ART. 29] CURRENCY. 813

token, scrip or device whatsoever, devised or intended for circulation as
currency issued without the limits of this State, of a less denomina-
tion than five dollars under a penalty of five dollars for each offense.
to be recovered by an action of debt in the name of the State before
any justice of the peace of the State, and it shall not be lawful for any
bank, savings institution, corporation or body politic of this State, or
for any person or association of persons, to make, issue or pay out any
note or device of the nature and character described in this section of
a less denomination than five dollars under the penalty prescribed in
this section for each offense, and to be recovered in the same manner.

1904, art. 29, sec. 10. 1888, art. 29, sec. 10. 1860, art. 32, sec. 10. 1852, ch. 235, sec. 2.

10. One-half of the penalty recovered in any ease under the pre-
ceding section shall go to the informer and the residue shall be paid to
the collector of county or city taxes for the use of the county or city
where the prosecution therefor may be instituted.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1888, art. 29, sec. 11. 1860, art. 32, sec. 11. 1852, ch. 235, sec. 3.

11. If any person against whom any judgment may be rendered
for the penalty provided in section 9 shall not immediately pay the
same and the costs of the prosecution or give security satisfactory to
the justice rendering the judgment for the payment, he shall be com-
mitted to jail, there to remain until the same shall be paid or until
the expiration of ten days from the date of the commitment, whichever
shall first occur.