Chapter 550. To amend the Act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to prevent the carrying of obscene literature and articles designed for indecent and immoral use from one State or Territory into another State or Territory,” so as to prevent the importation and exportation of
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CHAP. 550.— An Act To amend the Act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to prevent the carrying of obscene literature and articles designed for indecent and immoral use from one State or Territory into another State or Territory,” so as to prevent the importation and exportation of the same. February 8, 1905. [[H. R. 9493](/us/bill/58/hr/9493).] [[Public, No. 52](/us/pl/58/52).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Act of February Obscene literature, etc.
Vol. 29, p. 512, amended. eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to prevent the carrying of obscene literature and articles designed for indecent and immoral use from one State or Territory into another State or Territory,” be, and hereby is, amended so as to read: " “It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit with any express Sending by express companies, etc., unlawful. company or other common carrier for carriage from one State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia into any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or from any place in or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to a foreign country, or from any place in or subject to the jurisdiction Provisions extended to imports and exports of. of the United States through a foreign country to any place in or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or who shall cause to be brought into any place in or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States from any foreign country, any obscene, lewd, or lascivious book, pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, writing, print, or other matter of indecent character, or any article or thing designed or intended for the prevention of conception, or procuring of abortion, 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 hereinbefore-mentioned articles, matters, or things may be obtained or made; and any person who shall knowingly Punishment of sender and receiver. deposit, or cause to be 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 for carriage from any place in or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to a foreign country, or from any place in or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States through any foreign country, to any place in or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or who shall take from such express company or other common carrier with intent to sell, distribute, or circulate any matter or thing herein forbidden to be deposited for carriage shall for each offense, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than five thousand Penalty. dollars or imprisoned at hard labor not more than five years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
” " Approved, February 8, 1905.