Public Law 339.
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(/us/pl/74/338).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Counterfeiting, etc., postmarking stamps.Punishment for. That whoever shall forge or counterfeit any postmarking stamp, or impression thereof with intent to make it appear that such impression is a genuine postmark, or shall make or knowingly use or sell, or have in possession with intent to use or sell, any forged or counterfeited postmarking stamp, die, plate, or engraving, or such impression thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Approved, August 26, 1935. Providing for punishment for attempts to obtain mail by fraud or by deception. 1935-08-26 693 Chapter 49 Stat. 867 74 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public 867 [CHAPTER 693.] AN ACT Providing for punishment for attempts to obtain mail by fraud or by deception.
August 26, 1935.[[H. R. 5162](/us/bill/74/hr/5162).][[Public, No. 339](/us/pl/74/339).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the firstCriminal Code amendment.Postal offenses.Attempts to obtain mail by fraud.Punishment for.Vol. 35, p. 1125; Vol. 43, p. 977.[U. S. C., p. 745](/us/usc/p745). clause of section 194 of the Act of March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1125), as amended (18 U. S. C. 317), be amended to read as follows:
"“Whoever shall steal, take, or abstract, or by fraud or deception obtain or attempt so to obtain from or out of any mail, post office or station thereof, or other authorized depository for mail matter, or from a letter or mail carrier, any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail, or shall abstract or remove from any such letter, package, bag, or mail, any article or thing contained therein, or shall secrete, embezzle, or destroy any such letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail, or any article or thing contained therein;”" Approved, August 26, 1935.
Providing for punishment for the crime of robbing or attempting to rob custodians of Government moneys or property. 1935-08-26 694 Chapter 49 Stat. 867 74 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 694.] AN ACT Providing for punishment for the crime of robbing or attempting to rob custodians of Government moneys or property.
August 26, 1935.[[H. R. 5360](/us/bill/74/hr/5360).][
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