national bank printed adver on. R. S., s. 5188. 29 Fed. Rep.,699. Imitating SEC. 147. It shall not be lawful to design, engrave, ing notes with print, or in any manner make or execute, or to utter, tisements there-issue, distribute, circulate, or use any business or professional card, notice, placard, circular, handbill, or adverU.S. v. Laescki, tisement in the likeness or similitude of any circulating note or other obligation or security of any banking association organized or acting under the laws of the United States which has been or may be issued under any act of Congress, or to write, print, or otherwise impress upon any such note, obligation, or security, any business or professional card, notice or advertisement, or any notice. or advertisement of any matter or thing whatever. Whoever violates this section shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, recoverable one-half to the use of the informer. Mutilating or defacing national bank note. R. S.. s. 5189. Imitating United States securities or printing business SEC. 148. Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates with holes, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt, issued by any national banking association, or whoever causes or procures the same to be done, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued by said association, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars, recoverable by the association. SEC. 149. It shall not be lawful to design, engrave, print, or in any manner make or execute, or to utter, issue, discards on them. tribute, circulate, or use, any business or professional 3 Mar., 1887, 24 card, notice, placard, circular, handbill, or advertisement, 362, 1 Supp., 563. in the likeness or similitude of any bond, certificate of 29 Fed. Rep., 699. indebtedness, certificate of deposit, coupon, United States R. S., s. 3708. Stat. L., 509, c. U.S. v, Laescki, Refusing to divulge knowledge of offenses. note, Treasury note, silver certificate, fractional note, or other obligation or security of the United States which has been or may be issued under or authorized by any act of Congress heretofore passed or which may hereafter be passed; or to write, print, or otherwise impress upon any such instrument, obligation, or security, any business or professional card, notice, or advertisement, or any notice or advertisement of any matter or thing whatever. Any person violating this section shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, recoverable one-half to the use of the informer. SEC. 150. Whoever having knowledge or information of the commission of any offense defined in this chapter shall fail, neglect, or refuse to divulge such knowledge or information to any duly qualified officer or agent of the United States Treasury Department upon demand shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both such fine and imprisonment. Sec. Chapter Eight. OFFENSES AGAINST THE POSTAL SERVICE. 151. Conducting post-office without authority. 152. Conveying letters over post routes. 153. Carrying letters out of the mail on board 154. Conveying letters without compensation, etc. 159. Transporting persons unlawfully conveying 160. Sending letters by private express. 161. Unlawful exercise of office or employment. 162. Injuring mail bags, etc. 163. Stealing post-office property. 164. Stealing or forging mail locks or keys. 168. Postal clerks, etc., failing to deliver mail. 171. Robbery of the mail. 172. Injuring letter boxes or mail matter; assaulting carrier, etc. 173. Assault with intent to rob. 174. Deserting the mail. 175. Delivery of letters By master of vessel. 176. Obstructing the mail. 177. Delaying the mail at a ferry. 178. Letters carried in a foreign vessel to be deposited in a post-office. 179. Vessels to deliver letters at post-office; oath. Sec. 180. Collection of unlawful postage forbidden. 181. Removal and reuse of stamps. 182. False returns to increase compensation. 183. Unlawful pledging or sale of stamps. 184. Failure to account for postage and to cancel stamps, etc., by officials. 185. Obscene, etc., matter nonmailable. 186. Libelous and indecent wrappers and envel opes. 187. Lottery, gift enterprise, etc., circulars, etc., 188. Bringing lottery tickets into the country. 191. Fraudulently assuming fictitious address. 195. Counterfeiting, etc., foreign stamps. 196. Inclosing higher class in lower-class matter. 197. Penalty for failure to enter into or perform contract. 198. Combinations to prevent bids. 199. Postmaster illegally approving bond, etc. 200. Oaths of sureties. 201. Affidavit by publishers, etc. 202. False evidence as to second-class matter. 205. False acknowledgments, etc. 206. Fraudulent use of official envelopes. post-office with R. S., s. 3829. SEC. 151. Whoever, without authority from the Post-Conducting master-General, shall set up or attempt or claim to keep out authority. any office or place of business bearing the sign, name, or title of post-office; or whoever, not being duly appointed a postmaster or other officer or employee of the postal service, shall establish or maintain in any city, town, village, borough, or place at which a post-office has been, or may hereafter be established, any office or other premises at, through, or from which mail matter shall be delivered or received for delivery or mailing, or at which boxes for the delivery of such mail matter shall be leased, rented, or sold; or whoever, not being authorized as herein before Conveying letters over post routes. 4 Atty. Gen.'s 91; 28 Fed. Cas., 352. (See notes to sec. 158.) mentioned, shall establish or maintain in any such city, town, village, borough, or place any such office or premises, as aforesaid, and for pay or hire, or otherwise, deliver or receive thereat for delivery any mail matter, or shall lease, rent, sell, or permit the use of boxes for the delivery of such matter, shall, for every such offense, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to forbid the delivery or the receipt for delivery of letters addressed to the office of any newspaper or periodical of the second class and intended for advertisers therein. SEC. 152. Whoever, being the owner, in whole or in part, or the driver, conductor, master, or other person R. S., S. 3985. having charge of any stagecoach, railway car, steamboat, Op., 159; ibid., or other vehicle or vessel which regularly performs trips Exp. Co., 5 Biss., at stated periods on any post route, or from any city, town, or place to any other city, town, or place between which the mail is regularly carried, and which shall carry with the knowledge of such owner, driver, conductor, master, or other person in charge thereof, otherwise than in the mail, any letters or packets except such as relate to some part of the cargo of such steamboat or other vessel, or to some article carried at the same time by the same stagecoach, railway car, or other vehicle, except as otherwise provided by law, shall for every such offense be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine. Carrying letters out of the mail on vessel. SEC. 153. Whoever shall carry any letter or packet on board board any vessel which carries the mail, otherwise than in such mail, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be Cenotes to punished by imprisonment for not more than three months or by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. R. S., s. 3986. (See sec. 158.) Conveying letters without compensation, etc. SEC. 154. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the conveyance or transmission of letters or 4 Atty. Gen.'s packets by private hands without compensation or by special messenger employed for the particular occasion only. R. S., s. 3992. Op., 159. Illegal carrying by carriers and others. R. S., s. 3981. SEC. 155. Any person concerned in carrying the mail who shall collect, receive, or carry any letter or packet, or cause or procure the same to be done, contrary to law, Op., 276: Op shall for every such offense be punished by imprisonment Veagh, June 29, for not more than sixty days, or by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine. Atty. Gen. Me 1881. ity. car SEC. 156. Whoever not being connected with the letter-Wearing uniform carrier branch of the postal service shall wear the uniform without authorwhich may be prescribed by the Postmaster-General, or R. S., s. 3867. any imitation or similitude of such uniform, shall for every such offense be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine. SEC. 157. Whoever shall paint, print, or in any manner place upon or attach to any steamboat or other vessel, or any stagecoach or other vehicle, not actually used in carrying the mail, the words "United States mail," or any words, letters, or characters of like import; or whoever shall give notice by publishing in any newspaper or otherwise that any steamboat or other vessel, or any stagecoach or other vehicle, is used in carrying the mail when the same is not actually so used, or whoever shall willfully aid or abet therein, shall for every such offense be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine. Vehicles, etc., claiming to be mail carriers. R. S., s. 3979. Conveyance of express forbid Stat. L., 355, c. SEC. 158. Whoever shall establish any private express mail by private for the conveyance of letters or packets, or in any manner cause or provide for the conveyance of the same by regu- R. S., s. 3982. lar trips or at stated periods over any post route which is 3 Mar., 1879, 29 or may be established by law, or from any city, town, or 245. 180, s. 1., 1 Supp., place, to any other city, town, or place, between which 1 Mar., 1884, 23 the mail is regularly carried, and whoever shall aid or assist therein shall for every such offense be punished imprisonment for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine: Provided, That nothing contained by Stat. L., 3, c. 9, 1 Supp., 423. U. S. v. Brom ley, 12 How., 88; West, L. J., 315, U. S. v. Adams, 1 24 Fed. Cas., 761; U.S. D. Gray, 3 227, 26 Fed. Cas. Hag. Reg. U. S., 18; U. S. v. Hall, 9 Am. L. Reg., 232, U. S. Kimball, in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any per- 26 Fed. Cas., 75 son from receiving and delivering to the nearest post-aw. Rep., 32, office, postal car, or other authorized depository for mail 26 Fed. Cas., 782; matter any mail matter properly stamped. U. S. v. Kochersparger, 9 Am. L. Reg., 145, 26 Fed. Cas., 803; U.S. v. Pomeroy, 3 N. Y. Leg. Obs., 143, 27 Fed. Cas., 588; U. S. v. Thompson, 9 Law Rep., 451, 28 Fed. Cas., 97; U. S. v. Express Co., 5 Biss., 91, 28 Fed. Cas., 352; Blackham v. Gresham, 16 Fed. Rep., 609; U. S. v. Easson, 18 Fed. Rep., 609; 4 A. G. Op., 349; 14 A. G. Op., 152; 19 A. G. Op., 670. mail. R. S., s. 3983. sec. 158.) SEC. 159. Whoever, being the owner, in whole or in Transporting persons unlawpart, of any stage coach, railway car, steamboat, or other fully conveying vehicle or vessel, or whoever, being the driver, conductor, master, or other person having charge of the same, shall (See notes to knowingly convey or knowingly permit the conveyance of any person, acting or employed as a private express for the conveyance of letters or packets, and actually in possession of the same for the purpose of conveying them, contrary to the spirit, true intent, and meaning of this Sending letters by private ex press. R. S., s. 3984. sec. 158.) title, shall for every such offense be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine. SEC. 160. Whoever shall knowingly transmit by private express or other unlawful means, or knowingly deliver to (See notes to any agent of such unlawful express, or knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited at any appointed place, for the purpose of being transmitted, any letter or packet, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine. Unlawful exercise of office or employment. Injuring mail bags, etc. R. S., s. 5476. Stealing postoffice property. R. S., s. 5475. SEC. 161. Whoever shall wilfully and knowingly intrude himself into any office or employment in the postal service to which he has not been appointed or employed or otherwise assigned or designated; or whoever being a postmaster or other person, employed in the postal service, shall wilfully and knowingly and without authority exercise any of the functions of any such office or employment after his term of office or employment has expired by limitation of law or by removal, or after he has been suspended according to law, and shall refuse to surrender possession of any such office or employment upon demand to a post-office inspector or other duly accredited agent of the Post-Office Department acting under authority of the Postmaster-General, or to a successor duly appointed and qualified upon presentation of his commission or credentials, or to the person entitled to take possession of such office upon the suspension of such postmaster, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine. SEC. 162. Whoever shall tear, cut, or otherwise injure any mail bag, pouch, or device or other thing used or designed for use in the conveyance of the mail, or shall draw or break any staple or loosen any part of any lock, chain, or strap attached thereto, with intent to rob or steal any such mail or any part thereof, or to render the same insecure, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years, and by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine. SEC. 163. Whoever shall steal, purloin, or embezzle any mail bag or other property in use by or belonging to the U. S. 2. Wil-Post-Office Department, or shall appropriate any such Rep., 201; U.S. v. property to his own or any other than its proper use, or shall convey away any such property to the hindrance or liams, 57 Fed. Yennie, 74 Fed. |