the proportion of fine gold or fine silver therein contained, or shall be of less weight or value than the same ought to be, pursuant to iaw, or if any of the scales or weights used at any of the mints or assay offices of the United States shall be defaced, altered, increased, or diminished through the fault or connivance of any officer or person employed at the said mints or assay offices, with a fraudulent intent; or if any such officer or person shall embezzle any of the metals at any time committed to his charge for the purpose of being coined, or any of the coins struck or coined at the said mints, or any medals, coins, or other moneys of said mints or assay offices at any time committed to his charge, or of which he may have assumed the charge, every such officer or person who commits any of the said offenses shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than ten years. R. S. § 5460. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 166, 35 Stat. 1120. § 10337. (Crim. Code, § 167.) Making or uttering coins resembling money; punishment for. Whoever, except as authorized by law, shall make or cause to be made, or shall utter or pass, or attempt to utter or pass, any coins of gold or silver or other metal, or alloys of metals, intended for the use and purpose of current money, whether in the resemblance of coins of the United States or of foreign countries, or of original design, shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. R. S. § 5461. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 167, 35 Stat. 1120. § 10338. (Crim. Code, § 168.) Making or uttering devices of minor coins; punishment for. Whoever, not lawfully authorized, shall make, issue, or pass, or cause to be made, issued, or passed, any coin, card, token, or device in metal, or its compounds, which may be intended to be used as money for any one-cent, two-cent, three-cent, or five-cent piece, now or hereafter authorized by law, or for coins of equal value, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years. R. S. § 5462 Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 168, 35 Stat. 1120. § 10339. (Crim. Code, § 169.) Counterfeiting, etc., dies for United States coins; punishment for. Whoever, without lawful authority, shall make, or cause or procure to be made, or shall willingly aid or assist in making, any die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, either of steel or plaster, or any other substance whatsoever, in likeness or similitude, as to the design. or the inscription thereon, of any die, hub, or mold designated for the coining or making of any of the genuine gold, silver, nickel, bronze, copper, or other coins of the United States, that have been or hereafter may be coined at the mints of the United States; or whoever, without lawful authority, shall have in his possession any such die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, or shall permit the same to be used for or in aid of the counterfeiting of any of the coins of the United States hereinbefore mentioned, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than ten years. Act Feb. 10, 1891, c. 127, § 1, 26 Stat. 742. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 169, 35 Stat. 1120. § 10340. (Crim. Code, § 170.) Counterfeiting, etc., dies for foreign coins; punishment for. Whoever, within the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, without lawful authority, shall make, or cause or procure to be made, or shall willingly aid or assist in making, any die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, either of steel or of plaster, or of any other substance whatsoever, in the likeness or similitude, as to the design or the inscription thereon, of any die, hub, or mold designated for the coining of the genuine coin of any foreign government; or whoever, without lawful authority, shall have in his possession any such die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, or shall conceal, or knowingly suffer the same to be used for the counterfeiting of any foreign coin, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Act Feb. 10, 1891, c. 127, § 2, 26 Stat. 742. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 170, 35 Stat. 1120. § 10341. (Crim. Code, § 171, as amended, Act Feb. 15, 1912, c. 38.) Making, importing, or having in possession tokens, prints, etc., similar to United States or foreign coins. Whoever within the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof shall make, or cause or procure to be made, or shall bring therein from any foreign country, or shall have in possession with intent to sell, give away, or in any other manner use the same, any business or professional card, notice, placard, token, device, print, or impression, or any other thing whatsoever, in the likeness or similitude as to design, color, or the inscription thereon of any of the coins of the United States or of any foreign country that have been or hereafter may be issued as money, either under the authority of the United States or under the authority of any foreign Government, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. But nothing in this section shall be construed to forbid or prevent the printing and publishing of illustrations of coins and medals or the making of the necessary plates for the same to be used in illustrating numismatic and historical books and journals and school arithmetics and the circulars of legitimate publishers and dealers in the same. Act Feb. 10, 1891, c. 127, § 3, 26 Stat. 742, as amended, Act March 3, 1903, c. 1015, 32 Stat. 1223. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 171, 35 Stat. 1121. Act Feb. 15, 1912, c. 38, 37 Stat. 64. This section was amended by Act Feb. 15, 1912, c. 38, cited above, by inserting, in the last sentence thereof, after the words "historical books and journals," the words "and school arithmetics," as set forth here. § 10342. (Crim. Code, § 172.) Forfeiture of counterfeit obligations, securities, coins, and material; punishment for failing to deliver. All counterfeits of any obligation or other security of the United (4737) COMP.ST.'13-297 States or of any foreign government, or counterfeits of any of the coins of the United States or of any foreign government, and all material or apparatus fitted or intended to be used, or that shall have been used, in the making of any such counterfeit obligation or other security or coins hereinbefore mentioned, that shall be found in the possession of any person without authority from the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer to have the same, shall be taken possession of by any authorized agent of the Treasury Department and forfeited to the United States, and disposed of in any manner the Secretary of the Treasury may direct. Whoever having the custody or control of any such counterfeits, material, or apparatus shall fail or refuse to surrender possession thereof upon request by any such authorized agent of the Treasury Department, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Act Feb. 10, 1891, c. 127, § 4, 26 Stat. 742. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 172, 35 Stat. 1121. § 10343. (Crim. Code, § 173.) Issue of search warrant for suspected counterfeits, etc.; forfeiture of seized articles. The several judges of courts established under the laws of the United States and United States commissioners may, upon proper oath or affirmation, within their respective jurisdictions, issue a search warrant authorizing any marshal of the United States, or any other person specially mentioned in such warrant, to enter any house, store, building, boat, or other place named in such warrant, in which there shall appear probable cause for believing that the manufacture of counterfeit money, or the concealment of counterfeit money, or the manufacture or concealment of counterfeit obligations or coins of the United States or of any foreign government, or the manufacture or concealment of dies, hubs, molds, plates, or other things fitted or intended to be used for the manufacture of counterfeit money, coins, or obligations of the United States or of any foreign government, or of any bank doing business under the authority of the United States or of any State or Territory thereof, or of any bank doing business under the authority of any foreign government, or of any political division of any foreign government, is being carried on or practiced, and there search for any such counterfeit money, coins, dies, hubs, molds, plates, and other things, and for any such obligations, and if any such be found, to seize and secure the same and to make return thereof to the proper authority; and all such counterfeit money, coins, dies, hubs, molds, plates, and other things, and all such counterfeit obligations so seized shall be forfeited to the United States. Act Feb. 10, 1891, c. 127, § 5, 26 Stat. 743. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 173, 35 Stat. 1121. § 10344. (Crim. Code, § 174.) Circulating bills of expired banks; punishment for; circulation permitted. In all cases where the charter of any corporation which has been or may be created by Act of Congress has expired or may hereafter expire, if any director, officer, or agent of the corporation, or any trustee thereof, or any agent of such trustee, or any person having in his possession or under his control the property of the corporation for the purpose of paying or redeeming its notes and obligations, shall knowingly issue, reissue, or utter as money, or in any other way knowingly put in circulation any bill, note, check, draft, or other security purporting to have been made by any such corporation whose charter has expired, or by any officer thereof, or purporting to have been made under authority derived therefrom, or if any person shall knowingly aid in any such act, he shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. But nothing herein shall be construed to make it unlawful for any person, not being such director, officer, or agent of the corporation, or any trustee thereof, or any agent of such trustee, or any person having in his possession or under his control the property of the corporation for the purpose hereinbefore set forth, who has received or may hereafter receive such bill, note, check, draft, or other security, bona fide and in the ordinary transactions of business, to utter as money or otherwise circulate the same. R. S. § 5437. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 174, 35 Stat. 1122. § 10345. (Crim. Code, § 175.) Imitating national-bank notes with advertisements thereon; punishment for. It shall not be lawful to design, engrave, print, or in any manner make or execute, or to utter, issue, distribute, circulate, or use any business or professional card, notice, placard, circular, handbill, or advertisement in the likeness or similitude of any circulating note or other obligation or security of any banking association organized or acting under the laws of the United States which has been or may be issued under any Act of Congress, or to write, print, or otherwise impress upon any such note, obligation, or security, any business or professional card, notice or advertisement, or any notice or advertisement of any matter or thing whatever. Whoever shall violate any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. R. S. § 5188. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 175, 35 Stat. 1122. § 10346. (Crim. Code, § 176.) Mutilating, etc., national-bank notes; punishment for. Whoever shall mutilate, cut, deface, disfigure, or perforate with holes, or unite or cement together, or do any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt, issued by any national banking association, 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 be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. R. S. § 5189. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 176, 35 Stat. 1122. § 10347. (Crim. Code, § 177.) Imitating securities or printing advertisements thereon; punishment for. It shall not be lawful to design, engrave, print, or in any manner make or execute, or to utter, issue, distribute, circulate, or use, any business or professional card, notice, placard, circular, handbill, or advertisement, in the likeness or similitude of any bond, certificate of indebtedness, certificate of deposit, coupon, United States note, Treasury note, gold certificate, silver certificate, fractional note, or other obligation or security of the United States which has been or may be issued under or authorized by any Act of Congress heretofore passed or which may hereafter be passed; or to write, print, or otherwise impress upon any such instrument, obligation, or security, any business or professional card, notice, or advertisement, or any notice or advertisement of any matter or thing whatever. Whoever shall violate any provision of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. R. S. § 3708. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 177, 35 Stat. 1122. § 10348. (Crim. Code, § 178.) Issuing notes less than one dollar; punishment for. No person shall make, issue, circulate, or pay out any note, check, memorandum, token, or other obligation for a less sum than one dollar, intended to circulate as money or to be received or used in lieu of lawful money of the United States; and every person so offending shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. R. S. § 3583. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 178, 35 Stat. 1122. Sec. CHAPTER EIGHT Offenses against the Postal Service 10349. Conducting post-office without authority; penalty. 10350. Illegal carrying of mail by offi- press; punishment for; de- 10352. Transporting persons unlaw- 10354. Carrying letters out of the mail over post routes; penalty. 10355. Carrying letters out of the mail on vessels; punishment for. 10356. When conveyance by private persons is lawful. 10357. Wearing carrier's uniform without authority; punishment for. 10358. Vehicles, etc., claiming to be mail carriers; punishment for. 10359. Injuring mail bags, etc.; punishment for. 10360. Stealing post-office property; punishment for. Sec. 10361. Stealing or forging mail locks or keys; punishment for. 10362. Breaking into and entering postoffice. 10363. Unlawfully entering post-office 10365. Postmaster or postal employee 10367. Assaulting mail custodian with 10369. Deserting the mail; punishment for. 10370. Delivery of letters by master of vessel; penalty for failure. |