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AN ACT to amend the thirtieth article of the
Code of Public General Law, so far as the game
relates to forging Bank Notes and passing forged
Bank Notes, by repealing the twenty-ninth and
thirtieth sections of said article and enacting in
lieu thereof the sections herein following.
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Passed Feb.
26, 1862.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the twenty-ninth section of
the thirtieth article of the Code of Public General
Law, relating to forging of Bank Note Plates be
and the same is hereby repealed, and the following
section enacted in lieu thereof :
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Repealed.
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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
fraudulent intent engaged in engraving, or etch-
ing such plate, or any person with like intent in
any manner engaged in striking impressions from
such plates, or any person who shall affix to such
Note or Notes fraudulent or forged signatures, or
any person who shall with fraudulent intent be
engaged in manufacturing of, or furnishing paper
in imitation of any paper used for striking impres-
sions of Notes upon any established Bank within
this State, or any Bank which may be hereafter
establishes within this State, or which is or may
be established by law in any of the United States,
or any person who 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 counterfeiting any Note or Notes of any
Bank which has been, or may be regularly consti-
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Forgery, &c.
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tuted by this State, or by any of the United States,
shall be deemed a felon, and shall on being con-
victed thereof be sentenced to the Penitentiary for
not less than two nor more than ten years.
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Penalty.
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