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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. sm. II. Ch. 321. 1909. 1131 United States, or shall knowingly cause to be delivered bmail according to the direction thereon, or at the place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any such letter, postal card, package, writing, circular, pamphlet, or advertisement, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, 'P“'“'l“"°““°’· or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. - Sec. 216. Whoever, for the purpose of conducting, romof, or u¤1¤g¢¤¤»1u1mn¤. carrying on, in any manner, by means of the post-omce estledi-lish— "*{}{,'{T§g‘{,'$3,_ ment o the United States, any scheme or device mentioned in the section last preceding, or any other unlawful business whatsoever, shall use or assume or request to be addressed b, any fictitious, false, or assumed title, name, or address, or name other than his own pgoper name, or shall take or receive from any post·office of the mted States, or station thereof, or any other authorized de ository of mail matter, any letter, postal card, package, or other mail)matter addressed to any such fictitious, false, or assumed title, name, or address, or name other than his own proper name, shall be punished P“¤*¤h¤¤°¤* M- as provided in the section last precedin . Sec. 217. All kinds of upoison, and ssll articles and compositions €,§°*;g'g°·m:{,!;l,*{*;*'*· containing poison, and a poisonous animals, insects, and re tiles, " ` and explosives of all kinds, and inflammable materials, and infernal machines, and mechanical, chemical, or other devices or compositions which may i ite or explode, and all disease germs or scabs, and all other naturaffir artificial articles, compositions, or materials of whatever kind which may kill, or in any wise hurt, harm, or injure another, or damage, deface, or otherwise injure-the mails or other property, whether sealed as first-class matter or not, are hereby declared to be nomnailable matter, and shaH not be conveyed m the mails or delivered from any post-office or station thereof, nor by any letter PwmgNmm_ carrier; but the Postmaster—General may permit the transmission in the mails, under such rules and regulations as he shaH prescribe as to preparation and packing, of any articles hereinbe ore described which are not outwardly or of their own force dangerous or injurious _ to life, health, or property: Provuied, That all spirituous, vinous, f;,';’;*};m,,g Hq_ malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquors of any kind, are ¤¤r¤- hereby declared to be nonmailable and shall not be deposited in or _ carried throu h the mails. Whoever shall knowin ly deposit or mf}{§,‘;l""““' ‘°' cause to be rleposited for mailing or delivery, or shall knowingly cause to be delivered by mail according to the direction thereon, or at any place at which it is directed to e delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, anything declared by this section to be nonmailable, unless in accordance with the rules and regulations hereby authorized to be prescribed b the Postmaster—General, shall be lined not more than one thousanciy dollars, or imprisoned not more than __ _ two years, or both; and whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to ,,}‘f,§""{‘,§§,,,i‘,,§,§,}°‘,‘Q,{’ be deposited for mailing or delivery, or shall nowingly cause to be wit delivered by mail accordin to the direction thereon, or at any place to which it is directed to he delivered by the persori to whom it is addressed, anything declared by this section to be nonmailable, whether transmitted in accordance with the rules and regulations authorized to be prescribed by the Postmaster-General or not, with the design, intent, or purpose to kill, or in anywise hurt, harm, or in'ure another, or damage, deface, or otherwise injure the mails or _ other property, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or P"m”“‘°“°*°'· im risoned not more than ten years, or both. Cmmmm tc gse. 218. YVhoever, with intent to defraud, shall falsely make, m.»yey0mem.{1?’e," forge, counterfeit, engrave, or print, or cause or procure to be falsely z5‘,‘}l,§§· *’· 3*; ‘°‘· made, forged, counterfeited, en aved, or printed, or shall willingly mg S-. we 5463. p- aid or assist in falsely making, fdrging, counterfeiting, engraving, or ` printing, any order in imitation of or purporting to be a money order