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writing or authenticaiion shall be subject to
the same penalty.
l6. Any officer or magistrate, auihor-
lied by law to take any testimony, declara-
ton or statement on oath, who, knowingly
and corrupily, falsely takes or certi6es any
testimony, declaration or statement, as to
the whole or in some material part, shall be
subject to the penalty for forgery Of like
testimony, declaration, statement or certi-
hcate and the knowingly and fraudulenily
uttering the same shall be subject 10 the
same penalty.
"a. Any registrar Of conveyances, no,a-
ry public or other officer, authorized BY
law TO take the acknowledgment or proof
Of any deed Of conveyance Of real estate,
or any other instrument, in order to ent-
tie the same to be recorded, or 10 be pro-
duced in evidence, or in order TO give the
same validity, who falsely and corrup,ly
certi6es that any such deed was acknowl-
edged to him by any party thereto, or that
proof was given to him Of tie genuineness
thereof, shall be subject to the penalty for
forgery of a certificate Of like description
and the knowingly and fraudulently uttering
any such false certificate shall be subject to
the same penalty.
ls. Any registrar Of deeds, clerk Of any
court, or any other officer or person having
the legal custody Of any public record,
who corruptly and falsely, (in or as to any
material point makes or certi6es any re.
cord or purported copy thereof shall be
subject to the penalty for the forgery OF
like record, copy or certificate and the
knowingly and fraudulently uttering OF such
false record or certificate shall be subject to
the same penalty.
10. Whoever, after having been convic-
ted Of any Of the offenses provided against
in this chapter, is thereafter convicted Of
the same, or any other Of the said ofenses
committed after bis being SO convicted,
shall be subject to an additional like punish
ment, not exceeding by more than one half,
the maximum punishment provided BY law
for the offense Of which he is last so con-
victed.
CHATTER XXXII.- Counierfe;ting Of Coins.
l. Counterfeiting, is the fraudulent ma
king, or assisting in the making Of resem-
blance of coin, Of less Intrinsic value than
the genuine coin Of which it is resem-
blance, with the intent that the same shall
be uttered, or put in circulation.
2. Whoever shall fraudulently diminish
the coin, by clipping, filing, boring or abra-
ding it, or otherwise taking away a part oil
any true and genuine coin, and substituting
metal or substance Of less intrinsic value in
place of the part so taken away, or without
such substitution with the intent that the
same SO diminished in quality OF intrinsic
value, shall, tLereupon be uttered, as and
for true and genuine coin, is guilty OF coun-
terfeiting, within the meaning OF the provis-
ions Of this chapter.
8. Whoever shall add to true and genuine
coin, by washing, ,colorng or otherwise, any
metal or substance SO as to make II re-
semblance Of coin Of greater intrinsic val
ue, with the intent that !, shall, thereupon tie
uttered, as and for true and genuine coin,
is guilty Of counterfeiting, within the mean
ing of the provisions Of this chapter.
4. The fraudulently putting counterfeit
coin into circulation passing it, or tender
ing it, or offering to pass it, as being true
and genuine, or aiding therein, knowing the
same to be counterfeit, is utteriDg the same;
so also the selling, passing, delivery or
parting with counterfeit coin as such; with
the intent that the same shall be, or with
sufficient ground to believe that the same
will be, thereupon passed, rendered, or Of
fered to be passed, as true and genuine, IS
utteriDg the same.
5. The term coin, or true and genuine
coin, as used in this chapter, includes only
gold or silver money, or money OF WHICH
gold or silver, or both, are the principai
constituent parts, current by law OF usage
6. Whoever is guilty of counterieiting, OF
of uttering any counterfeit coin being in
confederacy with the counterfeiter, or being
himself the counterfei,er thereof, shall be
punished by imprisonment at hard labor ior
| life, or any number Of years, in the discre-
ton Of the court.
2. Whoever is guilty Of uttering any
counterfeit coin or of having IN his pos
session ten or more pieces OF counterfeit
coin, knowing the same to be counterfeit,
with the intent TO utter the same as true
and genuine, shall be punished by imPrls-
onment at hard labor not more than twenty
years, or by fine no, exceeding one thou
sand dollars, and Imprisonment at hard Ia
Dor not more than FIVE years. :.
8. Whoever is guilty Of having IN ms
possession any number Of pieces OF coun-
ierfeit coip less than ten, knowing The same
10 be counterfeit, with the intent TO utter the
same as true and genuine, shall be punished
bv IMPRISONMENT at hard labor not more
than ten wears, or by fne not exceeding
five hundred dollars and Imprisonment at
hard labor not more than two years.
g. Whoever ui,ers counterfeit cqin know;
ing the same to be such, having received
same in good faith as true and genuine, up,
on legal and valid the consideration, s1ail
be punished by Imprisonment at earo 'aoo'