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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Title 18, Section 1343
- Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud...........by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire.......communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
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Citation: TITLE 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
CHAPTER 8 - GUANO ISLANDS
Sec. 1411. Guano districts; claim by United States
Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and occupies the same, such island, rock, or key may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as appertaining to the United States.
