1 176 FLETY-SEVENTH oosemcss. Sess. 11. cH. 1009. 1903. ma.ster·General, or approved or designated by him, for the receipt or delivery of mail matter on any rural free-delivery route, star route, or other mail route, or shall break open the same, or willfully or maliciously injure, deface, or destroy any mail matter deposited therein, or shall willfully take or steal such matter from or out of such letter box or other recgptacle, or shall willfully aid or assist in any of the aforementioned o enses, shall for every such offense be puuis ed by a iiue of pot ulmre than ope thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more t an t ree years. ’ m§§,,‘{°,,‘;f,,,,_ “°“'°"Y Sec. 4. That every special-delivery messenger, when actuallyengaged 0¤¤i¤1¤¤¤r¤¤¢¤r· in carrying or delivering letters or other mail matter under contract directly or iudirectl , with the Post-Oilice Department, or employed by the Post-Oilice De rtmeut, shall be deemed a carrier or person intrusted with the and having custody thereof within the meaning 5_,¥2f}g,'§_°,§p?“$*g5_”,§ of sections thirty-eight hundred and sixty-nine, thirty-nine huudre 1001. and ninety-five, fifty-four hundred and seventy-two, and fift -four léundred and seventy-three of the Revised Statutes of the llluited tates.
- ’¤¤*¤'“°°¤° ‘°’ °¤· Sm. 5. Whoever by violence enters a railwa st-office car or an
· ummm m' m` apartment in any railway car assigned to the ugeldf the Railwa Service, or who willfully or maliciously assaults a railway postal clerk in the discharge of his duties in connection with such car or apartment, and whoever willfully aids or assists therein, shall for every such offense be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand ollars, _ or by imprisonment for not more than three years. nf,{g'§gd*‘g$_'“ Sec. 6. Hereafter the Postmaster-General may from time to time designate any officer of the Post-Oilice Department above the grade of _ fourth—class clerk to s' warrants, and ‘ col1ection” and “transfer” drafts, in his stead, anilzluch warrants and drafts when so signed shall lée of tmc same validity as if they had been signed by the Postmasterene . N° P°·Y’°°““ ‘° Sec. 7. That the a ropriations herein made for the officers, clerks,
Wi- and persons employeldliu the postal service shall not be available for
the compensation of anylpersons permanently incapacitated for permQg_f*,{”}°”,j’°c;’j °*"“ forming such service. e establishment of a civil pension roll or an 'honora le service roll, or the exemption of any of the officers, clerks, and persons in the postal service from the existing laws respecting eng) oyment in such service, is hereby {prohibited. m;*e¥;¥{,'§,§‘£{,‘$_ '° nc. 8. That if the revenues of the ost-Oflice Department shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations made by this Act, a sum equal to such deficiency of the revenues of said Department is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise gypropriated, to supply said deficiencies in the revenues for the Postdmge Dppartment or the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hunau our. ,,,E'*,°g",,,{.,1‘,§’*,{,,,,% Sec. 9. That third and fourth class mail matter shall not be remailed Wgrmm to sender until the proper postage has been fully prepaid on the same: sence to mae:. Provided, That in all cases when undelivered mai matter of the third and fotprth class is of opvious value,hthe sender, if known, shall be iven the o rtuuity o pre ying the return or acce tin Pm7mm_ deliveay to himself or upon his order, at the oidlttxhgre it is Ihelef upon e payment of one cent lpostage for each card notice given him, under suc regulations as the ostmaster-General may prescribe. Approved, March 3, 1903.
