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‘ THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 33. 1862. 347 _ S Third. The residue thereof to be paid into the Treasury of the United · tates. ,~ Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall ,P°”£“5’f°' f°‘”8‘

 falsely make, forge, counterfeit, or alter, or cause or procure to be falsely ;l(,€gs,`;§Q_fe”“ry

?ii,»?> made, forged, counteiteited, or altered, or shall willingly aid or assist in `_`. g falsely making, Forging, counterfeiting, or altering, any note, bond, coupon,

 or other security issued under the authority of this act, or heretofore
 issued under acts to authorize the issue of Treasury notes or bonds; or

shall pass, utter, publish. or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish, or sell, ¤“¤f ¤§f¢Pi¤g of or bring into the United States from any foreign place with intent to pass, ;`;:€’§£f";§£ ur r utter, publish, or sell, or shull have or keep in possession or conceal, with n4Ees,&£c., intent to utter, publish, or sell, any such false, forged, counterteited, or altered note, bond, coupon, or other security, with intent to defraud any body corporate or politic, or any other person or persons whatsoever, every person so otfending shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on _ conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dol- · lnrs, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor not exceeding ` fifteen years, according to the aggravation of the offence.

Sec. 7. And be itfurx/zcr enacted, That if any person, having the cus- for using, &c.,

· tody of any plate or plates from which any notes, bonds, coupons, or other Z;Qf:fA,”‘*h°“° securities mentioned in this act, or any part thereof; shall have been y’ printed, or which shall have been prepared for the purpose of printing any such notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities, or any part thereof, shall use such plate or plates, or knowingly permit the same to be used for the purpose of printing any notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities, or any part thereof, except such as shall be printed for the use of the United States by order of the proper officer thereof; or if any person shall engrave, or cause or procure to be engraved, or shall aid in engrav- for engraying, ing, any plate or plates in the likeness or similitude of any plate or plates gmlglsézs Ec designed for the printing of any such notes, bonds. coupons, or other with 5,,;,;,1}, &Q,{, securities, or any part thereof, or shall vend or sell any such plate or for sellini such plates, or shall bring into the United States from any foreign place any ?l°*$;g“‘:’int;*‘;1¥§; such plate or plates, with any other intent or for any purpose, in either Uggmd Sims, case, than that such plate or plates shall be used for printing of such withint¤¤t,&c-, notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities, or some part or parts thereof, for the use of the United States, or shall have in his custody or possession for having any metallic plate engraved after the similitude of any plate from which P]¤*°¤ iP}t>9¤¤¢¤· any such notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities, or any part or parts vm mt°°t’ thereoti shall have been printed, with intent to use such plate or plates, or ‘ cause or SUHBP the same to be used, in forging or counterfeiting any such notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities, or any part or parts thereof, issued as aforesaid, or shall have in his custody or possession any blank note or notes, bond or bonds, coupon or coupons, or other security or secu- *`°¢' héwlns i¤ . . . · · . POSSESSIOD blank rmes, engraved and printed after the similitude of any notes, bonds, cou- nM8s_ &c_, with pons, or other securities, issued as aforesaid, with intent to sell or other· intenttose1l,&c., wise use the same; or if any person shall print, photograph, or in any for printing Or other manner execute or cause to be printed, photographed, or in any §;;?f°gmpm°g* manner executed, or shall aid in printing, photographing, or executing any engraving, photograph, or other print, or impression, in the likeness or similitude of any such notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities, or any part or parts thereof, except for the use of the United States and by order of the proper officer thereof, or shall vend or sell any spch engraving, pho- br§:¤‘i;€il§:%0 43*18 togmph, print, or other impression, except to the United States, or shall U,,i§:d§mm, bring into the United States from any foreign place any such engraving, with intent, &¤., photograph, print, or other impression for the purpose of vending or selling the same, except by the direction of some proper officer of the United States, or shall have in his custody or possession any paper adapted to for having p¤~ the making of such notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities, and similar ;’:;hf°,‘;0¥;`;“§5'f to the paper upon which any such notes, bonds, coupons, or other securi- wm, gumti, &J