§ 750.99Certifying checks; insufficient funds

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Sec. 99.
    Certifying checks without amount thereof actually standing to credit of drawer—It shall not
 be lawful for any officer, clerk, agent or employe of a bank to certify a check unless the
 amount thereof actually stands to the credit of the drawer upon the books of the bank, or to
 resort to any device, or receive any fictitious obligations, direct or collateral, in order to evade
 the provisions of this prohibition; and any officer, clerk, agent or employe who shall attempt
 any such evasion shall be guilty of a felony.

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