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 762 '1‘r·rr.1: xnvr.-THE POSTAL SERVICE.·——Ch. 5-6. Ibid., s. 173, p. quantities of each sold to any one agent at one time shall not exceed one 305- hundred dollars in value, and the discount shall not exceed five per centum on the face value of the stamps, nor the same per centum on the current price of the envelopes when sold in less quantities. Selling stamps Sec. 3920. Postagestamps shall not be sold for any larger sum than at more than face; the value indicated on their face, nor stamped envelopes for more than Pj'}@;_ __ is charged therefor by the Post-Oflice Department for like quantities. Ibid., s. 114. Any person connected with the postal service who shall violate this provision shalll be prénishable by a bne of not less than ten dollar·s, nor more than five undre. . Sec. 3921. Pos e—stam amxed to all mail-matter or the stam .d iggidinpsm be dc envelo es in wlrictligshe samlfis inclosed, shall, when deposited for £l- ing or delivery, be defaced by the postmaster at the mailrng—oflicc, in such "` manner as the Postmaster- eneral may direct; and if any mail-matter shall be forwarded without the stamps or envelopes being so defaced, the postmaster at the office of delivery shall deface them, and report the delinquent postmaster to the Postmaster-General. R,m(,v;ngmmp¤ Sec. 3922. An person employed in any branch of the postal service from mail-matter; who shall willfully and unlawfully remove from any mail-matter any P°”**l*Y· posta e—stam affixed thereto in payment of the postage, shall be pun- 11,34,, ¤_ 176, rshabkz by a Ene of not more than one hundred do lars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months. m,.u,,05Sumps; Sec. 3923. Any person who shall use or attempt to use, in payment of penalty. the postage on any mail-matter conveyed by mail or otherwise, any postagestamp or stamped envelope, or any stamp cut from any such ’ stamped enve ope, whic 1 has been before used for a like purpose, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars. Removulandm. Sec. 3924. f any person employed in any de rtment of the Postuse or old stamps Office Establishment of the United States shallmwillfully and knowby €¤¤Pl¤5'éi l>¢¤· ingly use, or cause to be used, in prepayment of postage, any postage- Ibid., s. 297, p. be issued, by authority of any act of Congress, or of the lgostmaster- 322- General, which has already been once used for a like purpose, or shall remove, or attempt to remove, the canceling or dcfaoing marks from any such postage-stamp, or stamped envelope, or postal·eard, with intent to use or cause the use of the same a second time, or to sell, or offer to sell, the same, or shall remove from letters or other mail matter deposited in or received at a post-office the stamps attached to the same in payment of postage, with intent to use the same a second time for a like purpose. or to sel, or offer to sell, the same, ever r such offender shall be deemed guilty of fqllpny, and shall be imprisonedi for not less than one year nor more t an ree years. Thesame by per- Sec. 3925. If any person, althon h not employed in any department of ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤ ¤¤ PM- the Post-Otlice Estab ishment, shall commit any of the offenses described °f.H..°i°fiB°k°Y‘_ 7 in the preceding section, every such person shall be deemed guilty of a Ibid., s. 298. misdemeanor, and he punishable by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one hun- $$2 dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, for each olfense, or by C H A P T E R S I X. REGISTERED LETTERS. Bw- See. 3926. System of registration authorized. l 3929. Registered letters to lotteries, dw., 3927. Registered matter and fees. may be returned. 3928. Receipt for delivery of registered matter. System of regis- Sec. 3926. For the greater security of valuable mai a·matter, the Post- [¥§Q@¤§¤9_[§8_d; master-General may establish a. uniform system of registration. Bllii fiw
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