*419.* _Mail, Obscene Language._—Under the United States postal laws against sending “obscene, lewd or lascivious” books or papers through the mail, a person can not be convicted without proof that the matter is obscene, lewd, and lascivious, as the word “or” should be construed to mean “and.” Also, the court held that a newspaper article on the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception written in coarse and obscene language that offended the religious sentiments of the people, but had no tendency to induce sexual immorality, did not render the newspaper unmailable nor the publisher guilty under the United States statutes. The court says: “Those parts of the article most relied upon to sustain the charge, though ostensibly a discussion of a religious subject, are couched in language not quite suitable for insertion in a judicial opinion, however well adjusted to such applause as might be expected from taste of a certain degree of degradation.”(753) *420.* _“__Fair,__”__ Chances, Gambling._—A church “fair” at which chances are sold, drawings had, or any game of chance permitted, is illegal and may be punished as gambling.(754) CHAPTER XXXIII. CEMETERIES *421.* _Statutes, Land._—There are sufficient statutory provisions on cemeteries to make a large book, and the frequent changes made in such laws render a full statement of the law impossible. The statutes against locating cemeteries near cities, dwellings, etc., should be carefully examined before buying land therefor.(755) *422.* _United States, Jurisdiction._—The jurisdiction over the United States cemeteries is in the State where the cemeteries are located unless such jurisdiction has been ceded to the United States.(756) *423.*. _Tombstones, Soldiers_.—The United States will erect tombstones at the graves of soldiers who served in the Civil War, in all cemeteries where their graves are unmarked. Wherever the United States has jurisdiction over cemeteries, it has made it a criminal offense punishable by fine or imprisonment to deface a tombstone.(757) *424.* _Indigent Soldiers, Tombstones._—Most of the States have statutes providing for the burial of indigent soldiers and for putting tombstones at their graves. The attention of relatives of deceased soldiers should be called to it. *425.* _State Authority._—The State Legislature has authority to control cemeteries or delegate that authority to some one else, and afterward to transfer it to a different person.(758)