within the plat of towns, villages or cities, or otherwise, within this state, knowingly permitting or suffering any Canada thistle or thistles to go to seed upon any land or lands thus owned, occupied, or under the control of such person or persons, shall be deemed guilty of maintaining and supporting a common nuisance, and, upon conviction thereof in any court having competent jurisdiction of the offence, shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars, nor less than five dollars, said fine to go into the town treasury where such thistle or thistles are permitted to grow. (1872, c. 3, § 2.)

*$ 94. Same-penalty for neglect to destroy them-duties of town supervisors-Expenses how paid. In case any person or persons, railroad company or other incorporation, owning or occupying any lands within this state, or having any lands within this state under his or her or their control, as the case may be, shall refuse or neglect to destroy any Canada thistle or thistles, growing or standing upon any land or lands so owned, occupied or controlled, it shall be the duty of the town supervisors, or other person or persons having control of the public highways, streets or alleys where any such thistle or thistles may be found growing or standing, to immediately destroy or cause the same to be destroyed, and pay therefor at the same rate that is paid for road labor; and every supervisor or other person herein before authorized to destroy said thistles shall keep a correct account of all moneys paid out for that purpose, and charge the same to the person or persons or incorporation owning, occupying or controlling the land or lands upon which such thistle or thistles was destroyed; and the person or persons or corporation owning, occupying or having control of such lands, shall be liable in a civil action for the amount so charged against them, and costs of suit; provided, that if any supervisor or other person, having, under the authority of this act, destroyed any Canada thistles, and is unable to find the owner of the land, or is unable to collect such money, the same shall be paid by the town authorities of the town, village or city where such thistles were destroyed; and provided further, that in case any railroad company becomes chargeable under the provisions of this section, the supervisors of the township where the same has become chargeable may certify to the same to the county attorney of their county, whose duty it shall be to bring and prosecute a civil action against the railroad company, for the amount so charged and costs of suits aforesaid. (Id. § 3.)

*$95. Same-prosecutions before justice of peace-duty of every person to destroy thistles. Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction, within their respective counties, of all violations of the provisions of this act; and it shall be competent for any person to complain of and prosecute any person or persons, railroad company or other corporation violating the same; and it is hereby made the duty of every person having knowledge of any Canada thistle or thistles growing or standing upon the land of another, to immediately destroy the same, or give the person owning or occupying such lands immediate notice thereof. (Id. § 4.) § 96. Same-fines to go to town treasury. All fines collected by any justice of the peace or any other person, under the provision of this act, shall be paid into the treasury of the proper town, village or city, within ten days after the same is collected. (Id. § 5.)

§ 97. Same-appeal to district court. Any person fined under the provisions of this act, feeling himself aggrieved, may appeal to the district court of the proper county, in the same manner and within the same time that appeals are allowed by law in justice court in other criminal actions. (Id. § 6.)

*$ 98. Penalty for picking cranberries before September first. That if any person shall hereafter pick or gather cranberries on lands other than his own, in this state, before the first day of September in any year, such person shall be fined in the sum of ten dollars for each offence so committed. (1871, c. 31, § 1, as amend ed 1876, c. 97, § 1.)

*§ 99. Same-prosecutions-disposition of fines. All prosecutions under the provisions

of this act shall be commenced within six months from the time such offence is committed, and the same shall be upon complaint, under oath, before any justice of the peace in the county where the offence is committed; and all fines imposed and collected under this act shall be paid, one-half to the complainant, and one-half into the treasury of the county where such conviction takes place, for the use of the common schools within such county. (1871, c.. 31, § 2.)

§ 1. Forgery of records, contracts, etc., how punished. Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits any public record, or any certificate, return or attestation of any clerk of a court, register, notary public, justice of the peace, or any other public officer, in relation to any matter wherein such certificate, return or attestation may be received as legal proof, or any charter, deed, will, testament, bond or writing obligatory, letter of attorney, policy of insurance, bill of lading, bill of exchange, promissory note, or any order, acquittance or discharge for money or other property, or any acceptance of a bill of exchange, indorsement or assignment of a bill of exchange or promissory note, or any accountable receipt for money, goods or other property, with intent to injure or defraud any person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than five years, nor less than two years, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than two years, nor less than one year.

19 M. 98.

§ 2. Uttering forged record, deed, etc. Whoever utters and publishes as true, any false, forged or altered record, deed, instrument, or other writing mentioned in the preceding section, knowing the same to be false, forged or altered, with intent. to injure or defraud as aforesaid, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than five years, nor less than one year.

§3. Forgery of note, certificate, etc., of state. Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits any note, certificate, or other bill of credit, issued by any com missioner or other officer authorized to issue the same, for any debt of this state, with intent to injure or defraud as aforesaid, shall be punished by inprisonment in the state prison not more than seven years, nor less than three years.

$ 4. Forgery of bank-bill, draft, etc. Whoever makes, alters, forges or counterfeits any bank-bill, promissory note, draft, or other evidence of debt, issued by any corporation or company duly authorized for that purpose by the laws of the United States, or of any state of the United States, or of any territory of the United States, or of any other state, government or country, with intent to injure or defraud, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than five years, nor less than one year.

§ 5. Possession of counterfeit bill, etc., with intent to utter. Whoever has in his possession any forged, counterfeit or altered bank-bill, promissory note, draft or other evidence of debt, issued or purporting to have been issued as is mentioned in the preceding section, with intent to utter the same as true or false, knowing the same to be so forged, counterfeited or altered as aforesaid, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than five years nor less than

one year.

§ 6. Passing counterfeit nete, bill, etc. Whoever utters, or passes, or tenders in payment as true, any false, altered, forged or counterfeit note, certificate or bill of credit, for any debt of this state, or bank-bill, promissory note, draft, or other evidence of debt, issued or purporting to have been issued as is mentioned in the fourth section of this chapter, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged or counterfeit, with intent to injure or defraud, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than five years, nor less than one year.

5 M. 6 (19.)

§ 7. Making or having tools, etc., for counterfeiting with intent, etc. Whoever engraves, makes or mends, or begins to engrave, make or mend, any plate, block, press, or other tool, instrument or implement, or makes or provides any paper or other materials adapted and designed for the forging or making any false and counterfeit note, certificate or other bill of credit in the similitude of the notes, certificates or bills of credit issued by lawful authority for any debt of this state, or any false, counterfeit note or bill in the similitude of the notes or bills issued by any bank or banking company established in this state, or within the United States, or any territory thereof, or within any other government or country, and every person who has in his possession any such plate or block engraved in any part, or any press or other tool, instrument or implement, paper or other material, adapted and designed as aforesaid, with intent to use the same, or to cause or permit the same to be used, in forging or making any such false and forged certificates, bills or notes, shall be punished by inprisonment in the state prison not more than five years, nor less than one year.

§ 8. Fraudulently connecting parts of several bank-notes. Whoever fraudulently connects together different parts of several bank-notes, or other genuine instruments, in such manner as to produce an additional note or instrument, with intent to pass all of them as genuine, is guilty of forgery in like manner as if each of them had been falsely made or forged.

§ 9. Fraudulently affixing signature to note, etc., deemed forgery. If any fictitious or pretended signature, purporting to be the signature of an officer or agent of any corporation, is fraudulently affixed to any instrument or writing, purporting to be a note, draft, or other evidence of debt issued by such corporation, with intent to pass the same as true, it shall be deemed a forgery, though no such person was ever an officer or agent of such corporation, nor such corporation ever existed.

§ 10. Indictment for forgery, when sufficient-proof. In any case where the intent to defraud is necessary to constitute the offence of forgery, or any other offence that may be prosecuted, it shall be sufficient to allege in the indictment an intent to defraud, without naming therein the particular person or body corporate intended to be defrauded; and on the trial of such indictment, it is sufficient, and shall not be deemed a variance, if there appears to be an intent to defraud the United States, or any state. territory, county, city. town or village, or any

body corporate, or any public officer in his official capacity, or any copartnership or member thereof, or any particular peison.

§ 11. Counterfeiting coin, or having ten pieces in possession with intent, etc. Whoever counterfeits any gold or silver coin current by law or usage within this state, and whoever has in his possession, at the same time, ten or more pieces of false money or coin counterfeited in the similitude of any gold or silver coin current as aforesaid, knowing the same to be false and counterfeited, and with intent to utter or pass the same as true, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than five years, nor less than one year.

§ 12. Possession of less than ten pieces, with intent, etc. Whoever has in his possession, any number of pieces less than ten of the counterfeit coin mentioned in the preceding section, knowing the same to be counterfeit, with intent to utter or pass the same as true, and whoever utters, passes or tenders in payment as true, any such counterfeit coin, knowing the same to be false and counterfeit, with intent to injure or defraud, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than three years, nor less than one year.

§ 13. Making or possessing tools for coining counterfeit money. Whoever casts, stamps, engraves, makes or mends, or knowingly has in his possession, any mould, pattern, die, puncheon, engine, press, or other tool or instrument, adapted and designed for coining or making any counterfeit coin in the similitude of any gold or silver coin current by law or usage in this state, with intent to use the same, or causes or permits the same to be used or employed in coining or making any such false and counterfeit coin as aforesaid, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than five years, nor less than two years.

§ 1. Perjury in legal proceedings. Whoever, being lawfully required to depose the truth in any proceedings in a court of justice, commits perjury, shall be punished, if such perjury was committed on the the trial of an indictment for a capital crime, by imprisonment in the state prison not more than fifteen years, nor less than three years, and if committed in any other case, by imprisonment in the state prison not more than five years, nor less than two years.

§2. Same-in other cases. Whoever, being required or authorized by law, to take an oath or affirmation, wilfully swears, affirms, promises or declares falsely, in regard to any matter or thing respecting which such oath, affirmation, promise or declaration is required or authorized, is guilty of perjury.

See ante, c. 34, § 316.

§ 3. Subornation of perjury-penalty. Whoever is guilty of subornation of perjury, by procuring another person to commit the crime of perjury, as aforesaid, shall be punished in the same manner as for the crime of perjury.

§ 4. Attempt at subornation of perjury. Whoever endeavors to procure or incite any other person to commit the crime of perjury, though no perjury is committed, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than three years, nor less than one year.

§ 5. Presumption of perjury-accused to give recognizance. Whenever it appears to any court of record, that any witness or party who has been legally sworn and examined, or has made an affidavit in any proceedings in a court of justice, has testified in such a manner as to induce a reasonable presumption that he has been guilty of perjury therein, the court may take a recognizance with sureties for his appearing to answer to an indictment for perjury; and thereupon the witness to establish such perjury may be bound over to the proper court, and notice of the proceedings shall forthwith be given to the county attorney.

§ 6. Documentary evidence-certified copies. If, in any proceeding in a court of justice, in which perjury is reasonably presumed as aforesaid, any papers, books or documents have been produced which are deemed necessary to be used in any prosecution for such perjury, the court may order a certified copy of such books, papers or documents to be taken, to be used in such prosecution: and such certified copy shall be used in such prosecution in the same manner as the original might have been.

§ 7. Bribery of public officers. Whoever corruptly gives, offers or promises to any executive, judicial or legislative officer, after his election or appointment, and either before or after he has been qualified or taken his seat, any gift or gratuity whatever, with intent to influence his act, vote, opinion, decision or judgment in any matter, question, cause or proceeding which may then be pending, or may by law come to be brought before him in his official capacity, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than three years, nor less than one year, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars.

§ 8. Acceptance of bribes by public officers. Every executive, legislative or judicial officer who accepts any gift or gratuity, or any promise to make any gift or do any act beneficial to such officer, under an agreement or with an understanding that his vote, opinion or judgment shall be given in any particular manner, or upon a particular side of any question, cause or proceeding which is or may be by law brought before him in his official capacity, or that in such capacity he shall make any particular nomination or appointment, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than four years, nor less than two years, or by fine not exceeding six hundred dollars, nor less than two hundred dollars.

§ 9. Bribery of court, jaror, etc. Whoever corrupts or attempts to corrupt any court, commissioner, juror, arbitrator, umpire or referee, by giving, offering or promising any gift or gratuity whatever, with intent to bias his opinion, or influence the decision of such court, commissioner, juror, arbitrator, umpire or referee, in relation to any cause or matter which may be pending in the court or before an inquest, or for the decision of which such arbitrator, umpire or referee has been appointed, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than three years nor less than one year, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars.

§ 10. Acceptance of bribe by juror, arbitrator, etc. If any person summoned as a juror,