SEC. 1546. No officer or employé of the Government shall require or Title 15, Chap. 6. request any workingman in any navy-yard to contribute or pay any Contributions money for political purposes, nor shall any workingman be removed or for political pur discharged for political opinion; and any officer or employé of the Gov- poses. ernment who shall offend against the provisions of this section shall be dismissed from the service of the United States. [See acts Aug. 15, 1876, and Jan. 16, 1883, post. ] 2 March, 1867, s. 3, v. 14, p. 492. Title 19. Prohibition SEC. 1781. Every member of Congress or any officer or agent of the Government who, directly or indirectly, takes, receives, or agrees to receive, any money, property, or other valuable consideration whatever, upon taking confrom any person for procuring, or aiding to procure, any contract, sideration for. office, or place, from the Government, or any Department thereof, or procuring confrom any officer of the United States, for any person whatever, or for tracts, offices, &c. giving any such contract, office, or place to any person whomsoever, and every person who, directly or indirectly, offers or agrees to give, or gives, or bestows any money, property, or other valuable consideration whatever, for the procuring or aiding to procure any such contract, office, or place, and every member of Congress who, directly or indirectly, takes, receives, or agrees to receive any money, property, or other valuable consideration whatever after his election as such member, for his attention to, services, action, vote, or decision on any question, matter, cause, or proceeding which may then be pending, or may by law or under the Constitution be brought before him in his official capacity, or in his place as such member of Congress, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be imprisoned not more than two years and fined not more than ten thousand dollars. And any such contract or agreement may, at the option of the President, be declared absolutely null and void; and any member of Congress or officer convicted of a violation of this section, shall, moreover, be disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit, or trust under the Government of the United States. 16 July, 1862, v. 12, p. 577. 25 Feb., 1863, v. 12, p. 696. NOTE. Sections 1781 and 1782 make it illegal for an officer of the United States to have that sort of connection with a Government contract which an agent, attorney, or solicitor assumes when he procures or aids to procure such contract for another, and when he prosecutes for another against the Government any claim founded upon a Government contract. They forbid also, the receiving by officers, for such services, any compensation, including that of an interest in the contract.-Op. XIV, 483, Oct. 29, 1874, Williams. United States is SEC. 1782. No Senator, Representative, or Delegate, after his election Upon taking and during his continuance in office, and no head of a Department, or compensation in other officer or clerk in the employ of the Government, shall receive or matters to which agree to receive any compensation whatever, directly or indirectly, for a party. any services rendered, or to be rendered, to any person, either by himself or another, in relation to any proceeding, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest, or other matter or thing in which the United States is a party, or directly or indirectly interested, before any Department, court-martial, Bureau, officer, or any civil, military, or naval commission whatever. Every person offending against this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be imprisoned not more than two years, and fined not more than ten thousand dollars, Prohibition of presents, &c., to and shall, moreover, by conviction therefor, be rendered forever thereafter incapable of holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the Government of the United States. [See sections 3739 to 3742, Part I, p. 29.] 11 June, 1864, v. 13, p. 123. SEC. 1784. No officer, clerk, or employé in the United States Governcontributions, ment employ shall at any time solicit contributions from other officers, superiors. clerks, or employés in the Government service for a gift or present to those in a superior official position; nor shall any such officials or clerical superiors receive any gift or present offered or presented to them as a contribution from persons in Government employ receiving a less salary than themselves; nor shall any officer or clerk make any donation as a gift or present to any official superior. Every person who violates this section shall be summarily discharged from the Government employ. Title 70, Chap. 5, gress. 1 Feb., 1870, v. 16, p. 63. SEC. 5450. Every person who promises, offers, gives, or causes or proBribery of cures to be promised, offered or given, any money or other thing of member of Con value, or makes or tenders any contract, undertaking, obligation, gratuity, or security for the payment of money, or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value, to any member of either House of Congress, either before or after such member has been qualified or has taken his seat, with intent to influence his vote or decision on any question, matter, cause, or proceeding which may be at any time pending in either House of Congress, or before any committee thereof, shall be fined not more than three times the amount of money or value of the thing so offered, promised, given, made or tendered, or caused or procured to be so offered, promised, given, made, or tendered, and shall be, moreover, imprisoned not more than three years. Bribery of any United States officers. Title 70, Chap. 6. terested claims. 26 Feb., 1853, s. 6, v. 10, p. 171. SEC. 5451. Every person who promises, offers, or gives, or causes or procures to be promised, offered, or given, any money or other thing of value, or makes or tenders any contract, undertaking, obligation, gratuity, or security for the payment of money, or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value, to any officer of the United States, or to any person acting for or on behalf of the United States in any official function, under or by authority of any department or office of the Government thereof, or to any officer or person acting for or on behalf of either House of Congress, or of any committee of either House, or both Houses thereof, with intent to influence his decision or action on any question, matter, cause, or proceeding which may at any time be pending, or which may by law be brought before him in his official capacity, or in his place of trust or profit, or with intent to influence him to commit or aid in committing, or to collude in, or allow, any fraud, or make opportunity for the commission of any fraud, on the United States, or to induce him to do or omit to do any act in violation of his lawful duty, shall be punished as prescribed in the preceding section. 13 July, 1866, s. 62, v. 14, p. 168. SEC. 5498. Every officer of the United States, or person holding any Officers, &c., in- place of trust or profit, or discharging any official function under, or in in connection with, any Executive Department of the Government of the United States, or under the Senate or House of Representatives of the United States, who acts as an agent or attorney for prosecuting any claim against the United States, or in any manner, or by any means, otherwise than in discharge of his proper official duties, aids or assists in the prosecution or support of any such claim, or receives any gratuity, or any share of or interest in any claim from any claimant against the United States, with intent to aid or assist, or in consideration of having aided or assisted, in the prosecution of such claim, shall pay a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or suffer imprisonment not more than one year, or both. Member of 26 Feb., 1853, s. 2, v. 10, p. 170. SEC. 5500. Any member of either House of Congress who asks, accepts, Congress accept or receives any money, or any promise, contract, undertaking, obligaing bribe, &c. tion, gratuity, or security for the payment of money, or for the delivery |