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 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. HL Cns. 549-551. 1905. h 705 which sum shall not in any case be less than twenty-five per centum of the estimated cost of such work or material. - Sec. 2. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provi- “’°"· sions hereof are hereby repealed. _ Approved, February 8, 1905. CHAP. 550.-AnActTo amend theAct of February' h undmdan F°b¤¤'Y8- Im, ninety-seven, entitled "An Act to prevent the wnmcggblhdgstceitgtlitlemtm and [H' K94u'] articles designed for indecent and immoral use from one State or Territory into [Pubiic,No. sa.] mother State or Territory," so as to prevent the importation and exportation of the same. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of lfepresentativea of the United States of America in Oongrecs assembled, That the Act of February et2¤¤¢¤¤¤ ¤i¤¤¢¤r¤. eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act to pre- vm. am, p. mz, vent the carrying of obscene literature and articles designed for inde— ""°"°°‘· cent and immora use from one State or Territory into another State or Territory," be and hereby is, amended so as to read: "It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit with any express m§-¤;¤¤1¤¤¤¥°t¢j’¤v¤`j? company or other common carrier for carriage from one State or Ter- 1.w§?i°°’ " .ritory of the United States or the District o Columbia into any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or from any place in or subject to the jurisdiction_of the United States _ od to a foreign country, or from any place in or subject to the jurisdiction ,,,*°’°,,}',"‘°,',Q,?°,f,}f’,“‘L,_ of the United States thro h a foreign country to aply place in or subject rare 0%) to the jurisdiction of the §1ited States, or who sha causetobebrought into any place in or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States from any foreign country, any obscene, lewd, or lascivious book, pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, writing, print, or other matter of indecent character, or any article or thing designed or intended for the prevention of conception, or procuring of abortion, or any written or printed card letter, circular, book,_pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind giving information, directly or indirectly, where, how, or of whom, or by what means any of the herembefore-mentioned articles, matters, or things may be obtained or made; and any person who shall knowingly niggas xpvgrol deposit, or cause to be deposited, with any expresscompany or other ' common carrier forcar;*1sgg·(=>lfrolni op; State pg Teptlgtorjr or} the Pmted States or the District o ‘ mn ia any o er f e or erm ory o the United States, or for carriage from any place in or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to a foreégn country, or from any lace in O1' subject to the jurisdiction of the mted Statesthrough any fbrcign country, to any place m or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or who shall take from such express company or other common carrier with intent to sell, distribute, or crrculate any matter or thing herein forbidden to be_ deposited for carriage shall for each hmm offense, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than five thousand · dollars or imprisoned at hard labor not more than five years, or both, at the discretion of the court.” Approved, February 8, 1905. UHAP. 551.-An Act To quiet titles to land in the city of Mobile, State of Alabama, rtirémarygziispa. »‘ the Senate and fkusc 0 Re esentativea of the United [rutile, xo. as.] S,£;;Q‘;{2jfi;gZ,l/ga in 0·0,,g,·e_,8 assemble`; Tligt all the right, title, and  agpé; me interest of the United States in and to the lands situate within the ,0 mw, Ends m_ rE_ limits of the old Spanish town of fltloblilp, in thegtlate of Alabama, fgr 1i¤<1¤¤=¤¤<¤- ‘ nfirmation has hereto ore en gran or no survey ma e bvyxllllinllddiged States, be, and the same are hereby, granted, released, vox. xxxm, rr 1-45