Sec. 42.20.080. - Delaying or refusing to send or deliver message; punishment. - Alaska Statutes

(a) An agent, operator, or employee in a telegraph office who unreasonably and wilfully refuses or neglects to send a message received at the office for transmission, or who unreasonably or wilfully postpones the message out of its order, or unreasonably and wilfully refuses or neglects to deliver a message received by telegraph is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.

(b) This section does not require a person to receive, transmit, or deliver a message unless the charges are paid, or to require the sending, receiving, or delivery of a message counseling, aiding, abetting, or encouraging treason against the government of the United States, or other resistance to the lawful authority, or a message calculated to further a fraudulent plan or purpose, or to instigate or encourage the perpetration of an unlawful act, or to facilitate the escape of a criminal or person accused of crime.