The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-05-30
Law keainst Small Notes.

The folio wing sections in relation 10
notes under the denomination OF hVe dol
lars, are contained in the act regulating
banks. passed 18th April 1850, are 10 go
into operation on 2lst of August next
The penalties are severe, but such as the
evil demanded. We shall after that peri
cd, have greater proportion of the solid,
never changing and constitutional dollars
in circulation:
SECTION 4s. That from and after the
twenty-frst day August, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty, it shall not be law
tul for any person or persons, corporation
or body corporate, directly or indirectly,
to issue, pay out, pass, exchange, put IN
circulation, transfer, or cause to be issued
paid out. passed, exchanged, circulated, or
transferred, any bank note, bill, certihcale,
or any acknowledgment OF Indebtedness
whatsoever, purportlng to be bank note,
or of the nature, character, or appearan ce
of a hank note, or calculated for circulation
as bank note, issued, or purporting TO be
issued by any bank or incorporate compa-
nv, or association of persons, not located
in Pennsylvania, of less denomination
than five dollars; every violation of the
provisions Of this section by any corpora
ton or body corporate, shall subject such
corporation or body corporate to the pay
ment of fl We hundred dollars; and any yio-
lation of the provisions of this section by
any public officer holding any office or
appointment of honor or profit under the
constitution and laws of this state, shall
subject such officer to the payment of one
hundred dollars; and any violation of this
section by any other person not being a
public officer, shall subject such person to
the payment of twenty-five dollars, one
half of which, in each case above men
toned shall go to the informer, and the
other half to the county in which the suit
is brought, d may 6e sued for Il recovered
as debts of like amount are now by law
recovered In any action of debt, in the
name of the commonwealth OF Pennsylva
MIA, as we'll for the use of the proper coun-
ty, as for the person suing.
SECTION 40. That in addition to the
civil penalties imposed for violation of the
provisions of the last preceding section,
shall be taken and deemed to have COM
mitted a misdemeanor, and shall upon
conviction thereof in any criminal court IN
this commonwealth, be fined in any sum
not less than one dollar, and no more than
one hundred dollars; and the several courts
of quarter sessions shall, in their charges
to the grand jury, call their attention TO this
subject and ii shall be the duties of the
several grand juries to make presentment
of any person within their respective
counties who may be guilty of violation of
the provisions ofthe last preceding section
and it shall be the duty of the several coh-
stables and other officers within this COM
monwealth, to make information against
any person guilty Of such violation, and
they shall be sworn so to do: Provided
That il shall not be necessary, in any civil
suit or criminal prosecution under this Sec
ton and the last preceding section to pro-
duce, in evidence, the charter of any bank
or articles of association of any company,
not located in this state