The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-10-10
THE LOTTERY Law.

t The LOITEHr Law.
The Post-ofiice Department Issues Instruc-
tIons-what Postal Employees May Do
Diligence Urged Upon Postmasters In Ex-
ecuting the Law.
WASHINGTON, Oct 4-First Assistant
Postmaster-Genersl Tyner, under the
direction of Postm 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-Lot.ery
act After quoting the law in full, the
circular reads as follows:
Section 1854, above quoted. applied to any
letter, ordinary or registered. IL &c concerns
any lottery, gift concert or scheme described
in the secti. n, aud 20 lottery tickets checks,
drafts. ills, money. postal notes, or money
orders for purchase OF lottery tickets, or
any share or chance In lottery or gift en-
terprise. and 10 the list OF the drawings at
any lottery or similar scheme. and forbids
the carrying of them ia the mails, or the de-
livery of them from post offices.
The seal of a letter or OF any sealed packet,
prepaid at letter rates. must not be DIS
turbed for the purpose of ascertaining II Its
transmission In the mail or Its delivery at
post Office Is forbidden by the provisions OF
this act Nor will the mere suspicion that
such letter or packet relates to a lottery, or
the iact that It is addressed to any person
known to be engaged in the business OF con-
Quoting a 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.
po-taI m rda ard, ofrculora upaeaiad and
all other unsealed matter, may, when sus-
pected of having been deposited or mailed
In violation of the provisions of this act be
examined for the purpose of ascertaining
their character.
The m ,iling Of matter interdicted by this
act. by citizens to lottery companies and
their representatives. Is as clear violation
Of the law as the mailing of such matter by
lottery companies to their customers or
other persons.
when 1t 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 stmaster, or If they b. dis
covered in the mail in transit they should
be withdrawn AM marked or stamped
fraudulent" and sent to the Postmaster
General, accompanied by a special report
from the postmaster. i'
The provisions of this act apply to letters.
rostal car Is and circulars concerning lot
teries or similar schemes that come in the
mails from foreign countries, and sucn mail
so received shall be treated as IL IL origin
ated in the United States
Matter sent in violation of the section,
discovered by postmasters Mt intermediate
post, fiices should be withdrawn from the
mails and disposed of in the same manner
as IL il had been discovered by the post
master at the office of mailing or the Office
of delivery Postmasters at intermediate
offices should not delay the transmission of
other mali in making special search for any
thing d cleared by this act to be unavailable.
Newspapers, pamphlets and publications
of all kinds, bearing date before or since the
18th day of September, 1890 lat which date
the act took effect, which contain the ad-
vertisement of any lottery, gift enter
prise or similar scheme, or the whole or
part of the list of prizes awarded at the
drawings of lotteries or similar schemes.
are, Ey the provisions of this act, denied
carriage I'm the mails or delivery to sub
scribers, addresses, or to any other per-
sons, or as sample copies" Postmasters
should refuse to receive them from publish
ers or to deliver them IL by lnadvertance
they reach the Office of destination. When
found by postmasters In the mail in transit
thy should be held until a report concern
ing them can be made TO the Postmaster
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 IL they were pub
lishei in the United Stat g.
Clerks in the railway mail service discoy-
ering matter. the carriage of which is for
hidden by the provis ons of this act, should
withdraw and forward It to their respective
division superintendents. Division super
intendents should treat such matter I'm the
same manner as postmasters are herein in
slructel to treat It.
The term Lottery" as used In this act en-
braces a kinds of schemes general or local,
fer the distribution of prizes by lottery or
chance. such AS & it exhibitions, enterprises,
concerts, rallies or the drawing of prizes in
money or property at fairs. Hence, letters,
postal cards and circulars concerning them,
and newspapers, pamphlets and other pub
lcati1ns containing advertisements are I'M
mailable.
The provisions of SECTION 1923, relating to
registered letters and of section 49il, relat-
inx to money orders [both of which sections
arc set out in full In the preceding copy of
the act), apply to such matter at offices of
delivery only and are to be enforced upon
the direct orders OF the Postmaster General.
Postmasters aud other postal offic ais and
employees are expected to be dIligent in car
rying ont the foregoing instructions for the
enforcement of the provisions of this act.