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Rh same to be false, forged, or altered, with intent to injure or defraud as aforesaid, shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison, not more than five years, nor less than one year.

Sec. 3. Every person who shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, any note, certificate, or other bill of credit issued by any commissioner or other officer authorized to issue the same for any debt of this territory, with intent to injure or defraud as aforesaid, shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison, not more than seven years, nor less than three years.

Sec. 4. Every person who shall make, alter, forge, or counterfeit any bank bill, promissory note, draft, or other evidence of debt issued by any corporation or company duly authorized for that purpose, by the laws of the United States, of any state of the United States, or of this territory, or of any territory of the United States, or of any other state, government, or country, with intent to injure or defraud, shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison, not more than five years, nor less than one year.

Sec. 5. Every person who shall have in his possession any forged, counterfeit, or altered bank bill, promissory note, draft, or other evidence of debt issued purporting to have been issued as is mentioned in the next preceding section, with intent to after the same as true or false, knowing the same to be so forged, counterfeited, or altered as aforesaid, shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison, not more than five years, nor less than one year.

Sec. 6. Every person who shall utter or pass, or tender in payment as true, any false, altered, forged, or counterfeit note, certificate, or bill of credit for any debt of this territory, or bank bill, promissory note, draft, or other evidence of delt, issued or nurporting to have been issued as is mentioned in the fourth section of this chapter, knowing the same to be fulse, altered, forged, or counterfeit, with intent to injure or defraud, shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison, not more than five years, nor less than one year.

Sec. 7. Every person who shall engrave, make or mend, or begin to engrave, make or mend any plate, block, press, or