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with intention to defraud any person or persons, he shall be
deemed a felon, and on being convicted thereof shall be sen-
tenced to the penitentiary for a period not less than two nor
more than ten years.

1888, art. 27, sec. 34. 1860, art. 30, sec. 26. 1717, ch. 8. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 2.

37. Every person who shall be convicted of the crime of
counterfeiting 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 unlawfully, 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 willfully conceal the same,
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.

Ibid. sec. 35. 1860, art. 30, sec. 27. 1858, ch. 269, sec. 4.

38. 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 instru-
ment of writing, or shall have in his possession or custody
such counterfeit instrument, and shall willfully 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.

Ibid. sec. 36. 1860, art. 30, sec. 28. 1707, ch. 4. 1729, ch. 2.
1809, ch. 138, sec. 2.

39. 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.

Ibid. sec. 37. 1860, art. 30, sec. 29. 1790, ch. 5. 1793, ch. 35.
1809. ch. 138, sec. 6. 1862, ch. 82.

40. Any person who shall with-a fraudulent intent employ
an artist to engrave or etch any plate in imitation of the note