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 1060 TrrL1·: Lxx.—R1MES.—Ch. 5. ceive them, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor not more than five years. or by both such fine and imprisonment. Connterfeiting, Sec. 5-165. Any person who shall forge or counterfeit or knowingly &¢-» l<>Y<‘lS¤ utter or use any forged or counterfeited postage-stam of any foreign ‘““"ps· government, shall be punished by imprisonment at hand) labor of not less 1hid.,s.179,p.30e. than two nor more than ten years. injuring man- Sec. 5466. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously injure,defn,t·g, matter. or destro · any mail-matter deposited in any letter-box, pillar-box, or other p,;d_,,,_2y8’I,_3]g_ receptacll: established by authority of the Postmaster-General for the safe deposit of matter for the mail or for delivery, or who shall willfully aid or assist in injuring such mail-matter, shall be punishable by a line o}f nothmore than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more t an t ree years. Emb,,m,,m€,,t, Sec. 5467. Any person employed in any department of the postal &t·.,nf letters con- service who shal secrete, embezzle, or destroy an letter, packet. bag, ¤@¤¤gi¤¤10S¤g¤g or mail of letters intrested to him, or which shall come into his ios- ]i,3.i_,,l_ g79_ session, and which was intended to be conveyed by mail, or carried or delivered by any mail-carrier, ·mail—messenger, route-agent, letter-can ,,,,,,,7 13 PEL, 176, I`1€1`, or other person employed m any department of the postal service, U. S. t·.Nott, 1 Mc- or forwarded through or delivered from any post-office or branch post- Iieasy  <‘· office established by authoritv of the Postmaster-General, and which Q5; {$l¤S·*,,,°“,,;‘§j shall contain any note, bond, draft, check, warrant, revenue stamp, postaker, 6 M(.L€,,,_,,, age-stamp, stamped envelope, postal card, money-order, certificate of 342; l'.6S`,It·LLEm- sgock, or Hpther pecunmry obligation or security of the Government, or GFS0H, `· <> Mt o any o `ccr or lisca a ent tiereof, of an * descri tion whatever anv
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466, Q_ Si ,._ SML stock in the funds; any letter of attorney for receiving annuities or divder,6 McLean,598; idends, selling stock in the funds, or collecting the interest thereof; anv U-` S-]`- Beléggxs? letter of credit, note, bond, warrant, draft, bill, promissory note, cove- Hgglmfgoé CLC; nant, contract, or agreement whatsoever, for or relating to the payment C_, 212; tj_ S_ ,,_ of money, or the delivery of any article of value, or the performance of Clark,Crabbe,584j any act, matter, or thing; any receipt, release, acquittance, or discharge gi 4*-_§>6lf1§,S¤ of or from any debt, covenant, or demand, or any part thereof; any ,_, “§,{h‘;,ah’· i copy of the record of any pulgment or decree in any court of law or lmdy, 524, (_ S_ chancery or any execution which may have issued thereon; any copy of ,·. _Laws, 2 Low., any other record, or any other article of value, or writing representing 110. the same; any such person who shall steal or take any of the things aforesaid out of any letter, packet, bag, or mail of letters which shall have come_into his plossession, either in the regular course of his official duties or in any other manner whatever, and provided the same shall nplt lmveblvccn delivered po Ehipagty to wlyom it is directed, shall be punxs a > e y imprisonmen a ar abor or not less than one vear nor more than five years. ` Meamngof words Size. 5·L6§. T he fact that any letter, packet, bag, or mail of letters hz1S eintenned to lbe been deposited in any postofiice or branch post-otlit-e established bv autl1ority of the Postmaster-General, or in any other authorized dep0si— Ibid_, S_ gg0_ tory for mail-matter, or in charge of any postmaster, assistant clerk, CHI'- rier, agent, or messenger employed in any department of the postal service, shall be evidence that the same was “intended to be conveved by mail " within the meaning of the two preceding sections. ` steaiangnrn-and- Sec. 5+69. Any person who shall steal the mail, or steal or take from ulently obtaining or out of any mail or post-office, branch postoflicc, or other authorized "'*:’l· ?l’°'““¥ Yak cl ,pository for mail-matter, any letter or packet; any person who shall "R l@c&,Y;_ take the mail, or any letter or U ackct therefrom, or from any postoflicc _lgQ;_fg2$l; branch post-office, or other authorized depository for mail·matter, witll Iv,  ,_, Parsons, or without the consent of the person having custody thereof, and open, gB1,,wh_, 10%; U_ embezzle, or destroy any such mail, letter, or package which shall conglaghixiftggeig, Q2 tain any note, bond, draft, check, warrant, revenue-stamp, postage-stain}?. A COm.nghém· ·é spalmpcd em elope, n1oney—order, certificate ot stock, or other p€('ll¥ll$U'y Bmw-, 4,0, (2 S o > igation or security of the bovernment, or ot any officer or fiscal agent ,·_ l<`0ye,1 (·,_,,.t_ C_ thereof, of any description whatever, any bank-note, bank post-bill, bill C., 164; U.   r. of exchange, or note of assignment of stock in the funds; any letter of