SECT. XVI. Whosoever shall counterfeit (* 24) any coin current
by law within this commonwealth, or any paper bills issued in the
nature of money, or of certificates of loan, on the credit of this
commonwealth, or of all or any of the United States of America, or
any Inspectors' notes for tobacco, or shall pass any such
counterfeited coin, paper bills, or notes, knowing them to be
counterfeit; or, for the sake of lucre, shall diminish (* 25) each,
or any such coin, shall be condemned to hard labour six years in the
public works, and shall forfeit all his lands and goods to the
commonwealth.
SECT. XVII. The making false any such paper bill, or note,
shall be deemed counterfeiting.
SECT. XVIII. (* 26) Whosoever committeth arson, shall be
condemned to hard labour five years in the public works, and shall
make good the loss of the sufferers threefold (* 27).
SECT. XIX. If any person shall, within this Commonwealth, or,
being a citizen thereof, shall without the same, wilfully destroy (*
28) or run (* 29) away with any sea-vessel, or goods laden on board
thereof, or plunder or pilfer any wreck, he shall be condemned to
hard labour five years in the public works, and shall make good the
loss of the sufferers threefold.
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