Employees not to become interested in contracts. R. S., 8. 412. SEC. 226. Whoever, being a person employed in the postal service, shall become interested in any contract for carrying the mail, or act as agent, with or without compensation, for any contractor or person offering to become a contractor in any business before the Department, shall be immediately dismissed from office, and shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Fraudulent use of official envelopes. 3 Mar., 1877, 19 Stat. L., 335, c. 103, s. 5; Mar., 1879, 20 Stat. SEC. 227 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, 5 July, 1884, 23 Stat. L., package, or other matter in the mail, shall 158, c. 234, s. 3; 1 Supp be fined not more than three hundred dollars. 467. 2 July, 1886, 24 Stat. L., 1122, c. 611; Supp., 500. Fradulent increase of L., 362, c. 180, s. 29. weight of mail. Stat. L., 442, c. 446, 8. 1; 2 Supp., 778. SEC. 228. Whoever shall place or cause to be placed any matter in the mails during 13 June, 1898, 30 the regular weighing period, for the purpose of increasing the weight of the mail with intent to cause an increase in the compensation of the railroad mail carrier over whose route such mail may pass, shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Offenses against foreign mail in transit. R. S., s. 4013. SEC. 229. Every foreign mail shall, while being transported across the territory of the United States, under authority of law, be taken and deemed to be a mail of the United States so far as to make any violation thereof, or depredation thereon, or offense in respect thereto, or any part thereof, an offense of the same grade, and punishable in the same manner and to the same extent as though the mail was a mail of the United States; and in any indictment or information for any such offense, the mail, or any part thereof, may be alleged to be, and on the trial of any such indictment or information it shall be deemed and held to be, a mail or part of a mail of the United States. Omission to take oath. R. S., s. 3832. SEC. 230. Every person employed in the postal service shall be subject to all penalties and forfeitures for the violation of the laws relating to such service, whether he has taken the oath of office or not. SEC. 231. The words "postal service," Definitions. wherever used in this chapter, shall be held and deemed to include the "Post-Office Department." CHAPTER NINE. OFFENSES AGAINST FOREIGN AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE. Sec. 232. Dynamite, etc., not to be car- 238. Interstate shipment of intox- Sec. 239. Common carrier, etc., not to collect purchase price of interstate shipment of intoxicating liquors. 240. Packages containing intoxicating liquors shipped in interstate commerce to be marked as such. 241. Importation of certain wild 243. Marking of packages. 245. Importation and transporta- Dynamite, etc., not sels or vehicles carry ing passengers for hire. R. S., 88. 4278, 5353. 30 May, 1908, 35 Stat L., 554, c. 234, ■. 1. SEC. 232. It shall be unlawful to trans- to be carried on vesport, carry, or convey, any dynamite, gunpowder, or other explosive, between a place in a foreign country and a place within or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or between a place in any State, Territory or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and a place in any other State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier, which vessel or vehicle is carrying passengers for hire: Provided, That it shall be lawful to transport on any such vessel or vehicle small arms ammunition in any quantity, and such fuses, torpedoes, rockets, or other signal devices, as may be essential to promote safety in operation, and properly packed and marked samples of explosives for laboratory examination, not exceeding a net weight of one half pound each, and not exceeding twenty samples at one time in a single vessel or vehicle; but such samples shall not be carried in that part of a vessel or vehicle which is intended for the transportation of passengers for hire: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the transportation of military or naval forces with their accompanying munitions of war on passenger equipment vessels or vehicles. Commission to make portation of explosives. R. S., ss. 4279, 5355. 30 May, 1908, 35 Stat. L., 555, c. 234, s. 2. Interstate Commerce SEC. 233. The Interstate Commerce Comregulations for transmission shall formulate regulations for the safe transportation of explosives, which shall be binding upon all common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce which transport explosives by land. Said commission, of its own motion, or upon application made by any interested party, may make changes or modifications in such regulations, made desirable by new information or altered conditions. Such regulations shall be in accord with the best known practicable means for securing safety in transit, covering the packing, marking, loading, handling while in transit, and the precautions necessary to determine whether the material when offered is in proper condition to transport. Such regulations, as well as all changes or modifications thereof, shall take effect ninety days after their formulation and publication by said commission and shall be in effect until reversed, set aside, or modified. Liquid nitroglycerin, etc., not to be carried on certain vessels and vehicles. L., 555, c. 234, s. 3. SEC. 234. It shall be unlawful to transport, carry, or convey, liquid nitroglycerin, fulminate in bulk in dry condition, or other 30 May, 1908, 35 Stat. like explosive, between a place in a foreign country and a place within or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or between a place in one State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and a place in any other State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier in the transportation of passengers or articles of commerce by land or water. Marking of packages 30 May, 1908, 35 Stat. SEC. 235. Every package containing ex- of explosives; deceptive plosives or other dangerous articles when marking. presented to a common carrier for shipment shall have plainly marked on the outside L., 555, c. 234, s. 4, 5. thereof the contents thereof; and it shall be unlawful for any person to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by land or water, for interstate or foreign transportation, or to carry upon any vessel or vehicle engaged in interstate or foreign transportation, any explosive, or other dangerous article, under any false or deceptive marking, description, invoice, shipping order, or other declaration, or without informing the agent of such carrier of the true character thereof, at or before the time such delivery or carriage is made. Whoever shall knowingly violate, or cause to be violated, any provision of this section, or of the three sections last preceding, or any regulation made by the Interstate Commerce Commission in pursuance thereof, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than eighteen months, or both. Death or bodily in R. S., s. 5354. SEC. 236. When the death or bodily injury jury caused by such of any person is caused by the explosion of transportation. any article named in the four sections last preceding, while the same is being placed upon any vessel or vehicle to be transported in violation thereof, or while the same is being so transported, or while the same is being removed from such vessel or vehicle, the person knowingly placing, or aiding or permitting the placing, of such articles upon any such vessel or vehicle, to be so transported, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. portation of lottery Importation and trans tickets, etc. L., 963, c. 191, s. 1; 2 2 Mar., 1895, 28 Stat. France v. U. S., 164 u. S., 676; Champion . Francis U. S., 188 U. S., 375; U. S. . Ames, Ames, 188 U. S., 321; SEC. 237. Whoever shall bring or cause to be brought into the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, from any foreign country, for the purpose of disposing of the same, any 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, or any advertisement of, or list of the prizes drawn or 95 Fed. Rep., 453; U. S. Rep., 618. awarded by means of, any such lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme; or shall therein knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited with any express company or other common carrier for carriage, or shall carry, from one State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, to any other State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any place in or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States through a foreign country to any place in or subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any place in or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to a foreign country, any paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to be or to represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon, the event of any such lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme, or any advertisement of, or list of the prizes drawn or awarded by means of, any such lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme, or shall knowingly take or receive, or cause to be taken or received, any such paper, certificate, instrument, advertisement, or list so brought, deposited, or transported, shall, for the first offense, 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 two years. Interstate shipment of intoxicating liquors; only to bona fide consignee. SEC. 238. Any officer, agent, or employee delivery of to be made of any railroad company, express company, or other common carrier, who shall knowingly deliver or cause to be delivered to any person other than the person to whom it has been consigned, unless upon the written order in each instance of the bona fide consignee, or to any fictitious person, or to any person under a fictitious name, any spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquor of any kind which has been shipped from one State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the juris |