Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 81
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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 81 - Notes
SOURCE
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 688; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(H), (K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147;
Pub. L. 104-132, title VII, Sec. 708(b), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat.
1296; Pub. L. 107-56, title VIII, Secs. 810(a), 811(a), Oct. 26,
2001, 115 Stat. 380, 381.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 464, 465 (Mar. 4,
1909, ch. 321, Secs. 285, 286, 35 Stat. 1144).
Sections were consolidated and rewritten both as to form and
substance and that part of each section relating to destruction of
property by means other than burning constitutes section 1363 of
this title.
The words "within the maritime and territorial jurisdiction of
the United States" were added to preserve existing limitations of
territorial applicability. (See section 7 of this title and note
thereunder.)
The phrase "any building, structure, or vessel, any machinery or
building materials and supplies, military or naval stores,
munitions of war or any structural aids or appliances for
navigation or shipping" was substituted for "any dwelling house, or
any store, barn, stable, or other building, parcel of a dwelling
house", in section 464 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., and "any
arsenal, armory, magazine, rope walk, ship house, warehouse,
blockhouse, or barrack, or any storehouse, barn or stable, not
parcel of a dwelling house, or any other building not mentioned in
the section last preceding, or any vessel, built, building, or
undergoing repair, or any lighthouse, or beacon, or any machinery,
timber, cables, rigging, or other materials or appliances for
building, repairing or fitting out vessels, or any pile of wood,
boards, or other lumber, or any military, naval or victualing
stores, arms, or other munitions of war", in section 465 of title
18, U.S.C., 1940 ed. The substituted phrase is a concise and
comprehensive description of the things enumerated in both
sections.
The punishment provisions are new and are graduated with some
regard to the gravity of the offense. It was felt that a possible
punishment of 20 years for burning a wood pile or injuring or
destroying an outbuilding was disproportionate and not in harmony
with recent legislation.
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 2332b, 2339A, 3295, 5032
of this title.
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