The Brookhaven leader., 1890-10-09
THE LOTTERY LAW.

The Post-onlce Department Issues Instruc-
tIons-what Postal Employees May Do
Diligence Urged Upon Postmastcrs In Ex-
ecuting the Law.
WASHINGTON, Oct First Assistant
Postmaster-Genera Tyner, under the
direction of Postmaster-General Wanna
maker, has prepared for publication in
the Postal Bulletin circular letter TO
postmasters containing instructions for
their guidance in the case of lottery
matter, under the recent Anti-Lottcry
act After quoting the law in full, the
circular reads as follows:
Section 1894, above quoted. applied to any
letter, ordinary or registered, IL it concerns
any lottery, gift concert or scheme described
in the sccti, II, and to lottery tickets checks,
drafts, ills, money, postal notes, or money
orders for purchase of lottery tickets, or
any share or chance In lottery or gilt en-
terprsc, and 10 the list of the drawings at
any lottery or similar scheme, and forbids
the carrying of them In the mails. or the de-
ivory of them from post. offices.
The seal of letter or of any sealed packet,
prepaid at letter rates, must not be dis
turbed for the purpose of ascertaining IL its
transmission in the mail or its delivery at
post office is forbid len by the provisions of
this act. Nor will the mere suspicion that
such letter or packet relates to a lottery, or
the TACT that 1t is addressed to any person
known to he engaged in the business of con-
Quoting n lottery, justify its detention or
non. delivery, except that the delivery of
registered letters at the Office of destination
shall be withheld when the Postmaster
General has issued special orders to that
effect.
Postal cards and circulars unsealed, and
all other uuscalcd matter, may, when sus-
81 hayIusv bppn demos ted mailed
in violation OF the provisions of this act. be
examined for the purpose of asccrtainnS
their character.
The IN Iiling of matter lnterdctcd by this
act, by cit zens TO lottery companies and
their represcn tativcs, is rs clear violation
of the law rs the IN liling of such matter by
lottery companies to their customers or
other persons
when il is known at the time of deposit
ing them for mailing that postal cards or
circulars are unavailable the postmaster
should decline to receive them. II they be
found in post office and the sender is un-
known to the p stmnster, or if they b. dis
covered in the mail in transit they should
be Withdrawn AMI marked or stamped
fraudulent" and sent to the Postmaster
General, accompanied by a spec al report
from the postmaster.
The provisions of this act apply to letters,
postal cards and circulars concerning lot
mails from foreign countries, and sucu mail
so received shall be treated as if it origin
atcd in the United States.
Matter sent in violation of the section,
discovered by postmasters 1T Intermediate
post-c1lces should be withdraw from the
mails and disposed of in the same manner
as if it had been discovered by the post.
master at the oflice of mailing or the oilico
of delivery. Postmast'rS It Intermediate
Offices should not delay the transmission Of
other mail in making special search fer any
thirg daclared by this act t. be unavailable.
Newspapers, pamph et' and publications
of all kinds, bearing date before or since tho
10Th day of September, 1890 cat which date
the act took effect, which contain the adj
vertisement of any lottery, gift enter
prise CT similar scheme, or the whole or
part of the list of priz's awarded at tho
drawings of lotteries or similar schemes.
are by the provisions of this act, deni, d
carriage in The mails or delivery to sub
scribcrs, addresses, or to any ether per-
sons, as Sample copi " Postmasters
should refuse to receive them from publish
ers or to deliver them if by inadvertance
they reach the Office of destination. When
found by postmasters in the mail in transit
they SHOULD be held until IL report concern
ing them can be made to the Postmaster
General and instructions received from him
as to the disposition of them.
Foreign newspapers, pamphlets and pub
LEGATIONS of all kinds containing printed
matter forbidden by the provisions of this
act should be treated as if they were pub
lshe in the United Stat ;.
Clerks in the railway mail scrY ice discov-
ering matter, the carriage of which is tor
hidden by the provis ons of this act, should
withdraw and forward il to theic respective
division superintendent. Division super
intendents should treat such matter in the
same manner as pOstmlsters are herein in
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