Samuel Nevill (comp.), The Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, vol. 2, 1753-1761 (1761), p. 387

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Note

Only the running head, the date in the outer margin, and section 8 (margin note "Counterfeits") are transcribed. The act this section belongs to is a 1761 act making bills of credit current; its title is on an earlier page, which was not read. Text searches of the same volume find the same clause in two earlier acts (images n112 and n222); those pages were not read.

Verbatim

Of GEORGE III. 387 [outer margin:] A. D. 1761. [margin note:] Counterfeits. [?]8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the Authority [afo]resaid, That if any Person or Persons whatsoever, shall pre[sum]e to counterfeit, or be aiding and assisting in counterfeiting [or a]ltering any of the Bills of Credit made current by this Act, [so a]s to make them pass or appear to be of greater Value than [the]y were made current for; or utter or cause to be uttered, [any] Bill or Bills, knowing the same to be counterfeit or altered [as a]foresaid, and be thereof legally convicted; he, she or they [shal]l incur the Pains and Penalties of Felony without Benefit [of] Clergy, and shall suffer Death accordingly.