Passing, selling, concealing,

gations.

R. S., s. 5431.

other thing, or suffer the same to be used in forging or counterfeiting any such obligation or other security, or any part thereof; or whoever has in his possession or custody, except under authority from the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer, any obligation or other security made or executed after the similitude of any obligation or other security issued under the authority of the United States, with intent to sell or otherwise use the same; and whoever prints, photographs, or in any other manner makes or executes, or causes to be printed, photographed, made, or executed, or aids in printing, photographing, making, or executing any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of any such obligation or other security, or any part thereof; or whoever sells any such engraving, photograph, print, or impression, except to the United States, or who brings into the United States from any foreign place any such engraving, photograph, print, or impression, except by direction of some proper officer of the United States; or whoever has or retains in his control or possession, after a distinctive paper has been adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury for the obligations and other securities of the United States, any similar paper adapted to the making of any such obligation or other security, except under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury or some other proper officer of the United States, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor not more than fifteen years, or both.

SEC. 121. Whoever, with intent to defraud, passes, etc., forged obli- utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or brings into the United States with intent U.S. v. Marcus, to pass, publish, utter, or sell, or keeps in possession or v. Carll, 105 U. S., conceals with like intent any falsely made, forged, counterS., 156 U. S., 185; feited, or altered obligation or other security of the United

53 U.S., 784; U.S.

611; Dunbar v. U.

U. S. v. Nelson, 1

Fed. Cas., 80; U.

Abb. U. S., 135, 27 States, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five S..Trout, 4 Biss., thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not

105, 28 Fed. Cas.,

223; U. S. v. Wil

liams, 4 Biss., 302,

more than fifteen years.

28 Fed. Cas., 635; U.S. v. Jolly, 37 Fed. Rep., 108; U. S. v. Owens, 37 Fed. Rep., 112; U. S.

v. Clarke, 38 Fed. Rep., 500; U. S. v. Holmes, 40 Fed. Rep., 750; U. S. v. Albert, 45 Fed. Rep., 552; U. S. v. Howell, 64 Fed. Rep., 110; U. S. v. Tarants, 74 Fed. Rep., 219.

Taking impres

sions of tools, im

R. S., s. 5432.

SEC. 122. Whoever, without authority from the United plements, etc. States, takes, procures, or makes, upon lead, foil, wax, U.S.v. Bennett, plaster, paper, or any other substance or material, an im17 Blatch., 357, 24 pression, stamp, or imprint of, from, or by the use of any bedplate, bedpiece, die, roll, plate, seal, type, or other

Fed. Cas., 1107.

tool, implement, instrument, or thing used or fitted or intended to be used in printing, stamping, or impressing, or in making other tools, implements, instruments, or things to be used or fitted or intended to be used in printing, stamping, or impressing any kind or description of obligation or other security of the United States now authorized or hereafter to be authorized by the United States, or circulating note or evidence of debt of any banking association under the laws thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or both. SEC. 123. Whoever, with intent to defraud, has in his Having in pospossession, keeping, custody, or control, without authority fully such imfrom 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, sells, gives, or delivers any such imprint, stamp, or impression to any other person, shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars.

SEC. 124. Whoever buys, sells, exchanges, transfers, receives, or delivers 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 may be passed, published, or used as true and genuine, shall be imprisoned at hard labor not more than ten years or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

session unlaw

pressions.

R. S., s. 5433.

Buying, sellforged bonds,

ing, or dealing in

notes, etc.

R.S., s. 5434.

moving tools or

printing bonds,

SEC. 125. Whoever, without authority from the United Secreting or reStates, secretes within, embezzles, or takes and carries material used for away from any building, room, office, apartment, vault, notes, stamps, safe, or other place where the same is kept, used, employed, R. S., s. 5453. placed, lodged, or deposited by authority of the United States, any bedpiece, bedplate, roll, plate, die, seal, type, or other tool, implement, or thing used or fitted to be used in stamping or printing, or in making some other tool or implement used or fitted to be used in stamping or printing, any kind or description of bond, bill, note, certificate, coupon, postage stamp, revenue stamp, fractional currency note, or other paper, instrument, obligation, device, or document, now or hereafter authorized by law to be

Counterfeiting notes, bonds,

governments.

printed, stamped, sealed, prepared, issued, uttered, or put in circulation on behalf of the United States; or whoever, without such authority, so secretes, embezzles, or takes and carries away any paper, parchment, or other material prepared and intended to be used in the making of any such papers, instruments, obligations, devices, or documents; or whoever, without such authority, so secretes, embezzles, or takes and carries away any paper, parchment, or other material printed or stamped, in whole or part, and intended to be prepared, issued, or put in circulation on behalf of the United States as one of the papers, instruments, or obligations herein before named, or printed or stamped, in whole or part, in the similitude of any such paper, instrument, or obligation, whether intended to issue or put the same in circulation or not, shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

SEC. 126. Whoever, within the United States or any etc., of foreign Territory thereof, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, 16 May, 1884, 23 alters, forges, or counterfeits any bond, certificate, obliStat. L., 22, c. 52, gation or other security in imitation of, or purporting to U.S. v. Arjona, be an imitation of, any bond, certificate, obligation or S. v. White, 25 other security of any foreign government, issued or put 27 Fed. Rep., 200. forth under the authority of such foreign government, or

s. 1, 1 Supp., 429.

120 U. S., 479; U.

Fed. Rep., 716,

Passing such forged notes,

any treasury note, bill, or promise to pay issued by such foreign government, and intended to circulate as money, either by law, order, or decree of such foreign government, and whoever causes or procures to be so falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or whoever knowingly aids or assists in making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, any such bond, certificate, obligation, or other security, or any such treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, intended as aforesaid to circulate as money, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than five years.

SEC. 127. Whoever, knowingly and with intent to debonds, etc. fraud, utters, passes, or puts off, in payment or negotia16 May, 1884, 23 tion, within the United States or any Territory thereof, s. 2, 1 Supp., 429. any such false, forged, or counterfeited bond, certificate,

Stat. L., 22, c. 52,

obligation, security, Treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, as mentioned in the section last preceding, whether the same was made, altered, forged, or counterfeited within the United States or not, shall be punished by a fine of

not more than three thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than three years.

Counterfeiting notes on foreign

16 May, 1884,

429.

U. S. v. Arjona,

SEC. 128. Whoever shall, with intent to defraud, falsely, within the United States or any Territory thereof, banks. make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to 23 Stat. L., 22, c. be so falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited, or shall 52, s. 3, 1 Supp., knowingly aid and assist in the false making, altering, 120 U. S., 479. forging, or counterfeiting of any bank note or bill issued by a bank or other corporation of any foreign country, and intended by the law or usage of such foreign country to circulate as money, such bank or corporation being authorized by the laws of such country, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than two years. SEC. 129. Whoever, within the United States or any counterfeit bank Territory thereof, shall utter, pass, put off, or tender in notes. payment, with intent to defraud, any such false, forged, stat. L., 22, c. 52, altered, or counterfeited bank note or bill, as mentioned in s. 4, 1 Supp., 429. the preceding section, knowing the same to be so false, forged, altered, or counterfeited, whether the same was made, forged, altered, or counterfeited within the United States or not, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than one year.

S.

Passing such

16 May, 1884, 23

session such

bonds, etc.

16 May, 1884, 23 5,1 Supp., 429.

Stat. L., 22, c. 52,

SEC. 130. Whoever, within the United States or any Having in posTerritory thereof, shall have in his possession any such forged notes, false, forged, or counterfeit bond, certificate, obligation, security, Treasury note, bill, promise to pay, bank note, or bill issued by a bank or other corporation of any foreign country, with intent to utter, pass, or put off the same, or to deliver the same to any other person with intent that the same may thereafter be uttered, passed, or put off as true, or whoever shall knowingly deliver the same to any other person with such intent, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than one year. SEC. 131. Whoever, within the United States or any fully in possesTerritory thereof, having control, custody, or possession plates for such of any plate, or any part thereof, from which has been notes, bonds, etc. printed or may be printed any counterfeit note, bond, obligation, or other security, in whole or in part, of any foreign government, bank, or corporation, except by lawful authority, or who uses such plate, or knowingly permits or suffers the same to be used in counterfeiting such foreign obligations, or any part thereof; and whoever

Having unlawusing

sion or

16 May, 1884, 23

Stat. L., 22, c. 52.

s. 6, 1 Supp., 429. U.S. v. Arjona, 120 U.S.,479.

parts of different

engraves, or procures or causes to be engraved, or assists in engraving any other plate in the likeness or similitude. of any plate designed for the printing of the genuine issues of the obligations of any foreign government, bank, or corporation; and whoever prints, photographs, or in any other manner makes, executes, or sells, or causes to be printed, photographed, made, executed, or sold, or aids in printing, photographing, making, executing, or selling any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of any genuine note, bond, obligation, or other security, or any part thereof of any foreign government, bank, or corporation, or who brings into the United States or any Territory thereof any counterfeit plate, engraving, photograph, print, or other impressions of the notes, bonds, obligations, or other securities of any foreign government, bank, or corporation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor not more than five years, or both.

Connecting SEC. 132. Whoever shall so place or connect together instruments. different parts of several notes, bills, or other genuine. Laws Ark., s. instruments issued under the authority of the United

1740.

Counterfeit money to be stamped.

States or by any foreign government or corporation as to produce one instrument with intent to defraud, shall be deemed guilty of forgery in the same manner as if the parts so put together were falsely made or forged, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than fifteen years.

SEC. 133. All United States officers charged with the receipt and disbursement of public moneys, and all officers 19 Stat. L., 63, c. of national banks shall stamp or write in plain letters the 156, s. 5, 1 Supp, word "counterfeit," "altered," or "worthless"

30 June, 1876,

108.

upon all fraudulent notes issued in the form of or intended to circulate as money which shall be presented at their places of business; and if such officers shall wrongfully stamp any genuine note of the United States, or of the national banks, they shall upon presentation redeem such notes at the face value thereof. Any such United States officer or nationalbank officer who shall knowingly fail to comply with the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars, recoverable one-half to the informer. SEC. 134. Whoever falsely makes, forges, or countercoins or bars. feits, or causes or procures to be falsely made, forged, or 16 Jan., 1877, 19 counterfeited, or willingly aids or assists in falsely mak24, 1 Supp., 182. ing, forging, or counterfeiting any coin or bars in resem

Counterfeiting

gold or silver

R. S., s. 5457.

Stat. L., 223, c.