1018 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 197, 198. 1918. transmission of any telephone or telegraph message, or with the delivery of any such message, or whoever being employed in any such telephone or telegralph service shall divulge the contents of any such telephone or te egraph message to any gnerson not dully
- ’“”*S*‘m°¤* ‘°'· authorized or entitled to receive the same, shall be ned not excee -
ing $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than_one year, or both. _ ,u§£b;§g_**&§;_&*°·· Sec. 2. That whoever shall steal, purlom, embezzle, or without ' ` authority destroy any money, property, record, voucher, or valuable thing whatever of the moneys, gloods, chattels, records, or roperty of any telephone or telegrap system operated by the Postmaster General under the Act of Congress approved July sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and the proclamation of the President dated July twenty-second, nineteen undred and eight- P¤¤iS¤¤¤¤¤H¤r- een, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. ,,,g“§{0‘{‘,‘,Q“’i,m;;’e?f,§}" Sec. 3. That whoever shall receive, conceal, or aid in concealing, cw- ’ or shall have or retain in his possession with intent to convert to his own use or gain any money, property, record, voucher, or valuable thing whatever of the moneys, gloods, chattels, records, or roperty of any telephone or telegrap s tem operated by the Postmaster General under the Act of Cqisngress lapproved July sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and the proclamation of the President dated July twenty-second, nineteen undred and eivhteen, which has been embezzled, stolen, or gurloined by any other person knowing the same to be embezzle , stolen, or pur- P¤¤is¤m¤¤H¤r- loined, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than five {ears, or both, and such person may be tried either before or after the conviction of the rincipal defendant. 0,,§,‘§,f°§? °“‘” lm Sec. 4. That whoever shall llorcibiy break into, or attempt to break into, any telephone or telegrap office, or an building used in whole or in part as such telephone or televraplir office, of any telephone or telegraph system operated by the¤Postmaster General under the Act o Congress approved July sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and the proclamation of the President dated July twenty-second, nineteen undred and eighteen, with intent to _ commit in such telephone or telegra h office or building, or part P“°‘“"“°“"°"· thereof so used, any arceny or other dlepredation, shall be fined not _ _ more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. ,,,"}f,’,§j“§§,,YfQ§L‘,;,§‘,§°§‘,f Sec. 5. That whoever shall assault any person having lawful ¤*¤¤8¤ °‘P'°P°“Y· charge, control, or custody of any money or property of anGy telophone or telegraph system operated by the Postmaster eneral under the Act of Congress dated July sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and the proclamation of the President dated July twenty-second, nineteen hundred and eighteen, with intent to rob, steal, or purloin such money or property, or any part thereof, or shall rob aply such person 0 such money or property, or any part $v‘§‘{,’h§"§Y,tg',f§‘0u, thereof, sh be imprisoned not more than five years; and if in the w¤>1>¤¤· eHect1ng\ or_ attempting to effect such robbery, he shall wound_such Pmshmmtm Hersou aving custody of the money or propert , or put his life IH anger by the use of a dangerous weapon, shallybe imprisoned not more than ten years. · Approved, October 29, 1918. October 30, 19lS.
CHAP. 198.gAu Act Authorizing the construction of a building for the Public
{Public, No. 221.; Health Service in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, l_ Be at enacted the Senate and House of Rlegresentatives of the United S,§v§c§_·'° H°“’“¤ States of A·meru:a vn. flofngrees assembled, at the Secretary of tho t ;x_d9igg>1gi¤¤__]¤bgr¤· Treasury be, and he IS hereby, authorized and directed to contract ggthhrlzed. “*’ M" for the construction of an additional building for laboratory purposes
