Section 29. Whoever engraves, prints, issues, utters or circulates a shop bill or advertisement, in similitude, form and appearance like a bank bill, on paper similar to paper used for bank bills, and with vignettes, figures or decorations used on bank bills, or having the general appearance of a bank bill, or in similitude, form and appearance, like a treasury note, note, certificate, bill of credit or other security issued by or on behalf of the United States, on paper similar to paper used for the same, respectively, and with vignettes, figures or decorations used thereon, or having the general appearance of a treasury note, note, certificate, bill of credit or other security issued by or on behalf of the United States, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment in jail for not more than three months.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases
Title I - Crimes and Punishments
Chapter 267 - Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency
Section 1 - False or Forged Records, Certificates, Returns, Attestations and Other Writings
Section 2 - Railroad or Admission Tickets, Passes or Badges
Section 3 - Seal of Land Court; Stamping Documents Without Authority
Section 4 - Railroad Company Stamp; Forging or Using Without Authority
Section 5 - Uttering False or Forged Records, Deeds or Other Writings
Section 6 - Uttering a Forged Railroad or Admission Ticket, Pass or Badge
Section 8 - False, Forged or Counterfeited Bank Bill, Note or Traveller's Check
Section 9 - Possession of Ten or More of False, Forged or Counterfeited Notes or Bills
Section 11 - Common Utterers of Counterfeit Bills
Section 12 - Possession of False, Forged or Counterfeit Bills, Notes or Traveller's Checks
Section 14 - Evidence Relative to Forged or Counterfeited Bank or Institution Bills or Notes
Section 16 - Fictitious Signatures of Corporate Officers or Agents
Section 17 - Counterfeiting Coin; Possession of Ten or More Pieces of False Money
Section 19 - Common Utterers of Counterfeit Coin
Section 20 - Tools for Making Counterfeit Coin
Section 21 - Notes, Bills, Orders or Checks as Currency
Section 22 - Notes, Bills, Orders or Checks for Less Than Five Dollars, as Currency
Section 23 - Bank Notes or Bills for a Fraction of a Dollar
Section 24 - Connecting Parts of Instruments
Section 25 - Damaging or Impairing Bank Bills or Notes
Section 26 - Gathering or Retaining Bank Bills or Notes
Section 27 - Possession of Worthless Bank Bills or Notes
Section 28 - Uttering, Passing or Tendering Worthless Bank Bills or Notes