Public Law 76. to fix the hours of duty of postal employees, and for other purposes”, approved August 14, 1935, as amended, is further amended by striking out the words “motor-vehicle service” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “motor-vehicle and pneumatic-tube services”

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(/us/pl/76/75)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the first section Postal Service. Forty-hour law provisions, extension to pneumatic-tube-system employees. [49 Stat. 650](/us/stat/49/650). [39 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 832](/us/usc/t39/s832). of the Act entitled “An Act to fix the hours of duty of postal employees, and for other purposes”, approved August 14, 1935, as amended, is further amended by striking out the words “motor-vehicle service” and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“motor-vehicle and pneumatic-tube services”. Approved, May 12, 1939. Authorizing the President to invite other nations to participate in the Sacramento Golden Empire Centennial commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the founding of Sacramento by Captain John A. Sutter. 1939-05-12 131 Chapter 53 Stat. 741 76 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 2024-11-24 public [CHAPTER 131] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President to invite other nations to participate in the Sacramento Golden Empire Centennial commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the founding of Sacramento by Captain John A. Sutter. May 12, 1939[[H. J. Res. 221](/us/bill/76/hjres/221)][[Pub. Res., No. 15](/us/bill/76/pubres/15)] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the President of the Sacramento Golden Empire Centennial.

President requested to invite participation by foreign nations. United States is authorized to invite by proclamation, or in such maimer as he may deem proper, foreign nations to participate in the Sacramento Golden Empire Centennial to be held at Sacramento, California, from May 1, 1939, to September 10, 1939, inclusive, for the purpose of properly commemorating and observing the one-hundredth anniversary of the arrival in California, at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers, of John Augustus Sutter, a Swiss adventurer, and the founding by him, through the estab-53 Stat. 742lishment of Sutter’s Fort, of what is today California’s capital city of Sacramento, which establishment and the subsequent development of the region adjacent resulted in the discovery of gold at Coloma, California.

Sec. 2. No Federal obligation.The Government of the United States is not by this resolution obligated to any expense in connection with the holding of such exposition. Approved, May 12, 1939. To amend the statutes providing punishment for transmitting threatening communications. 1939-05-15 133 Chapter 53 Stat. 742 76 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 2024-11-24 public [CHAPTER 133] AN ACT To amend the statutes providing punishment for transmitting threatening communications. May 15, 1939[[H. R. 3230](/us/bill/76/hr/3230)][[Public, No. 76](/us/pl/76/76)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That sections 1 Postal Service. [47 Stat. 649](/us/stat/47/649); [49 Stat. 427](/us/stat/49/427). [18 U. S. C. §§ 338a, 338b; Supp. IV, § 338a](/us/usc/t18/s338a/338b).

Deposit, etc., of certain threatening communications in mails.and 2 of the Act of July 8, 1932 (47 Stat. 649), as amended (U. S. C., title 18, secs. 338a and 338b), be, and the same are hereby, further amended to read as follows: "“Section 1.

(a)Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited in any post office or station thereof, or in any authorized depository for mail matter, to be sent or delivered by the Post Office Establishment of the United States, or shall knowingly cause to be delivered by the Post Office Establishment of the United States according to the direction thereon, any written or printed letter or other communication, with or without a name or designating mark subscribed thereto, addressed to any other person, and containing any demand or request for ransom or reward for the release of any kidnaped person; or whoever, with intent to extort from any person any money or other thing of value, shall deposit, cause to be deposited, or cause to be delivered, as aforesaid, any letter or other communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of the addressee or of Penalty.another, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. “(b) Threat to kidnap, etc.Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited in any post office or station thereof, or in any authorized depository for mail matter, to be sent or delivered by the Post Office Establishment of the United States, or shall knowingly cause to be delivered by the Post Office Establishment of the United States according to the direction thereon, any written or printed letter or other communication with or without a name or designating mark subscribed thereto, addressed to any other person and containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of the Penalty.addressee or of another shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. “(c) Extortion messages.Whoever, with intent to extort, from any person any money or other thing of value, shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited in any post office or station thereof, or in any authorized depository for mail matter, to be sent or delivered by the Post Office Establishment of the United States, or shall knowingly cause to be delivered by the Post Office Establishment of the United States according to the direction thereon, any written or printed letter or other communication, with or without a name or designating mark subscribed thereto, addressed to any other person and containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another, or the reputation of a deceased person, or any threat to Penalty.accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. 53 Stat. 743 “(d) Any person violating this section may be prosecuted in the Prosecution.judicial district in which such letter or other communication is deposited in such post office, station, or authorized depository for mail matter, or in the judicial district into which such letter or other communication was carried by the United States mail for delivery according to the direction thereon: *Provided,* That any defendant *Proviso.* Venue. in an indictment hereunder, relating to communications originating in the United States, shall, upon motion duly made, be entitled as a matter of right to be tried in the district court of the United States in which the matter mailed or otherwise transmitted was first set in motion; that is, in the mails or in commerce between the States. “Sec. 2.

(a)Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be Deposit of threatening communications in foreign post office, etc., addressed to person in U. S. deposited in any post office or station thereof, or in any authorized depository for mail matter, of any foreign country any written or printed letter or other communication addressed to any person within the United States, for the purpose of having such communication delivered by the Post Office Establishment of such foreign country to the Post Office Establishment of the United States and by it delivered to such addressee in the United States, and as a result thereof such communication is delivered by the Post Office Establishment of such foreign country to the Post Office Establishment of the United States and by it delivered to the address to which it is directed in the United States, and containing any demand or request Containing demand for ransom, etc.for ransom or reward for the release of any kidnaped person; or whoever, with intent to extort from any person any money or other thing of value, shall deposit or cause to be deposited, as aforesaid, any letter or other communication for the purpose aforesaid, containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of the addressee or of another, shall be fined not more than Penalty.$5,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. “(b) Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited in Containing threat to kidnap, etc.any post office or station thereof, or in any authorized depository for mail matter, of any foreign country any written or printed letter or other communication addressed to any person within the United States, for the purpose of having such communication delivered by the Post Office Establishment of such foreign country to the Post Office Establishment of the United States and by it delivered to such addressee in the United States, and as a result thereof such communication is delivered by the Post Office Establishment of such foreign country to the Post Office Establishment of the United States and by it delivered to the address to which it is directed in the United States, and containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of the addressee or of another, shall be fined not Penalty.more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. “(c) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person any money Extortion messages.or other thing of value, shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited in any post office or station thereof, or in any authorized depository for mail matter, of any foreign country any written or printed letter or other communication, addressed to any person within the United States for the purpose of having such communication delivered by the Post Office Establishment of such foreign country to the Post Office Establishment of the United States and by it delivered to such addressee in the United States, and as a result thereof such communication is delivered by the. Post Office Establishment of such foreign country to the Post Office Establishment of the United States and by it delivered to the address to which it is directed in the United States, and containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another, or the reputation of a deceased person, or any threat to accuse the add lessee or any other 53 Stat. 744Penalty.person of a crime, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. “(d) Prosecution.Any person violating this section may be prosecuted either in the district into which such letter or other communication was carried by the United States mail for delivery according to the direction thereon, or in which it was caused to be delivered by the United *Proviso.* Venue. States mail to the person to whom it was addressed: *Provided,* That any defendant in an indictment hereunder, relating to communications originating in the United States, shall, upon motion duly made, be entitled as a matter of right to be tried in the district court of the United States in which the matter mailed or otherwise transmitted was set first in motion ; that is, in the mails or in commerce between the States.”" Sec. 2. Federal Kidnaping Act, amendments. [48 Stat. 781](/us/stat/48/781). [18 U. S. C. § 408d](/us/usc/t18/s408d). Transmission in interstate commerce of demand for ransom for release of any kidnaped person. Threat to kidnap or injure with intent to extort. That the Act of May 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 781 ; U. S. C., title 18, sec. 408d), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: “(a) Whoever shall transmit in interstate commerce, by any means whatsoever, any communication containing any demand or request for a ransom or reward for the release of any kidnaped person; or whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, shall transmit, as afore said, any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more Penalty.than twenty years, or both. “(b) Transmission of threats to kidnap, etc.Whoever shall transmit in interstate commerce by any means whatsoever any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. “(c) Transmission of threats to injure property, etc., with intent to extort. Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, shall transmit in interstate commerce by any means whatsoever any communication containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime Penalty.shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. “(d) Prosecution.Any person violating the provisions of this section may be prosecuted in the judicial district from or into which such threat is *Proviso.* Venue. transmitted, as aforesaid: *Provided,* That any defendant in an indictment hereunder, relating to communications originating in the United States, shall, upon motion duly made, be entitled as a matter of right to be tried in the district court of the United States in which the matter mailed or otherwise transmitted was set first in motion; “Interstate commerce”, construed.that is, in the mails or in commerce between the States. The term ‘interstate commerce,’ as used in this section, shall include communication from one State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, to another State, Territory, or the District of Columbia.” Approved, May 15, 1939. To authorize the mailing of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person, to officers of the Coast Guard. 1939-05-15 134 Chapter 53 Stat. 744 76 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 2024-11-24 public [CHAPTER 134] AN ACT To authorize the mailing of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person, to officers of the Coast Guard. May 15, 1939[[H. R. 3231](/us/bill/76/hr/3231)][

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