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 466 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 908, 909. 1890. m§,§&°'g°·”°·P·m» Sec. 2. That section thirty-nine hundred and twenty-nine of the `  Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as o ows: Rezéwendlmemw “Sec. 3929. The Postmaster-General may, upon evidence satisfacm”'mm torylto him tléat any person or lpomppny p Sngagpd in conducting any ottery gi thenterprise, or sc eme or the istri ution of money, or of any real or personal property by lot, chance, or drawing of any _ k1nd, or that any person or company is conducting any other scheme or device for obtaining money or property of any kind through the ma1ls_by means of false or fraudu ent preteuses, representations, or promises, instruct postmasters at any postoffice at which registered etters arrive directed to any such person or company, or to the agent or representative of any suc person or company, whether such agent or representative  acting as an individual or as a Erm, bank, corpopatgpn, or pssozpatidantplf arg kind tpreilsngln all such registeiped letpgés o_ e pos mas er a e office a w 10 ey were OI'Ig'1D& y mai , with the word ‘ Fraudulent’ plainly written or stamped upon the outiglp) tlpepeof ; and alllsipchtftters so repilirnedftosiiph postfln asteris shall em re urn o e writers ereo, un er suc regu ations as the Postmaster-General may prescribe. But nothing contained 1n this section shall be so construed as to authorize any postmaster or other person to op)en anly letter not addressed to himself. The mvmsmeor agency. public adyertisement y suc person or company so conducting such ottery, gift entexéprise, scheme, or device, t at remittances for the same may be ma e by registered letters to any other person, firm, ` bank, corporation, or association named therein shall e held to be prima facie evidence of the existence of said agegply by all the parties named therein; but the Post®er·General sh not be precluded from ascertaining the existence of such agency in any other legal _ way satisfactory to_himself. _ ka ¤¤¤.|M1.P-778. Sec. 3. That section four thousand and forty-one of the Revised """'i°‘i Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: Payment or money- “Sec. 4041. The Postmaster-General may, upon evidence satisfac- &'{.’,€,§',,*{‘cf’Q,,§,‘§§§,'§{._" tory to him that any person or company is engaged in conducting biddw wi r¤¤¤¤y r¤- any lottery, jift enterprise, or scheme for the distribution of money, ' or of any re or personal property by_ lot, chance, or drawing of any kind, or that any person or company IS conduct111g ang other scheme for obtaining money or uproperty of any kind throug the mails by means of false or fraud ent pretenses, representations, or promises, £‘3.‘§}’§St§£‘£ "£’$'.I‘.$,$‘£J-’.lI,f1‘§"&££?}§I“?£*i5!%$%2€ £$5`Z?T0‘I? §§"£lL“£¥ {ES favor, or to the agent of a11y such person or company, whether such agent is_ acting as an individual or as a firm, bank, corporation, or association of any kind, and may provide by regulation for the retprn m ape reimitgprs of the sums named 111 such lnmney-opdeiigz, Bus t is s a no au orize any person o open any e er no a resse ¤*i¤¤¤<=¤<>f ¤z¤¤¤r- to himself. The public advertisement by such person or company so conducting any such lottery, gift enterpmse, sc eme, or device, that remittances for the same may be made by means of postal money- ordegsa tpl any ophpf lpgiipcpé, ing, bank, porporatilon, or iasspciation nam therein s a e to e prima acie evi ence o e existence of said agency by all the parties named therein; but the Postmaster—General shall not be prec uded from ascertaining the existence of such agency in any other legal way." Approved, September 19, 1890. september 25, 18W. CHAP. 909.-An act to establish a port of delivery at Sioux City, Iowa. - - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ll! . . _ H3¤‘3<1¤i§li>£Sé;E§¤§ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the city of Ne§’{>,;.,m,S_ SIOUX City, in the State of Iowa, shall be, and is hereby, constituted