Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-08-18

which the United States or it's officers
or agents shall be parties, shall be
conducted by the district attorneys of
the several districts, under the direc.
ton and supervision of the Solicitor
of the Treasury.
Sec. 81. And be it further enacted,
That suits. actions, and proceedings,
against any association under this
act, may be had in any circuit, district,
or territorial! court of the United States
held within the district in which such
association may be established or in
any State, county, or municipal court
in the county or city in which said
association is located, having juris-
diction in similar cases: Prorided,
horerer. That all proceedings to en-
join the Comptroller under this act
shall be had in circuit, district, or
territorial court of the United States,
held in the district in which the asso-
citation is located. 4
Sec. So. And be it further enacted,
That every person who shall mutilate,
cut, dcface, dis6gurc, or perforate
with holes, or shall unite or cement
together, or do any other thing to any
bank bill, draft, note, or other EVIL
dence Of debt, issued by any such as
ISOLATION, or shall cause or procure the
same to be done, with intent to render
such bank bill, draft. note, or other
evidence of debt unfit to be reissued
by said association, shall upon con-
viction forfeit fifty dollars to the asso-
citation who shall be injured thereby,
to be recovered by action in any court
having jurisdiction. .....
Sec. SO. And be it further enacted,
That if any person shall falsely make.
forge, or counterfeit, or cause or pro-
cure to be made, forged, or counter
fcited, or willingly aid or assist in
falsely making, forging, or counter
feiting, any note in imitation of, or
purporting to be in imitation Of, the
circulating notes issued under the pro-
visions Of this act. or shall pass. ut.
ter, or publish, or attempt to pass, ut
ter or publish. any false, forged, or
counterfeited note, purporting TO be
issued by any association doing a
banking business under the provis-
ions of this act, knowing the same to
be falsely made. forged or counterfeit
ed, or shall falsely alter, or cause or
procure to be falsely altered, or viii
lingly aid or assist in falsely altering,
any such circulating notes, issued
as aforesaid, or shall pass, utter, or
publish. or attempt to pass, utter, or
publish, as true. any falsely altered
or spurious circulating note issued, or
purporting to have been issued, as
aforesaid, knowing the same to be
falsely altered or spurious, every such
person shall be deemed and adjudged
guilty Of felony, and being thereof
convicted by due course of law shall
be sentenced 10 be imprisoned and
kept at hard labor for period of not
less than five years nor more than IF.
teen years, and fined in a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars. ,.'.
Sec 60. Aud be it further enacted,
That if any person shall make or en-
grave, or cause or procure to be made
or engraved, or shall have in his Gus
tody or possession any plate. die, or
block after the similitudc Of any plate,
die, or block from which any circula-
ting notes issued as aforesaid shall
have been prepared or printed. with
intent to use such plate, die, or block,
or cause or suffer the same to be used.
in forging or counterfeiting any of the
notes issued as aforesaid, or shall
have in his custody or possession any
blank note or notes engraved and
printed after the .similitude of any
| notes issued as aforesaid, with intent
to use such blanks, or cause or suffer
the same to be used. in forging or
counterfeiting any Of the notes issued
as aforesaid, or shall have in his Gus
tody or possession any paper adapted
to the making Of snch notes, and simi-
lar to the paper upon which any such
notes shall have been issued, with in
tent to use such paper, or cause or
suffer the same to be used, in forging
or counterfeiting any of the notes is
sued as aforesaid, every such person,
being thereof convicted by due course
of law, shall be sentenced to be i'm
prisoned and kept to hard labor for a
term not less than five or more than
fifteen years, and fined in sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars.
Sec. Gil. And be it further enacted,
That it shall be the duty Of the Comp
trollcr of the Currency to report annu.
ally to Congress at the commence
! ment Of its session
First. A summary of the state and
condition of every association from
whom reports have been received the
preceding year, at the several dates
to which such reports refer, with an
abstract Of the whole amount Of bank
ing capital returned by them, of the
whole amount of their debts and lia-
bilities, the amount of circulating
notes outstanding. and the total
amount Of means aud resources, speci-
flying the amount Of lawful money
held BY them at the times of their
several returns. and such other infor-
nation in relation to said association
as. in his judgment, may be useful.
Second. A statement Of the associ-
atoms whose business has been clos
ed during the year, with tho amount
Of their circulation redeemed and the
amount outstanding.
Third. Any amendment to the laws
relative to banking by which the sys-
TEN may be improved, aud the securi-
ty of the holders of its notes aud 9TH
er creditors may be increased.
Fourth. The name and compensa-
ton of the clerks employed by him,
and the whole amount of the expens-
es of the banking department during
the year. And such report shall be
made by or before the first day Of
December in each year, and the usual
number Of copies for the use Of the
Senate and House, and ono thousand
copies for the use Of tho Department.
shall be printed by the public printer
and in readiness for distribution at
the first meeting of Congress.
Sec 50. And be it further enacted.
That the art enfified - An act tn pro.