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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 name, any spirituous, vinous, malted, or other fermented liquor or any compound containing any spirituous, vinous, malted, or other fermented liquor fit for use for beverage purposes, which has been shipped into any place within the United States, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. § 1265. C . O . D . SHIPMENTS PROHIBITED Any railroad or express company, or other common carrier which, or any person who, in connection with the transportation of any spirituous, vinous, malted, or other fermented liquor, or any com- pound containing any spirituous, vinous, malted, or other fermented liquor fit for use for beverage purposes into any State, Territory, District or Possession of the United States, which prohibits the delivery or sale therein of such liquor, collects the purchase price or any part thereof, before, on, or after delivery, from the consignee, or from any other person, or in any manner acts as the agent of the buyer or seller of any such liquor, for the purpose of buying or selling or completing the sale thereof, saving only in the actual transportation and delivery of the same, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. CHAPTER 61.- LOTTERIES Sec. 1301. Importing or transporting lottery tickets. 1302. Mailing lottery tickets or related matter. 1303. Postmaster or employee at lottery agent. 1304. Broadcasting lottery information. § 1301. IMPORTING OR TRANSPORTING LOYTERY TICKETS Whoever brings into the United States for the purpose of disposing of the same, or knowingly deposits with any express company or other common carrier for carriage, or carries in interstate or foreign com- merce any paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to be or to represent a ticket, chance, share 2 or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme, offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or any advertisement of, or list of the prizes drawn or awarded by means of, any such lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme; or knowingly takes or receives any such paper, certificate, instrument, advertisement, or list so brought, deposited, or transported, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or impris- oned not more than two years, or both. § 1302. MAILING LOTTERY TICKETS OR RELATED MATTER Whoever knowingly deposits in the mail, or sends or delivers by mail; Any letter, package, postal card, or circular concerning any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance; Any lottery ticket or part thereof, or paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to be or to represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance; Any check, draft, bill, money, postal note, or money order, for the purchase of any ticket or part thereof, or of any share or chance in any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme; Any newspaper, circular, pamphlet, or publication of any kind con- taining any advertisement of any lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme of any kind offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or containing 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- 762 [62 STAT.