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CHAP. IX.] any counterfeit seal, and shall wilfully conceal the same, knowing it to be falsely made and counterfeited, and shall thereof be convicted, shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary, for a term not less than one nor more than fourteen years.

. 79. If an officer or person who now is or hereafter may be intrusted by law to collect, receive, safely keep, disburse, or pay over any money or moneys, revenue or revenues belonging to this territory, or any county of this territory, to the school fund of this territory, to the school fund of any county or precinct of this territory, to any canal, turnpike, or railroad fund of this territory, or any county thereof, or to any fund for the improvement of any public road, river, creek, or other watercourse bordering on or within this territory, or to any other fund now in being or hereafter to be established by law for public purposes, shall directly or indirectly purchase or procure any order, warrant, certificate, or any other evidence of public indebtedness, to the payment of which such moneys, revenues, or funds, is by law to be applied, at any loss, depreciation, or discount below the value thereof, or shall in any manner obtain any order, warrant, certificate, or other evidence of public indebtedness by any other means or manner than by the payment of the same according to law out of such moneys, revenue, or fund at the full nominal value thereof, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary, not less than one nor more than three years.

. 79a. If any person or persons shall buy, purchase, procure, or in any manner obtain, any order, warrant, certificate, or other evidence of public indebtedness, at any discount or depreciation, with any private moneys, means, or effects of any public officer, or with any such public money, revenue, or fund mentioned in the preceding section, whereby such person or public officer shall reap any gain, profit, or reward, he or they may be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one year.

. 79b. If any person or officer within this territory,