any colony, district, or people, or of any subjects or citizens of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or peopie, it shall be lawful for the President, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, for the purpose of taking possession of and detaining any such vessel, with her prizes, if any, in order to enforce the execution of the prohibitions and penalties of this chapter, and the restoring of such prizes in the cases in which restoration shall be adjudged; and also for the purpose of preventing the carrying on of any such expedition or enterprise from the territory or jurisdiction of the United States against the territory or dominion of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are at peace.

R. S. & 5287. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 14, 35 Stat. 1090.

§ 10179. (Crim. Code, § 15.) Compelling foreign vessels to depart. It shall be lawful for the President, or such person as he shall empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as shall be necessary to compel any foreign vessel to depart the United States in all cases in which, by the laws of nations or the treaties of the United States, she ought not to remain within the United States.

R. S. § 5288. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 15, 35 Stat. 1091.

§ 10180. (Crim. Code, § 16.) ing. The owners or consignees of every armed vessel sailing out of the ports of, or under the jurisdiction of, the United States, belonging wholly or in part to citizens thereof, shall, before clearing out the same, give bond to the United States, with sufficient sureties, in double the amount of the value of the vessel and cargo on board, including her armament, conditioned that the vessel shall not be employed by such owners to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace. R. S. § 5289. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 16, 35 Stat. 1091.

Bonds from armed vessels on clear

§ 10181. (Crim. Code, § 17.) Detention by collectors of customs. The several collectors of the customs shall detain any vessel manifestly built for warlike purposes, and about to depart the United States, or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, the cargo of which principally consists of arms and munitions of war, when the number of men shipped on board, or other circumstances, render it probable that such vessel is intended to be employed by the owners to cruise or commit hostilities upon the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are at peace, until the decision of the President is had thereon, or until the owner gives such bond and security as is required of the owners of armed vessels by the preceding section.

R. S. § 5290. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 17, 35 Stat. 1091.

§ 10182. (Crim. Code, § 18.) Construction of this chapter; transient aliens; prosecutions for treason or piracy not affected. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to extend to any subject or citizen of any foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people who is transiently within the United States and enlists or enters himself on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, which at the time of its arrival within the United States was fitted and equipped as such, or hires or retains another subject or citizen of the same foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people who is transiently within the United States to enlist or enter himself to serve such foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people on board such vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, if the United States shall then be at peace with such foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people. Nor shall they be construed to prevent the prosecution or punishment of treason, or of any piracy defined by the laws of the United States.

R. S. § 5291. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 18, 35 Stat. 1091.

§ 10183. (Crim. Code, § 19.) Conspiracy to injure, etc., persons in the exercise of civil rights; punishment for.

If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same, or if two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured, they shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than ten years, and shall, moreover, be thereafter ineligible to any office, or place of honor, profit, or trust created by the Constitution or laws of the United States.

R. S. 5508. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, & 19, 35 Stat. 1092.

§ 10184. (Crim. Code, § 20.) Depriving citizens of civil rights under color of State laws, etc.; punishment for.

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects, or causes to be subjected, any inhabitant of any State, Territory, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution and laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such inhabitant being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

R. S. § 5510. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 20, 35 Stat. 1092.

§ 10185. (Crim. Code, § 21.) Conspiring to prevent officer from performing duties; punishment for.

If two or more persons in any State, Territory, or District conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the United States, or from discharging any duties thereof; or to induce by like means any officer of the United States to leave any State, Territory, District, or place, where his duties as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, or while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, or to injure his property so as to molest, interrupt, hinder, or impede him in the discharge of his official duties, each of such persons shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six years, or both.

R. S. § 5518. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 21, 35 Stat. 1092.

§ 10186. (Crim. Code, § 22.) Unlawful presence of troops at polls; punishment for.

Every officer of the Army or Navy, or other person in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, who orders, brings, keeps, or has under his authority or control any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held in any State, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars. and imprisoned not more than five years.

R. S. § 5528. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 22, 35 Stat. 1092.

§ 10187. (Crim. Code, § 23.) Intimidating voters by Army or Navy officers, etc.; punishment for.

Every officer or other person in the military or naval service of the United States who, by force, threat, intimidation, order, advice, or otherwise, prevents, or attempts to prevent, any qualified voter of any State from freely exercising the right of suffrage at any general or special election in such State shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years.

R. S. § 5529. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 23, 35 Stat. 1092.

§ 10188. (Crim. Code, § 24.) Army or Navy officers prescribing qualifications of voters.

Every officer of the army or navy who prescribes or fixes, or

attempts to prescribe or fix, whether by proclamation, order, or otherwise, the qualifications of voters at any election in any State shall be punished as provided in the preceding section.

R. S. & 5530. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 24, 35 Stat. 1092.

§ 10189. (Crim. Code, § 25.) Interfering with election officers by Army or Navy officers, etc.

Every officer or other person in the military or naval service of the United States who, by force, threat, intimidation, order, or otherwise, compels, or attempts to compel, any officer holding an election in any State to receive a vote from a person not legally qualified to vote, or who imposes, or attempts to impose, any regulations for conducting any general or special election in a State different from those prescribed by law, or who interferes in any manner with any officer of an election in the discharge of his duty, shall be punished as provided in section twenty-three.

R. S. § 5531. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 25, 35 Stat. 1092.

§ 10190. (Crim. Code, § 26.) Additional punishment; suffrage by officers, etc., not impaired.

Every person convicted of any offense defined in the four preceding sections shall, in addition to the punishment therein prescribed, be disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit, or trust under the United States; but nothing therein shall be construed to prevent any officer, soldier, sailor, or marine from exercising the right of suffrage in any election district to which he may belong, if otherwise qualified according to the laws of the State in which he offers to vote.

R. S. § 5532. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 26, 35 Stat. 1093.