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or by this Title, or by the provisions of section two hundred and 

 twenty-one. Title " The Departivient of War," authorizing the Sec- 

 I retary of War to provide for taking meteorological observations at 

 the military stations and other points of the interior of the continent, 

 and for giving notice on the northern lakes and sea-board of the 

 approach and force of storms, such telegraph company shall be liable 

 to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than 

 one thousand dollars for each such refusal or neglect. To be recov- 

 ered by an action or actions at law in any district court of the United 

 states. 



Rev. St. sec. 5269, as amended by act February 27, 1877, c. 09. 19 

 Stat. 252. 



The provisions of act July 24, 1866, c. 230, referred to in this section 

 are incorporated in Rev. St. sees. 5263-5268. Rev. St. sees. 5203-5265. 

 5267. 5268. are set forth on pp. 144. 145, anic, under " Forest Service." 



The filing by telegraph companies of their written acceptance of the 

 restrictions and obligations under the law, is required by Rev. St. 

 sec. 5268. 



Rev. St. sec. 221. mentioned in this section, is set forth on p. 35. ante, 

 under " Weather Bureau." 



ACT MARCH 3, 1883, c. 143. (22 Stat. 603.) 



Receipts from private telegrams transmitted over Government lines. 



* * * That on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred 

 and eighty-three, all moneys received for the transmission of private 

 dispatches over any and all telegraph lines owned or operated by the 

 United States, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, 

 as required by section thirty-six hundred and seventeen of the Re- 

 vised Statutes; and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are 

 hereby repealed. 



Act March 3, 1883, c. 143. 22 Stat. 616. 



This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for maintenance and 

 repair of telegraph lines, in the sundry civil appropriation act for the 

 fiscal year 1884, cited above. 



Rev. St. sec. 3617. mentioned in this provisiion, is set fortn on p. 334, 

 ante, under " Public Moneys and Accounting." 



ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 321. (35 Stat. 1088.) 



Injury to United States telegraph, etc., lines; punishment. 



Sec. 60. A^Hioever shall willfully or maliciously injure or destroy 

 any of the works, property, or material of any telegraph, telephone, 

 or cable line, or system, operated or controlled by the United States, 

 whether constructed or in process of construction, or shall willfully 

 t or maliciouslv interfere in any way with the working or use of any 

 such line, or system, or shall willfully or maliciously obstruct, hinder, 

 or delay the transmission of any communication over any such line, 

 or sj^stem, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or 

 imprisoned not more than three years, or both. 



Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 60, 35 Stat. 1099. 



This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal 

 laws of the United States," cited above. Incorporating therein the pro- 

 visions of act June 23. 1874, c. 401. which act Is expressly repealed by 

 section 341 of this act. 



