1062 Trrm·1 Lxx.-—CRIMES.—Ch. 5. D¢¤¢¤‘fi¤g the Sec. 5474. Any person who shall have taken charge of the mail and fw shall voluntarily quit or desert the same beforc he has delivered it into Ibid., s. 288. the post-oflice at the termination of the route, or to some known mailcarrier, messenger, agent, or other employe of the Post·Ofiice Department authorized to receive the same, shall e punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, and by imprisonment for not less than three months DOI' more than one year. Stealing POM- Sec. 5-17 5. Any person who shall steal, purloin, or embezzle any mail- °m°" P’°P‘°’"Y· bag or other property in use by or belonging to the Post~Oliice Depart- Ibid., s. 290. ment, or who shall, for any lucre, glain, or convenience, appropriate any such property to his own or any other than 1ts proper use, or who shal , for any lucre or gain, convey away any such property to the hmderance or detriment of the public service; 1f the value of the property be twenty-five dollars or more, the offender shall be punishable by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than three years, and if the value of the property be less than twenty-five dollars, the offender shall be {punishable by im risonment for not more than one (year, or by a fine o not less than ten dollars and not more than two hun red dollars. Injudng ,,,,,1. Sec. 5476. Any person who shall tear, cut, or otherwise injure any bags, &c. mail—bag, pouch, or other thing used or designed for use in the con vey-
ance of the mail, or who shal draw or brea any staple, or loosen any
321, ’ ’ part of any lock, chain, or strap attached thereto, wit intent to rob or steal any such mail, or to render the same insecure, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than live hundred, or by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than one year and not more than three years. Stealing ui- {org- Sec. 5477. Any person who shall steal, purloin, embezzle, or obtain im; mail locks or b any false pretense, or shall aid or assist in stealing, purloining, embezl§"· _ zling, or obtaining bv any false pretense, any key suited to any lock Ibid., s. 292. adopted by the Post—f)fiice De artment, and in use on any of the mails or bags thereof; any person who shall knowingly and unlawfully make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause to be unlawfully made, forged, or counterfeited, 'or knowingly aid or assist in making, forging, or counterfeiting, any such key; any person who shall have in h1S possession any such mail lock or key, with the intent unlawfully or improperly to use, sell. or otherwise dispose of the same, or to cause the same to be unlawfully or improperly used, sold, or otherwise disposed of; or any person engaged as contmctor or otherwise in the manufacture of any such mail locks or keys who shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, any finished or unfinished lock or key used or designed for use by the Department, or the interior part of any such lock, to any Ee-rson not duly authorized, under the hand of the P0stmaster—Gencral an the seal of the Post-Office Department, to receive the same, unless the dperson receiving is the contractor for furnishing the same, or engage in the manufacture thereof in the manner authorized by the contract, or the agent for such manufacturer, shall be punishable by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than ten years. Breakinganden- Srco.5-178. Anyperson whoshallforcibl rbreakintenorattempt tohreak tering postottice. into any post-oflice, or any building used in whole or in part as a post- Ib,d_ s_ 293- office, with intent to commit therein larceny or other deprcdation, shall ’ be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than five years. _Counn-rfeiting bm. 5479. If anyperson shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, bid. bond. &¢- or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfcltcd, [bgd_, ,,_ gg; or willingly aid, or assist in the false making, altering, forging, or coun- _ 27 Feb., 1877, 4-. terfeitmlg, any bond, bid, roposal, guarantee, security, official bond, pub- "9» *’— 1*% P· 253- lic reco , aflidavit, or other writing for the purpose of defrauding the United States; or shall utter or publish as true, or cause to be uttered or published as true, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bond, 1d, proposal, guarantee, security, o cial bond, public record, affidavit, pr other writing, for the purpose of defrauding the United States, knowing the same to be false, orged altered, or counterfeited; or shall transmit to, or present at, or cause go] [or] rocure to be transmitted to, or presented at, the office of anyo cer of the United States, any such false.
