Public Law 331.

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(/us/pl/76/330)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Criminal Code, amendment.[35 Stat. 1125](/us/stat/35/1125).[18 U. S. C. § 317; Supp. IV, § 317](/us/usc/t18/s317). That section 194 of the Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States, approved March 4, 1909, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 18, sec. 317), be amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 194. Stealing, secreting, embezzling, etc., mail matter.

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, Mail left upon collection box, etc.bag, or mail, or any article or thing contained therein; or whoever shall steal, take, or abstract, or by fraud or deception obtain any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail, which has been left for collection upon or adjacent to a collection box or other authorized 53 Stat. 1257depository of mail matter; or whoever shall buy, receive, or conceal,Receiving property stolen, etc., from the mails. or aid in buying, receiving, or concealing, or shall unlawfully have in his possession, any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail, or any article or thing contained therein, which has been so stolen, taken, embezzled, or abstracted, as herein described, knowing the same to have been stolen, taken, embezzled, or abstracted; or whoever shallUnauthorized taking of mail before delivery. take any letter, postal card, or package out of any post office or station thereof, or out of any authorized depository for mail matter, or from any letter or mail carrier, or which has been in any post office or station thereof, or other authorized depository, or in the custody of any letter or mail carrier, before it has been delivered to the person to whom it was directed, with a design to obstruct the correspondence, or to pry into the business or secrets of another, or shall open, secrete, embezzle, or destroy the same, shall be fined not morePenalty. than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

” " Approved, August 7, 1939. To exempt certain motorboats from the operation of sections 4 and 6 of the Motor Boat Act of June 9, 1910, and from certain other Acts of Congress, and to provide that certain motorboats shall not be required to carry on board copies of the pilot rules. 1939-08-07 558 Chapter 53 Stat. 1257 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 558] AN ACT To exempt certain motorboats from the operation of sections 4 and 6 of the Motor Boat Act of June 9, 1910, and from certain other Acts of Congress, and to provide that certain motorboats shall not be required to carry on board copies of the pilot rules. August 7, 1939[[H. R. 6273](/us/bill/76/hr/6273)][[Public, No. 331](/us/pl/76/331)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That sections 4Outboard racing motorboats.[36 Stat. 463](/us/stat/36/463).[46 U. S. C. §§ 514, 516](/us/usc/t46/s514/516).Exemption from certain requirements while competing in prearranged race. and 6 of the Act of June 9, 1910 (U.

S. C., 1934 edition, title 46, secs. 514 and 516), shall not apply to motorboats propelled by outboard motors while competing in any race previously arranged and announced, or if such boats be designed and intended solely for racing, while engaged in such navigation as is incidental to the tuning up of the boats and engines for the race. Sec. 2. Motorboats as defined by section 1 of the Act of June 9,Motorboats as defined in specified Acts not required to carry on board copies of pilot rules.[36 Stat. 462](/us/stat/36/462); [30 Stat. 96](/us/stat/30/96); [28 Stat. 645](/us/stat/28/645).[R.

S. § 4412](/us/rs/s4412).[46 U. S. C. §§ 511, 381](/us/usc/t46/s511/381); [33 U. S. C. chs. 3, 4, 5](/us/usc/t33/ch3/ch4/ch5). 1910 (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 46, sec. 511), the Act of June 7, 1897 (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 33, ch. 3), the Act of February 8, 1895 (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 33, ch. 4), and by section 4412 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 33, ch. 5) shall not be required to carry on board copies of the pilot rules. Approved, August 7, 1939.

Authorizing the county of Saint Louis, State of Missouri, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi River near Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. 1939-08-07 559 Chapter 53 Stat. 1257 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 559] AN ACT Authorizing the county of Saint Louis, State of Missouri, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi River near Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.

August 7, 1939[[H. R. 6441](/us/bill/76/hr/6441)][

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