Mr. POLAND. I move to take up for consideration Senate bill No. 165, reported by me a short time ago from the ComJudiciary. The motion was agreed to; and the bill (S.No.165) more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the U.S. was read the 2nd time, and considered as in ComWhole. Under its provisions any person or persons who shall fa sely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit; or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited; or willingly aid or assist in the false making, alterin, for ging, or counterfeiting of any bond, bi, proposal, guarantee, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing for the purpose of defrauding the U.S.; or shall utter or publish as true, or cause to be uttered or published as true, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bond, bid, proposal, guarantee, security, official bond, public record, aflidavit, or other writing, for the purpose of defrauding the U.S., knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, or counterfeited; or shall transmit to, or present at, or cause or procure to be transmitted to, or presented at, the office of any officer of the U.S. any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bond, bid, proposal, guarantee, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writin, knowing the same to be false. forged, altered, or counterfeited, for the purpose of defrauding the U.S., shall) be deemed and adJudged guilty of felony, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned and kept at hard labor for a period not exceeding ten years, or be fined not exceeding $1,000, or both, in the discretion of the court. It is further provided that if any offense shall be committed in any place which has been, or shall hereafter be, coded to, and under the jurisdiction of the U.S., which offene is not prohibited, or the punishment thereof is not specially provided for by any law of the U.S., such offense shall, upon conviction in any court of the U.S. having cognizance thereof, be liable to and receivet c same punishment as the laws of the State in which such place is, or may be situated, now in force, provide for the like offense when committed within the jurisdiction of such State; and that no subsequent repeal of any such State law shall affect any prosecution for such offeng in any of the courts of the U.S.