The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-04-21
mo. 37.1
An ACT

To Prevent Fraudulent Practices.
SEC l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State of Ohio, That if any
person shall execute and deliver, or shall
cause or procure to be executed and delv-
cred to any person, any false or fictitious
bill of lading receipt, schedule, invoice,
or other written instrument, to the pur-
port orettect that any goods, wares ormer-
chandize, had been or were held, deliver
ed, received, placed Or deposited, ON board
Of any steamboat or watercraft, navigating
the waters in or bordering upon the state
of Ohio, when such goods, wares and
merchandise were not held, or had not in
fact and in good faith been delivered. re-
ceved or deposited on board OF such
steam boat or other watercraft, when such
bill of lading, receipt, invoice, schedule or
written instrument was made and deliver
ed according to the purport and effect Of
such bill OF ladng, receipt, invoice, sche-
dule or written instrument. with intent to
iniure, deceive, or defraud any person
whomsoever, or if any person shall en-
dorse, assign; transfer or put of, or shall
attempt 10 endorse, assign, transfer or put
of, any such false or fictitious bill fading
! receipt, invoice, schedule, or other writ
ten instrument, knowing the same to be
false, fraudulent or fictitious, the person
so offending shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeauor, and on conviction thereof,
shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary,
and kept at hard labor, for term not ex-
ceeding four years, nor less than enc year.
SEC. 2. Ii any person shall execute and
deliver, or shall cause or procure to be
executed and delivered to any other per-
son, any false and fictitious warehouse
receipt, acknowled gment, or other instru-
ment of writing, to the purport and effect
that such person, or any person or per-
sons, copartnership, firm, body polite or
corporate which he or she represents, or
pretends to represent, held or had receiv-
ed in store, or held or had received in
any ware house, or in any other place, or
held or had received into possession, GUS
tody or control, Of such person or persons,
| copartnership firm, or body polite, any
goods, wares or merchandise, when such
goods, wares or merchandise were not
held or had not been received in good
faith, according to the purport and effect
of such warehouse receipt, receipt ac-
knowledgement, or rinstrument of writing,
with intent to defraud, deceive. or injure
any person whomsoeyer, or il any person
shall endorse, assign, transfer or deliver,
or shall attempt TO endorse, transfer and
deliver to any other person any such false
and fictitious warehouse receipt, receipt
acknowledgements or instrument Of wri-
ting, knowing the same to be false, fraud
| ulent, or fictitious, such person shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof, shall be punished by
/ Imprisonment in the penitentiary, and
kept at hard labor, for term not more
than three years, nor less than one year.
SIC. 3. That if any person Or persons,
pr the agent Of any person or persons,
hayingin bis Dr. their possession. custody
or control. any goods, wares OF merchan-
dixa by virtue ofany genuine instrument
| VI tfiting, Of the purpcrt or effect of my