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THIRTY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1. 1858. 259 be and he hereby is authorized and directed to cause to be paid the Payment and principal and interest of such treasury notes as may be issued under this P“"°h”°‘ act at the time and times when, according to its provisions, the same should be paid. And the said Secretary is further authorized to purchase said notes at par for the amount of principal and interest due at the time of the purchase on such notes. And so much of any unappropriated th A};_I>FoP1‘iM$°¤ money in the treasury as may be necessary for the purpose is hereby °r° °r° appropriated to the payment of the principal and interest of said notes. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That, in place of such treasury notes as may have been paid and redeemed, other treasury notes to the _ Bbw b¤fi=;¤¢d same amount may be issued: Provided, That the aggregate sum outstand— Qgdgglgidé t °S° ing, under the authority of this act, shall at no time exceed twenty '1‘om1outsm¤d- millions of dollars: And provided further, That the power to issue and g*?t%’6‘6%'&g"°“€d reissue treasury notes, conferred on the President of the United States' ` by this act, shall cease and determine on the first day of January, eigh— Notfv b<>iSS¤<*d _ · after.lan. 1 1859. teen hundred and fifty-nine. See POS, Pt 43, Sec. 11. And be it further mactei That to defray the expenses of Apprdpriation engraving, printing, preparing, and issuing the treasury notes herein ¥`°' _°"P°£$° °f authorized, the sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, lssumg’ °` to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury: Provided, That no compensation shall be made to any officer whose salary is iixed u0I;° t:°;;P°'”;3t by law, for preparing, signing, or issuing treasury notes. {tried Oqicg. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall falsely therefor. _ make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, &gl";hg‘;;='§;;‘g·m_ or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or mg gm;¤g_’&c. counterfeiting, any note in imitation of or purporting to be a treasury 9* t ° m€¤2>*· note, issued as aforesaid, or shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to QQ gait °' pass, utter, or publish, as true, any false, forged, or counterfeited note, mabeafelony. purporting to be a treasury note as aforesaid, knowing the same to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or shall falsely alter, or cause or procure to be falsely altered, or willingly aid or assist in falsely altering any treasury note issued as aforesaid, or shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish as true, any falsely altered treasury note, issued as aforesaid, knowing the same to be falsely altered, every such person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony; and being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be sentenced to be impris- Penalty. oned and kept at hard labor for a period not less than three years nor more than ten years, and to be dned in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall make or engrave, or cause or procure to be made or engraved, or shall have in The engraving, his custody and possession any metallic plate engraved after the similitude 3,‘EPgf°f;QQv“§é°d of any plate from which any notes issued as aforesaid shall have been Plate, 0,- di, os. printed, with intent to use such plate, or cause or sufler the same to be $65*0*1 of blink used in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes issued as aforesaid, ?(;P°§{ak(Q; or shall have in his custody or possession any blank note or notes engraved notes, widi inand printed after the similitude of any notes issued as aforesaid, with t‘3;”·€‘°·HP“"lSh‘i intent to use such blanks, or cause or suffer the same to be used in forging ?m:,,Sg,,,,:$,,tu| or counterfeiting any of the notes issued as aforesaid, or shall have in`his custody or possession any paper adapted to the making of such notes, and similar to the paper upon which any such notes shall have been issued, with intent to use such paper, or cause or suffer the same to be used, in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes issued as aforesaid, every such person, being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labor for a term not less than three nor more than ten years, and fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Monthly state- Sccretary of the Treasury to cause a statement to be published monthly m°“* °f “°"°“