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 1126 srxrrmn coxennss. sm. II. Ch. 2,21. 1909, to be conveyed by mail, or carried or delivered by any carrier, messenger, agent, or other (person employed in any department of the po tal service, or forwar ed through or delivere from any post—oflice or station thereof established by authority of the Postmaster-Gem eral; or shall secrete, embezzle, or destroy any such letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail; or shall steal, abstract, or remove from any such letter, package, bag, or mail, any article or thing contained P¤¤i¤!¤¤¤¤¢f<>r- therein, shall be lined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. mmfjsgggggg _ Sec. 196. Whoever, being a postmaster or other person employed newspapers. 111 any de artment of the postal service, shall improperly etam, ,,},2 Sr “°°‘ 5471* °‘ delay, embezzle, or destroy an newspaper, or permit any other person to detain, delay, embezzle, or destroy the same, or open, or permit any other person to open, any mail or package of news apers BY °"‘°' *‘°”°"" not directed to the office where he is em loyed; or whoever shall)open, embezzle, or destroy any mail or package of newspapers not being _ directed tohhim, anh lh? pot  authoripled to cigpen 0;* receive the same; orw oevers a a eors a anyma or ac ageo news a ers from any post-office or from any erson havingpcustody thereof; dhall P°¤i°'¤¤°¤* ‘°'· bleafilned not more Ithalri one hundiied dollars, or imprisoned not more t one year or ot .  Sec. 197. Whoever shall assault any person having lawful charge, massa mbumgmui. control, or custody of any mail matter, with intent to rob, steal, or p_§‘d,§j·*”·“”·“"· purloin such mail matter or any pxart thereof, or shall rob any such _ person of such mail or any part thereof, shall, for a first of:fense,_be wgt foréw imprisoned not more than ten years; and if LD effecting or attem ting W"to effect such robbery, he sha wound the person having custody of the mail, or put his life in jeopardy by the use of a dangerous weapon, Y¤¤*¤*¤¤°¤* *°’· or for a subswent offense, shall be imprisoned twenty-five years. bgeguggzr *0 *°"°’ Sec. 198. _ oever shall willfully inlure, tear down, or destroy anly asZ,¤e¤s,sss9,s4<s¤, letter_box, pillar box, look box, loc drawer, or other receptac e ’*’qQ’,T§§°Qj ms, established or approved by_ the Postmaster—General for the safe deposit of matter or the mail or for delivery, or any lock or similar device belonging or attached thereto, or any letter box or other receptacle designated or aplproved by the Postmaster-General for the receipt or delivery of mai matter on any rural free-delivery route, star route, or other mail route, or shall break open the same; or shall willfully injure, deface, or destroy any mail matter de ited in an letter_ ox, pillar box, lock box, lock drawer, or otlig: receptaclb established or approved by_ the Postmaster-General for the safe deposit of matter for the ma11 or for delivery; or shall willfully take or steal such matter from or out of any such letter box, illar box. mixer: cu newer lock box, lock drawer, or other receptacle, or shall willfully and maliciously assaultany letter or mail camer, knowing him to be such, while engaged on his route in the discharge of his duty as such carrier, or shall willfully and or assist in any offense define in this section, p,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,, ;.,,_ shall bg fmid not more tha)11 olpe thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more an ree years, or ot . pesgnlg nnfggap. $nc. 199. Whoever, having taken charge of any mail, shall volun- ,.,64, " ‘ ‘ ‘ tarily quit or desert the same before he has delivered it into the pests oflice at the termination of the route,_or to some known mail carrier, messenger, agent, or other employee in the postal service authorized Punishment rm. to receive the same, shall be fined not more t an five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. b}i>¤p;eg_ 3;  Sec. 200. The master or other person having charge or control of any B_8__,,,,_M·,,,,_m_ steamboat or other vessel passing between ports or places m the U mted States, arriving at any such port or place where there is a ppst-office, shall del1ver_ to the postmaster or att e post—oftlice within thee hours after his arrival, 1f in the daytime, and if at night, within two hours after the next sunrise, all letters and packages brought by him or