The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-04
LA WIS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
THIRD SESSION OF THE FORTY SECOND
CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. s6.1

GENERAL NATURE-No. $751;
AN ACT for the suppression OF trade in and circula-
ton OF obscene literature and articles of immoral
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentdt0es fthe United States Of america in ton-
qress assembled That whoever, within the District
States other place within The exclusive jurisdc-
ton of the United Staes shall SELL or len or give
away or in any manner exhibit shall offer TO sell
or TO ieu or 10 give away, or III any manner to
hibii, or shall othe, wise publish offer publish in
any tanner, shall have In his posses sion tor any
sqch purpose or purposes any obscene book, pam
phlet, paper, writing, advertisement, circular print
picture, drawing, or otLer representation hgure OF
image on or Of paper OF other material or any cast
instrument, or other article of an immoral nature or
any drug or mcci ine or any article whalxyer for
the prevention If conception or tor causing unlawful
abortion, or shall adve tise the for sale OF shall
write o, print, or cause to be written lnted any
card, circular book, pamphlet, advertisement or no.
lice of any kind, stating when, where how or Of
whom or by what means, any OF the articles in this
section hereinbeore men ined, ba puI chased or
obtained, or shall manufacture draw or prinI or in
any wise make any Of such articles shall be deemed
in any court OF the UniteI States having erimin.,
jurisdiction in the District of Columbia, or in any
Territory or place within the exclusive Jurisdiction
OF The United States. such mis- .enieanor shall
have been committed; and ON conyc Ion tEer,tf In.
shall be mpris ed at hard labor in the penj eutary
IT than SIX months NOR more than live year.
Tor each ofense, OF lined not less than ore hunred
dollars nor Wore than two thousand dollars, with
costs of the court.
fort AUbf
II the act to revise eonso ate and amend the At
utes relating to the Post Office Depaltment annroy
ed june eight, eighteen hundred and seyenty-wo be
amended To cad a. follows:
''SEC. 14S. That no obscene levd or Ia.civ; ms
book, pamphlet, picture paper, print or other pub
ncition 81 an indecent character, any article ,r
thing designed or intended for the prevention of
eept Oh Or procuring b0rtion any article or thing
in enued Or adapted for any indecent or INN raj use
or nature mr. any written or printed card, circular
Dook, pampnlet advert eme Or notice of al,y kind
giving informant n. directly or indi ectly Where O,
how, or OF whom, or by what means iii her ,f the
Il ings beioIe meDtionel NAV be obtained or maze
nor any letter upon The envelope of which or uosta
card upon which indeceni currilons epitheis NAV
be Wi ten or printed, shall be carried in the mail
and any peis N WIN shall knowingl, deposit or canse
t. be deposited for mailing or delivery any of tb
heieinbefore mentioned aticles things or an, no.
1ce or paper containing any advertise mt RELAXING
to the aforesaid rIicles things and any person
who III pursuance of any plan or scheme for ,isnos
Ing Of any OF the hereunder re-mentnnr ARIEL : ~
things san take or cause to be taken, from thu. mail
any such letter OF package shall he deeme, cuiIy of
q misdemean0r, aud, on conviction thereof r. ali far
every oifense be fined L less than hundred dol
lars nor more than hve thousand dollars or be i'm
prisoned at hard labor not less than one wear nor
more tn n ten years. Oh BOTH in the uisc eun Of the
judge"
SEC. g. That a persons are prohibited from I'M
porting into the United States, from anv for, ign
country, any of the heeiub Def e-mentiued artic,,s
or hngS, except the d. ugs here nbefore-mentioned
when lpor Ell in bulk, anu not put up for any 4 the
purposes before mentioneo and all such prohibited
articles in the Course of shall be detail ed
Dy olncer OF customs, and pr,,cee,lines tak on
aga INST the same under section five Of this act
SEC. L. That whoever, being officer agent, or
employee OF the government Uf the Unite States
shall kuowingly aid or abet any pers engaged in
any violation Of this act, shall be deeme guilty Of a
ml5iemranor, and, on nviction tleretE slal for
every ofense, be punt he'd as provided in section two
SEC. 5. That any judge Of any district or circuit
court Of the United states Wi hin the Ir per 6strci
OF thie act shall be made to the satisfaction of suc
judge. and founded N KIN wledge or belief and. If
on belief setting forth the grounds Of such BELIEF
and supported by oath Or affirmation of the com
plainan may issue, conforinahy to the C,nstitu-
tim, warrant directed to the marshal II any depu-
ty marshal, in he proper district, directing him to
Sc ,rch +, >eize, an take lossessi OF any such ar
tcle or thing hereinbef0re mentioned, and TO make
due and immediate return hereof, to The eud hat
the same may be condemned and destroyed by pro-
ceedlngs which shall be n uctei in the me IAN
ner as other proceedings. in of municipal seiz-
ure, and with the same right of appeal witt Of err
PrUuided, That nothing in tlis section shall he
construed repeating the one hundred and f1r,y-
eighth section of he act of which this amena-
DRY, or so affect any iudicimen here ofDre found
for offenses against the same, but the said indct-
ments may be prosecuted to Judgment as if this sec
ton had not been enacted.
Approved, March 3, 1873.
GENERAL NATURE-No. ST.
AN ACT to es abljsh board Of local INSPECTORS of
steam-ve sells II the dist let of Michigan
in the State Of Michigan.
Be 10 enacted By the Senate and House Of Pepre.
sentatves Of the United States of america ia ton-
gTeSS GSSemOted Inat there shall be local hoard
inspectors designated and appointed for The customs
district of Mici gan, in the State of Michigan and
the inspector of boilers composing tie sal, b.aru
shall receive salary Of nine hundie dol ars year
each.
Approved, March 3, 1873.
GENERAL NATURE-No. ss1
AN ACT to amend an act entitled can act to Pre-
vide for the redemption and sale If lands held by
the United States unier the several acts lew no
direct taxes, and for other purposes"
Bel eaactedby the Senate and House of Pepre,en
tatires Of the United States Of america IN 20 qress
assembled That section X of an act entitled IAN
act TO provi e for the redemption and sale of lands
held by the United States under the several act lev
yns direct taxes, and for other purposes" approved
June eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two be
amende, so that it will read as follows:
SEC. 6. That all money derived FIR IN th' sac o.
schoofarm lands under the provision fsection eis NJ
OF act entitled An act to continue n force anu 70
amend act entitled 'An act to esIaons ou. .e
for the relief of freedmen and ref gees ;h, p,ner
purposes" approved July sixtee nnrcIassS ;, nun
nrocseds If sncb sales and all moneys derived from
the ltases of said scbooi-iari us oy the direct
tax commisslh cions of President Lincoln dated
,smher sixteenth eighteen hun rd and .ixtv-
sIalI be TUNED over to the Secretary Of IN.
.nree, v by the officers of The government in whose
onsiody said money and bonds may be: and said
moneys shall DC By ID Secretary invested in bond,
Of the United States, and with sid afort nan ed
bonds shall be by him aimed as fund for the use
aud support Of free public scho l. in u lrishes of
Saint Helena and Saint Luke, Sonth Carolina, in
equal parts, the interest of which shall annually be
expended TO increase the efficiency If any free pub,
schools established and susaine in sail paris e. nv
authoiit, Of said State, If such scho shall exist
otherwise at the secretion of the commissioners
hereinafter named; aud such exp ntitue s shall be
made un err the dir, ction and control of specill
board 0i THREE commissioners who shall be appoint
ed BY and act under the recon of the Seer tary of
the Treasury, and remov BIZ at his discretion and
shall be duly sworn that they will ftl fully dis
shall give such good and S ,ificient nds
therefor as said Secretary shall re-
quire and who shall not receive more than one
hundred dollars per year each for their services al
So that the acts of the direct-tax commissioners or
thu district Of South Carolina heretofore pef rmed
in accordance wi the instructions of Abraham Lin
coin, President of the United States Of America to
the drecttax commissioners for the district of South
Carolina. dated September sixteenth, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-three, and the same hereby con-
frmed, so far as they relate to the renting of the