ART. 72,] CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, ETC.

assignment of any bond, writing obligatory, bill of exchange, prom-
issory note, acquittance, or receipt for money or property, shall be

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deemed a felon, and on being thereof convicted shall be sentenced
to the penitentiary for not less than five nor more than ten years.

Punishment.

65. If any person shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause
to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist
in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting, any commission,
patent, or pardon, or any warrant, certificate, or other public secu-
rity, whereby money may be drawn from the treasury of this State,
or shall be concerned in printing, writing, signing, or parsing any
such forged or counterfeited warrant, certificate, or public security,
knowing it to be such, with intention to defraud any person or per-
sons, he shall be deemed a felon, and, on being convicted thereof,

Id B 25
1808,c 118 s 8;
1821, cs 150-204 ,
1884, c 279, s 2
Counterfeiting
or forging of
commission,
pntent, pardon,
warrant, or cer-
tificate, or aid-
ing or assisting
in same
Printing, pass-
ing, or signing
such counter-
feit.

shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for a period not less than two
nor more than ten years.

Punishment

66. Every person who shall be convicted of the crime of counter-
feiting the great seal of the State for the time being, or the seal of
any court, or any other public seal of this State, and of making use
of the same, or of stealing any of the said true seals, or of unlaw-
fully, falsely, and corruptly, or with evil intent, affixing any of them
to any deed, warrant, or writing, or who shall be convicted of having
in his possession or custody such counterfeit instrument, and shall
wilfully conceal the same, knowing it to be falsely made or counter-

Id s 26
1717, c 8,
1809, p 138. s 2
Counterfeiting
great seal or
public seal, or
having posses-
sion of counter-
feit, or affixing
the same

feited, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two
nor more than ten years.

Punishment.

67. If any person shall counterfeit the stamp of the comptroller,
or unlawfully use or steal the same, or unlawfully, falsely and cor-
ruptly, or with evil intent, affix it to any instrument of writing, or
shall have in his possession or custody such counterfeit instrument,
and shall wilfully conceal the same, knowing it to be falsely made
or counterfeited, he shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to undergo

Id s 27
1858, c 261, s 4
Counterfeiting
stamp of comp-
troller, etc.

a confinement in the penitentiary for a period not less than two nor
more than ten years.

Punishment

68. Every person who shall be convicted of having forged and
counterfeited any gold or silver coin, which now is or hereafter 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

Id s 28
1707, c 4,
1729, c 2 ,
1809, c 138, s 2
Counterfeiting
corn
Uttering forged
coin, aiding to
forge or alter.

the said crimes, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less
than two nor more than ten years.

Punishment

69. 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
be hereafter established within this State, or which is or may be
established by law in any of the United States, or any note or notes
issued as currency by the United States, or any person with fraudu-
lent intent engaged in engraving, or etching such plate, or any

1862, c 82
Counterfeiting
bank notes
or plates.