in the same manner and to the same extent, including penalties, as they apply in any naturalization or citizenship proceeding or any other proceeding under section 345.