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Officers giving in false statements of money entrusted to their care, guilty of a misdemeanor, & c., and rendered incapable of holding office under the crown.
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2. And . . . if any such officer, collector, or receiver so entrusted with the receipt, custody, or management of any part of the public revenues shall knowingly furnish false statements or returns of the sums of money collected by him or entrusted to his care, or of the balances of money in his hands or under his control, such officer, collector, or receiver so offending and being thereof convicted shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be adjudged to suffer the punishment of fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court, and be rendered for ever incapable of holding or enjoying any office under the crown.
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