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 § 308 TITLE 18l—0RIJlINAL CODE ’ @8. (Criminal Code, section 185.) Carrying letters out of ,1- ,.2  yeseels.—-Whoever shall carry any letter or packet ` 1 on board any vessel which carries- the mail, otherwise than ia such mail, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be ilaed not more thaa $50, or lmprisoned not more than one meuth, or both. (R. S. 5 3986; Mar. 4, 1909,1:. 321, § 185, . 35 Stat,1124.) _ ,_ ‘ N 309. .»(C_rimi¤al Code, seetioa 186.) When conveyance by private persons is lawful.--—Nothing in this chapter shall be eouslmed to prohibit the conveyance or transmission of letters or pockets by privatelhands. without compensation, or by special m.l~sseuger employed for the particular occasion joirly. (R. S. §‘3992; Mar. 4,,1909, 0. 321. § 186, 35 Stat,_1124.)~ _ _~ · 310. (Criminal _Co<}e, section 187.) Wearing carricr’s uni: form without authority.—\\’h0ever,._ not I being connected with the letter-ecarrier branch of the Postal Service, shall wear the uniform er badge which may he, prescribed by the Postmaster General, to he were by letter carriers, shall `be lined not more ,/ than $100, or imglrisonod not more than six mouths, or both. (R. S. § $$67 ; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, § 187, 35 Stat. 1124.) l ,311. (Criminal Code, section 188.) Vehicles clalniiug to be mail carriers.-—.It shall be unlawful to paint, print, or iurany manner to place uplmor attach to any steamboat or other vessel, { or any car, Stagecoach, vehicle, or other conveyance, not actually used in carrying the mail, the words “United States Mail? or any words, letters; or characters of like import; or ' to give notice; by publishing in any newspaper or; otherwise, that auy steamboat or other vessel, or any car, stagecoacll, vehicle, or other cofiveyance, is used in carrying the mail, when the same is not actually so used; and every person who shall , violate, alhd every owner, r<~c·eiver,, lessee, or. xaanaging operator thereof, whoehall CKHSC,-.éllH?€l’, or permit the violation ot aazyproviaioxx of this section, shall be liable, and shall be fined net more than $1,000, er imprisoned not more than two years, or both. .(‘R. S. § 3979; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, § 188, 35 Stat. 1124.),. 312. (Criminal Code, section, 189.) Injurlng mail bags.—-—·- Whoever shal1_ tear, cut, or otherwise injure any mail bag, pouch, or ether thing used or designed for use in_ the convey- anpe of the mall, or shall draw or break any staple or loosen any mrt of aoy•·l·ock, chain, or strap attachedlathereto, with l11·· Ateot tot rob or steal any auoh mail, or to render the same losecuréyshall pfhued not., more than $500, or imprisoned not more than three years, or beth. (R. S. -5*0 5476; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, § 1%,,535 Stat? 112-1.) _ { - _` " 313. (Criminal Code, section 190.) Stealing poat—oBee property.-·-\\'hoever shall steal, purloin, or embezalé ogy mall lyagher ether property in use by or belonging to the Post.0moe Department, or shall appropriate any such property to his_ow11 or any other than its proper use, or shall convey awaygzuy auch property to the hindrance or detriment of the public service, shall beilnecl not more than $200, or imprisoned not more tharl three years, or jsmth. (R. 8. 5 5475: Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, § 190, 35 Stat. 1124.), ‘ _ 314. (Criminal Code, section 191.) Stealingorjorging mail locks or keys,.-—·-\Vhoever shall steal, purloln,. embezzle, or obtgn by any falee pretense, or shall aid or assist jp stealing, purloloiag, embezzlmg, or obtalalng by any false pretexlae. any key salted to any lock adopted by the Post Omce Debartment and in use on any of the mallsor bags thereof, or any key to any lock box, lock drawer, or other authorized receptacle tor the deposit or rlellvery of mail matter; or whoever shall knowingly and unlawfully make, forge, or counterfeit, or caum to be unlawfully made, forged, or couaterielted, any suoh, key, or shall have la hlagiosseaalon any such mall lock or key with the interxt uulawfplly or impreperly to uaeyaell, or otherwise dispose or thesame, or to cause the same to beuulawthlly or lmproperlyaisod, sold, or otherwlseagaposed of;`or whoever, bein:

ann c·n1.a1zva1. Pnoenn can 484 engaged as a contractor or otherwise in the manufacture or ‘ any such mail lock or key, shall deliver or cause to be deliv. ered, any dnished or unfinished lock or key used. or designs.; tor use by the department, or the interior part of any sum lock, to any person not duly authorized under the hand of the Postmaster General and the seal of the Post Onice Department, to receive the same, unless the person receiving it is the contractor for furnishing the same or engaged in the znanufao. sture thereof in the manner authorized by the contract, or the agent of such manufacturer, shall he nned not more thangszoo and imprisoned not more than ten years. (R. S. {5477 ; Mar. 4, 190Q,.c. 321, § 191, 35-Sfat. 1125.) y _ l .. ,*31.5., (Criminal Code, section 192.) Breaking into and cn. tering post o{Hce.--JVhoever shall forcibly break into or httempt to break into any post o@ce, or any building used in rvhole or in part as a post oliiice, with intent to comgnit in such post ofllce, or building, or part thereof, so used, any larceny -01* other dep. redation, shall be lined not more than $1,000 and imprisoned not more than five years. (R. S. S 5478; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, § 192, 35__Stat. 1125.). . ~ _,  W ‘ 316. (Criminal Code, section 193.) Unlarrfully entering · post··office car.-—\V11oever, by violence, shall enter a post-ofllce car, or any apartment in any car, steamboat, or vessel, assigned to the use of the mail service, or shall willfully oymallcionsly assault or interfere with any postal clerk in the discharge or his duties in connection with snch_ car, steamboat, vessel, or apartment thereof, or shall willfully aid or assist Baenein, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than three years, or bot_h. (Mar. 3, 1903, c. 1009, { 5, 32 Stat. 1176; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, 5 193, 35 Stat. 1125.) 317. (Criminal Code, section 194, amendd.)” Stealing, se- "creting, or embezzling mail nnatter.-—-Whoever shall steal, take, or abstract, or by fraud or deception obtain, from or out of any mail, post office or station thereof, or otheranthorized deepest tory for mail matter, "lor from a letter or mail carrier, any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail, or shall amtract or remove from any such letter, package, mg, or mall, any article or thing contained therein, or shall secrete, embemle, or destroy any such letter, postal card, package, bag,-.or~malI, or any article or thing contained therein; or whoever shall steal, take, or abstract, or by fraud or deception obtain any letter, postal _; card, package", bag,, or_inall, which has lteen left for collection umu or adjacent to a collection box or" other authorized de· _pository-ot mall matter; or whoevershall buy, receive, or conceal, or aid in buying, receiving, or concealing, or shall unlawtullyhave in his possession, any letter, postal card, package. bag, or mall, or any article or thing contained therein, which has been so stolen, taken, embezzled, or abstracted, as herein described, knowing the same to have been so stolen, taken, enzbeazled, or abstracted; or whoever shall take any letter, postal card, or package out of any post omce or station thereof, or out of any authorised depository for mallwnxatter, or from any letter or mail carrier, or which has been V in any post office , or station thereof, or i other authorized depository. for in the custody or any letter or mall carrier, before it has been delivered "to the person to whom it was directed, with a design to obstruct the correspondence, or to prylnto the business or secrets ot another, or shall open, secrete, embezzle, or destroy the same, shall be fined not more than $2,0w, or ixnprlmned not morethan nre years, or both. (R. S. 59 3892, 5469, 5470; Mar. 4, 1%, c. 321, S 194, 35 Stat. 1125; Feb. 25, 1925, c. 318, 43 Stat. 977.) . 318. (,Criminal Code, section 195.) Postmaster or employee detainiik, destroying, or embezzling nisil m•tter.~—Whoever. L postmaster or other person employed in any department of the Postal Servlee, shall ·nnlawi‘ully detain, delay, or open. any letter, postal card, package. bag or mail intrusted to him or which shall come into his possession, and which was iné