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1122 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 321. 1909. 8x‘§§°e‘jQ@b”“ °* Sec. 174. In all cases where the charter of any corporation which I R. s., see. sm, p. has been or may be created by Act of Congress has expired or may 105* hereafter expire, if anfy director, officer, or agent of the corporation, or any trustee thereo , 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 rn 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, Punishment for- 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 wgirvnlnnnn 1>¢¤=¤i¤ 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 ma 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. b_£=Li¤¤¤g nefgnjé; Sec. 175. It shall not be lawful to design, engrave, print, or in any vemwliiienmhiemu. manner make or execute, or to utter, issue, distribute, circulate, or use 1,,% s·· °°°· “8“· *’· 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, ob igation, or security, any business or professional card, notice or advertisement, or any notice or adver- Pnnisnmentfnr- tisement of any matter or thing whatever. Vifhoever shall violate an provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or im risoned not more than six months, or both. M¤¤i¤¤¢i¤¤· ¤*¢·· Sec. 176. Uhoever shall mutilate, cut, deface, disfigure, or ernational-bank notes. . . . rz. s., See. mss, p. forate with holes, or unite or cement together, or do any other tmng ‘°°"· 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 Punishment for. fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. origijixxnggggrggtgg Sec. 177. It shall not be lawful t0_design, engave, print, or in any ments meme. manner make or execute, or to utter, issue, distri ute, circulate, or use, R·S··“°·""°“·P·’32· 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 thinv whatever. Punishment sei-. Whoever shall violate any rovision of this section shall be lined not more than five hundred dollars. mgfggdggx IM Sno, 178. No person shall make, issue, circulate, or pay out any n.s.,»ee.ssss,p.vov. 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 P¤¤i¤1¤¤¤¤¤¤f<>r- so offending shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.