§323. Penalty for forgery and alteration
Every person who forges, counterfeits, erases, alters, or falsifies any enrollment, license, certificate, permit, or other document, mentioned or required in title 50 of the Revised Statutes, to be granted by any officer of the revenue, such person, so offending, shall be liable to a penalty of $500.
(R.S. §4375.)
References in Text
Title 50 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was in the original "this Title", meaning title 50 of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§4311 to 4390. For complete classification of R.S. §§4311 to 4390 to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
R.S. §4375 derived from act Feb. 18, 1793, ch. 8, §30,
Cross References
Definition of enrollment or license with respect to vessel documentation, see section 12101 of Title 46, Shipping.
Ship's papers, counterfeiting and forgery, see section 507 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.