The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-06-06
ell, March 3. 1873.

AN ACT for the suppression of trade in
and circulation of o o)scene hieIa ure and
articles OF immoral use,
b. I. enact Il bg h y ndts and HouSa Ct
II prs nld,ip s Of III Uni d So1Sof I'm =
jcd in CgBgreSs assembled. That whoever.
within the District OF Columbia or any ot
the Terri orieS OF the United S Il es. sha.!
sell, or lend, or give away, or in any man
ner to exhibit. or shall Offer to sell, or 10
give away, or In any manner TO exhibit, or
shall otherwise publish or oIfer to publish
in any manner, or shall have in his posses.
sion, for any such purpose or purposes.
any obscene book, pamphlet, paper. wri
ing, advertisement, circular, print. pic
ture, drawing or @; her represenia ion. fiL-
ure, or image on or OF raner or other ma
terial, or any cast, instrument, or Other
article OF an immoral nature. or any drug
or medicine, or any article, wha ever, for
the preven ion of conception, or for Caus-
ing un awful ABORTION, or shall advertise
the same for sale, or snail write or prin,
or cause to be written orprinte l,any card,
circuar, book, pamDh.et, a lvertiseinenj,
or notice ofany kind, stating when. where,
now, or OF whom. or by What means, any
of the articles in this section hereinhefofe
mentioned, AN be purchased or obtained,
or snail manufacture, draw, or print. or in
any wise make any Of such articles, shal
be deemed guilty ola mistlemeanOr, an |.
on conviction thereof in any cOrut of he
United States having criminal jurisdiction
In the District of Columbia, or In any Ter
ritory or place within the exclusive iuris-
dicti0n OF The United States, where such
misdemeanor shall have been committed;
and on conviction thereof, he shall be i'm
priSone1 at hard labor in the penitentiary
for NOT less than six months nor more than
five years for each ottcnse, or fined not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than
two thousand dollars, with costs of court
Sec. 2. That section one hundred and
f0rty-eigh- ofthe act 10 revise, consOli1a G,
andamend hestatntcs relating to the Post
Office department approved June eighth,
eighteen hun lred and seventy-two, bt
amended to read as follows
"Sec. llS. That no obscene, lewd, or
lascivious hook, pamphlet, picture, paper
print, or Oiher publication OF an indecent
character, or any article or thing designed
or intended for the prevention or concep-
tiOn or procuring of abortion, nor any
article or Thing intended or adapted for
any indecent or immoral use or nature,
nor any written or printed card, circular,
book, pamphlet, advertisement or notice
OF any kind giving lnfOrma ion, directly
or Indirectly, where, or how, or of whom.
or by what means either OF The things be-
fore mentiOnel / may he obtained or made
nor any letter upon theenvelOpe OF which,
or pOstal-Card upon which indecent or
scurrilous epithets may he written or
printed, shall be carried in the mail; and
any person who shall knowingly deposit.
or cause 10 be deposited, for mailing or
delivery, any Of the acknowledgements
toned articles or things, or any notice, or
paper containing any a lveftisem 5nt reaj-
ing 10 the aforesli articles or things, and
any person who, in pursuance OF any pan
or scheme for dispOsins of the hereinbe-
aforementioned articles or things, shall
take, or cause 10 be AIKEN, from the mai
any such let er or package, shall he deemed
guilty OF mis- lemeanOr, anl, on convic-
tl0n thereof, shall, tor every Otfense, he
fined not less han one hundred dollars nor
more than five thousand dollars, or iii-
prisoned at hard LABOR not less than one
year nor more than ten years, or both, III
the discre ion OF the judge"
Sec. 3. Thai all persons are prohibited
from importing INTO the United Sal es.
from any foreign country, any OF the here
inbefore-menli0ne1 ar ices or things. ex.
cept the drugs herein cinllefore-meniiOne
when imported i'll bulk, and not put uo for
any of the purposes before mentioned !;
aud all such prohibitet articles in the
course of impOr lion shall he deiained Dy
the officer OF customs, AMI proceedings Ia.
ken against the same under section five OF
this act.
Sec. 4. That whoever, being an officer.
agent, or employee OF the government ot
the Unite S ates, shall knowingly all or
abet any person engaged in any violation
OF this act, shall be deemed guiliy Ofamis-
deineanor, anl, on conviction thereof,
shall, for every 0ffense. he punishel las pro-
yided in section TWO Of this act.
sec. ., Tina any judge Of any district or
circuit conri of tie Uniel States, wi hin
the pr0Ner district, before whom com
plant In wiring OF any violation of this
act shall be male, 10 the satisfaction OF
such ju l4e, AMI founded on knowledge or
belief, and, II up0n belief, setting tOr,h the
grounds OF such belief, ana sup lorted by
oath or affirmation OF the complainant,
may issue, coni0rTnabiy 10 the Gons;itu-
ton, warrant directed 10 the marshal, or
any depu y marshal, In the proper distric;
directing him 10 search ior, seize, an lake
possession Oh any such article or Thing here
mDeiore mentioned. and 10 make due and
immediate return thereof, TO the end that
lhe same may be condemned AMI destroy
ed Dy proceedings. which shall be conduct
gu lh tine same manner as other proceed
lngs IN case OF municipal seizure, and with
tIie same right OF appeai or writ of error:
11T0etn y That nothing ia this section shall
De construed as repeating the one hundred
ana ioriy-eghth hseciion OF the act OF which
TINS act Is alncndatory, or 10 affect any in
dlcfmenls heretofore found for offtnses
against ille same. but the SAID indictments
may De prosecuted to Judgment as II this
section had not been enacted.
Approved, March 3, 1873.