Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-24
LAWS OF The UNITED STATES,
Passed at the Second Session of the
Forty-Second Congress.

tGSNERAL NATURE-No l1s.1-CoHtiaHsd.
az ASI to Feyise, cor sollsst9, and amend the
g.. ~. nat II any person employed in any de-
United states shall wilfEiiy All knosi5Fiv. 1se or
csuse 20 De Used, IN prepsy meLt OF postage any
ssGt or which may hefssfter Be bS anb1PT
Ivy OF any SCI OF Congress or Of the POstm as'er Cen
purpose CT shall remove, attemp. 20 remove, the
Canoeing OF dsfacing marks from any such postage
70 use or cause the use q r ~. sas card . T5
une,or 20 sell, or offer TO sell, the same or shall
remove ffcm letters other mail matter de 1sited
IN or Iecely ed AZ Pcstofce the stamps sttachei to
tne SANE m rayTent q postage, with intent use
VIC saLs Sod time Tor like purpose, or TO sell,
or oner 70 sell the same, every such offender shall
Lcr more than three years.
department q tie post oce tstabIishsut Of me
United States shall commit any of the Offsnsas de-
shalI, on csnyctiSn thereof be deemed eniity 81
nj len. 50I: and De punished BY imprisonment for
% me OF nct less thsn one hundred dollars nor
~ both such fne and i'm prisonment IN the discre.
SIC; go. That the Postmaster General OF the
United States may empower, by a letter Of authori
Zation under his hand, b. led among the records
Ger Of the rost oce establishment 70 msks sesrcsa.
iGr msilAble matter transported in violation Of law
sho that the agent or officer authorized NAV omen
sna search any car or vehicle passing lately be-
Is s Of ss I'm Dt sSy Place at which there
place, ana any box package, or packet, being OF
md any store or hoHss 9,S SeSn car or Vehicles
house used or occupied py any common carrier or
sge.o or packet may be Contained, Whenever such
-SstTsr - Slncer mas reason TO believe that msable
found. " law may therein be
sEc. SO. That the Postmaster General nav.uron
evidence satisfsctory him that anv neTscn IN,
OF corporation T. engaged in contracting any frani
iIi6u,ior o. money, Of real or personal prop
S6rduStn S sT a,b o. drawing q any kind Ia
mo1ey through the mails by % false or franz
rs ,a, a. re or promises, foFbid
LII, 81 foFPOratlJn q any postal money-ordsr
may provide b regulations for the retuCn no che
rtnt,ers q the sums namei in such m Jney orders
evidence instruct pOstmasters 1T any pJst,oics A.
Mbeh rHestered letters shall arrive directed 10 apy
enSh P-f "a nrnn o. COOPERATION, 10 return AL such
IeslsteTed letters 70 the Dostmasters AZ the ocr az
NLleh iLg5 were originally mail, q, with the word
outside q "a letters; and al s5ch letters ~ T
turned 10 the writers thereof T5dT .USb ,u Tn Ie
mons a. The Postmaster General may prescfibe.
so construed to autn oriz- any pS,.IntsteT ~ 80
Pereon g oPen any letter nos addressed 10 himself
80, 90 Sgl mar n any person having devised or in
ttditS 10 dsElse sny scheme OF srtihce 70 defraad
Ie ~ go ~ either opening OF intend ing 10 open
eoraSsP'n a , or Jnnunica'ion with any other
o., S.I'g1, EsSner resident within or outside OF
PC states y by means Of the post-ofice
~ oi ne United States. or By melting
s1eh Otter Iers. 20 open conmunicstion with the
executing such scheme or arfifs s a,, % am Tor
a. I , i,$ee any letter OF packet any post-oscs
N. ~ sSGa peT'3n 50 misusiay thep sst-ofee sstso
sSsI f sHb se smiley Of misdemsanor, and
hundred dollars, With or without such impTIson.
sut, as the court shsil direct, not exceeding tiJS
teen calendar months The indictmsnt infornsa-
ton or plant may seye ally charge ofsnsss 10
ssme calendar months; but the court th-re1e ,n1
shall give single sentence, and shall prOportfon
The sSu:e q the s 10 Which
an Instrument into such fraudulent scheme and de-
SIC SO. That all letters packets. or other mat
whIGh may be seiIed or detained FOR violation Of
zane, oT Otherwise disposed Of the Postmaster
skc Ds That ell suits arising under the postal
laws, or The regulations Of the Postmaster General
pursuant thereto shall be insttEtei in the name OF
such suits shall have all The privileges AMI prioritss
othsT ra,sa 10 ar and Raynsni scared By law 10
sEc. si Tsss All ssuses 81 seton arising u,ss,
sssass the may BE- De sssd AID all Offenders
sIS or sl:I Ts. eo1Is. q sns United stA.ss
The postal laws may be sued, and sn osssnss,s
80. the same may be prosecuted, before the M.
he ssysrs s.ss. sss or S,ss. nds.l
trial Of Gam. ey the laws thsreof to the
s.si where The punishmssss are Of Aae
Judiciary .ss axe sSa sscs is..es., nse.r.sss or
SEC. 81 Thai n as s,i pii,ns as in other cases
the postal laws he cus sa. Or causes arising nader
~ nil sSi AM me nrs. term aftsr eOnaneoesent
made !. s., to n: ss p, :.
deem it ex pedient and II said defendspf ss Shall
las enep sTs,ns, the Post Once
slloyed y the aujit2r 70, said pepsrtmsnt and
could not Be prepared for trial at such t. mat be
want o. evidence, the court being satisfied In a..
respects may grant continuance until the next
SIC So That no claim for q credit shall Ia al
sssinst a postmaster, contractor, or other ofieer,