670 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 232, 233. 1909. T““’°l· °°°· For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, one thousand dollars. ,;,°'“" °’ l’°*“* That section thirty-eight hundred and thirty-four of the Revised . _ Statutes be amended b strikin therefrom the following words: ¤,’,{°Q‘,f,{,`f§_" °°“‘”‘ "and where an office is cfesignatecf as a money-order office, the bond _Q2E5am-¤M·r-51. of the tmaster shall contain an additional condition- for the faith- ' ful perl)di·Srnance of all duties and obligations in connection with the N. ..,,... m·;¤.g¤g,qgg*¤* *>¤¤i¤¤·e¤—’T . manently incapaci— 0 8.ppI'OPl’1&li10I1S l18l‘6lI1 fO1' lJllG Officéfs, Cl8l'kS, and ““°‘* *’°”°“°· persons employed m the postal service shall not be available for the compensation of any persons ptermanently incapacitated for lperp,§g,",'j'}@,_’°“· °‘°·· forming such service. The esta lishment of a civil-pension ro or an honorable—service roll, or the exemption of an of the officers, clerks, and persons in the tal service from the existing laws
employment in suchgervice is hereby prohibited.
mgemlgxlggx ¢<> at 1 the revenues of the Post—Office Department shall be insufficient to meet the a propriations made by t is Act, a sum equal to such deficiency of the revenue of said de artment is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro riated, to supply said deficiencies in the revenues for the Post-(" iliice Department for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and the sum needed maycbe advanced to the Post-Office Department upon requisition of t Postmaster-General. Approved, March 1, 1909. _ · yuck 1, 1g0g_ CHAP. 238.-—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a Code of ___ wl} R- NHL] Law forthe District of Columbia," relativetogambling, bucket shops, and bueketing. [Pawn N0` M`] Be it enacted the Senaie and House of Representqtives_of the United msn-mmsoninmus. States 0_fAmerica zu Oongresa assembled, That section eight hundred °‘§,f,,'},'$‘f,,';,‘fm°““· and sixty-nine of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to establish a — mY_;};! i>· iw. Code of Law for the District of Columbia/’ approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, be, and is hereby, amended by adding sections eight hundred and sixty-nine a, eight hundred and sixty-nine b, _ eight hugdreg atpd sixty-nine c, and eight hundred and sixty-nine d, so as to rea as o ows: Bucket mpg, ent, "Suc. 869 a. AN ACT TO PBOHIBIT BUCKETING Ann nucxnr snor- P*g*g},‘;g{§,‘g,_,_ use Ann ro Anomsn nucxm su0rs.—The following words and phrases used in this Act shall, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, have the following meanings: -·p,,,,,,._·- “‘Person’ shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, or » association. whether actin(g in his or their own right or as the officer, agent, servant, correspon ent, or representative of another. ··G¤¤¤·¤c•-" "‘Uontract’ shall mean any agreement, trade, or transaction.
“‘Securities’ shall mean all evidences of debt or property and
options for the purchase and sale thereof, shares in any corporation or association, bonds, coupons, scrip, rights. choses in action, and other evidences of debt or property and options for the purchase or sale thereof. "<.k>mmodities.' ;;l‘Commodities’ shall mean anything movable that is bought and so . ·· Bucket ¤n<»p.·· •‘ ‘ Bucket shop’ shall mean any room, omce, store, building, or other place ghere any contract prohibited by this Act is made or offered to be ma e. ·— xr·€pt».·· *· • Keeper’ shall mean any person owning. keeping, managing, operating, or promoting a bucket shop, or assisting to keep, manage, oper- _ ” ate, pr pro1note,a bifcket shop. _ , ,_b`£,ge;jhg;_;,g;,; Bucketing or bucket s opping shall mean: (a) The making of or offering to make any contract respecting the purchase or sale,
