62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 and shall be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States. § 208. ACCEPTANCE OR SOLICITATION BY JUDICIAL OFFICER Whoever, being a juror, referee, arbitrator, appraiser, assessor, auditor, master, trustee, receiver, United States commissioner, or other person authorized by any law of the United States to hear or determine any question, matter, cause, controversy, or proceeding, asks, receives, or agrees to receive, any money or thing of value, or any promise or agreement therefor, because of or with intent to be influenced in his vote, opinion, action, judgment, or decision, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. § 209. OFFER TO WITNESS Whoever, directly or indirectly, gives or offers any money or thing of value, or any promise or agreement therefor, or any other bribe to any person being, or about to be, a witness upon a trial, hearing, or other proceeding, before any court or any officer authorized by the laws of the United States to hear evidence or take testimony, upon any agree- ment or understanding that his testimony shall be influenced thereby, or that he will absent himself from the trial, hearing or other proceed- ing, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. § 210. ACCEPTANCE BY WrrNESS Whoever, being, or about to be, a witness upon a trial, hearing, or other proceeding, before any court or any officer authorized by the laws of the United States to hear evidence or take testimony, receives, or agrees or offers to receive, a bribe, upon any agreement or under- standing that his testimony shall be influenced thereby, or that he will absent himself from the trial, hearing, or other proceeding, or because of such testimony, or such absence, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. § 211. OFFER OF GRATUITY TO REVENUE OFFICER Whoever, being engaged in the importation into the United States of any goods, wares, or merchandise, or being interested as principal, clerk, or agent in the entry thereof, gives or offers, to any officer of the revenue, any present of money or thing of value, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. § 212. OFFER OR THREAT TO CUSTOMS OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE Whoever gives, offers, or promises any money or thing of value, directly or indirectly, to any officer or employee of the United States in consideration of or for any act or omission contrary to law in con- nection with or pertaining to the importation, appraisement, entry, examination, or inspection of merchandise or baggage, or of the liqui- dation of the entry thereof, or by threats or demands or promises of any character attempts improperly to influence or control any such officer or employee of the United States as to the performance of his official duties, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. Evidence, satisfactory to the court, of such giving, offering, or promising to give, or attempting to influence or control, shall be prima facie evidence that the same was contrary to law. § 213. ACCEPTANCE OR DEMAND BY CUSTOMS OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States, solicits, demands, exacts, or receives from any person, directly or indirectly, except in payment of the duties or exactions fixed by law, any gratuity, money, or thing of value, for any service performed under the cus- toms laws, or m consideration of any official act or the omission 693
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