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1130 srxrinrn oonennss. sms. 11. cH. sai. 1909. the event of a lottery, ift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whofe or in part upon lot or chance ; and no check, draft, bill, money, postal note, or money order, for the purchase of any ticket or part thereof, or of an share or chance in any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme; and, no newspa er, circular, pamphlet, or publication of any kind containing any advertisement of any lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme of any kind offering prizes dependent m w ole or m part upon lot or chance, or contaming any list of the prizes drawn or awarded by means of any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme, whether said list contains any part or all of such prizes, shall be de osited in or carried by the mails of the United P¤¤i¤*¤¤¢¤¢ f<>¤· States, or be delivered fiy any postmaster or letter carrier. Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited, or shall know` ly send or cause to be sent, anything to be conveyed or delivereldlduy grail in violation of igéelpriovisioinsbof thfsi secticiln, orhshall lgnowiugly e iver or cause to e ivere ma' an t i erein orbid en {so be carried by méiil, shall be filpedl not moreythailione thousand dollars, or im risone not more t an two ears or oth· and for an subsequenii)oifense shall be imprisonedynot ’more than five year;

  • ’*·*°** °* UW- Any plerson violating any provision of this section may be tried and

punis ed either in the district in which the unlawful matter or pubication was mailed, or to which it was carried by mail for delivery accord` to the direction thereon, or in which it was caused to be deliverldif by mail to the person to whom it was addressed. m{>y¤£g;:ctmg¤1¤¢— · SEC, 214, Whoever, being a postmaster or other person employed n. s., sec. asm, p. in the postal service, shall act as agent for any lottery office, or under 7*** color of purchase or otherwise, vend lottery tickets, or shall knowingly send by mail ordeliver any letter, package, postal card, circular, og: pamphlet adgertisnlig any logtepy, gift enterprise, olr similalii scheme, o ering rizes e en en in w o e or in art u on ot or c ance or any tickgt, certiiiiiate, or instrument reprlisentiriig any chance, share, orinterest in or dependent upon the event of any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or any list of the prizes awarded b means of any Puuishmcmror. such scheme, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or

 _ imprisoned not more than one year, or both, _

m',;;;‘;§,,§’,;*;}*” *0 P’°‘ no. 215. YVhoever, having devised or intending to devise any X91g25g scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by 1g6g_ " ‘ ‘ p' means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute, supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use any counterfeit or spurious com, bank note, paper money, or any obligation or security of the United ptates, or of any State, Tplrritory, municipality, coman , co ora ion or erson, or · , . <>·>·¤¤¤<*¢~>¤¤¤¤¤<—>v- hitimatecfrlbr held but rE be such cddlritteiifrgt dstictlg, gi any scheme or artifice to obtain money by or through correspondence, by what is commonly called the "saw-dust swindle," or " counterfeitmoney fraud," or by dealing or pretending to deal in what is commonly called "green articles," "green coin, ’ " een goods," "bills," "paper goods," "spurious Treasury notes," "l?lrnited States goods," "green cigars," or any other names or terms intended to be understood as relating to such counterfeit or spurious articles, shall, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do place, or cause to be placed, any letter, postal card, package, Writing, circular, pamphlet, or advertisement, whether addressed to any person residing wit hin or outside the United States, in any post—office or station thereof, or street or other letter box of the United States, or authorized depository for mail matter, to be sent or delivered by the post-office establishment of the United States, or shall take or receive any such therefrom, whether mailed within or without the