shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. edgments, etc. SEC. 205. Whoever, being a postmaster, notary public, False acknowljustice of the peace, or other person authorized to administer oaths or take acknowledgments in matters pertaining to bonds of postmasters, proposals or contracts for carrying the mails, or any other bonds, undertakings of suretyship, or other business connected with the PostOffice Department, shall knowingly make any false acknowledgment or statement concerning the appearance before them, or the financial standing of any principal, sureties, or other parties to any such bond, contract, proposal, or other instrument, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Fraudulentuse Stat. L., c. 103, s. SEC. 206. Whoever shall make use of any official en- of official envelvelope, label, or indorsement authorized by law, or the opes. frank, or any facsimile thereof, of any person entitled Mar., 1877; 19 thereto by law, to avoid the payment of postage or regis-5;1 Supp., 185. try fee on any private letter, package, or other matter in the mail shall be punished by a fine of not exeeding three hundred dollars. 3 Mar., 1879; 20 Stat. L., 262, c. 180, s. 29. 5 July, 1884; 23 Stat. L., c. 234, s. 3; 1 Supp., 467. 2 July, 1886; 24 Stat. L., 122, c. 611, s. 1; 1 Supp., 500. Fraudulent in crease of weight of mail. 30 Stat. L., 440, c. 778. SEC. 207. Whoever shall place or cause to be placed any matter in the mails during the regular weighing period, for the purpose of increasing the weight of the mail with 13 June, 1898; intent to cause an increase in the compensation of the rail- 446, s. 1; 2 Supp., road over whose route such mail may pass, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than twenty thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SEC. 208. Every foreign mail shall, while being trans-Offenses against foreign mail in ported across the territory of the United States, be taken transitu. and deemed to be a mail of the United States so far as to R. S., s. 4013. make any violation thereof or depredation thereon, or offense in respect thereto, or any part thereof, an offense of the same 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. SEC. 209. Every person employed in any branch of the postal service, whether permanently or temporarily employed, shall be subject to all penalties for the violation of the laws relating to such service whether he has taken the oath of office or not. Chapter Nine. OFFENSES AGAINST FOREIGN AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE. 210. Transportation of explosives in passenger conveyances. 211. Death or bodily injury caused by such transportation. 212. Transportation of explosives, etc., how allowed. 213. Importation and transportation of lottery tickets, etc. 214. Proceedings to enforce above. 215. Importation of certain wild animals and birds forbidden. 216. Transportation of prohibited animals. 217. Marking of packages. Transportation of explosives in veyances. R. S., s. 5353. Sec. 218. Penalty for violation of preceding section. 219. Bodies of animals subject to laws of State into which transported. 220. Depositing obscene books, etc., with common carrier. 221. Importation forbidden of obscene books, etc. 222. Proceedings for seizure, etc. 223. Forging inspection marks; transportation of condemned carcasses. 224. Transporting carcasses of unsound cattle. 225. Importation of adulterated food, liquor, etc. 226. Forfeiture of adulterated food, etc. 227. Importation of diseased cattle, etc. SEC. 210. Whoever knowingly transports, or delivers passenger con- or causes to be delivered, nitroglycerine, nitroleum or blasting oil, or nitrated oil, or powder mixed with any such oil, or fiber saturated with any such substance or article, or dynamite or other explosive, on board any vessel or vehicle whatever, employed in conveying passengers by land or water between any place in a foreign country and any place within the United States, or between a place in one State, Territory, or district of the United States, and a place in any other State, Territory, or district thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars; one-half to the use of the informer. Death or bodily injury caused by tion. R. S., s. 5354. SEC. 211. When the death or bodily injury of any persuch transporta- son is caused by the explosion of any of such articles, while the same is being placed upon any vessel or vehicle, to be transported in violation of the preceding section, or while the same is being so transported, or while the same is being removed from such vessel or vehicle, whoever knowingly placed or aided, or permitted the placing of such articles upon such vessels or vehicles, to be so transported, shall suffer imprisonment for a period not less than two years. Transportation of explosives, etc., how allowed. R. S., s. 5355. SEC. 212. Whoever knowingly ships, sends, or forwards any of the articles mentioned in section two hundred and ten, or who transports the same by any mode of conveyance upon land or water, between any of the places speci fied in that section, unless such articles be securely enclosed, deposited, or packed in a metallic vessel surrounded by plaster of paris or other nonexplosive material when saturated with such oil, and separated from all other substances, and the outside of the package be marked, printed, or labeled in a conspicuous manner with the words "Explosive," "Dangerous," shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars; one-half to the use of the informer: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the conveyance of any such article upon any vessel or vehicle employed in conveying passengers by land or water in violation of section two hundred and ten. and transporta tickets, etc. 191, 2 Supp., 435. France v. U.S., 164 U. S., 676; U. S. v. Ames, 95 Fed. Rep., 453. SEC. 213. Whoever shall cause to be brought within the Importation United States from abroad, for the purpose of disposing tion of lottery of the same, or shall deposit with any express company or 2 Mar., 1895, 28 other common carrier for carriage from one State or Ter-Stat. L., 963, c. ritory of the United States or of the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia any paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to be or represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery, so-called gift concert or similar enterprise offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, or shall cause any advertisement of such lottery, so-called gift concert or similar enterprise, offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, to be brought into the United States or deposited with any express company or other common carrier for carriage from one State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or shall knowingly take or receive any such paper, certificate, or instrument so brought, deposited, or transported, shall be punished for the first offense by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or both, and for the second and after offenses by such imprisonment only. SEC. 214. All provisions of law for the suppression of traffic in or circulation of any such tickets, chances, shares, or interest in, or other matter relating to lotteries, or for the suppression of traffic in or circulation of obscene books or articles of any kind, so far as the same may be applicable, shall apply in support, aid, and furtherance of the enforcement of the section last preceding. Proceedings to enforce above. 2 Mar., 1895, 28 Stat. L., 963, c. 191; 2 Supp., 435. Importation of certain wild ani forbidden. L., 188. SEC. 215. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons mals and birds to import into the United States any foreign wild animal 25 May, 1900, c. or birds, except under special permit from the United 553, s. 2, 31 Stat. States Department of Agriculture: Provided, That nothing in this section shall restrict the importation of natural history specimens for museums or scientific collections, or the importation of certain cage birds, such as domesticated canaries, parrots, or such other species as the Secretary of Agriculture may designate. The importation of the mongoose, the so-called "flying foxes," or fruit bats, the English sparrow, the starling, or such other birds or animals as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time declare injurious to the interest of agriculture or horticulture, is hereby prohibited, and such species upon arrival at any of the ports of the United States shall be destroyed or returned at the expense of the owner. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this section. Transportation of prohibited animals. 553, s. 3, 31 Stat. L., 188. SEC. 216. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to deliver to any common carrier, or for any common car25 May, 1900, c. rier to transport from one State or Territory to another State or Territory, or from the District of Columbia or Alaska to any State or Territory, or from any State or Territory to the District of Columbia or Alaska, any foreign animals or birds, the importation of which is prohibited, or the dead bodies or parts thereof of any wild animals or birds, where such animals or birds have been killed in violation of the laws of the State, Territory, or district of which the same were killed: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent the transportation of any dead birds or animals during the season when the same may be lawfully captured, and the export of which is not. prohibited by law in the State, Territory, or district in which the same are killed. Marking of packages. 25 May, 1900, c. L., 188. SEC. 217. All packages containing such dead animals, birds, or parts thereof when shipped by interstate com553. s. 4, 31 Stat. merce, as provided in section one of an act entitled “An act to enlarge the powers of the Department of Agriculture, prohibit the transportation by interstate commerce of game killed in violation of local laws, and for other purposes," approved May twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred, shall be plainly and clearly marked, so that the name and address of the shipper, and the nature of the contents, may be readily ascertained on inspection of the outside. of such packages. 553, s. 4, 31 Stat. SEC. 218. For each evasion or violation of the three Penalty for violation of prepreceding sections, or of any regulation made by the ceding sections. Secretary of Agriculture or Secretary of the Treasury in 25 May, 1900, c. pursuance hereof, or of the act last mentioned, the shipper L., 188. shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars; and the consignee knowingly receiving such articles so shipped and transported in violation of said sections, regulations, or act shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars; and the carrier knowingly carrying or transporting the same shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars. SEC. 219. The dead bodies, or parts thereof, of any foreign game animals, or game or song birds, the importa Bodies of anilaws of State in mals subject to to which trans 553. s. 5, 31 Stat. tion of which is prohibited, or the dead bodies, or parts ported. thereof, of any wild game animals, or game or song birds 25 May, 1900, c. transported into any State or Territory, or remaining L., 188. therein for use, consumption, sale, or storage therein, shall, upon arrival in such State or Territory, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory, enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such animals or birds had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise. The four sections last preceding shall not prevent the importation, transportation, or sale of birds or bird plumage manufactured from the feathers of barnyard fowls. carrier. Stat. L., 512, c. SEC. 220. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit Depositing obwith any express company, or other common carrier, for with common carriage from one State or Territory of the United States 8 Feb., 1897, 29 or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory 172, 2 Supp., 547. of the United States or the District of Columbia, any obscene, lewd, or lascivious book, pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, writing, print, or other matter of indecent character, or any drug or medicine, article or thing designed or intended for the prevention of conception or procuring of abortion, or any article or thing designed or intended for any indecent or immoral use, or any written or printed card, letter, circular, book, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind giving information, directly or indirectly, where, how, or of whom, or by what means any of the herein before-mentioned articles, matters, or things may be obtained or made; and any person who shall knowingly deposit, or cause to be deposited, with any express |