An Act to amend title 18, United States Code, section 871, to provide penalties for threats against the President-elect and the Vice President.
PL 84-53 (S.734), enacted 06/01/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 53-JUNE 1, 1955 
[69 STAT. 
Public Law 53 
CHAPTER 115 
June 1, 1955 
AN ACT 
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To amend title 18, United States Code, section 871, to provide penalties for 
threats against the President-elect and the Vice President. 
62 Stat. 740. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That title 18, United 
States Code, section 871 is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 871. Threats 
against 
President, 
President-elect, 
and Vice 
President 
"Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the 
mail or for delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any 
letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any 
threat to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the President 
of the United States, the President-elect, or the Vice President of the 
United States, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such 
threat against the President, President-elect, or Vice President, shall 
be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, 
or both." 
62 Stat. 740. 
SEC. 2. The analysis of chapter 41 of title 18, United States Code, 
immediately preceding section 871 of such title is amended by deleting 
"871, Thi'eats against President." 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"871. Threats against President, President-elect, and Vice President." 
Approved June 1, 1955, 
Public Law 54 
CHAPTER 116 
June 1, 1955 
AN ACT 
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expenses incurred during July 1954 in the destruction, treatment, or processing, 
under authority of law, of swine, swine carcasses, and products derived from 
swine carcasses, infected with vesictilar exanthema. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
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losses from swine Agriculture IS authorizcd and directed to indemnify in an amount 
equal to 50 per centum, but not exceeding the indemnity paid by the 
State in which such losses and expenses were incurred, of the losses 
and expenses incurred by all persons whose swine, swine carcasses, 
and products derived from swine carcasses were destroyed, treated, or 
processed, under authority of law, in July 1954, as a result of having 
been infected with or exposed to the contagious disease known as 
vesicular exanthema. 
SEC. 2. The payment of indemnities under the provisions of this Act 
shall be limited, in the absence of Federal appraisal, to those losses and 
expenses where required proof of such losses and expenses has been 
made to the State in which such losses and expenses were incurred and 
50 per centum of such loss and expense has been paid by such State. 
SEC. 3. Payments made pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall 
be made from funds currently available to the Department of 
Agriculture. 
Approved June 1, 1955.