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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 196-198. 1920. 621 or scabs, and all other natural or artificial articles, compositions, or materials, of whatever kind, which may kill or in anywise hurt, harm, or injure another or damage, deface, or otherwise injure the mails or other progerty, whether sealed as first-class matter or not, are hereby declare to be nonmailable matter, and shall not be conveyed in the mails or delivered from any post office or station thereof, nor by any letter carrier; but the Postmaster General may permit ,mT;gg•g¤;,jj*;sii·;;=ul}; the transmission in the mails, from the manufacturer thereof or etc.,p¤rmm¤¤. ' dealer therein to licensed physicians, surgeons, dentists, harmacists, dr gists, and veterinarians under such rules and regulations as he shgg prescribe, of any articles hereinbefore described which are not outwardly or of their own force dangerous or injurious to life, health, or pro erty: Provakled, That all spirituous,_ vinous, malted, fer- fufgntgéting mum mentedl,) or other intoxicatiiyg liquors of any kind are hereby declared nonmailsble. to be nonmailable, and sha not be deposited in or carried through _ the mails. Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited ,ui’;`f§f·f;'§§“£i1i§'g_`m“ for mailing or delivery, or shall knowingly cause to be delivered by mail, accordin to the direction thereon or at any place at which it is directed to {lie delivered by the p)e1son to whom it is addressed, anything declared by this section to e nonmailable, unless in accordance with the rules and regulations hereby authorized to be pre scribed by the Postmaster General, shall e fined not more t an $1,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both; and whoever m§},%‘;,§",,'§‘,i‘;{_§,' {Qt; shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited for mailing or i¤5¤¤¤¤¤i¤*·¤¤¢- delivery, or s all knowingly cause to be delivered by mail, according to the direction thereon or at any place to which it is directed to be delivered by the p)erson to whom 1t is addressed, anything declared by this section to e 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 injlure another, or damage, deface, or otherwise injure the mails or other property, shall be fined not gmx; than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or ot ." Approved, May 25, 1920. CHAP. 197.-An Act Authorizing certain railroad companies, or their successors jgyjgbgg in interest, to convey for public-rom purposes certain parts of their rights of way. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatv?ves of the United Pummmd, States cy; America in Congress assembled, That all railroa companies R¤¤r¤¤¤ •=<¤?¤v¤¤¤·¤ to whic grants for rights of way through the public lands have been $°i1;n°?v¢Ywl=i(-iioorii made by Congress, or their successors in interest or assigns, are *°' '“g““”·°°°· hereby authorized to convefy to any State, county, or mumcipality any portion of such right o way to be used as a public highway or, street: Provided, That no such conve ance shall liiave the effect to diminish the right of way of such railiioad company to a less width than fifty feet on each side of the center of the main track of the railroad as now established and maintained. Approved, May 25, 1920. oscar. 198.-An Act To authorize the purchase by the city or Myrtle Point Oregon, ?§’T’i€5i&i§ of certain lands formerly embraced in the grant to the Oregon and California ll-iilroid  Company and revested in the United States by the Act approved June 9, 1916. Be it enacted by the S enate and House o Re esentatives o the United States of America in Congress assemble]; That the Secrelcfary of tho §§.F{2dP‘}*§‘E; .{)'Y€; Interior Shall be, and is hereby, authorized to issue a atent to tho city of Myrtle Point, Oregon, for the following described] lands, being “'