People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1893 — Crimes of Bank Officials. [ARTICLE]

Crimes of Bank Officials.

Washington, Nov. 22.—1 n his annual report Mr. Drummond, ehief of the secret service, states that section 5209 of the revised statutes, which relates to the unlawful acts of bank officials, is so worded that crimes not specifically characterized by itcannot be reached by law. Mr. Drummond recommends that the period fixed by the statue of limitations in cases of crime committed by bank officials be extended from three to five years. He says the Columbian half-dollar was counterfeited to a very great extent