ing five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding twelve months. SEC. 17. Be it further ordained and decreed, 'rhat i£ any person shall rip, cut, tear or burn, or otherwise injure any portmanteau, vallise, or other bag used or directed to be used by any person acting under ihe authority of the Post- master-General, or any person in whom his powers are vested, in the conveyance of any mail, .letter, packet, newspaper or pamphlet-or shall draw or break any staple, ~r loosen any part of any lock, chain or strap attached or belongi_ng to any such vallise, portmanteau or bag with an intent to rob or steal any mail, letter, packet, newspaper or pamphlet, or to render either of the same insecure, every such offender upon conYict.ion i,hall, for every such offence, pay a sum not exceed- ing five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding three years, at the discretion of the court before whom such convic- tion is had. S1,:0. 18. Be it f1Lrther ordained a-nd decreed, That ·every person who shall, from and after the passage of this or- dinance, procure, aid, advise or assist in the doing or perpe- trating of any of the acts or crimes by this ordinance for- bidden to be done or performed, shall be subject to the same penalties and punishments as the persons are subject to, who shall actually do or perpetrate any of the said acts or crimes, according to the provisions of this ordinance. Sr-:o. 19. Be it further ordained a11d decreed, That every person who shall be imprisoned by n judgment of court, under and by virtue of the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth sections of this ordinance, shall be kept at hard labor, or otherwise shall be fined and punished as the court may direct. SEC-. 20. Be it ordat'.ned a-nd decreed, &c., That the postmnsters shall respectively publish, at the expira- tion of every three months, or oftener, when the Postmaster- General shall so direct. in one of the newspapers at or nearest the place of his residence, for ~h.rce s_uccessi~e weeks, a list of all the letters remarnmg m their respective offices; or inst~ad thereof, shall mnke out a num- ber of such lists and cause them to be posted up nt not less than :five of the most public places in their vicinity, as shall appear to them best adapted for the information of
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