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title: "12 U.S.C. § 581"
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# 12 U.S.C. § 581 - Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948

## Notes

Section, R.S. § 5187, related to unauthorized issue of circulating notes. See section 334 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.