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 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 106. 1864. 117 having jurisdiction in similar cases: Provided, however, That all proceed- _ PY°¢9¤<H¤85l*;°’ ings to enjoin the comptroller under this act shall be had in a circuit, ;gJ;!ig'i°;:,:.€S_° district, or territorial court of the United States, held in the "district in which the association is located. Sec. 58. And be it further enacted, That every person who shall muti- Penalty for late, cut, deface, distigure, or perforate with holes, or shall unite or ’€‘*“**;¥‘*;§8’;]‘;t§;_ cement together, or do any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or 6%%, ,-iis5R_ other evidence of debt, issued by any such association, or shall cause or procure the same to be done, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued by said association, shall, upon conviction, forfeit fifty dollars to the association who shall be injured thereby, to be recovered by action in any court having juris— diction. Sec. 59. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall falsely penalty {0,- make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be made, forged, or ¢¤¤¤¤¤‘f¤i¤¤g counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely makin g, forging, or coun- “°t°S’ terfeiting, any note in imitation ot} or purporting to be in imitation ot, the circulating notes issued under the provisions of this act, or shall pass, for_kn•>wing1y utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish, any false, forged, ““°““g»r&“‘ or counterfeited note, purporting to be issued by any association doing a banking business under the provisions of this act, knowing the same to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or shall falsely alter, or cause or procure to be falsely altered, or willingly aid or assist in falsely altering, any such circulating notes, issued as aforesaid, or shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish, as true, any falsely altered or spurious circulating note issued, or purporting to have been issued, as aforesaid, knowing the same to be falsely altered or spurious, every such person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and being thereof convicted by due course of law shall be sentenced to be imprisoned and kept at hard labor for a period of not less than five years, nor mdre than fifteen years, and Hned in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. Sec. 60. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall make or an- engraving, engrave, or cause or procure to be made or engraved, or shall have in his t€°°··_P]¤°€S fog custody or possession any plate, die, or block after the similitude of any Orgmgmmd °' plate, die, or block from which any circulating notes issued as aforesaid shall have been prepared or printed, with intent to use such plate, die, or block, or cause or suffer the same to be used, in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes issued as aforesaid, or shall have in his custody or possession any blank note or notes engraved and printed after the similitude for having of any notes issued as aforesaid, with intent to use such blanks, or cause or Nia? °t;*°S» &°·¤ suffer the same to be used, in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes m m mi issued as aforesaid, or shall have in his custody or possession any paper for having paadapted to the making of such notes, and similar to the paper upon which P°'» &°· any such notes shall have been issued, with intent to use such paper, or cause or suffer the same to be used, in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes issued as aforesaid, every such person, being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labor for a term not less than five or more than fifteen years, and fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. Sec. 61. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Compu-Olly-w comptroller of the currency to report annually to congress at the com- ’°P°¤'* ¤¤¤¤¤UY mencement of its session --— w °°ugr°SS’ First. A summary of the state and condition of every association from (3,,,,,,,,,;,, of ,8. whom reports have been received the preceding year, at the several PMT- dates to which such reports refer, with an abstract of the whole amount of banking capital returned by them, of the whole amount of their debts and liabilities, the amount of circulating notes outstanding, and the total amount of means and resources, specifying the amount of lawful money held by them at the times of their several returns, and such other in-