The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-03-07

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and fifty-seven, so far as they can be ap-
piled TO this act, and not inconsistant there
with, are hereby revived and re-enaeted
and the sum of three hundred Thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated, out OF any
4 money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, to enable the Secretary of the
1 Treasury TO carry this act into effect.
SEo. 4. And be Il further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury may receive from
any person or persons, or any corporation,
4 United States notes on deposit for not less
than thirty days, in sums of not less than
one hundred dollars with any of the As
| sistant Treasurers or designated depositaries
of the United States authorized by the Sec
retary of the Treasury to receive them, who
shall issue therefor certificates Of deposit,
made in such form as the Secretary of the
Treasury shall prescribe, and said certificates
of deposit shall bear interest at the rate of
five per centum per annum; and any
amount of United States notes so deposited
may be Withdrawn from deposit at any
time after ten days notice on the return of
said certificates: Provided, That the interest
on all such deposits shall cease and deter
mine at the pleasure of the Secretary of
the Treasury: Ayd pro0ided further, That
the aggregate of such deposit shall at no
time exceed the amount of twenty-five
millions of dollars.
Sec. s. And Be ii further enacted, That
all duties on imported goods shall be paid
in coin, or in notes payable on demand
heretofore. authorized to be issued and by
law receivable in payment of public dues,
and the coin so paid shall be set apart as
special fund, and shall be applied rs fol-
lows:
First. To the payment in coin of the in-
terest on the bonds and notes of the United
States.
? Second. To the purchase or payment of
one per centum of the entire debt of the
United States, to be made within each fiscal
year after the first day of July, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two which is to be set
apart as sinking fund, and the interest of
which shall in like manner be applied to
the purchase or payment of the public debt
as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from
time to time direct.
Third The residue thereof to be paid
into the Treasury of the United States.
Sec. 6. Ind be st further enacted That if
any person or persons shall falsely make,
forge, counterfeit, or alter, or cause or pro-
cure TO be falsely. made, forged, counter
feited, or altered, or shall willingly aid or
assist in falsely making, forging, counter
feiting or altering, any note, bond, coupon,
or other security issued under the author
ity of this act, or heretofore issued under
acts to authorize the issue of Treasury notes
OF bonds; or shall pass, utter, publish, or
sell. or attempt to pass, utter, publish, or
sell, OF bring into the United States from
any foreign place with intent to pass, utter,
publish. or sell, or shall have or keep in
possession or conceal, with intent to utter,
publish, or sell, any snch false, forged,
counterfeited, or altered note, bond, coupon,
or other security, with intent TO defraud
snX body A soEpg2Esats aE RRite a5 apY 0thsE
so offending shall be deemed guilty of
felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be
punished by fine not exceeding five thou
sand dollars, and by imprisonment and con-
fnemant to hard labor not exceeding fifteen
years, according to the aggravatien of the
offence.
Sec. 7. Aad be at further enacted, That II
any person, having the custody of any plate
or plates from which any such notes, bonds,
coupons, or other securities mentioned in
this act, or any part thereof, shall have been
printed or which shall have been prepared
for the purpose of printing any such notes,
bonds, coupons, or other securities, or any
part Whereof, shall use such plate or plates,
or Knowingly permit the same to be used
for the purpose of printing any notes,
bonds, coupons, or other securities, or
any part thereof, except such as shall be
printed for the use of the United States by
order of the proper officer thereof or if any
person shall engrave, or cause or procure to
be engraved, or shall aid in engraving, any
plate or plates in the likeness or similitude
of any plate or plates designed for the print
ing of any such notes, bonds, coupons, or
other securities, OF any part thereof, or shall
vend or sell any such plate or plates, or
shall bring into the United States from any
foreign place any such plate or plates, with
any other intent OF for any purpose, in Ell
ther case, than that such plate or plates
shall be used for printing Of such notes,
bonds, coupons, or other securities, or some
part or parts thereof, for the use of the
United States or shall have in his custody
or possession any metallic plate engraved
after the similitude of any plate from which
any such notes, bonds, coupons, or other Sc
curities, or any part or parts thereof shall
have been printed with intent to use such
plate or plates, or cause or suffer the same
to be used, 10 forging or counterfeiting any
such notes, bonds, coupons, or other securI-
ties, or any part or parts thereof, issued as
aforesaid, or shall have in his custody or
POSSESSION any DlaBh uOt6 VI AOtSsg OOuN VI
bonds, coupon or coupons, or other security
similitude of any notes, bonds, coupons, or
other securities, issued as aforesaid, with
intent to sell or otherwise use the same or
if any person shall print, photograph, o; in
| any other manner execute or cause TO be
printed, photographed, or in any manner
executed, or shall aid in printing, photo
/ graphing, or executing any engraving, pho
tograph, or other print OF impression, in the
/ likeness or similitude of any such notes
bonds, coupons, or other securities, or any
part or parts thereof, except for the use of
the United States and by order of the proper
officer thereof, or shall vend or sell any such
engraving, photograph, print, OF other i'm
preston, except to the United States, or
shall bring into the United States from any
foreign place, any such engraving, photo
/ graph, print or other impression for the
purpose of vending or selling the same, ex-
cept by the direction, of some proper officer
1 of the United States, or shall have in his