Chapter 127.
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CHAP. 127.— An act further to prevent counterfeiting or manufacture of dies, tools, or other implements used in counterfeiting, and providing penalties therefor, and providing for the issue of search warrants in certain eases.February 10, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Counterfeiting or manufacture or dies, etc., used in, etc. R. S. sec’s 5457–5402, pp. 1058, 1059. Making dies, etc., like those for coining coins of the United States.
That every person who, within the United States or any Territory thereof, makes any die, huh, or mold, 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 Assisting.coined at the mints of the United States, or who willingly aids or assists in the making of any such die, hub, or mold, Procuring.or any part thereof, or who causes or procures to be made any such die, hub or mold, or any part thereof, without authority from the Secretary of the Having in possession.Treasury of the United States or other proper officer, or who shall have in his possession any such die. hub, Permitting the use.or mold with intent to fraudulently or unlawfully use the same, or who shall permit the same to be used for or in aid of the counterfeiting of any of the coins of the United Penalties.States hereinbefore mentioned shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a tine of not more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than ten years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 2. That every person who, within the United States or anyMaking, etc., dies, etc., like those for coining foreign coins. Territory thereof, without lawful authority, makes, or willingly aids or assists in making, or causes or procures to be made, any die. hub. or mold, 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 Concealing, etc.the genuine coin of any foreign Government, or who conceals or shall have in possession any such die, hub, or mold hereinbefore mentioned, with intent to fraudulently, or unlawfully use the same for counterfeiting any foreign coin, or who knowingly suffers the same to be fraudulently used for the counterfeiting of any foreign Penalties.coin shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or imprisonment at hard labor not more than five years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. That every person who makes, or who causes or procuresMaking, importing, etc., tokens, etc,, similar to home or foreign coins. to be made, or who brings into the United States from any foreign country, or who 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, whether of metal or its compound or of any other substance whatsoever, in likeness or similitude, as to design, color, or the inscription thereon, of any of the coins of the United States or of any foreign Government, 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 Penalty.shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars.
Sec. 4. That all counterfeits of any of the obligations or other securitiesCounterfeits of obligations, etc., of the United States or foreign governments. R. S., sec’s 5413-5415, p. 1049. Material, etc., for making. of the United 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 of such counterfeit obligations or other securities 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 Forfeiture, etc.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.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 127, 128. 1891.743 Sec. 5. That the several judges of courts established under theIssue of search warrants in certain cases. laws of the United States and the commissioners of such courts 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 the daytime only, in which there shall appear probable causeIn daytime only, on 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,Search. plates, and other things, and for any such obligations, and if any such be found, to seize and secure the same and to make returnSeizure, etc. thereof to the proper authority; and all such counterfeit money,Forfeitures. coins, dies, hubs, molds, plates, and other things and all such counterfeit obligations so seized shall be forfeited to the United States.
Approved, February 10, 1891.