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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. sm. II. GH. 321. 1909.1125 Sec. 191. Whoever shall steal, purloin, embezzle, or obtain by any m§Q,°*{fc‘g $‘k§’¤¤¢ false pretense, or shall aid or assist in stealing, purloining, embezzling, R. S., sec. B4'},'?; p. ‘ or obtaining by any false pretense, any key suited to any lock ado ted um by the Post-Office Department and in use on any of the mails or bags thereof, or any key to any lock box, lock drawer, or other authorized receptacle for the deposit or delivery of mail matter; or whoever shall knowingly and unlawful] make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause to be unlawfully made, forged}; or counterfeited, any such key, or shall have in his possession any such mail lock or key with the intent rmlawfully or improperly to use, sell, or otherwise dis ose of the same, or to cause the same to be unlawfully or impro erlly used, sold, or otherwise disposed of; or whoever, being engaged) as a contractor orotherwise in the manufacture of any such mail lock or key, shall deliver or- cause to be delivered, any finished or unfinished lock or key used or designed for use by the de artment, or the interior part of any such lock, to any person not dull authorized under the hand of the Postmaster—General and the seal of the Post—OiHce Department, to receive the same, unless the person receiit is the contractor for furnishing the same or engaged in the manirgfacture therleof in the manner authorized by the contract, or the agent of such manufacturer, shall be fined not more than nve hundred dollars and im- Pimishmcutfor. prisoned not more than ten years. Sec. 192. Whoever shall forcibly break into or attempt to break mw! i¤°°m ¤¤¤ into ag post=office, or any building used in whole or in part as a rz. s., sec. s4vs,'p. post-o ce, with intent to commit in such post—oiHce, or bu1ld.i.ng,1or 1°°°‘ , part thereof, so used, any larceny or other epredation, shall be ed got more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than ve ears. . ‘ · Srie. 193. Whoever, by violence, shall enter a post-office car, or p0‘gt¤_£}¤*:e¤§E{r¤¤;*g*¤z any apartment in any car, steamboat, or vessel, assigned to the use Vol.82, p.1ivs. ' of the Mail Service, or shall willfully or maliciously assault or interfere with any postal clerk in the discharge of his duties in connection with such car, steamboat, vessel, or apartment thereof, or shall willfully aid or assist therein, shall be fined not more than one thousand ·P¤¤*¤h¤>¤¤**¤*- dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Sec. 194. Whoever shall steal, take, or abstract, or by fraud or ejgjggé *fg°m¤{, deception obtain, from or out of any mail, post-oflice, or station mama-." thereof, or other authorized depository for mail matter, or from a ,,:5€gj’}"€,Y;{$j°l°°2‘°‘°°‘ letter or mail carrier, any letter, posta card, package, bag, or mail, or shall abstract or remove from any such letter, package, bag, or mail, any article or thing contained therein, or shall secrete, embczzle, or destroy any such letter, xostal card, package, ba , or mail, or any article or thing contained tlrerein; or w ioever shall! buy, receive, or conceal, or aid in buying, receiving, or concealing, or shall unlawfully have in his possession, any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail, 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, embezzlcd, or abstracted; or whoever shall take any letter, postal card, or package, out of any post—oflice or station thereof. or out of any authorized depository for mail matter, or from any letter or mail carrier, or which has been in any postoffice or station thereof, or other authorized depository, or in the custody of any letter or mail carrier, before it has been delivered to the person to whom it was directed, with a design to obstruct the correspondence, or to pry into the business or secrets of another, or shall oplenhsecrete, embezzle, or destroy the same, shall be fined not "“°*”‘”*°’“*°'- more t an two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or botlkrh be h I d P tm Sec. 195. oever, ing a postmaster or other person cmp oye °* €*jf‘°’°’P°9*¤l in any department of the postal service, shall unlawfully detain, delay, ggiiggxrpiaiitiiiiliii or open any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail intrusted to "l¥FST“,mT§8§'g,m, him or which shall come into his possession, and which was intended “°’· PP-"57·1°°°-