140 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 113. 1852. on any of the mails or mail-bags of the said Post—Oflice Department, or shall have in his possession any such mail-key, or any such mail-lock, with the intent unlawfully or improperly to use, sell, or otherwise dispose of the same, or to cause the same to be unlawfully or improperly used, sold, or otherwise disposed of, or who, being employed in the manufacture of the locks or keys for the use of the said Post-Ollice Department, whether as contractor or otherwise, shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, any iinished or unfinished key or lock used or designed for use, by the said Post-Oilice Department, or the interior part of any such mailloek, to any person not duly authorized under the hand of the Postmaster-General of the United States and the seal of the said Post-Oflice Department, to receive the same, (unless such person so receiving the same shall be the contractor for furnishing such locks and keys, or engaged in the manufacture thereof in the manner authorized by the contract, or the agent for such manufacturer,) such person so offending shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding ten years. Penalty for Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That if any person shall steal, ¤t9¤1i¤§. embqz- purloin, or embezzle any mail-bags in use by or belonging to the Post-Office fg¥• 0%* $$2; Department of the United States, or any other property in use by or propbrty of the belonging to the said Post-Office Department, or shall, for any lucre, ¤;8m(?· D°P”*‘ gain, or convenience, appropriate any such property to his own or any other than its proper use, or for any lucre or gain shall convey away any such property to the hindrance or detriment of the public service of the United States, the person so offending, his counsellors, aiders, and and abettors, (knowing of and privy to any offence aforesaid,) shall, on conviction thereof, if the value of such property shall exceed twenty- five dollars, be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding three years; or if the value of such property shall be less than twenty-five dollars, shall be imprisoned not more than one year, or be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for every such offence. No ship to cn Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no collector or other officer g‘;`{k gf, awfgf of the customs, shall permit any ship or vessel, arriving within any port ters dn board are or collection district of the United States, to make entry or break bulk gggsggpd iii of until all letters on board the same shall be delivered into the post-office Omg, udp me at or nearest said port or place, nor until the captain or commander of following decle such ship or vessel shall have signed and sworn to a. declaration before
- ?f$°;v§_nSé§}*°d such collector or omcer of the customs, in the form and to the effect following, that is to say
For-in outsole- “I, A. B., commander of the (state the name of the ship or vessel)
- '**“°“· arriving from (state the place,) and new lying in the port of, (state the
name of the port,) do, as required by law, solemnly swear (or ailirm, as the case may bc) that I have, to the best of my knowledge or belief, delivered or caused to be delivered into the post-office at or nearest said port, every letter and every bag, parcel, or package of letters that were on board the (state the name of the ship or vessel) during her last voy- age, and that I have so delivered or caused to be delivered all such letters, bags, parcels,and packages as were in my possession or under my power or control." Provisions for And the collector and every officer of the customs at every port withthe search for · - - · ’ . and www OI! out special instructions, and every special agent of the Post-Ofhce letters andapack- Department, when instructed by the Postmaster-General to make exa- £fgeg1°S ly nnnations and seizures, shall carefully search every vessel for letters ' which may be on board, or have been carried or transported contrary to law; and each and every of such officers and agents, and every marshal of the United States and his deputies, shall at all times have power to seize all letters, and packages, and parcels, containing letters which shall have been sent or conveyed contrary to law on board any ship or vessel,
