Public Law 340.
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(/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).][[Public, No. 340](/us/pl/74/340).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 197Criminal Code amendment.Vol. 35, p. 1126.[U. S. C., p. 745](/us/usc/p745). of the Act of March 4, 1909 (18 U. S. C., 320; 35 Stat. 1126), be amended to read as follows:" “Whoever shall assault any person having lawful charge, control,Custodians of Government money or property.Punishment for robbing, etc. or custody of any mail matter or of any money or other property of the United States, with intent to rob, steal, or purloin such mail matter, money, or other property of the United States, or any part thereof, or shall rob any such person of such mail matter, or of any money, or other property of the United States, or any part thereof, shall, for the first offense, be imprisoned not more than ten years; and if in effecting or attempting to effect such robbery he shall wound the person having custody of such mail, money, or other property of the United States, or put his life in jeopardy by the use of a dangerous weapon, or for a subsequent offense, shall be imprisoned twenty-five years.
” " Approved, August 26, 1935. Extending the period during which no demurrage is charged on collect-on-delivery parcels and excepting the imposition of demurrage charged on collect-on-delivery parcels exchanged between the continental and island possessions. 1935-08-26 695 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 695.] AN ACT Extending the period during which no demurrage is charged on collect-on-delivery parcels and excepting the imposition of demurrage charged on collect-on-delivery parcels exchanged between the continental and island possessions. August 26, 1935.[[H. R. 5540](/us/bill/74/hr/5540).][
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