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knowing it to be falsely made or counterfeited, shall be sen-
tenced to the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than
ten years.

27. If any person shall counterfeit the stamp of the Comp-
troller, or unlawfully use or steal the same, or unlawfully, falsely
and corruptly, or with evil intent, affix it to any instrument of
writing, or shall have in his possession or custody such counter-
feit instrument, and shall wilfully conceal the same, knowing it
to be falsely made or counterfeited, he shall, upon conviction, be
sentenced to undergo a confinement in the penitentiary for a
period not less than two nor more than ten years.

28. Every person who shall be convicted of having forged
and counterfeited any gold or silver coin, which now is or here-
after shall be passing or in circulation within this State, or of
having falsely uttered, paid, or tendered in payment, any such
counterfeit and forged coin, knowing the same to be forged and
counterfeited, or of having aided, abetted, or commanded the
perpetration of either of the said crimes, shall be sentenced to
the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years.

29. Any person who shall, with a fraudulent intent, employ
an artist to engrave or etch any plate in imitation of the note
or notes of any established bank within this State, or of any
bank which may hereafter be established within this State, or
which is or may be established by law in any of the United
States, or any person engaged in engraving or etching such
plate, or any person in any manner engaged in striking impres-
sions from such plate, or any person who shall affix to such note
or notes fraudulent or forged signatures, or any person who
shall, with fraudulent intent, be engaged in manufacturing of,
or furnishing paper in imitation of any paper used for striking
impressions of notes upon any established bank within this
State, or any bank which may hereafter be established within
this State, or which is or may be established by law in any of
the United States, or any person who shall be in any manner
concerned in the uttering, forging, or counterfeiting any note
of any bank now existing within this State, or of any bank
which may hereafter be established within this State, or any
person who may pass within this State, forged or counterfeit
note or notes, knowing them to be such, purporting to be the
genuine notes of a bank regularly constituted within this State
by the United States, or within any of them, or any person who