Chapter 38. To amend section one hundred and seventy-one of the penal laws of the United States, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine
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CHAP. 38.— An Act To amend section one hundred and seventy-one of the penal laws of the United States, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine.February 15, 1912.[[S. 4651](/us/bill/62/s/4651).][[Public, No. 83](/us/pl/62/83).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Criminal Code.Vol. 35, p. 1121, amended. That section one hundred and seventy-one of the penal laws of the United States, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, be amended so as to read as follows: 65 " “Sec. 171.
Whoever within the United States or any place subjectMaking, importing, etc., tokens, prints, etc., similar to United States or foreign coins. 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,Punishment for. shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
But nothing inIllustrations permitted in books, etc. 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 circularsSchool arithmetics added. of legitimate publishers and dealers in the same.” " Approved, February 15, 1912.