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 222 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 172. 1864. tent to sell or otherwise use the same ; or if any person shall print, photofofspgggg or graph, or in any other manner make or execute, or cause to belprinted, ohoooghoohiog photographed, or in any manner made oor executed, or shall aid in print. notes, &c.; ing, photographing, making, or executing any engraving, photograph, or other print or impression in the likeness or similitude of any obligation or other security, or any part or parts thereof, or shall vend or sell any such engraving, photograph, print, or other impression, except to the United for brirngiriigin- States, or shall bring into the United States from any foreign place any g;;; g,‘;h°oho_ such engraving, photograph, print, or other impression, except by the tcgi·ap1ied,&c., direction of some proper officer of the United States, or shall have or been adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury for obligations and other securities of the United States, any similar paper adapted to the making of any such obligation or other security, except under authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, or some other proper officer of the United States, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment and confinement at hard labor, not exceeding fifteen years, or by both, in the discretion of the court. for retaining Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall have or plates, &¤;.With· retain in his or her custody, possession, or control, without the written °“t°“th°"tY; authority or warrant of the Secretary of the Treasury, or of the comptroller of the currency, approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, any engraved or transferred plate, block, or electrotype, or any die, roll, or other original work used in making or preparing any plate, block, or electrotype, or any plate, block, or electrotype prepared or made after the similitude of any plate, block, or electrotype, from which any obligation or other security authorized to be issued b any act of for using plates, congress, or any part thereof, has been, or may hereaftdr be, printed, g;lF?ih;’§§;;‘;f°"` or shall use, or cause, or knowingly suffer, the same to be used, in forging or counterfeiting any such obligation or other security, or shall print, or cause to be printed, any bronzed or gilt letters or devices, or shall print, or cause to be printed, any letters, figures, or devices with green ink, or any green color or pigment, upon any note, bond, or other representative of value, intended or adapted to be used as a currency or a circulating medium, every such person, being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be imprisoned and kept at hard labor for a term not more than ten years, and fined in a lfending prose- sum not more than ten thousand dollars: Provided, That nothing in this °“*‘°““ ““d°" f°" act shall affect any prosecution pending, or any civil or criminal liabilities mer act not at-. feet8d_ incurred under any former act: Provided, further, That the foregoing Proviso. provisions of this section shall not be held or construed to deprive any person of the right to retain in his custody and possession and use for any lawful purpose, any engraved or transferred plate, block, or electrotype, or any die, roll, or other original work as aforesaid, which had been used by him in printing or engraving bank-notes or other obligations, betbre being used in printing any obligation or other security authorized to be issued by any act of congress ; nor shall any of said foregoing provisions be held or construed to prohibit or restrain the lawful use by any person of any ink, color, or pigment, the exclusive right to which has been secured to any such person by letters—patent which are still in force. Wordsuolm Sec. 13, And be it fitrtlzcr enacted, That the words " obligation oor oohoh or ohhor other security of the United States," used in this act, shall be held to insecurity, &e.,*· to clude and mean all bonds, coupons, national currency, United States officers of the United States, certificates of indebtedness, certificates of deposit, stamps, and other representatives of value of whatever denominahipn, which hgve been or may be issued under any act of congress. rrnovsn, une 30, 1864.
 * 5 retain in his custody or possession, after a distinctive paper shall have
 * ¤°l¤d° what notes, treasury notes, fractional notes, checks for money of authorized