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 FOBTY-EIG HTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 52. 1884. 23 O1 counterfeiting, any such bond, certificate, obligation, or other security, or any such trea ury note, bill, or promise to pay, intended as aforesaid to circulate as money, shall, upon conviction thereof in any Penalties. circuit or district court of the United States, be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than five years. Sec. 2. That every person who knowingly, and with intent to de- Passing forged fraud, utters, passes, or puts od, in payment or negotiation, within the l>°¤d¤» GW- United States or any Territory thereof, any such false, forged, or counterfeit bond, certiiicate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, as mentioned in the first section of this act, whether the same was made, altered, forged, or counterfeited within the United States or not, shall, upon conviction as aforesaid, be punished by a fine P¤¤==¤i¤y- of not more than three thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than three years. Sec. 3. That every person who shall, with intent to defraud, falsely, Bank rwtvswithin the United States or any Territory thereof, make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or shall cause or procure to be so made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or shall knowingly aid and assist in the false making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, of any bank note or bill issued by a bank or other corporation of any foreign country, and intended by the law or usage of such foreign country to circulate as money, such bank or corporation being authorized by the laws of such country shall, upon conviction in any circuit or district court of the United States, be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by im-. prisonment at hard labor not more than two years. Sec. 4. That every person who shall, within the United States or any ?¤¤¤i¤g<=¤¤¤t¤r- Territory thereof, utter, pass, put off, or tender in payment, with intent :2*: *"*“ “°*°°• to defraud, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bank note or ‘ bill, as mentioned in the preceding section, knowing the same to be so false, forged, altered, and countcrfeited, whether the same was made, altered, forged, and counterfeited within the United States or not, shall, upon conviction as aforesaid, be punished by a line of not more than Penalty. one thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than one year. Sec. 5. That every person who, within the United States or any Ter- Having forged ritory thereof, shall have in his possession any such false, forged, or b¤¤$l¤· °*¤=-» 1¤ P¤¤· counterfeit bond, certiiicate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, “““‘°“‘ promise to pay, bank note, or bill issued by a bank or other corporation of any foreign country, with intent to utter, pass, or put off the same, or to deliver the same to any other person with intent that the same may thereafter be uttered, passed, or put 0E as true, or who shall knowingly deliver the same to any other person with such intent, shall, upon conviction as aforesaid, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than one year. Sec. 6. That every person who, within the United States or any Ter- Having in pm. ritory thereof, having control, custody, or possession of any plate, or session, ¤¤\¤wi¤1- any part thereof, from which has been printed or may be printed any 1Y• P1‘*°'• °*°· .counterfeit note, bond, obligation, or other security, in whole or in part, of any foreign Government, bank, or corporation, except by lawful authority, or who uses such plate, or knowingly permits or sutiers the same to be used, in counterfeiting such foreign obligations, or any part thereof, and every person who engraves, or causes or procuxes to be engraved, or assists in engraving, any plate in the likeness or similitnde 1. t of any plate designed for the printing of the genuine issues of the 0bli· fr:;` :,:5* g,]:,:; gations of any foreign Government, bank, or corporation, and every person who prints, photographs, or in any other manner makes, executes, or sells, or causes to be printed, photographed, made, executed, or sold, or aids in printing, photographing, making, executing, or selling, any engraving, photo raph,print, or impression in the likeness of any genuine note, bond, obligation, or other security, or any part thereof, of