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188 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 394-396. 1888. P*m*Sh'¤°¤°· such issue, shall, upon conviction, be punishable by ine of not more izhanthlve thousand dolgnrs, pr by iiplprisoéiment at hard lgbcip fortizot 0b¤¤¤¤<>· m>¤l°¤% ess an one ear an no more an ve years. n a ma er

 °°°'mm` otherwise mailable by law upon the envelope or outside cover or

wrapper of which, or postal card, upon which indecent, lewd, lascivious, obscene, libelous, scurrilous, or threatening delineations, epithets, terms, or language, or reflecting injuriously uipon the character or conduct of another, may be written or printe , are hereby declared to be non—mailable matter, and shall not be conveyed in the mails, nor delivered from any post·office nor by any letter-carrier; and any person who shall knowingly deposit, or cause to be deposited, for mailing or delivery anything declared by this section to e nonmailable matter, and any rson who shall knowingly take the same or cause the same to be talggn from the mails, for the purpose of circulating or disposing of or of aiding in the circulation or dis osition P¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· of the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, for each and every offense, be nned not less than one hundred dollars _ nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both, at the discretion ro¤c,p.4m. of the court. Approved, June 18, 1888. June 18, ISS. _ 395.-An act granting to the York Harbor and Beach Railroad Company a `_-——;"""-_° Hg 0 Way. Be it enacted by the Senate and House z` Re resentatifves of the gk H¤r¤¤>r United States ofAmeMca in O0ng1res.s· assemb d, Tliat the right of way, my grgntgd .18;.;.,; four rods in width, across the military reservation at Fort McClary,

    • c{m';_*;’1%gr’;at*;g;'_ in the of Kittery, in the State of Maine, be, and the same

nre. hereby 1s, granted tot e York Harbor and Beach Railroad Company, a corporation created by the laws of the said State of Maine, and said company_1s authorized to construct, maintain, and o rate its railroad on said right of way, according to the location thereof, as recorded in the office of the commissioners of the county of York, in the State of Maine, and described in the temporary revocable license n issued_ by the War Department to said company on the tenth da of Prvvev- · June, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven: Provided, 'lyhat T¤r¤¤¤¤¤¤·>¤· the Government may at any time terminate the aforesaid right of way whenever it may be deemed necessary for military purposes or the sale of the property. Approved, June 18, 1888. June 18, 1888. CHAP. 396.-—An act to authorize the c u ‘ - ·····——·—····—· gotsgnstmct a bridge across the Oconee Rigei1t;t0drLrldxalr6IDEiiblli:1}:inS§:id gburGg-rdlrill Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re resentatives 0 the mI;;ur§Iniaé|p¤m3£b€:l:.é United States of America in Congress assemhled,pThat the count of mm-_ Laurens, m the State of Georgia, be authorized and permitted, to build a wagon and foot bridge across the Oconee River, at such int Commmm as it may select, at or near Dublin, in the said county and said State, _ Sec. 2. That such bridge shall made as the Secretary of War

  • "°”*·’°· may prescribe: Prcrvuited, That said bridge may be used for the pas-

Ton m sage of wagons or vehicles of all kmds, for the transit of animals and ‘ · for foot-passengers, for such reasonable toll as may be provided from time t0_ time by the authorities of said county, or the same shall at the option of said county, be a free bridge. ’

 Sec. 3. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this

act shall be a lawful_structure,_ and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other