five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 152, 35 Stat. 1117.

See Rev. St. § 5432, Comp. St. 1901, p. 3672, Supp. 1911, p. 1633.

Having unlawful possession of impressions; punishment for. Sec. 153. Whoever, with intent to defraud, shall have in his possession, keeping, custody, or control, without authority from the United States, any imprint, stamp, or impression taken or made upon any substance or material whatsoever of any tool, implement, instrument, or thing, used, or fitted or intended to be used, for any of the purposes mentioned in the preceding section; or whoever, with intent to defraud, shall sell, give, or deliver any such imprint, stamp, or impression to any other person, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 153, 35 Stat. 1117.

See Rev. St. § 5433, Comp. St. 1901, p. 3672, Supp. 1911, p. 1633.

Dealing in counterfeit securities; punishment for.-Sec. 154. Whoever shall buy, sell, exchange, transfer, receive, or deliver any false, forged, counterfeited or altered obligation or other security of the United States or circulating note of any banking association organized or acting under the laws thereof, which has been or may hereafter be issued by virtue of any Act of Congress, with the intent that the same be passed, published, or used as true and genuine, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 154, 35 Stat. 1117.

See Rev. St. § 5434, Comp. St. 1901, p. 3673, Supp. 1911, p. 1633.

Circulating bills of expired banks; punishment for; circulation permitted.-Sec. 174. In all cases where the charter of any corporation which has been or may be created by Act of Congress has expired or may hereafter expire, if any director, officer, or agent of the corporation, or any trustee thereof, or any agent of such trustee, or any person having in his possession or under his control the property of the corporation for the purpose of paying or redeeming its notes and obligations, shall knowingly issue, reissue, or utter as money, or in any other way knowingly put in circulation any bill, note, check, draft or other security purporting to have been made by any such corporation

whose charter has expired, or by any officer thereof, or purporting to have been made under authority derived therefrom, or if any person shall knowingly aid in any such act, he shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. But nothing herein shall be construed to make it unlawful for any person, not being such director, officer, or agent of the corporation, or any trustee thereof, or any agent of such trustee, or any person having in his possession or under his control the property of the corporation for the purpose hereinbefore set forth, who has received or may hereafter receive such bill, note, check, draft, or other security, bona fide and in the ordinary transactions of business, to utter as money or otherwise circulate the same.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 174, 35 Stat. 1122.

See Rev. St. § 5437, Comp. St. 1901, p. 3673, Supp. 1911, p. 1640.

Imitating national-bank notes with advertisements thereon; punishment for.-Sec. 175. It shall not be lawful to design, engrave, print, or in any manner make or execute, or to utter, issue, distribute, circulate or use any business or professional card, notice, placard, circular, handbill, or advertisement in the likeness or similitude of any circulating note or other obligation or security of any banking association organized or acting under the laws of the United States which has been or may be issued under any Act of Congress or to write, print, or otherwise impress upon any such note, obligation, or security, any business or professional card, notice or advertisement, or any notice or advertisement of any matter or thing whatever. Whoever shall violate any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 175, 35 Stat. 1122.

See Rev. St. § 5188, Comp. St. 1901, p. 3484, ante, p. 529.

Mutilating, etc., national-bank notes; punishment for.Sec. 176. Whoever shall mutilate, cut, deface, disfigure, or perforate with holes, or unite or cement together, or do any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt, issued by any national banking association, or shall cause or procure the same to be done, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued by said association, shall

be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 176, 35 Stat. 1122.

See Rev. St. § 5189, Comp. St. 1901, p. 3484, ante, p. 529.

Imitating securities or printing advertisements thereon; punishment for. Sec. 177. It shall not be lawful to design, engrave, print, or in any manner make or execute, or to utter, issue, distribute, circulate, or use, any business or professional card, notice, placard, circular, handbill, or advertisement, in the likeness or similitude of any bond, certificate of indebtedness, certificate of deposit, coupon, United States note, Treasury note, gold certificate, silver certificate, fractional note, or other obligation or security of the United States which has been or may be issued under or authorized by any Act of Congress heretofore passed or which may hereafter be passed; or to write, print, or otherwise impress upon any such instrument, obligation, or security, any business or professional card, notice, or advertisement, or any notice or advertisement of any matter or thing whatever. Whoever shall violate any provision of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 177, 35 Stat. 1122.

See Rev. St. § 3708, Comp. St. 1901, p. 2482, Supp. 1911, p. 1641.

Issuing notes less than one dollar; punishment for. Sec. 178. No person shall make, issue, circulate, or pay out any note, check, memorandum, token, or other obligation for a less sum than one dollar, intended to circulate as money or to be received or used in lieu of lawful money of the United States; and every person so offending shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 178, 35 Stat. 1122.

See Rev. St. § 3583, Comp. St. 1901, p. 2398, Supp. 1911, p. 1641.

Using mails to promote frauds; counterfeit bank notes, etc.; punishment for.-Sec. 215. Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute, supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use any counterfeit or spurious coin, bank note, paper money, or

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any obligation or security of the United States, or of any State, Territory, municipality, company, corporation, or person, or anything represented to be or intimated or held out to be such counterfeit or spurious article, or any scheme or artifice to obtain money by or through correspondence, by what is commonly called the "saw-dust swindle," or "counterfeit-money fraud," or by dealing or pretending to deal in what is commonly called “green articles," "green coin," "green goods," "bills," "paper goods," "spurious Treasury notes," "United States goods," "green cigars," or any other names or terms intended to be understood as relating to such counterfeit or spurious articles, shall, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do, place, or cause to be placed, any letter, postal card, package, writing, circular, pamphlet, or advertisement, whether addressed to any person residing within or outside the United States in any postoffice, or station thereof, or street or other letter box of the United States, or authorized depository for mail matter, to be sent or delivered by the post-office establishment of the United States, or shall take or receive any such therefrom, whether mailed within or without the United States, or shall knowingly cause to be delivered by mail according to the direction thereon, or at the place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any such letter, postal card, package, writing, circular, pamphlet, or advertisement, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 215, 35 Stat. 1130.

See Rev. St. § 5480, as amended by Act March 2, 1889, c. 393, § 1, Comp. St. 1901, p. 3696, Supp. 1911, p. 1653.

Using fraudulent fictitious address.-Sec. 216. Whoever, for the purpose of conducting, promoting, or carrying on, in any manner, by means of the post-office establishment of the United States, any scheme or device mentioned in the section last preceding or any other unlawful business whatsoever, shall use or assume, or request to be addressed by, any fictitious, false, or assumed title, name, or address, or name other than his own proper name, or shall take or receive from any post-office of the United States, or station thereof, or any other authorized depository of mail matter, any letter, postal card, package, or

other mail matter addressed to any such fictitious, false, or assumed title, name, or address, or name other than his own proper name, shall be punished as provided in the section last preceding.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 216, 35 Stat. 1131.

See Act March 2, 1889, c. 393, § 2, Comp. St. 1901, p. 3698, Supp 1911, p. 1654.