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754 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 645 --JUNE 25, 1948 [62 STAT. of the material used or to be used, or the quantity or quality of the work performed or to be performed, or the costs thereof in connection with the submission of plans, maps, specifications, contracts, or costs of construction of any highway or related project submitted for approval to the Secretary of Agriculture; or Whoever knowingly makes any false statement, false representation, or false report or claim for work or materials for the construction of any highway or related project approved by the Secretary of Agri- culture; or Whoever knowingly makes any false statement or false representa- tion in any report required under Title 23, with intent to defraud the United States- Shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 1021. TrILE RECORDS Whoever, being an officer or other person authorized by any law of the United States to record a conveyance of real property or any other instrument which by such law may be recorded, knowingly cer- tifies falsely that such conveyance or instrument has or has not been recorded, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 1022. DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATE, VOUCHER, RECEIPT FOR MILITARY OR NAVAL PROPERTY Whoever, being authorized to make or deliver any certificate, voucher, receipt, or other paper certifying the receipt of arms, ammunition, provisions, clothing, or other property used or to be used in the military or naval service, makes or delivers the same to any other person without a full knowledge of the truth of the facts stated therein and with intent to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. § 1023. INSUFFICIENT DELIVERY OF MONEY OR PROPERTY FOR MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE Whoever, having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money or other public property used or to be used in the military or naval service, with intent to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof, or any corporation in which the United States has a pro- prietary interest, or intending to conceal such money or other prop- erty, delivers to any person having authority to receive the same any amount of such money or other property less than that for which he received a certificate or took a receipt, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. § 1024. PURCHASE OR RECEIPT OF MILITARY, NAVAL, OR VETERAN'S FACITI- TIES PROPERTY Whoever purchases, or receives in pledge from any person any arms, equipment ammunition, clothing, military stores, or other property furnished by the United States under a clothing allowance or other- wise, to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States or of the National Guard or Naval Militia, or to any person accompanying, serving, or retained with the land or naval forces and subject to mili- tary or naval law or to any former member of such Armed Forces at or by any hospital, home, or facility maintained by the United States, having knowledge or reason to believe that the property has been taken from the possession of or furnished by the United States under such allowance, or otherwise,shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.