The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-08-30
Amending the LaM as to Postal Crimes.

& WASHINGTON, August I'm the Sen.
ate to day the bill amendatory of the
Act of the 18th of June, 1888, relating
to postal crimes, was taken UP and passed
after ah ahehdmeht. The bill provides !:
That all matter otherwise mailable by
law, upon the envelope or outside cover
or wrapper Of which, or any postal card
upon which any indecent, lewd, lascivi.
GUS, obscene, libellous, scurrilous, defam.
atory or threatening character, or calcu
lated by the terms, or manner, or style of
display, and obviously intended to reflect
injuriously upon the character or conduct
of another, may be written or printed, or
otherwise impressed or apparent, are here.
by declared non -mailable matter and shall
not be conveyed in the mails nor con.
yeyed from any postofice nor by any
letter carrier, and shall be withdrawn
from the fhails under such regulations as
the postmaster general prescribes, and
any person who shall knowingly deposit
or cause to be deposited, for mailing or
delivery, anything. declared by this sec
ton to be non .mailable matter, and any
person who shall knowingly take the
same or ca,ise the Same to be taken from
the mails fof the phrpose of circulating
or dispoaiDg of or of aiding in the circu.
latiou OF disposition of the same, shall
for each and every offence on conviction
be fined not more than $4,000 or impris-
onment at hard labor not more than
FIVE years, or both, at the discretion of
the Court.
Every obscene, lewd or lascivious book,
pamphlet, picture, paper; letter, writing,
print or other publication of an indecent
character, and every article or thing
designed or intended for the prevention
of conception, or procuring Of abortion,
and, every article OF thing intended or
adapted for indecent or immoral use, aud
every written or printed card, letter, cir.
cular, book, pamphlet, advertisement or
notice of any kind, giving Information,
directly or indirectly, where, or how, or
of whom, or by what means any Of the
hereinbefore mentioned matters, articles
or things may be obtained or made,
whether sealed as first class matter or
not, are hereby declared to be non.
mailable matter, and shall not be con.
veyed in the mails nor delivered from
any postofice, nor by any letter carrier !;
and any person who shall knowingly
deposit, or cause to be deposited for
mailing or delivery, anything declared
by this section to be non mailable matter,
and any person who shall knowingly
take the same, or cause the same to be
taken from the mails, for the purpose of
circulating or disposing of, or Of aiding
in the circulation or disposition of the
same, shall, for each and every offence,
be fined upon conviction thereof not more
than St, 900, or imprisoned at hard labor
not more than FIVE years, or both, at the
discretion of the Court.
And all offences committed under the
section, of which this is amendatory,
prior TO the approval of this Act, may be
prosecuted and punished under the same
10 the same manner and with the same
effect as if this Act bad not been passed,
provided that nothing in this Act shall
authorize any person to open any letter
or sealed matter of the first class not
addressed to himself.