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 758 Trrm: xnvi. —'l` HE POSTAL Sl•1RVICE.»Ch. 3. Intercepting or Sec. 3892. Any person who shall take any letter. post-alcardprpneke; l‘“**°“** although it docs not contain any article of value or evidence thereof, onl; .- cu of a post-oflice or branch post-office, or from a letter or mail carrier, or imtt., s. 147. “·hi.·}l has been in any post-office or branch post—office or in the custody U_ S_ ,._ ]_,,,,,,,_,_ of any letter or mail carrier, before it has been delivered to the person to terEY2 gIcl.?n,·§i1‘; whom it was directed, with a design to obstruct the correspondence, or Olly ~_;,:% 0¤ » - to pry into the business or secrets of another. or shall secrete. embezzle, " ‘‘ oy destroy th; sarge, S}hlHll;1fO(l£ tjlvefy such gffense, be punishable by a line o not more t an ve nn re dollars, or y imprisonment at hard labor for not more than one vear. or by both. obscene books, Sec. 3893. [Jbohsccnc, lauid, /i?:]!/·¥(‘l'Z`Z'Ol/8 hoohgpamphlet, pZcture,pafpeq·, sgggydygzeirgd  prznt, m·othar puh/zcahon at an rnrlectnt character, or any article or t ling, O-, , Bw mpulum dewgned0rzntc2zde¢l;f?1rt_hepr·M·»¤22hona_;‘con<·qn‘¢onarprocarinyofahoy-tim;, ,,0, ,,,,,,],,;,],3, ,,,1,% nor any arhcleor thang znfenderl or ad¢g»f»·eZ_forany mdecentor £mmoralu,ge any. _ U   yr nafare, noranyu·rzz‘1‘cn. U?‘]7}'¢N'll'd('l1]`(]., crrcular, hook, pa1nphh·t,·adve;·- UT, ,sS_,_,8,H9_ u.<em.enz‘, or nance of any hand, granny rnforzmttum, dzrectly or uultrcctly, ra Mm-_, 1873, (-_ where, or hozr, or aflwhpm, or hy 10/tal means either of the things hefow lots, s. 2, v. `l7, P. melll¢07'L¢Z(l may be Obtllllléd 117* 7Ht/[{6, l10i' ll/xy lalfef 1/)021t fha :’21?·nl0p43 of BST ,,_ Ig: ,,_  wrzften or prenterl, shall he carraed Zn the mail; and any pcrcmz who shall ii;-37,, hnmcma/y clwponet or cause to he Jqmsitul, jim maz7fny orde/[»·er_y, any of Bla,;,,; E46? ’ the h·ci’ez11hgflu'c-lily!)houefl a)'f¢c‘lr·N w' {hill!/N, 0i' €U1_y,·Hl1h'r'c 01’])(!])e¤1' (*021- p_ S_ j._ Foote, ,3 laming any advertzsenzent reltzfeng fo the r{fZ»rc.~ur/J ¢n·{[<·/rw or /h/ngs. and Blown., 418, any yierson echo, an, p1u·suance of any p/an or sc/renzejim (`]l.6j)0·°€l·}ig of an of { ec hcremhdin·e jmentzoned arfw/es or thongs, aha/l tale, or cause to iahen, jram. the maal any such1ct1e:- or pachayn, shall he deemed guzltygfa m e.¤denzean01·, and shall, for m·cry ¢f»2:sc. b€JI7'I(’(l.?lUt less than one hun. red dollars, nm- more z‘han_pz·e thousand do/lure, or ?7l%}7‘2#/}7)(’d al hard labor not has than: one year nor more !han._z‘en, years, or oth.,] [Every obscene, lewd, orllascivions book. pamphlet, picture, paper, writing, print, orother publication ot an indecent character, and every article or thing designed or intended for the Pl'€\’.€*Iltl0H of conception or procuring of abortion, and ` every ayticle or thing intended gr adapted for any indecent or immoral use, ant every written or prmte card, circular, book, pamphlet, advcrtisement., or notice of any kind giving information, directly or indirectly, ghepc, oréhowéi or of ylhom, oyhby what mjganls, anydot the (1t‘1‘t‘1gl.)(°fO1‘B en tone ma ers, ar IC es or mcs may oitame or ma e. a11 cverv lettgr mpon the exivelopo ofdaihiclf: or postal card upon which., indecent, ew, o iscene, or BSCIVIOUS e incations, e ithets, terms, or language mav be \Vl`lttPll or pr1nted.are hereby declared? to be non-mailable matter, and shall not be conveyed in the mails, nor delivered from any post·offico 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 IlOl1·I'll8llR.l)}l0 matter, and any person who shall knowingly take the same, gi cnusedt c same to be taken, from the mails, for the purpose of urcu a mg on isposing of, or ot aiding 111 the circulation or disposition of the same. shall be deemed guilty ot a misdemeanor, and shall for each and every offence be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousamitl dcgllars, or imprgoigd at hardl labor not less than one year nor more an en years, or ot, at the iscretion of the court. And all offences committed under said original section thirt·-h h d -d d _ _. N ._ yeigtunrt an ninety -th1ee oftt(ll1c Rgvised Ztayute-slpr1m· to the approval of this act may >e prosecn e an pums e unter tte said O1'lU‘1l\Hl section in the
 * 9% Ju, ,8,6 C which, or posfal card upon tehfc/t htdccwzl or 8CL(I‘7'l·{0ll8 cpfthets ma he
 * m:1§e1m§mne1‘ and with the same effect as if this act had not been passed.]

&Lt’9it;ir<;§§;prLs;, _  389-L. No letter or circular concerning [illegal] lotteries, so-called mymmc; penalty. g1l€t—conc31‘ts_. or other similar enterprises, offering prizes, or concerning _3l9_i§_b_;.. sc emes pv pied and intended to deccivc and defraud the public for the 335,;% M8, 11g;`; o 0 naming piongy under false protenses, shnll be carried in the ,7, P. 302-. V ny pei son_w to s all knowingly deposit or send anythm to be IS? July, 1876, (·, EOM 0,} 9d Y mml m Vif>lt1tl0l1 of this section shall be pnnishabha by a ,a. 2, r. 19,]:. .•0. ne o not more than hve hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars. with costs of prosecution.