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PUBLIC LAW 248—OCT. 31, 1951

[65 STAT.

"The Administrator of General Services, by regulation, may authorize the destruction of such records upon such terms and conditions as he deems appropriate, including the requirement for the making and retaining of photographs or microphotographs, which shall have the same force and effect as the originals thereof. "The definitions of terms in section 103 of Title 41 shall apply to similar terms used in this section.". (b) Section 603 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out, after "purpose" in such section, the words "from any such person", so that such section will read as follows: "§ 603. Place of solicitation "Whoever, in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by any person mentioned in section 602 of this title, or in any navy yard, fort, or arsenal, solicits or receives any contribution of money or other thing of value for any political purpose, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.". (c) The second paragraph of section 610 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended (1) by inserting after "as the case may be," in such paragraph, the words "and any person who accepts or receives any contribution,"; (2) by inserting a comma after "section" where such word precedes "shall be fined not more than $1,000" in such paragraph; and (3) by inserting, immediately after "both" and preceding the period at the end of such paragraph, the following: "; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both", so that such paragraph will read as follows: "Every corporation or labor organization which makes any contribution or expenditure in violation of this section shall be fined not more than $5,000; and every officer or director of any corporation, or officer of any labor organization, who consents to any contribution or expenditure by the corporation or labor organization, as the case may be, and any person who accepts or receives any contribution, in violation of this section, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.". SEC. 21. Section 658 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words "any production credit corporation or corporation in which a production credit corporation holds stock", and m lieu thereof inserting "any production credit association organized under sections 1131-1134m of Title 12, or in which a Production Credit Corporation holds stock", so that such section will read as follows: "§ 658. Property mortgaged or pledged to farm credit agencies "Whoever, with intent to defraud, knowingly conceals, removes, disposes of, or converts to his own use or to that of another, any property mortgaged or pledged to, or held by, the Farm Credit Administration, any Federal intermediate credit bank, or the Federal F a r m Mortgage Corporation, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Farmers' Home Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Farmers' Home Administration, any production credit association organized under sections 1131-1134m of Title 12, or in which a Production Credit Corporation holds stock, any regional agricultural credit corporation, or any bank for cooperatives, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; but if the value of such property does not exceed $100, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.".