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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 393, 394. 1888. 187 port or place in which he is stationed. And he shall also report as to lmPl°m°¤*¤· the character of agricultural implements in use, and whether they are imported to onmanufactured in that county ; as to the character and extent of agricultural and horticultural pursuits there. That part of the information thus obtained which pertains to agriculture shall be transmitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as the same shall have been received by him, to the Commissioner of Agriculture. who shall include the same, or so much thereof as he may deem material and important, in his annual reports, stating the said prices in dollars and cents, and rendering tables of foreign weights and measures into their American equivalents? Approved, June 18, 1888. CHAP. 394.—An act relating to postal crimes, and amendatory of the statutes Jun W 1888· therein mentioned. f“"' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section P¤¤¢¤1¤<¤¤·i¤e- thirteen of an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitle "An act making appropriations for the service ,u;‘$€d"°· P- **5*% of the Post-Oiiice Department for the nscal ear ending June thirtieth, ' eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes," be, and the same is herebly, so amended as to read, as follows:. "SEO. 13. hat any person who shall submit, or cause to be sub- Sgpnd-¤1¤¤¤ mail mitted to any postmaster or to the Post-Oiiice Department or any Iffssiity go.- mbmi, officer of the postal service any false evidence, relative to the char- *“*€ fm °"id°¤°°· acter of any publication, for the purpose of securing the admission thereof at the second-class rate for transportation in the mails, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and for every such offense, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished b a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars/’ Sec. 2. That any person who shall, with intent to defraud, falsely €v?g’gl'£”§Qgi¤¤m°¤· forge or counterfeit the signature of any postmaster, assistant post-’ ` master, chief clerk, or clerk upon or to any money-order or postalnote, or blank therefor provided or issued by or under the direction of the Post—Oilice Department of the United States, or of any foreign country, and payable in the United States, or any material signature or indorsement thereon, or any material signature to any receipt or certificate of identification thereon; any person who s iall fa sely A*°¤**¤¤K·*¤¤¢· alter, or cause or rocure to be falsely altered in any material respect. or knowingly aid)or assist in falsely so altering any such money- order or postal-note; any person who shall, with intent to defraud. pass. utter, or publish any such forged or altered money-order o1· postal-note knowing any material signature or indorsement thereon to be false, forged, or counterfeited, or any material alteration therein to have been falsely made; any postmaster, assistant postmaster. or ,n;`{j‘r*£;¤;—‘*gQ' *¤$¤· clerk employed in any post-office or branch post-office who shall ’ ` issue any money-order or postal-note, without having previously received or paid the full amount of money payable therefor, with the purpose of fraudulently obtaining or receiving, or fraudulently enabling any other person, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or receive from the United States. or any officer or agent thereof, the sum of money specified in such money-Order or p0stal—n0te: any ’ _ person who, with intent to defraud the United States, transmits, or €,}_“*¤¤gmS°“°*°S~ presents to, or causes or procures to be transmitted to or presented to any officer, or at any office of the Government of the United States any money-order or postal-note, knowing the same to contain any forged or counterfeited signature to the same or to any material endorsement, receipt, or certificate thereon, or material alteration therein unlawfully made, or to have been unlawfully issued without previous payment of the amount required to be paid upon