CONTRACTS. 329 



the provisions of appropriation Acts approved prior to the passage 

 of this Act. 



Act June 19. 1912. c. 174. s. 2, .S7 Stnt. i:W. 



Act Ausrust 1. 1892, c. 352. mentioned in this act, is set forth above. 



Time of taking effect of Act. 



Sec. 3. That this Act shall become effective and be in force on and 

 after Janiiar\' first, nineteen hundred and thirteen. 



Act June 19, 1912, c. 174, s. 3. 37 Stat. 138. 



ACT MARCH 4. 1909, c. 321. (35 Stat. 1088.) 



Persons interested in corporations, etc., not to act as officer or agent of United 

 States in transaction of business with such corporations, etc. 



Sec. 41. No officer or agent of any corporation, joint stock company, 

 or association, and no member or agent of any firm, or person directly 

 or indirectly interested in the pecuniary profits or contracts of such 

 corporation, joint stock company, association, or firm, shall be em- 

 ployed or shall act as an officer or agent of the Ignited States for the 

 transaction of business with such corporation, joint stock company, 

 association, or firm. Whoever shall violate the provision of this sec- 

 tion shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned 

 not more than two years. 



Act March 4. 1909, c. 321, s. 41, 35 Stat. 1097. 



This is n section of '"An act to codify, revise, and nniend the penal 

 laws of the United States," cited above, iucorporatinfj therein tlie pro- 

 visions of Rev. St. sec. 1783, which section is expressly repealed by section 

 .341 of this act. 



Member of Congress interested in public contracts; punishment; contracts void; 

 repayment of consideration advanced by United States. 



Sec. 114. Whoever, being elected or appointed a Member of or 

 Delegate to Congress, or a Resident Commissioner, shall, after his 

 election or appointment and either before or after he has qualified, 

 and during his continuance in office, directly or indii-ectlv, himself. 

 or b}" any other person in trust for him. or for his use or benefit, or 

 on his account, undertake, execute, hold, or enjoy, in whole or in ]')art, 

 any contrtu-t or agreement, made or entered into in behalf of the 

 United States by any officer or person authorized to make contracts 

 on its behalf, shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars. 

 All contracts or agreements made in violation of this section shall 

 be void; and whenever any sum of money is advanced by the United 

 States, in consideration of any such contract or agreement, it shall 

 forthwith he repaid: and in ca.se of failure or refusal to repay the 

 same when demanded by the proper officer of tlie department under 

 whose authority such contract or agreement shall have been made or 

 entered into, suit shall at once be brought against the person so 

 failing or refusing and his sureties, for the recovery of the money so 

 advanced. 



Act March 4, V.MK c. 321, s. 114, 35 Slat. 1109. 



This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal 

 laws of the United States." cite<l above. incori>oratiiip therein the pro- 

 visions of Rev. St. sec. 3789, which section is expressly repi'iiled by section 

 341 of this act. 



Making official contract with Member of Congfress; punishment. 



Sec. ll.'i. Whoever, being an ollicer of the United States, shall 

 on behalf of the United States, directly or indirectly make or enter 



