Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-15

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Sec. 143. That no contractors or mail carriers
may convey, out of the mall newspapers for
sale or distribution to subscribers.
Sec. IA. That the Postmaster General may pro-
vide by order the terms upon which route
agents may receive from publishers or any
news agents in charge thereof and deliver the
same as directed, if presented and called for at
the mail car or steamer, packages of newspapers
and other periodicals not received from or in.
tended for delivery at any post Office.
Sec. l45: That any postmaster who shall I'm.
lawfully detain in his Office any letter or other
mail matter, the posting of which is not pro-
hibited BY law. with intent to prevent the ar
rival and delivery Of the same to the person to
Of, forfeit and pay not exceeding five hundred
dollars, and be Imprisoned not exceeding six
months, and he'shall be forever thereafter in.
capable of holding the Office, of postmaster. j.
Sec. l46. That any person employed in any
department Of the postal service. who shall
unlawful!y detain. delay. or open any letter,
packet, bag, or mail Of letters intrusted to him,
or which shall have come into his possession,
and which was intended to be conveyed by
mail, or carried or delivered by any mail car
rer, mail messenger route agent, letter carrier,
the postal service, or forwarded through or de.
livered from any post Office or branch post
Office ESTABLISHED by authority of the Postmaster
General; any such person who shall secrete,
embezzle, or destroy any such letter, packet
bag, or mail of letters as aforesaid, which shall
not contain any security for or assurance re-
lating to money or other thing of value, every
such person shall on conviction thereof for
every such ofense forfeit and pay penalty of
not exceeding five hundred dollars. or be i'm
prisoned not more than one year, or both, at the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 147. That any person who shall take any
letter, postal card, or packet which shall con-
tain any article of value or evidence thereof
out of a post office or branch post office, or from
letter or mail carrier or which has been in
any post office or branch post Office or in the
custody of any letter or mail carrier, before it
shall have been delivered to the person to whom
it was directed, with q design to obstruct the
correspondence or pry into the business or Sc
crets of another, or shall secrete embezale
for every such offanse, forfeit and pay penalty
not exceeding Eve hundred dollars, or be i'm
prisoned at hard labor not exceeding one year,
or both at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 148. That no obscene book, pamphlet,
picture, print, or other publication of vulgar
or indecent character, or any letter upon the
the envelope of which, or postal card upon
which scurrlous epithets may have been written
or printed or disoyal devices pr inted or engrav.
ed, shall be carried in the mail; and any person
who shall knowingly deposit, or cause to be
obscene publication, Shall be deemed guilty Of
a misdeneanor and, on conviction thereof,
shall, for every such offense, be fined not more
than FIVE hundred dollars or imprisoned not
more than one year, or both, according to
the circumstances and aggravation of the of
tense. I.s E-
159. That it shall not be lawful to convey by
mail, nor to deposit in post Office to be sent
by mail any letters or circulars concerning
illegal lotteries so-caled gift concerts or other
similar enterprises offering prizes, or concern
ing schemes devised and intended to deceive
and defraud the public for the purpose of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses, and
penalty of not more than five hundred dollars
nor less than one hundred dollars, with costs of
prosecution, is hereby imposed upon convic-
ton, in any federal court of the violation of
this section.
Sec. $50. That postage on all mail matter
must be prepaid by stamps at the time of mail
ing, unless herein otherwise provided for.
Sec. ISL. That all mail matter deposited for
mailing. on which at least one full rate of post
age has been paid as required by law, shall be
forwarded to its destination, charged with un-
paid rate. to be collected on delivery.
Sec. 152. That if any mail matter, on which
by law the postage is required to be prepaid at
the mailing Office, shall by inadvertence reach
its destination without such payment, double
the prepaid rates shall be charged and collected
on delivery. srs
Sec, 1853. That no mail matter shall be deliv-
cred until the postage due thereon has been
paid.
Sec. 154 That no box at any post office shall
be assigned to the use of any person until the |
rent thereof has been paid for at least one |
quarter in advance, for which tho postmaster |
shall give receipt |