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 i  j FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. GH. 24, 25, 27. 1877. 223 Qin; {K CHAP. 24.-—An act to amend Section fifty-four hundred and 6ft2y-seven of the Re- Jan. 16, 1877. I V V J  · vised Statutes of the United States relating to counter eiting ~——--··——·—- ’  i Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ¤ » States of America in Congress assembled, Thai: Section fifty-tour hundred R. S., 5457, p. ~ _ and tifiay-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and 1°63»“m°“"°d- = the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: _ 7 ‘ ‘ "Every person who falsely makes, forges, or eounterfeits, or causes Countorfoitiug, s or procures to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly °*°·»°°*¤» °*°· ‘ or bars in resemblance or similibude of the gold or silver coins or bars u which have been, or hereafter may be, coined or stamped at the mints ‘ and assay-offices of the United States, or in resemblance or similitude of any foreign gold or silver coin which by law is, or hereafter may be, current in the United States, or are in actual use and circulation as money within the United States, or who passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States from any foreign place, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeit, with intent to defraud any·body politic or corporate, or . any other person or persons whatsoever, or has in his possession any such false, forged or eountserfeited coin or bars, knowing the same » to be false, forged or counterfeited, with intent to defraud any body politic or corporate, or any other person or persons whatsoever, shall Penalty. V be punished by a Hne of not more than five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than ten years. ` L Approved, January 16, 1877. — CHAP. 25.--An act to amend an act entitled "An acl: authorizing the ropavement. of Jg,n_ 16 137; Pennsylvania avenue," and the uct; amendatory thereof. --—·--l—.-. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, Thats so much of said acts, and Am, ppm, 201, the act amendatory thereof, approved August fifteenth, eighteen hun- ¤»¤¤¤¤¤¤¤y1v¤¤i¤» welpletion of said work to the first day of June, eighteen hundred and ““° °“°“‘]€d· _ sevenpyisevenézi [Provided, That the sureties in the contract for doing proviso_ said work shall iilewith the said Paving Commissioners their consent in writing to the extension of time provided for in this act and in default thereof that the contractors shall file a new bond to the satisfaction of the said Paving Commissioners, before said‘contraeto1:s shall be entitled to any benefits under the provisions of this act. _ . Approved, January 16, 1877. `CHA.P.‘2‘7.··—An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pen- J 9,;;, 19, 1877, sions of the United States ter the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred -—————·-———-——--——- and seventy-eight. , - A¤1T¢.p- 8. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That: the following sums be, and Appropriations. the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirbiebh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight: For pensioner for Army invalids, for widows, minors, and dependent · Army pensions_ relatives, and for survivors and widows of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, twenty-seven million three hundred and twentyfive thou- » sand dollars, including such contingent expenses as may be recommended by the Commissioner of Pensions, and approved by the Secretary of the 4 Interior 5 which shall be stated in the annual report: of Commissioner of
 * aids or assists in ialsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any coin