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 290 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 39, 40. 1858. house, building, or place, and there to search for such official books, papers, writings, documents, archives, seals, stamps, or dies, and to take possession thereof and deposite them in the archives of the Surveyor Generals ofbce as aforesaid. tegtggnvgfgluilj Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall without htigny gw,, the lawful authority wilfully take from the archives of the said Surveyor. concealment, or General’s office any espediente, map, disefio, book, paper, writing, record, l‘1;§‘;‘l{l’m€';l1g§j document, seal, stamp, or die; or shall wilfully alter, deface, mutilate, mg or such injure, or destroy any espediente, book, paper, mapndnsefio, instrument of `°°°kS_¢ gw- mma writing, document, record, seal, stamp or die, deposited in said archives; 3,,dEl3n&n£gT;r’ or shall conceal or unlawfully withhold from the possession of the Sur. by ue and im- veyor-General, or on demand refuse to deliver to him any espediente. p“S°“m°"t‘ map, diseno, officiel book, paper, writing, document, 'archive, record, sen}, stamp or die, relating to or used in the administration of government in theldepartment of Upper Ctalifornia, sind belonging lto the government during the existence of Spamsh or Mexican authority in said department; or shall wilfully alter, deface, mutilate, make away with or destroy any such officiul book, espediente, map, diseiio, paper, writing, document, archive, record, seal, stamp or die, the person so oH`endin¤ shall be deamed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof inoany court of competent jurisdiction, shall forfeit and pay a fine, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, at the discretion, of the court, and be imprisoned for a term not exceeding ten years, at the like discretion. The wilful1y Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall wilfully, &°· Pl¤<=i¤€ RLY secretly, and fraudulently place or cause to be placed in or amonv the book |1II10Hg H10 I- _ f h, _ 1 G6 1, Hi d, b k U ` ,m,h,v6S,m,,d,,,,arc uves o the buiveyor- nem s .0 ce, any espe iente, 00, papei, misdemeanor. diseno, map, draught, record, or any mstrument of writing purporting to be a petition, decree, order, report, concession, grant, confirmation. map, disei'10, espediente, or part of an espediente, denouncement, title-paper, or evidence of rivht, title or claim to an land mine, or mineral, or an bk ·· ° Z1 thtytli nur xiii oo, writing, paper, or ocumen w a ever, e person so 0 en incr s a, Punishment. be deemed and adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conyiction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three years; or be both ined and imprisoned within said limits, at the discretion of the court. Approved, May 18, 1858. May 18, 1858. CHAP. XL.—An Act for the Prwenlznlqnd Punfs/zment of Frauds in Land Titles in '“‘_1 a g/Zmzia. Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uizized _ The false mak- States of America in Congress assembled, That if any person shall falsely }¤z» {gf- <>¤‘f¤1t¤1‘- make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, Q,':?;,.,,,,`;;?} i;‘°·Y alged, foiged, orfcounterfeited; pr Pvillingly aid end nssistan the fglse writing, c. con- m mg, a ermg, or¤·ing, or coun er eiting any petition, cern cate, or er §;’;";gg3£I‘§_ report, decree, concemion, denouncement, deed, patent, confirmation, diseno, ,,;,__ to estabush a map, espediente, or part of an espediente, or any title-paper, or evidence §=}¤·i{r¤é1gqi¤¤¤ the of right, title, or claim to lands, mines, or minerals in California, or any m?;d°;mf,;°';:?• °' instrument of writing whatever in relation to lands or mines or minerals and unisliable in the State of California; for the purpose of setting up or establisliimr bggslgégljgzd im' against the United States any claim, right, or title Um lands, mines, or Pminerals within the State of California, or for the purpose of enabling any person to set up or establish any such claim; or if any person, for the purposes aforesaid, or either of them, shall utter or publish as true uml genuine, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited petition, certificate, order, report, decree, conscssion, denouncement, deed, patent, contirmation, diseno, map, espediente or part of an espediente, title-paper, evidence of right, title, or claim to lands or mines or minerals in the State