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60 Sec. 51. The penalties provided in the foregoing section shall be recovered by action of debt, before any justice of the peace in the county where such offense shall have been committed, upon complaint of any legal voter residing in the county where such offense has been committed.

Sec. 52. It shall be the duty of any person who shall have any knowledge of such offense, or of any legal voter of the county in which such offense has been committed, to prosecute such offender in the name of the Territory of Dakota, and all fines and penalties so recovered, shall be applied to the use and support of the public schools in the township in which such offense shall have been committed.

Section 1. Every person who shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit any public record, or any certificate, return, or attestation of any clerk of a court, register, notary public, justice of the peace, or any other public officer, in relation to any matter wherein such certificate, return, or attestation may be received as legal proof, or any charter, deed, will, testament, bond, or writing obligatory, letter of attorney, policy of insurance, bill of lading, bill of exchange, promissory note, or any order, acquittance, or discharge for money or other property, or any acceptance of a bill of exchange, indorsement, or assignment of a bill of exchange or promissory note, or any accountable receipt for money, goods or other property, with intent to injure or defraud any person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison, not more than five years, nor less than two years, or by imprisonment in the county jail, not more than two years, nor less than one year.

Sec. 2. Every person who shall utter and publish as true, any false, forged, or altered record, deed, instrument, or other writing mentioned in the next preceding section, knowing the