Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-28

nit TO-. or present 1T OF cause to procure to
Transmitted to, or presented atthe Office Of an
officer of the United States, 9any *sach faist
forged, altered, or counteffeitsd bond bid, pro
posai, guarantees. security. official bond publ
/ record, affidavit, or other writingf knowing th
same to be false, forged, altered or counterfeit
ed. for the purpose of fdsfrauding the Unite
States, every s1ch person shall be deemed an
adiudged guilty of felonT. and, being thereo
fduly convicted, shall be sentenced to Be impris
|e1ceeding ten years, or Be fined not szceedih,
one thousand dollars, or both yof said punish
naents in the discretion Of the court 5is.T, %
t@sSec. 295. That if any offenss shall be commit
ed In any place which hass been, or shall here
AFTER be, eeded to and under the jurisdiction Q
tied, or the punishment thereof is not special,
| provided for by any law Of the United States
| such offenee shall, upon conviction in any cour
! Of the United States having cognizanee thereof
( be liable to, and receive the same punishment
as the laws Of the State in which such place is OF
like ofenss when committed within the juris-
diction Of such State; and no subsequent appea
Of any euch State law shall affect any prosecu
ton for such ofense in any of theocourts of the
United States. . ...shiigf-h,.so~,
Sec. 298. That if any postmaster, or othe,
person authorized by the Postmaster General
to receive the postage Of letters, shall fraudu.
lently demand or receive any rate of postage, OF
gratuity. or reward, other than is provided BY
this act for the postage of letters or packets, on
conviction thereof no shall forfeit for every
Sec. 2g7, That ifany person employed in any
department Of tho pOstofice establishment ofthe
United States shall, wilfnlly and knowingly.
use, or cause to be used, in prepayment of post
age any hostage stamp. postai card, or stamped
envelope issued. or which may hereafter be is.
saed, by authority Of any act OF; Congress or OF
the Postmaster General, which has already been
once used for Il like purpose, OF. shall remove,
eor attempt to remove, the eanceling or defacing
marks from any such postage stamp, or stamped
envelope, or postal card, with intent to use, or
cause the use of the same, q second time, or to
sell, or offer to sell, the same, or shall remove
from letters other mail matter deposited in or
received at post Office the stamps attached to
the same in payment OF, postage, with intent to
Use the same second time for like purpose,
or TO sell, or offer TO sell, the same, every such
offender ehall, upon conviction thereof be
deemed guilty of felony, and shall be iupris-
oned for not less than one year or more than
three years. 1I or JEST - isa 'aila :.
Sec. 2oa. That ifany person not employed in
any department. Of the post Office establishment
of the United States shall commit any Of the
ofenses described in the preceding section,
every such person shall, on conviction thereof,
be deemed guilty Of q misdemeanor, and be
punished by Imprisonment for not less than six
months nor moro than one year, or by fine of
not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars, for each ofense, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion Of
the court.
Sec. go. That the Postmaster General of the
United States May empower, by a letter Of au.
thorization under his hand, 10 be fled among
or other officer of the post Office establishment
to make searches for msilable matter transport
ed in violation Of law and that the agent or
officer SO authorized may open and search any
car or vehicle passing, or lately before having
passed, from any place at which there is post
Office Of the United States to any other such
place, and any box, package, or packet, beiag,
or lately before having been, in such car or We
hicle, and any store or house (cther than adwel-
ling house, used Or occupied by any common
carrier or transportation company in which such
box, package, or packet may be contained,
lieye that mailable matter, transported contrary
to law, may therein be found a-''-' y
&c., 800. That the Postmaster General may,
upon evidence satisfactory to him that any per-
son. firm, or corporation is engaged in conduct
scheme for the distribution of money, Or of any
real.or personal property, by lot, chance, or
drawing Of any kind, or in conducting any 9th.
er scheme or device for obtaining money
through the mails By means of false OF fraudu.
lent prstenses. representations, or promises for
bid the payment by any postmaster to any such
person, firm, or corporation of any postal mon.
ey order drawn to the order OF in favor Of him
or Of them, and may provide by regulations for
the return to the remittsrs of the sums named
in such money orders. And the Postmaster
General may also, upon like evidence, instruct
postmasters at any post offices at which regis
tered letters shall arrive directed to any such
person, firm, OK corporation. to return all such
registered letters to the postmasters at the Off
ces at which they were originally mailed, with
the word fraudulent plainly written cor
afa ha nf caiH Late NJ
all such letters so returned to such postmasters
shall be by then returned to the writers there
Of, under such regulations a. the, Postmaster
Genera! may prescribe: Provided, That moth
ing in thss act contained shall be so construed
as to authorize ary postmaste or other person
to open any letter not addressed to himself !,
Sec. SOl. That If any person having devised
or Intending to devise any scheme or aYtiace to
defraud, or be effected by either opening or in
tending to open correspondence or communica-
within or outside Of the United States,) BY
means Of the post Office establishment of the
United States or by melting such other person
to open communication with the person so de-
vising or intending, shall, in and for executing
such scheme Or artihee, Tor attempting SO to do)
the United States, or take or receive any there
from, such person. or misusing. the post Office
establishment, shall be guilty Of misdemean-
or, and shall be punished with fine Of not
more than five hundred dollars. With or with
out such imprisonment, as the court shall d.
rect, not exceeding eighteen calendar months,
The Indictment, information, or complaint may
ssverally charge ofenses to the number of
three when committed within the same six cal
endar months; but the court thereupon shall
glue single sentsnss, and shall proportion the
punishment especially to the degree in which
the abuse Of the post Office department, enters
as an; Instrument into such fraudulent scheme
and dcyice. - lt.ii i.'---,,s,, 81 ~ ~.
Sec. s02. That all letters, packets, or other
matter which may be seized or detained for VIZ
olation of law shall be returned to the owner
Of the same. or otherwise disposed Of as the
Postmaster General may direct. 1i'
Sec. SO3 That all suits arising under the pos
tai laws, or the regulations Of the Postmaster
Geueral pursuant thereto. shall be instituted in
the name Of the United States of America, and
the demands in such suits shall have all the
privileges and prioritiss in adjudication and
payment secured By law TO other claims of the
United States.
SEQ. 804. That all causes Of action arising un-
der the postal laws may be sued, and all offend