Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-04-17

alselv aiterc d order or check on the SAID
bark or corporation, or any cashier there
OF, knowing the same to be falsely altered
with Intention TO defraud the said corpora
ton or any other body polite on person !;
or shall sell, utter, or deliver, or cause to
he solJ, uttered, or delivered, anv forged
or counterfeit note or bill in limitation. or
purpSrting to be bill or note issued by
order OF the president and directors OF the
SAID bank, knowing tine same 70 be false,
forged, az cCuntcrseited ; every such per-
son shall be deemed and adjudged guilty
OF felony, and being thereof convicted by
due course OF law, shnli be sentenced TO be
Imprisoned AID kept 70 hard labor for not
less than three years, nor more than ten
years, or shall be Imprisoned not exceed
ing ten years, and fined net exceeding
i've thous nd dollars: Provided, that no
thug herein contained shall be construed
TO deprive the courts ct the individual
states OF jur siicticn under the laws Of
the several states, over any offence dc.
clar, d punishable bv this act.
Sec. 10. ind be IL GIrfher enacted. That
ifany person shall make or eugrave, or
cause or procure TO be made or engraved,
or shall have N his custody or posse ssion
any metallic plate, engraved after the ST.
mithude of any plate from which any
notes OF bills issued by the said corporate
on shall have been printed, with intent TO
use such plate, or to cause or suffer the
same to be used in forging or Coulter
teiting any OF the notes or bills issued by
the said corporation or shall have in
his custody or possession any blank note or
notes, bill or bills, engraved and printed
after the simi!ituce OF any notes or bills is
sued by said corporation, with intent to
use such blanks, or cause er suffer the
same to be used IN forging or counterfeit
ing any Of the notes or bills issued by the
said corporation ; or shall have in his Gus
to'ycr possession any paper adapted TO
the making of b, nix notes or bills, and ST.
mil r. 10 the paper upon which anv notes
or bills of the said corporation shall n ave
been issued, with intent to use such pa
per, or Cause ~ suffer the sam 70 be IL
sed IN forging or INTERFERING any IF the
notes or bills issued bv the said corpo-.
ration, every such person, being thereof
convicted by due course of law, shall he
sentenced TO he imprisoned. and kept
to hard labor, for a term not exceeding
1--WE years, or shall be Imprisoned f,r
term net exceeding five years, and fined
III asum not exceeding one thousand dol
lars.
SEC. 90. .4,id be il I;srtder enacted. That
IN consideration of the exclusive privile-
ses and benefits conferred by this act,
upon the said bank, the president, direc-
tors and co pany thereof, shall pay tn
The United States, out Of the corporate
funds thereof, the sum of one million and
five hundred thousand dollars, in three e.
quail payments that is to say five hun
dred thousand dollars at the expiration Of
two years, FIVE hundred thousand dollars
at the expiration of three years, and Ave
hundred thousand dollars at the exprati-
on of four years, after the said bank shall
be organized, and commence its opera
tons in the manner herein before provi-
ded.
Sec. 81. ind 5r ii further enQsted, That
no other bank shall be established by anv
future law of the United States during the
continuance of thr corporation hereby ere
ated. for which the faith of the United
Statesi hereby pledged Provided, Con-
sress may reCew existing charters for
banks in the District OF Column bia, not in
creasiug the capital thereof, and may also
establish any other bank or banks in said
District with capitals not exceeding in the
whoe six millions Of dollars, if they shall
deem it eXpedient, And, notwithstanding
the expiration Of the term for which the
seid corporation is created, it shall be
lawful to use the corporate name, STYLE &
capacity, for the purpose Of suits for the
final settlement and liquidation ofthe af
fl IS and accounts Of the corporation, and
fer the sale and disposition IF their estate,
real, personal, and m xel: but II Il for any
other purpose, or in any other manner
whatsoever, nor for period exceeding
two years after the expiration of the said
term of incorporation.
Sec. 90. Hr'd be IL further enacted. That
If the subscriptions and payments Of sai}
bank shall not be made and completed so
rs to enable the same to commerce Is o.
peratlons, or if the said bank shall not
commence its operations on or b fore the
first Monday IN April next, then and in
that case, Congress may at any time with
in twelve months thereafter, declare by
law this act null and void.
Sec. IS. ind be il further enacted, That
It shall! at oil times be lawful for a com
mittec of either house of Congress, ap
pointed for that purpose, to inspect tic
books and to examine into the proceedings
Of the corporation hereby created, and to
report whether the provisions of this char
ter have been, by the same, violated or not,
aud whenever any committee as aforesaid
shall find and report, or thc President Of
the United States shall have reason TO be-
lieve that the charter has been violated
it may be lawful for Congress to direct, or
the President to order a scire Jacias to be
sued out Of the Circuit Court of the Dis
trict Of Pennsylvania, in the name Of the
United States, (Which shall be executed
upon the President of the corporation for
the time being, at least fifteen days before