1822 - Edocs

lev or check.
h*i'd a vi*c.
illing or dispos-
er of.
laving possession
)f moulds &e.
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inland bill, bill oi' exchange, order or check tor the
payment of money, or purl of any promissory note
inland bill, bill of exchange, order or check, fur the
pay.nmt of moiey, purporting to be a p'-omtss ry
note, inland bill, bill of exchange, order or check ior
the payment of money of any person or persons, body
politic or corporate, banking company or partnership,
carrying" on t'ie business of bankers, without any authority
in writing for that purpose, from such person or
pers )i)s, body politic or corporate, banking company or
partnership, or some person or persons duly auihorized
to give such authority : or shall use any other device for
the making or printing of any such promissory note, inland
bill, bill of exchange, order or check iov the payment uf
money, or any part or parts of such promissory note, inland
bill, bill of exchange, order or check for the payment
of money, without such authority in writing as aforesaid,
any person offending in any of the cases aforesaid, being
thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be deemed
and adjudged guilty of felony, and be punished with one
hundred stripes, stand four hours in the pillory and be
fined one thousand dollars. If any person or persons
shall vend, expose to saie, publish or dispose of. or cause
or procure to be vended, exposed to sale, published or
disposed of ane paper having the name or firm appearing
visible in the substance, or on the surface of the paper, of
any person or persons, body politic or corporate, or any
otier company or partnership, whatsoever, carrying on
the business of bankers, without any authority in
writing, for that purpose, from such person or persons,
body politic or corparate, or other bunking company
or partnership, or from some other person or persons
authorized to give such authority, or. shall have in
his, her, or their possession, any frame or mould, or part
of a frame or mould, for making of such paper, or any
or any
part thereof, without such authority as aforesaid ;
plate engraven, cut, edged, or scraped or by any other
ways and moans devised, for the making or printing of any
promissory note, inland bill of exchange, order or check
for the payment of money, or any part, or parts of such
promissory note, inland bill, bill of exchange, order or
check, without authority in writing, for that purpose,
from such person or persons, body politic, or corporate,
or other company or partnership, or by some person or
persons authorized to give such authority, and shall not
be able to prove that such paper, mould, frame, plate 01
device, came into his, her or their possession, without his
her or their knowledge or consent, every person so offending,
in any of the cas^s aforesaid, and bein •; thereof convicted
by a due course of law, shall receive on his. ^m>v or
their bare backs, not more than seventy five lashes, shall