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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 781 Whoever, being a postmaster or employee in any post office or station thereof, for the purpose of increasing the emoluments or compensa- tion of his office, induces, or attempts to induce, any person to deposit mail matter in, or forward in any manner for mailing at, the office where such postmaster or other person is employed, knowing such matter to be properly mailable at another post office- Shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. § 1713. ISSUANCE OF MONEY ORDERS WITHOUT PAYMENT Whoever, being a postmaster or other person employed in any branch of the Postal Service, issues a money order without having pre- viously received the money therefor, shall be fined not more than $500. § 1714. FOREIGN DIVORCE INFORMATION AS NONMAILABLE Every written or printed card, circular, letter, book, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind, giving or offering to give infor- mation concerning where or how or through whom a divorce may be secured in a foreign country, and designed to solicit business in con- nection with the procurement thereof, is nonmailable matter and shall not be conveyed in the mails or delivered from any post office or by any letter carrier. Whoever knowingly deposits, for mailing or delivery, anything declared by this section to be nonmailable, or knowingly takes the same from the mails for the purpose of circulating or disposing thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. § 1715. FIREARMS AS NONMAILABLE; REGULATIONS Pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person are nonmailable and shall not be deposited in or carried by the mails or delivered by any postmaster, letter carrier, or other person in the Postal Service. Such articles may be conveyed in the mails, under such regulations as the Postmaster General shall pre- scribe, for use in connection with their official duty, to officers of the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Officers' Reserve Corps; to officers of the National Guard or Militia of a State, Territory, or District; to officers of the United States or of a State, Territory, or District whose official duty is to serve warrants of arrest or commit- ments; to employees of the Postal Service; to officers and employees of enforcement agencies of the United States; and to watchmen engaged in guarding the property of the United States, a State, Terri- tory, or District. Such articles also may be conveyed in the mails to manufacturers of firearms or bona fide dealers therein in customary trade shipments, including such articles for repairs or replacement of parts, from one to the other, under such regulations as the Post- master General shall prescribe. Whoever knowingly deposits for mailing or delivery, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail according to the direction thereon, or at any place to which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any pistol revolver, or firearm declared non- mailable by this section, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or impris- oned not more than two years, or both. § 1716. INJURIOUS ARTICLES AS NONMAILABLE All kinds of poison, and all articles and compositions containing poison, and all poisonous animals, insects, reptiles, and all explosives, inflammable materials, infernal machines, and mechanical, chemical, or other devices or compositions which may ignite or explode, and all disease germs or scabs, and all other natural or artificial articles, compositions, or material which may kill or injure another, or injure

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