The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-07-24

any prohibited place within the mean
whoever for the purpose aforesaid,
and with like intent or reason to be-
lieve, copies, takes, makes or obtains,
or attempts, or induces or aids anoth-
er to copy, take, make, or obtain, any
sketch, photograph, Photographic neg
ative, blue print, plan, map, model,
instrument, appliance, document, writ
ing, or note of any thing connected
with the national defense; or (c) who
ever, for the purpose aforesaid, re-
ceives or obtains or agrees or at
tempts or induces or aids another to
receive or obtain from any person, or
from any source whatever, any docu-
ment, writing, code, book, signal book,
sketch, photography, Photographic
negative, blue print, plan, map, model,
instrument, appliance or note Of any
thing connected with the national de-
tense knowing or having reason to
believe, at the time he receives or OBJ
talns, or agrees or attempts or in
duces or aids another to receive or OBJ
tain it, that it has been or will be OBJ
tanned, taken, made or disposed of by
ony person contrary to the provisions
of this title; or (d) whoever lawfully
or unlawfully having possession of,
access to, control over, or being en-
trusted with any document, writing,
code book, signal book, sketch, photo
graph, Photographic negative, plue
print, plan, map, model, instrument,
appliance, or note relating to the ma
tional defense, wilfully communicates
or transmits or attempts to communi-
cate or transmit the same to any per-
son not entitled to it, or wilfully re-
talns the same and fails to deliver it
on demand to the officer or cmplovee
OF the United States entitled to re-
celve it; or (e) whoever, being intrust-
ed with or having lawful possession or
control of any document, writing, code
book, signal book, sketch, photograph,
Photographic negative, blue print,
plan, map, model, note, or informa-
ton, relating to the national defense,
throug n gross negligence permits the
same to be removed from its proper
place OF custody or delivered to any
one IN violation of his trust, or to be
lost, stolen, abstracted, or DESTROYED,
shall be punished by a fine of not
more than $4,000, or by imprison-
ment for not more than two years. or
both.
Sec. 2. (a) Whoever, with intent or
reason to believe that it is to be used
to the injury Of the United States or
TO the advantage of foreign nation,
communicates, delivers, or transmits,
or attempts to, or aids or induces an
other 10, communicate, deliver, or
transmit, to any foreign government,
or TO any faction or party or military
or naval force within foreign coun-
try, whether recognized or unrccor-
nlzed by the United States. or to any
representative, officer, agent, employ
ee, subject, or citizen thereof, either
directly or indirectly, any document,
writing, code book, signal book,
sketch, photograph, Photographic
negative, blue print, plan, map, model,
note, instrument, appliance, or nfor-
matlon relating to the national de-
tense, shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not more than twenty wears,
: Provided, That whoever shall violate
the provisions Of subsection (a) Of
THIS section in time of war shall be
punished by death or by imprison-
mcnt for not more than thirty years ::
ana ~ whoever, in time of war, with
intent that the same shall be commun-
lcated to the enemy, shall collect, re-
cord, publish, or communicate, or at
tempt to elicit any information with
respect to the movement, numbers. de-
scription,, condition, or disposition of
any OF the armed forces, ships, air
craft, or war materials of the United
States, or with respect to the plans
or conduct or supposed conduct of any
naval or military operations, or with
respect to any works or measures un-
't;k iterLaken Tor or connected with, or in
tended for the fortification or defense
o! any place, or any other informa-
tion relating to the public defense,
whlEh might be useful to the enemy,
sialI DC punished by Geath or by i'm
iprlsonment for not more than thirt v
years.
Sec. 8. Whoever, when the United
states IS at war, shall wilfully make
or convey false reports or false state
ments with intent to interfere with
the operation or success of the mill.
tary or naval forces Of the United
states or to promote the success of it's
enemies, and whoever, when the
united States is at war, shall wilfully
cause or attempt to cause,