Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25

or thng any receipt release acqula or discharge Of or
from any debt covenant o. demand any part thereof
any py Of the record Of any Judgment decree In any
court oflsw chsneery, any execution which may have
Issued thereon any copy Of any other record or any other
such article thing to have been stolen embcHzed
from the mall out Of any posofee, branch post-oace
sthcrau,hozcd depository for Matchmaker, from any
person having custody thereof every such person shall on
conviction thereof for every such oeuc forfeit and pay
at hard labor not exceeding ave years and such offend
be tried convicted and punished without the prnc
pal offender being fr, tried when aid principal offender
SEC 2si That any person employed In any department
Of the postal service who shall improperly dctain delay en-
son TO detan delay cmbezze destroy the OPEN
permit any other pcron q open, any mail OF package Of
thal conviction thereof for every such offence forfeit
and pay not exceeding fifty dollars And II any other per-
son sha open ebezze or destroy any mail or package
newspapers not being directed TO him. and not being
thofEed 20 open relieve the Gae every such
,ha on conviction thereof for every such offence forfeit
who iha take oa any NAH package Of newspapers
from any post office or from any person having custody
thereof every such person shalt conviction thereof for
every such offence be imprisoned Of hard labor not exceed
ing three months
agcn other person inrued with tho mail Of such mall
or any pat thereof SHALL conviction thereof be impris
onod At hard labor not less than 1--WE than ten Year,
and convicted second time Of like offence or IT, In Of
ciing such robbery the first time the obber shall wound
the person having custody q the mall put his life In
Jeopad y by the OF danger weapons such offender
shall DO Imprisoned hard labor for the term Of his natur
life.
SEC 2sC That any person who shall be accessory after
the any robbery Of the carrier agent other person
intrusted with the mall Of such mall or any part thereof
SHALL on conviction thereof for every such offence, forfeit
and pay exceeding two thousand dollars and be mps
ond hard labor not exceeding ten aud such ac
eessory at the fact be tried, convicted, and punished
without the principal offender being first ied when said
principal offender has fed from Justice cannot be found
10 be put on trial.
SEC. 2sJ that any person who shall attempt rob the
malby atulng the person having custody thereof shoot
ing at him his hore threatening him with dangerous
Fhnll effect such robbery shall Conyic
ton thereof be imprisoned at hard labor not ess than two
SIC. 2SS That any person who shall have taken charge
Of the mail and shall Voluntarily quit dcs ri the same be-
fore he has delivered IL into the pott-oce at the terminal
ton Of the route known mailcarrior messenger
ngeat ether employee Of the posoce Department
hvrEed 10 receive the sha conviction thereof
for every such offence forfeit and pay not exceeding five
hundred darF, and be imprisoned not les than three
months than year.
SEC $50 That all laws defining punehment for depreda-
tons commit upon the mail shall extend TO and have full
force 10 the Indian country.
SEC. 300 That any person who shall aoa, purlon. or
embezzle any mailbag or other property III use by or be-
longing the Post-oce Department who SHALL for any
gain convenience appropriate such property to
his any other than It, useor who shall for any
uere gain convey any such property t. the hinder
dctrment of the public service every such person
his ndcrs abetto and councillors shall tho value Of
the property be twenty-five dollars more, be deemed
guilty Of felony, and conviction thereof for every such
offence shall be Imprisoned not exceeding three yar and
n the value Of the property be less than twenty-five dollars
party offending shall be mprisoncd not than
year be fined not les than ten nor more than two hund
SEC. 4s1. That any person who shall tear cut other
ise injure any mailbag, pouch other thing used de-
signed for in the conveyance Of the mail, who shall
draw break staple loosen any part Of any lock,
any ,uch mail render the insecure shall
vicon thereof for every such offence forfeit and pay not
ess than hundred than Eve bundled doar,
be imprisoned at hard labor not ess than
than three years, at the discretion q the court.
SEC 2el That any person who shall steal pnrloin en-
beZzle, obtain by any false pretence, shall aid or
assist In stealing, purlonng, embezzling or obtaining
by any false pretencS, any key suited to any lock
any OF the mails bags thereof any person who shall
knowingly and unlaufully make forge or counterfeit,
or to be unayfully made forged, or counterfeit
cd, knowingly aid assist in making, forging, or
counterfeiting, any such koy any person who shall
have In his possession any such mail lock or key with
the intent ulawfuly or improperly use SELL or other
wise dispose of the same to cause the same TO be un
lawfully improperly used sold or otherwise disposed
Of, any person engaged contractor otherwise In
tie manufacture Of any such mail locks or keys who
shall deliver, to be delivered, any finished
unfinished lock key used designed for by said
department the interior part Of any such lock, to
any person not duly authorized under the hand OF tho
raj and the seal of the Postonice De-
partment To receive the same uness the person recoiy
ing is the contractor for furnishing tho same, or engag-
cd IN the thereof m the manner authorized
by the contract the agent for such manufacturer
every such person shall be deemed guilty Of felony,
and, conviction thereof shall be Imprisoned not
exceeding ten years,
SEC 2s3. That any person who shall forcibly break
into attempt TO break into any postoice, or any
building used In whole part post-olice with
ntont 10 commit therein larceny or other depreciation
SHALL conviction thereof BIO fined not more than one
thousand dollars, and imprisoned at hard labor not
and aggrayaton Of the case, in the discretion Of the
court.
SEC. POI That any person persons shall falsely
make alter, forge, counterfeit procure
to be falsely made altered forged counterieltod or
forging, counterfeiting, any bond, bid, proposal,
guarantee, security official bond public record aday-
r Or other writing for the pSrpS.' of dsaSa trSo the
to be uttered Published true any such false
forged altsred countercited bond, bid, proposal,
qncuritv official bOnd uublic record aiday-
IT, other writing, for the purpose of derauding the
United States, knCwing the same to be false, forged,
altered, counterfoed shall transmit to, or pre-
sent at, to procure TO BIO transmitted to- or
presented at the office Of any officer of the United
States any such false forged altered or counterioited
bond, bid proposal guarantee, security official bond,
public record affidavit, or other writing knowing the
tho purpose Of deiraudng the United States every
such person shall bo deemed and ahjudged guilty Of
felony, and, being thereof duly convicted shall be sem
fenced 10 be imprisoned and kept at hard labor for
period exceeding ten years ho lined not exceed
Ing thousand dollars or both Of said punshments,
In tho discretion Of the court.
SEC 2gj. That If any offence shall be committed in
any place which has boon, shall hereafter bo coded
to and under the jurisdiction OF the United States,
which offence is not prohibited, the punishment
thereof specially provided for by any law of the
any court tho United States having cOgnzaneo there
Of bs liable to- and receive the same punishment as
the laws Of the State in which such place Is or may DO
situated, in force, provided for the like offence
when committed within the jurisdiction OF such State
and subsequent repeal Of any such State law shall
affect any prosecution for such offence in any OF the
courts Of tie United States.
SEC, 800. That if any postmaster, or other person
authorized by tho PostmasterGeneTal to receive the
postage Of letters, shall audulenty demand receive
any rate Of postage, or gTauy or reward other than
Is provided by this act for the postage Of letters or
packets, conviction thereof no shall forfeit, for
every such offence, ono hundred dollars.
SEC. 2g5. That If any person employed in any de,
partment Of the posonco establishment Of the United
States shall, wiuly and knowingly use, cause to
DO used in prepayment Of postage any postagostamp,
postal card or stamped envelope issued, which may
hereafter be issued by authority of any Congress
or Of the POstmrserGeneTalw which has already been
used for like purpose or shall remove or at
any such posagestamp, or stamped envelope, or post
OIL card with intent to use or cause tho use Of the same
a second time, 10 SELL oor to sell, the same, or
shall remove ON letters other mamatt deposited
in received at post-oice the stamps attached to
same a second time for like purpose to sell Of
for 10 SELL the same, eVory such offender shall, upon
conviction thereof be deemed guilty Of felony, and
shall DO imprisoned for not loss than one year
SEC. 29s. That II any person not employed in any
department Of tho postoco establishment Of tho Unit
cd States shall commit any Of the offences described In
tho preceding section, every suoh person shall, on
conviction thereof be deemed guilty OF misdomeanor
and be punished by imprisonment for not less than six
months than one year, or by fine Of not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than nVo hundred
dollars, for each offence or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment, in the discretion Of the court.
SEC. 300 That the PostmasterGeneral OF the United
States may empower by letter Of authorization under
his hand TO DO 6led among the records Of his depart
ment any special agent or other officer Of the posof
transported In violation Of law and that the agent
officer authorized may open and search any car or
vehicle passing, lately having passed, from any
place at which there Is pOst-oce Of the United States
TO any other such place and any box, package or
packet being lately before having been in such
vehicle and any store or house (other than dwell
inghouse) used occupied by any oOmmon-carrior
transportation company In which such box, package
packet may be contained, whenever said agent Of
hcor has TO believe that maabls matter trans
ported contrary to law, may therein DO found.
SEC. 800 That tho Postmaster General may, upon
evidence satisfactory TO him that any person. firm
corporation is engaged In conducting any fraudulent
lottery gt-enterprse, scheme for the distribution
OF money Of ahy real personal property, by lot
chance, or drawing Of any Kind in conducting any
other scheme or device for obtaining money through
the mails by Of false fraudulent pTetences
representations, promises, forbid the payment by
any postmaster to any such person. rm OF rporation
Of any postal moneyordeT drawn 10 the order in ia
Of him or Of them and may provide by regulations
for the return 10 the remitters Of the named In
such money And the eneral may
also, upon like evidence instruct postmasters at any
postotoes at which registered letters shall arrive d.
rected 10 any such person. firm, corporation, to
turn ali such registered letters 10 the postmasers at
which they were originally mailed, with the word
fraudulsnt' plainly written or stamped upon tho OUT