clerk, constable, jailer, attorney, member of the general assembly, or other officer, ministerial or judicial (but such fees as are allowed by law), with intent to induce or influence such officer to appoint any person to office, or to execute any of the powers in him vested, or to perform any duty of him required, with partiality or favor, or otherwise than is required by law, or in consideration that such officer hath appointed any person to any office, or exercise any power in him vested, or performed any duty of him required, with partiality or favor, or otherwise contrary to law, the person so giving, and the officer so receiving, any money, bribe, present, reward, promise, contract, obligation, or security, with intent or for the purpose or consideration aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of bribery, and, on conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary, for a term not less than one year, nor more than five years.
Persons bribing and proposing to receive bribe to be fined.Sect. 86. Every person who shall offer or attempt to bribe any member of the general assembly, judge, justice of the peace, sheriff, coroner, clerk, constable, jailer, attorney-general, district-attorney, or other ministerial or judicial officer, in any of the cases mentioned in either of the two preceding sections; and every member of the general assembly, judge, justice of the peace, sheriff, coroner, clerk, constable, jailer, attorney-general, district-attorney, or other ministerial or judicial officer, who shall propose or agree to receive a bribe in any of the cases mentioned in either of the two preceding sections, shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Officers and persons injuring, destroying, or concealing important papers, &c. Penalty for.Sect. 87. If any judge, justice of the peace, sheriff, coroner, clerk, recorder, or other public officer, or any person whatsoever, shall steal, embezzle, alter, corrupt, withdraw, falsify, or avoid any record, process, charter, gift, grant, conveyance, bond, or contract, or shall knowingly or wilfully take off, discharge, or conceal any issue, forfeited recognizance, or other forfeiture, or shall forge, deface or falsify, any document or instrument recorded, or any registry, acknowledgment, or certificate, or shall alter, deface, or falsify any minute, document, book, or any proceeding whatever, of or belonging to any public office within this territory, the person so offending, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be pun-
