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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. II. CHs . 52,53. 1929 . herein provided for and shall proceed to acquire such site by pur- Con demna tion p ro- chase or by condemnation, and in the latter event, the condemna- ceedings .
tion pr oceedings sha ll be conducte d in the same maner as prov ided Vol.30,p.649 . in the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 189 9, and for ot her purposes," approved Jul y 1, 1898, for the Disbursements • acquisition of a site for an addition to the Government Printing Office . The appropriations made pursuant to this Act shall be dis- bursed by the disbursing officer of the Department of the Interior, such officer being designated by law as the disbursing officer of the Architect of the Capitol . Approved, January 10, 1929 . January 11, 1929.
[S . 3127.] CHAP. 53 .-An Act To amend section 217, as amended, of the Act entitled [P ubli c, No . 649.] "An Act' to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," approved March 4, 1909 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the criminal Code . Vol. 35, p. 1131, United States o America in Congress assembled, That section 217, amended . as amended, of the Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend U. S. Code, p . 407. the penal laws of the United States," approved March 4, 1909, be Postal offenses.
amended to read as follows Poisons, explosives, "All kinds of poison, and all articles and compositions containing disease germs, etc ., nonmailable .
pois on, and all p oisonou s anima ls, in sects, and rep tiles, and ex plosive s of all kinds, and inflammable materials, and infernal machines, and Vol. 41,p .620,amend . mechanical, chemical, or other devices or compositions which may ed. ignite or explode, and all disease germs or scabs, and all other natural or artificial articles, compositions, or material, of whatever kind, which may kill or in anywise hurt, harm, or injure another, or damage, deface, or otherwise injure the mails or other property, whether sealed as first-class matter or not, are hereby declared to be nonmailable matter and shall not be conveyed in the mails or de live red from any pos t of fice or stat ion ther eof, nor by any lett er Transmission p er- carrier ; but the Postmaster General may permit the transmission in mitted of articles not outwardl y dangerous, the mails, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe as to etc .
preparation and packing, of any articles hereinbefore described which are not outwardly or of their own force dangero us or injuriou s to Limitation of ship- life, health, or property : Provided, That the transmission in the t mea ts to physicians, mails of poisonous drugs and medicines may be limited by the Post- etc . master General to shipments of such articles from the manufacturer thereof or dealer therein to licensed physicians, surgeons, dentists, pharmacists, druggists, and veterinarians, under such rules and regu- Intoxicat ing liquors lations as he shall prescribe : Provided further, That all spiritous, n°nma'lable .
vinous, malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquors of any kind are hereby declared to be nonmailable and shall not be deposited in autlo eaeIIfor
or carries, through the mails . Whoever shall knowingly deposit or etc . cause t o be deposite d for mailing or delivery, or shall knowi ngly cause t o be delivere d by mail, acc ording to the direction the reon or at any place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, anything declared by this section to be nonmail- able, unless in accordance with the rules and regulations hereby authorized to be prescribed by the Postmaster General, shall be fined n ot more than $1,000 or impr isoned not mo re than two ye ars, ing artic les Pu nis hm ent wi th i .-
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b- or both ; and whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited junous inte nt . for mailing or delivery, or shall knowingly cause 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, anything declared by this section to be nonmailable, whether trans- mitted in accordance with the rules and regulations authorized
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