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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. (JH. 429. 1899. 1263 or guardian another child in the place of the one so confided, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years. Sec. 73. That if any person, being or assuming to be an ouicer, agent, 0¤i¤er, sw., of em. or member of any private corporation or company, shall, with intent to §‘§§,’§{Q°“ m“‘°"“‘ defraud or deceive anyone, willfully and knowingly destroy, alter, mutilate, or in any manner falsify, or concur in the destruction, alteration, mutilation, or falsification, of any of the books, papers, writings, or securities belonging to or in the possession of such corporation or company, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor more téh:31 one year, or by fine not less than fifty nor more than one thousand 0 ars. Sec. 74. That if any person, being or assuming to be an officer, °"i·2¤¤- °*¤·,)·2f W- agent, or member of any private corporation or company, shall, with mziéiionw IBM" intent to defraud or deceive anyone, willfully and knowingly make, circulate, or publish, or concur in the making, circulating, or publishing, any written or printed statement or account, concerning or relating to the liabilities, assets, or property of such corporation or company, which statement or account shall be false in any material particular, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished in the manner provided in section seventy-three. Sec. 75. That any person who shall break or robin any manner, or ,'l‘¤¤•r¤~¤¤¤ ¤¤i¤i¤s who shall attempt to break or rob, any Hume, rocker, quartz, quartz °“"°°` vein, or lode, bed rock, sluice, sluice box, or mining claim not his own, or who shall trespass upon such mining claim, with the intent to commit a felony, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than live years, or by fine not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine. CHAPTER Form. FORGERY AND COUNTEBFEITING. O SGC. v S60. 76. Forgery of record, certificate, convey- i 83. Making false receipt or altering ance, etc. { receipt of goods in warehouse. 77. Forgery of evidence of debt issued by I 84. Knowingly using or counterfeiting any Government, etc. i trade-marks, etc._ 78. Making or having in possession tool ! 85. Atlixing fictitious signature. designed for counterfeiting._ E 86. Testimony as to signature to bank 79. Connterfcitiug gold or silver co1n,eto. notes. 80. Making or having in possession tool. 87. Punishment of person convicted of for counterfeiting coin. i second crime. 81. What suflieieut allegation of inten- ’ 88. Adulteratlng or selling udulterated tion to defraud. gold dust. 82. Fraudulently joining parts of differ- g 89. Possession of adultcrated gold dust. ent instruments. Sec. 76. That if any person shall, with intent to injure or defraud wgasgg ··_j°;¤g_··:¤_ anyone, falsely make, alter, forge, counterfeit, print, or photograph any mam. y public record whatever, or any certificate, return, orattestation of any clerk, notary public, or other public officer in relation  any matter wherein such certificate, return, or attestatnou may be received as legalevidence, or any note, certificate, or other evidence of debt issued by any officer of said district, or any county, town, or other municipal or public corporation therein, authorized to issue the same, or any contract, charter, letters patent, deed, lease, bill of sale, Wlll, testament, bond, writing obligatory, undertaking, letter of attorney, policy of insurance, bill of lading, bill of exchange, promissory note, evidence of debt, or any acceptance of a bill of exchange, indorsement or assignment of a promissory note, or any warrant, order, or check, or money, or other property, or any receipt for money or other property, or any acquittance or discharge for money or other property, or any plat, draft. or survey of land; or shall, with such iutent, knowingly utter or