Mr. TRUMBULL. I move that the Senate opool to the consideration of House bill O. I 19. The motion was agreed to; and the bill (H.R.No. 719) to punish certain crimes in relation to the public securities and currency, and for other purposes, was considered as in Com. Whole. The 1st section provides that if any person or persons shall buy, sell, exchange, transfer, receive, or deliver any false, forged, counter feited or altered bond, bill, certificate of in debtedness, certificate of deposit, coupon, draft, check, bill of exchange, money order, indorse ment, U.S. note, Treasury note, cir culating note, postage stamp, revenue stamp, postage stamp note, fractional note, or other obligation or security of the U.S., or circulating note of ol. any banking association or acting under the laws of the U.S., which has been issued or may here after be passed under any act of Congress heretofore issued, or which may hereafter be passed, with the intent, expectation, or belief that the same shall or will be passed, altered, published, or used as true and genuine, such person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of felony, and on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years, or fined not more than $10,000, or both, at the discretion of the court. The 2nd section makes it unlawful to design, engrave, print, or in any manner make or execute, or to utter, issue, distribute, circu late, or use any business or professional card, notice, j, circular, handbill, or advertisement, in the likeness or similitude of an bond, certificate of indebtedness, certificate o deposit, coupon, U.S. note, Treasury note, circulating note, fractional note, postage stamp, note, or other obligation or security of the U.S., or any banking association organized or acting under the laws thereof, which has been or may be issued under or authorized by any act of Congress heretofore passed or which may hereafter be passed. Any person or persons offending against the provisions of this section shall, on conviction, be fined $1,000, to be recovered by an action of debt, 1/2 to the use of the informer. The 3rd section makes it unlawful to write, print, or otherwise imPress upon any bond, certificate of indebtedness, or other instrument specified in the preceding section, any business or professional card, notice or advertisement, or any notice or advertisement of any goods, wares, or merchandise, or of any drug or medicine, or of any invention or patent, and Prescribes a penalty of $300, to be reeovered by action of debt, 1/2 to the use of the informer. Section 4 provides that if any person shall, without authority from the U.S., take, procure, make, or cause to be taken, procured, or made, upon lead, foil, wax, plaster, paper, or any other substance or material, an imPression, stamp, or imprint of, from, or by the use of any bed plate, bed piece, die, roll, plate, seal, type, or other tool, implement, instrument, or thing used or fitted or intended to be used in printing, stamping, or imPressing, or in making other tools, implements, instruments, or things to be used or fitted or intended to be used in printing, stamping, or imPressing any kind or description of bond, bill, note, certificate, eoupon, or other paper, obligation, security, or instrument now authorized or hereafter to be authorized by law, to be executed, altered, delivered, given, issued, or put in cir culation by, for, or in behalf of the U.S., such person shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, on conviction, be punished by imprisonment not more than 15 years nor less than 5 years, or by fine not less than $5,000, or both, at the discretion of the court. The 5th section provides the same punishment for any person who shall have in his pos: session, keeping, custody, or control, without authority from the U.S., any imprint, stamp, or imPression, taken or made upon any substance or material whatsoever, of any tool, implement, instrument, or thing used or fitted, or intended to be used for any or either of the purposes mentioned in the preceding section, or who shall sell, give, or deliver any such imprint, stamp, or imPression, to any other tsara. The 6th section provides for the same punishment for any person, whether employed under the U.S or not, who shall, without authority from the U.S., secrete within, embezzle, or take and carry away from any building, room, office, apart ment, vault, safe, or other place where the same is kept, used, employed, placed, lodged, or deposited by authority of the U.S., any bed piece, bed plate, roll, plate, die, seal, type, or other tool, implement, or thing used, or fitted to be used in stamping or, printing, or in making some other tool or implement used, or fitted to be used, in stamping or printing any kind or description of bond, bill, note, cer tificate, coupon, postage stamp, revenue stamp, fractional currency, note, or other paper, instrument, obligation, device, or document, now authorized or hereafter to be authorized by law to be printed, stamped, sealed, prepared, issued, uttered, or put in circulation by or on behalf of the U.S.; or who shall, without such authority, so secrete, embezzle, or take and carry away any paper, parchment, or other material prepared.intended to be used in the making of any or either of such papers, instruments, obligations, devices, or documents; or who shall, without such authority, so secrete, embezzle, or take and carry away any paper, parchment, or other material tinted or stamped, in whole or in part, and intended to be prepared, issued, or put in cir culation, by or on behalf of the U.S., as one of the papers, instruments, or obli: gations hereinbefore named, or printed, or stamped, in whole or in part, in the similitude of any such paper, instrument, or obligation, whether it be intended to issue or put the same in circulation or not. Section 7 imposes the same punishment on any person who shall take and carry away, without authority from the U.S., from the place where it has been filed, lodged, or deposited, or where it may for the time bein actually be kept by authority of the U.S., any certificate, affidavit, deposition, written statement of facts, power of attorney, receipt, voucher, assignment, or other docu ment, record, file, or paper, prepared, fitted, or intended to be used or Presented in order to procure the payment of money from or by the U.S., or any officer or agent thereof, or the allowance or payment of the whole or any part of any claim, account, or demand against the U.S., whether the same has or has not already been so used or presented, and whether such claim, account, or demand, or any part thereof, has or has not already been. i or paid; or any person who shall Present or use, or attempt to use, any such document, record, file, or paper, so taken and carried away, in order to procure the payment of any money from or by the U.S., or any officer or agent thereof, or the allowance or payment of the whole or any part of any claim, account, or demand against the U.S. The bill was reported to the Senate, ordered to a 3rd reading, read the 3rd time, and passed.