Crime, Kidnaping and Prison Laws...

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

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Act of June 21, 1902, an Act to regulate commutation for food conduct for
U.S. prisoners. (Public Law No. 170, 57th Cong.) -

Act of June 25, 1910, an Act to parole U.S. prisoners. (Public Law No.

269, 61st Cong.)-

Act of October 17, 1919, an Act to punish the transportation of stolen

motor vehicles in interstate or foreign commerce. (Public Law No. 70,

66th Cong.)---

Act of November 17, 1921, an Act to amend section 1044 of the Revised
Statutes of United States relating to limitation in criminal cases. (Public
Law No. 92, 67th Cong.) -

Act of December 27, 1927, an Act amending section 1044 of the Revised

Statutes of the United States as amended by the Act approved November

17, 1921. (Public Law No. 3, 70th Cong.) -

Act of January 7, 1925, an Act for the establishment of a U.S. Industrial
Reformatory. (Public Law No. 305, 68th Cong.)

Act of February 13, 1925, an Act to amend the Judicial Code, and to
further define jurisdiction of the circuit courts of appeals and of the
Supreme Court. (Public Law No. 415, 68th Cong.)

Act of March 4, 1925, an Act to provide for the establishment of a proba-
tion system in the U.S. courts, except in the District of Columbia.
(Public Law No. 596, 68th Cong.)

Act of July 3, 1926, an Act to increase the clothing and cash gratuity
furnished to persons discharged from prisons. (Public Law No. 516,
69th Cong.)-

Act of January 19, 1929, an Act to divest goods, wares, and merchandise

manufactured, produced, or mined by convicts or prisoners of their

interstate character in certain cases. (Public Law No. 669, 70th Cong.)_
Act of February 8, 1927, an Act declaring pistols, revolvers, and other
firearms capable of being concealed on the person nonmailable and pro-
viding penalty. (Public Law No. 583, 69th Cong.)-

Act of February 26, 1929, an Act to establish Federal prison camps.
(Public Law No. 822, 70th Cong.) -

Act of May 12, 1930, an Act to remove the age limit of persons who may
be confined at the U.S. Industrial Reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio.
(Public Law No. 188, 71st Cong)

Act of May 13, 1930, an Act to establish a hospital for defective delin-
quents. (Public Law No. 201, 71st Cong.) -

Act of May 13, 1930, an Act to authorize the Public Health Service to

provide medical service in the Federal prisons. (Public Law No. 203,

71st Cong.)--

Act of May 13, 1930, an Act to amend an Act providing for the parole of

U.S. prisoners. (Public Law No. 202, 71st Cong.).

Act of May 14, 1930, an Act to reorganize the administration of Federal

prisons; to authorize the Attorney General to contract for the care of

U.S. prisoners; to establish Federal jails. (Public Law No. 218, 71st

Cong.)

Act of May 27, 1930, an Act establishing two institutions for the confine-
ment of U.S. prisoners. (Public Law No. 270, 71st Cong.).

Act of May 27, 1930, an Act to provide for the diversification of employ-

ment of Federal prisoners, for their training and schooling in trades

and occupation. (Public Law No. 271, 71st Čong.)_.

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Act of June 6, 1930, an Act to amend the Act of March 4, 1925, chapter 521.
(Public Law No. 310, 71st Cong.) -

Act of June 11, 1930, an Act establishing under the jurisdiction of the

Department of Justice a Division of the Bureau of Investigation to be

known as the Division of Identification and Information. (Public Law

No. 337, 71st Cong.).-

Act of March 2, 1931, an Act to amend an Act to parole U.S. prisoners,

approved June 25, 1910. (Public Law No. 777, 71st Cong.)....

Act of June 11, 1932, to provide for the transportation of certain juvenile

offenders to States under the law of which they have committed offenses

or are delinquents. (Public Law No. 169, 72d Cong.)..

Act of June 22, 1932, forbidding the transportation of any person in inter-

state or foreign commerce, kidnapped, or otherwise unlawfully detained,

and making such act a felony. (Public Law No. 189, 72d Cong.)-

Act of June 28, 1932, to amend sections 328 and 329 of the U.S. Criminal

Code of 1910 and sections 548 and 549 of the United States Code of

1926. (Public Law No. 199, 72d Cong.) - - -

Act of June 29, 1932, to prohibit the misuse of official insignia. (Public
Law No. 206, 72d Cong.).

Act of June 29, 1932, to provide for alternate jurors in certain criminal
cases. (Public Law No. 209, 72d Cong.)--

Act of June 29, 1932, to fix the date when sentence of imprisonment shall

begin to run, providing when the allowance to a prisoner of time for good

conduct shall begin to run, and further to extend the provisions of the

parole laws. (Public Law No. 210, 72d Cong.).

Act of July 8, 1932, to punish the sending through the mails of certain
threatening communications. (Public Law No. 274, 72d Cong.).

Act of July 8, 1932, to control the possession, sale, transfer, and use of

pistols and other dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia, to

provide penalties, to prescribe rules of evidence. (Public Law No. 275,
72d Cong.).

Act of July 15, 1932, to establish a Board of Intermediate Sentence and

Parole for the District of Columbia and to determine its functions.

(Public Law No. 287, 72d Cong.)....

Act of January 21, 1933, to amend an Act entitled "An Act To Punish the

Unlawful Breaking of Seals of Railroad Cars Containing Interstate or

Foreign Shipments." (Public Law No. 316, 72d Cong.)..

to amend section 812 of the Code of Law for the

(Public Law No. 362, 72d Cong.)

Act of February 18, 1933,

District of Columbia.

Act of March 3, 1933, to regulate the business of executing bonds for com-

pensation in criminal cases and to improve the administration of justice

in the District of Columbia. (Public Law No. 422, 72d Cong.) - -

Act of May 18, 1933, to amend section 1025 of the Revised Statutes of the

United States. (Public Law No. 16, 73d Cong.) -

Act of June 10, 1933, for the protection of Government records.

Law No. 37, 73d Cong.).

(Public

Act of June 15, 1933, to amend section 289 of the Criminal Code.

Law No. 62, 73d Cong.)..

(Public

Act of June 16, 1933, to amend the Probation Law. (Public Law No. 74,

73d Cong.) -

Act of March 8, 1934, to amend an Act entitled "An Act To Give the

Supreme Court of the United States Authority To Prescribe Rules of

Practices and Procedure With Respect to Proceedings in Criminal

Cases After Verdict". (Public Law No. 117, 73d Cong.)--

Act of April 30, 1934, to provide for the removal of American citizens and

nationals accused of crime to and from the jurisdiction of any officer or

representative of the United States vested with judicial authority in any

country in which the United States exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction.

(Public Law No. 126, 73d Cong.)__.

Act of May 10, 1934, to limit the operation of statutes of limitation in

certain cases. (Public Law No. 217, 73d Cong.).

Act of May 18, 1934, to provide punishment for killing or assaulting
Federal officers. (Public Law No. 230, 73d Cong.).......

Act of May 18, 1934, applying the powers of the Federal Government,
under the commerce clause of the Constitution, to extortion by means
of telephone, telegraph, radio, oral message. (Public Law No. 231,
73d Cong.)-

Act of May 18, 1934, to amend the Act forbidding the_transportation of
kidnapped persons in interstate commerce. (Public Law No. 232, 73d
Cong.)..

Act of May 18, 1934, making it unlawful for any person to flee from one
State to another for the purpose of avoiding prosecution or the giving of
testimony in certain cases. (Public Law No. 233, 73d Cong.).

Act of May 18, 1934, to define certain crimes against the United States in
connection with the administration of Federal penal and correctional
institutions and to fix the punishment therefor. (Public Law No. 234,
73d Cong.)

Act of May 18, 1934, to provide punishment for certain offenses committed
against banks organized or operating under laws of the United States
or any member of the Federal Reserve System. (Public Law No. 235,
73d Cong.) -

Act of May 22, 1934, to extend the provisions of the National Motor
Vehicle Theft Act to other stolen property. (Public Law No. 246, 73d
Cong.).

Act of June 5, 1934, to amend the Act of July 15, 1932. (Public Law No.
287, 73d Cong.).

Act of June 6, 1934, granting the consent of Congress to any two or more
States to enter into agreements or compacts for cooperative effort and
mutual assistance in the prevention of crime. (Public Law No. 293,
73d Cong.).

Act of June 6, 1934, to authorize an appropriation of money to facilitate

the apprehension of certain persons charged with crime. (Public Law

No. 295, 73d Cong.) -