[Extract from "An act to prevent and punish frauds upon the Government
of the United States," approved March 2, 1863.]
_Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled_, That any person in the land or
naval forces of the United States, or in the militia in actual service
of the United States in time of war, who shall make or cause to be made,
or present or cause to be presented for payment or approval to or by any
person or officer in the civil or military service of the United States,
any claim upon or against the Government of the United States, or
any department or officer thereof, knowing such claim to be false,
fictitious, or fraudulent; any person in such forces or service who
shall, for the purpose of obtaining or aiding in obtaining the approval
or payment of such claim, make, use, or cause to be made or used, any
false bill, receipt, voucher, entry, roll, account, claim, statement,
certificate, affidavit, or deposition, knowing the same to contain any
false or fraudulent statement or entry; any person in said forces or
service who shall make or procure to be made, or knowingly advise the
making of, any false oath to any fact, statement, or certificate,
voucher or entry, for the purpose of obtaining or of aiding to obtain
any approval or payment of any claim against the United States, or any
department or officer thereof; any person in said forces or service who,
for the purpose of obtaining or enabling any other person to obtain
from the Government of the United States, or any department or officer
thereof, any payment or allowance, or the approval or signature of any
person in the military, naval, or civil service of the United States
of or to any false, fraudulent, or fictitious claim, shall forge or
counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, any
signature upon any bill, receipt, voucher, account, claim, roll,
statement, affidavit, or deposition; and any person in said forces or
service who shall utter or use the same as true or genuine, knowing the
same to have been forged or counterfeited; any person in said forces or
service who shall enter into any agreement, combination, or conspiracy
to cheat or defraud the Government of the United States, or any
department or officer thereof, by obtaining or aiding and assisting to
obtain the payment or allowance of any false or fraudulent claim; any
person in said forces or service who shall steal, embezzle, or knowingly
and willfully misappropriate or apply to his own use or benefit, or who
shall wrongfully and knowingly sell, convey, or dispose of any ordnance,
arms, ammunition, clothing, subsistence stores, money, or other property
of the United States, furnished or to be used for the military or naval
service of the United States; any contractor, agent, paymaster,
quartermaster, or other person whatsoever in said forces or service
having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money or other
public property used or to be used in the military or naval service of
the United States, who shall, with intent to defraud the United States,
or willfully to conceal such money or other property, deliver or cause
to be delivered to any other person having authority to receive the same
any amount of such money or other public property less than that for
which he shall receive a certificate or receipt; any person in said
forces or service who is or shall be authorized to make or deliver any
certificate, voucher, or receipt, or other paper certifying the receipt
of arms, ammunition, provisions, clothing, or other public property so
used or to be used, who shall make or deliver the same to any person
without having full knowledge of the truth of the facts stated therein,
and with intent to cheat, defraud, or injure the United States; any
person in said forces or service who shall knowingly purchase or
receive, in pledge for any obligation or indebtedness, from any soldier,
officer, or other person called into or employed in said forces or
service, any arms, equipments, ammunition, clothes, or military stores,
or other public property, such soldier, officer, or other person not
having the lawful right to pledge or sell the same, shall be deemed
guilty of a criminal offense, and shall be subject to the rules and
regulations made for the government of the military and naval forces of
the United States, and of the militia when called into and employed in
the actual service of the United States in time of war, and to the
provisions of this act.
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