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 § 341 TITLE 18.-—-CRIMINAL CODE explode, and all disease gerxns or. scabs, and all other natural or artincial articles, compositions; B or materials of whatever kind which may kill, or in anywise hart, harm, or injure another, or damage, .. deface, or »·otherwise injure the mails or other property, whether sealed as drateclass matter or not, are hereby declared to be nonmailable matter, and ahall not be conveyed kin the mails or delivered from any` post omcé or station thereof, nor by any letter carrier; but the Postmaster General may perrnit the transmission in the mai1s, from the nzannfactnrer thereof or. dealer therein to licensed physicians, surgeons, dentists, pharmacists, drnggists, and veterinarians, it under snch rules and regulations as he shall prwcribe, ot any articles hereinbefore described which are not outwardly or of their own force dangerous orlnjurious to life, health, or property: ·Pro·nided, That all spirituous, vinous, ‘malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquors ot any kind, are hereby declared to be nonmailable and shall not be deposited in or carried through the mails. “Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited for mailing or delivery, or shall knowingly canse to be delivered by mail accordingto the direction thereon, or at any place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, anything declared by thié section to be nonmailable, unless in accordance with the rules and regulations hereby authorized to be prescribed by the Post master General, shall be Hned not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both; and whoever shall I knowingly deposit or cause to·be·deposited for mailingor delivery, or shall —knowin§ly caus`e to be delivered by mail, ac. cording to_the direction thereon or at any'plnce to which it ié directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, ~ ¤ anything declared by this section to be nonmailable,. whether transmitted in accordance with the rules Sand regulations anthorized to be prescribed by the Postnmsteri General ’or0 not. witheffic design, intent, or purpose to kill or in anywise hurt, harm, oriinjure another. or damage, deface, or -otl1er€vise-injure the mails orother property. shall be iined not more than $10.000 or imprisoned not more than- twenty years, or both (Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, § 217, 35 Stat. 1131; May 25, 1920, c. 196 41 Stat. 620.) ’ `. W 341. Une of mails for advertisements of intoxicating liquors in prohibition States.-—No letter, postal cnrd,.circular,—newspaper. pamphlet, or publication of any kind containing any advertiserneag of spirituons. vinons, inalted; fermented, or other intoxicating liquors of any kind, or containing a solicitation oi an order or orders fo; said liquors, or any of them, shall be deposited in or carried by the mails ot the United States, or bc delivered by any postmaster or letter carriernwhen addressed or directed to any person. iirm, corporation, or association, `_o1 other addressee, at an; place or point in any State or Territory of the United. States, or the District of Columbia, at which it is by the law in `force in the Stateor Territory or the District oi Columbia at that time unlawful to advertise or solicit orders for such liquors, or any of them, respectively. If the publisher of any newspaper or other publication or the agent of such pub lisher, or it any dealer ln such liquors or his agent, shall knowingly deposit or cause to bc deposited, orahall knowingly send or cause to be sent. anything, to be conveyed or deliveredby mall in violation of the provisions of this section, or shall knowingly deliver or cause to be delivered by mall anything herein forbidden to be carried by mail, shall be Hned not more than $1,000 imprisoned not niore than slx months, or both; and for any sig; sequent offense shall be imprisoned not more than one year. An; person violating any provision of this section may be tried and · punished, either in the district in which the unlawful matte1 or publication was mailed or to which it was carried by mail for delivery, according to direction thereon, or in which it was caused to be delivered by mall to the- person to whom it was addressed. The Poatxnaater General is hereby authorised and

AND CRIMINAL PROGED URB 488 directed to make public from time to’tl.me in suitable bulletin., or public notices the names of States in which it is unlawful to advertise or "aolicit orders for such liquors. ; (Mar, 3, 1917, te. 162, 5 5, 39 Stat. 1069; Mar. 4, 1917, c. 192, 39 Stat. 1202; Hb. ~ 24, 1919, c. 18, S 1407, 40 Stat. 1151.)    — ‘ t · 342, Same; ethyl alcohol for governm$1it•l,pnrposes; wine l for sacramental pnrpoam.-—Section 341 of this title Shall not . » be construed to apply to ethyl alcohol forgorernmental, eaten. E tide, medicinal, mechanical, manufacturing, and industrial pm-- _ poses, and the Postmaster Generalrshall prescribe suitable rules, and regulations to carry into effect this section and section 341, » nor shall said sections be held toprolilbit the uae of the main f by regularly ordained ministers of religion,] or by omcers of . regularly established churches, for ordering- winu for saera-' , mental"uses, or by manufacturers and dealers for quoting and billing such °wines for such purposes only. (Oct. 3, 1917, Q, I 63, § 1110, 40 Stat. 329.). · . -, 343. Certain: letters or writings nonmnijable; oiening let- · ters.—Erery letter, writing, circular, postal card, picture, print, _ engraving, photograph, newspaper, pamphlet, book, or other , publication, matter or thing, of any kind, in yielation of any g of the provisions of sections 25, L27, 31 to 33, inclusive, 288, 38,1,. , 502, 611 to 633, inclusive, of this title, sections 213, 221 to 223, . inclusive, 231 to 235, inclusive,. and 238 to 245, inclusive, of . 'Title 22, and sections 31 to 42 and 101- to 194 of Title 50 is li hereby declared ·to be nonmailable matter and shall not be- Q conveyed in the 'mails or delivered- from any post office or hy ‘ ,` any letter carrier; but noperson otherthan an employee of, the "Dead Letter Ollice, duly authorized thereto, or other finr- _ son upon a search warrant authorized by law, shall_be author- .? ized to open any letter not addressed to himself. (June 15, .. 1917, c. 30, Title XII, § 1,_40-Stat. 230.) ` _ 344. Letters or writings advocating treason kclared non- , mailable.——Every letter, writing, circular, postalacard, picture, , print, engraving, photograph, newspaper, pamphlet, book, or I officrpublication, matter or thing, of any kind, containing any _ {matter advocating or urging treason, insurrection, or forcible ’ resistance to any law of the United States, is hereby declared to be nonmailable. ” (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Title XII, { 2, 40 , Star. 230.) , , i g - _ 345. Using or attempting to use mails` for transmission of _ matter declarcd··nonmailable by title; jurisdiction of odeme.-—~ . `Wlioever shall use or attempt to use the mails or Pmtal Service y of the United States for the transmission of any matter de- , clared by sections 343 and .344 of this title to be nonmailable, , shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more I than five years, or both. Any person violating any provimon .. of said sections may be tried and punished either in the district. , in which the unlawful matter or publication was mailed, or to _ , which it was carried by mail for delivery according to the » [ direction thereon, or in which itwvaa caused to be delivered 1 by mail fo the·pers9n-to whom it was addressed. (June 15, 1917, c. 30, Tit1c_XII, § 3, 40 Stat. 230.) · _ » . Lftross reference: J urlsdlction of; offenses under this mtion, see sec- _ tion 574 of this title. l $346. United States donned.-·—-·Th·e term ,"`United States,"' aa l_ used in sections 343 to 345 of this title, includes the Canal rj. Zone, and all territory and waters, continental or insular, sub- ·· ject to the jurisdiction of -the United Statw. (June 15, 1917, r c. 30, Title XIII, { 1, 40 Stat. 231.) , - 347. (Criminal Code, section 218.) Counterfeiting money r orders¤—-Whoever, with. intent to defraud, shall falsely make, l forge, counterfeit. ellxfare, or print, or caueebor procure to be r falsely made, forged, counterfeited, engraved, or printed, or r shall willingly aid orlaaaist in falsely making, forging, counterl r felting, engraving, or printing, any order ln imitation? of or r purporting to be a money order Issued by the · Post Omoo De-— l partment, or by any postmaster or agent thereof; or whoever