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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 550.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with an amendment, section

thirty-two, of article twenty-seven, of the Code of Public Gen-

eral Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments, sub-title "Counter-

feiting and Forgery."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assemby of Maryland,

Repeal.

That section thirty-two, of Article twenty-seven, of the Code of

Public General Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments, sub-title

"Counterfeiting and Forgery," be and the same is hereby repealed

and re-enacted with an amendment, so as to read as follows :

32. Any person who shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit,

or cause, or procure to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited,

or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, altering or

counterfeiting, any deed, will, testament or codicil, bond, writing

obligatory, bill of exchange, promissory note for the payment of

money or property, endorsement, or assignment of any bond, writ-

ing obligatory, bill of exchange, promissory note for the payment

of money or property, acquittance or receipt for money or prop-

erty or any acquittance or receipt either for money or property

Felony.

with intention to defraud any person whomsoever, or shall utter

or publish as true, any false, forged, altered or counterfeited deed,

will, testament or codicil, bond, writing obligatory, bill of ex-

change, promissory note for the payment of money or property,

or endorsement, or assignment of any bond, writing obligatory,

bill of exchange, promissory note for the payment of money or

property, acquittance or receipt for money or property, shall be

deemed a felon, and on being convicted thereof, shall be sentenced

to the penitentiary for not less than five nor more than ten years;

provided, that nothing contained in this section shall in any

manner affect any cases now pending, or any violations of the law

which have heretofore occurred, but that all such cases and vio-

lations shall be prosecuted to a conclusion as if the law hereby

repealed were still in force.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

Effective.

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.