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deemed guilty of felony and upon conviction thereof shall undergo a con-
finement in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than four years.
An. Code, 1924, sec. 63. 1912, sec. 60. 1904, sec. 54. 1888, sec. 45. 1821, chs. 150, 204.
1834, ch. 279, sec. 2.
64. If any person shall forge or counterfeit any certificate of the stock
of this State, or any letter of attorney for the transfer thereof, or shall
forge or counterfeit any such certificate with the intent of putting the same
in circulation, on conviction thereof he shall be sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for not less than two nor more than ten years.
An. Code, 1924, sec. 64. 1912, sec. 61. 1904, sec. 55. 1888, sec. 46. 1882, ch. 240.
65. If any person shall falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit, or
cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited, or
shall willingly aid or assist in falsely making, altering, forging or coun-
terfeiting, or shall utter or pass, knowing it to be falsely made, altered,
forged, or counterfeited, any metallic check, card Or other substance or
device used or intended to be used by any person engaged in hermeti-
cally sealing or canning fruits, vegetables or other articles of food in this
State, as an evidence of indebtedness from or by any person engaged in
preserving foods as aforesaid, to any person employed by him, her or
them, or used as an evidence or record of the state of accounts existing
between the said employer and any of his employees, he shall be deemed a
felon, and on conviction in any court in this State be sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.
An. Code, 1924, sec. 65. 1912, sec. 62. 1904, sec. 56. 1892, ch. 545.
66. If any person shall falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit, or
cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited, or
shall willingly aid or assist in falsely making, altering, forging or coun-
terfeiting, or shall utter or pass, knowing it to be falsely made, altered,
forged or counterfeited, any order, paper, letter writing, prescription,
recipe or other device purporting to have been made by a regular practising
physician, for any drugs, medicines, spirituous or fermented liquors, he
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction in any court
in this State shall be sentenced to the jail, the house of correction or
penitentiary, for not less than six months nor more than two years, in
the discretion of the court. If upon trial of any person charged with, or
indicted for such misdemeanor, it shall appear that he paid for, or offered
or promised to pay for, the drugs, medicine, spirituous liquor or fer-
mented liquor obtained by means of such falsely made, altered, forged or
counterfeited order, paper, letter writing, prescription, recipe or other
device purporting to have been made by a regular practising physician,
he shall not by reason thereof be acquitted of such misdemeanor.
An. Code, 1924, sec. 66. 1920, ch. 703, sec. 62A.
67. Any person who, without the authority of the person or corpora-
tion issuing, selling or giving away any ticket, coupon, token, coin, disc
or slug or any other thing as evidence of the right of any person or persons
to enter, leave, ride upon or pass through or over any building, ground
public conveyance, boat, bridge or other thing or place, to enter, leave,
ride upon or pass through or over which any fare or fee is charged, whether
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