3. That any person who knowingly and wilfully deposits or causes to be deposited for conveyance in the mail or for delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, or who knowingly and wilfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, shall upen conviction be fined not exceeding $1,000 or imprisoned not exceeding five years, or both. Sec. 471. All matter otherwise mailable by law, upon the envelope or outside cover or wrapper of which, or any postal card upon which, any delineations, epithets, terms, or language of an indecent, lewd, lascivious, obscene, libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, or threatening character, or calculated by the terms or manner or style of display and obviously intended to reflect injuriously upon the character or conduct of another, may be written or printed or otherwise impressed or apparent, are hereby declared nonmailable matter, and shall not be conveyed in the mails nor delivered from any post office nor by any letter carrier, and shall be withdrawn from the mails under such regulations as the Postmaster General shall prescribe. Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited, for mailing or delivery, anything declared by this section to be nonmailable matter, or shall knowingly take the same or cause the same to be taken from the mails for the purpose of circulating or disposing of or aiding in the circulation or disposition of the same, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. SEC. 472. Every letter, writing, circular, postal card, picture, print, engraving, photograph, newspaper, pamphlet, book, or other publication, matter, or thing, of any kind, in violation of any of the provisions of this Act is hereby declared to be nonmailable matter and shall not be conveyed in the mails or delivered from any post office or by any letter carrier: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize any person other than an employee of the Dead Letter Office, duly authorized thereto, or other person upon a search warrant authorized by law, to open any letter not addressed to himself. 2. Every letter, writing, circular, postal card, picture, print, engraving, photograph, newspaper, pamphlet, book, or other publication, matter, or thing, of any kind, containing any matter advocating or urging treason, insurrection, or forcible resistance to any law of the United States, is hereby declared to be nonmailable. 3. Whoever shall use or attempt to use the mails or Postal Service of the United States for the transmission of any matter declared by this title to be nonmailable, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Any person violating any provision of this title may be tried and punished either in the district in which the unlawful matter or publication was mailed, or to which it was carried by mail for delivery according to the direction thereon, or in which it was caused to be delivered by mail to the person to whom it was addressed. Sec. 473. No 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; and no 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; and no 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; and no newspaper, circular, pamphlet, or publication of any kind containing 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, shall be deposited in or carried by the mails of the United States, or be delivered by any postmaster or letter carrier. Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited, or shall knowingly send or cause to be sent, anything to be conveyed or delivered by mail in violation of the provisions of this section, or shall knowingly deliver or cause to be delivered by mail anything herein forbidden to be carried by mail, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both; and for any subsequent offense shall be imprisoned not more than five years. Any person violating any provision of this section may be tried and punished either in the district in which the unlawful matter or publication was mailed, or to which it was carried by mail for delivery according to the direction thereon, or in which it was caused to be delivered by mail to the person to whom it was addressed. 474. 3. Where parcels containing firearms are found in the mails obviously in violation of section 4781⁄2 the facts should be reported to the inspector in charge of the division in which the discovery is made. NOTE.-Railway postal clerks will make report to their chief clerk. Sec. 478. No letter, postal card, circular, newspaper, pamphlet, or publication of any kind containing any advertisement of spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquors of any kind, or containing a solicitation of an order or orders for said liquors, or any of them, shall be deposited in or carried by the mails of the United States, or be delivered by any postmaster or letter carrier, when addressed or directed to any person, firm, corporation, or association, or other addressee, at any place or point in any State or Territory of the United States. 2. If the publisher of any newspaper or other publication or the agent of such publisher, or if any dealer in such liquors or his agent, shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited, or shall knowingly send or cause to be sent, anything to be conveyed or delivered by mail in violation of the provisions of this section, or shall knowingly deliver or cause to be delivered by mail anything herein forbidden to be carried by mail, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and for any subsequent offense shall be imprisoned not more than one year. Any person violating any provision of this section may be tried and punished, either in the district in which the unlawful matter or publication was mailed or to which it was carried by mail for delivery, according to direction thereon, or in which it was caused to be delivered by mail to the person to whom it was addressed. * * * 3. Section five of the act approved March third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall not be construed to apply to ethylalcohol for government, scientific, medicinal, mechanical, manufactur ing, and industrial purposes, and the Postmaster General shall prescribe suitable rules and regulations to carry into effect this section in connection with the act of which it is amendatory, nor shall said section be held to prohibit the use of the mails by regularly ordained ministers of religion, or by officers of regularly established churches, for ordering wines for sacramental uses, or by manufacturers and dealers for quoting and billing such wines for such purposes only. 4. Nothing in this [national prohibition] act or in the act * approved March 3, 1917 (39 Stat. 1069), shall apply to newspapers published in foreign countries when mailed to this country. Sec. 4782. Pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person are hereby declared to be nonmailable and shall not be deposited in or carried by the mails or delivered by any postmaster, letter carrier, or other person in the Postal Service: Provided, That such articles may be conveyed in the mails, under such regulations as the Postmaster General shall prescribe, for use in connection with their official duty, to officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Officers' Reserve Corps; to officers of the National Guard or militia of the several States, Territories, and districts; to officers of the United States or of the several States, Territories, and districts whose official duty is to serve process of warrants of arrest or mittimus of commitment; to employees of the Postal Service; and to watchmen engaged in guarding the property of the United States, the several States, Territories, and districts: And provided further, That such articles may be conveyed in the mails to manufacturers of firearms or bona fide dealers therein in customary trade shipments, including such articles for repairs or replacement of parts, from one to the other, under such regulations as the Postmaster General shall prescribe. Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited 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, any pistol, revolver, or firearms, declared by this act to be nonmailable, shall be fined not exceeding $1,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect ninety days after its approval by the President of the United States. Act of February 8, 1927. NOTE.-Law became effective May 10, 1927. 2. Pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person shall be treated as nonmailable matter unless the conditions hereinafter prescribed have been complied with by the sender and addressee of such articles. 3. All parcels containing unloaded firearms capable of being concealed on the person shall be plainly marked by the sender: For FIREARMS (State excepted cases) Postmasters see sec. 4782, P. L. & R. the word "FIREARMS" to be in bold gothic (block) letters not less than 36-point (about one-half inch high and of corresponding width). The particular class of persons to which the addressee belongs authorized by the law to receive firearms through the mails must be indicated by 66 inserting on the blank line under "FIREARMS" words descriptive of his official position or business, such as "Army officer," Manufacturer," "Bona fide dealer," etc., as the case may be. 10. Parcels containing unloaded firearms properly prepared for mailing addressed for delivery to officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Officers' Reserve Corps; to officers of the National Guard or militia of the several States, Territories, and districts; to officers of the United States or of the several States, Territories, and districts whose official duty is to serve process of warrants of arrest or mittimus of commitment; to employees of the Postal Service; and to watchmen engaged in guarding the property of the United States, the several States, Territories, and districts for use in connection with their official duty, may be accepted for mailing when offered by an authorized agent of the Federal Government, provided that such parcels shall bear plainly written or printed the official title and address of the sender, together with the words "Official shipment." The postmaster before making delivery of any such parcel shall satisfy himself as to the identity of the addressee. (See section 474 for treatment of matter when mailability is in question.) Sec. 479. The Vice President, Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Rep resentatives may send and receive through the mail (free) all public documents printed by order of Congress; and the name of the Vice President, Senator, Representative, Delegate, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House shall be written thereon, with the proper designation of the office he holds; and the provisions of this section shall apply to each of the persons named therein until the first day of December following the expiration of their respective terms of office. * * * * * 2. Resident Commissioners to the United States (elected by * be allowed the Philippine Legislature) shall the franking privilege now enjoyed by Members of the House of Representatives. Sec. 481. The Vice President, Members and Members-elect of and Delegates and Delegates-elect to Congress shall have the privilege of sending free through the mails, and under their frank, any mail matter to any Government official or to any person, correspondence, not exceeding four ounces in weight, upon official or departmental business (until the first day of December following the expiration of their respective terms of office). 2. Letters which exceed 4 ounces in weight to be entitled to free transmission shall in every case be addressed, upon official business, to a Government official whose title shall be given in the superscription of the letter, either with or without his name. The term "any Government official " includes only officers of the United States, Senators, Members, and Delegates in Congress. 3. When letters to other than Government officials, weighing over 4 ounces, are mailed without postage thereon, they shall be held for postage and treated in accordance with the provisions of section 529. 4. The name of the Senator, Representative, or Delegate, written or impressed, shall appear on the envelope of the letter, in connection with the initials of his office, and be preceded by the word "Free." Sec. 482. All mail matter sent by the post by Frances F. Cleveland (Preston), widow of the late Grover Cleveland, under her written autograph signature, and by Mary Lord Harrison, widow of the late Benjamin Harrison, under her written autograph signature, and by Edith Carow Roosevelt, widow of the late Theodore Roosevelt, under her written autograph signature, will be conveyed free of postage during the natural life of each, respectively. "All mail matter sent by the post by Florence Kling Harding, widow of the late Warren Gamaliel Harding, under her written autograph signature, will be conveyed free of postage during her natural life." 66 All mail matter sent by the post by Edith Bolling Wilson, widow of the late Woodrow Wilson, under her written autograph signature, will be conveyed free of postage during her natural life." Sec. 483. No matter shall be admitted to the mails under an authorized frank unless admissible as ordinary mail matter. 3. All franked matter shall be forwarded like any other, but when once delivered to the addressee may not be remailed unless properly franked again. A bulk package of franked articles may be sent by a person entitled to the franking privilege, to one addressee, who, on receiving and opening the package, may, on behalf of such person, place addresses on the franked articles and remail them for carriage and delivery to the respective addresses. Sec. 485. It shall be lawful (for all officers of the United States Government, not including members of Congress, and for the Smithsonian Institution, the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and the Pan American Union, formerly the Bureau of the American Republics, established in Washington) to transmit through the mail, free of postage, any letters, packages, or other matters relating exclusively to the business of the Government of the United States (or of such institution, home, or union): Provided, That every such letter or package to entitle it to pass free shall bear over the words "Official business" indorsement showing also the name of the department, and, if from a bureau or office (or officer), the name of the department and bureau or office (or officer), as the case may be, whence transmitted (with a statement of the penalty for their misuse). an 8. Whoever shall make use of any official envelope, label, or indorsement authorized by law, to avoid the payment of postage or registry fee on his private letter, packet, package, or other matter in the mail, shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars. Sec. 487. All mail matter, of whatever class or weight, relating to the census and addressed to the Census Office, or to any official thereof and indorsed "Official business, Census Office," shall be transmitted free of postage, and so marked: Provided, That if any person shall make use of such indorsement to avoid the payment of postage * ** on his or her private letter, package, or other matter in the mail, the * * * |