§ 750.255Tools and implements for counterfeiting bills or notes

Sec. 255.
     Tools and implements for counterfeiting notes—Any person who shall engrave, make or
 mend, or begin to engrave, make or mend, any plate, block, press or other tool, instrument or
 implement, or shall make or provide any paper or other material, adapted or designed for the
 forging and making any false or counterfeit note, certificate or other bill of credit in the
 similitude of the notes, certificates, bills of credit issued by lawful authority for any debt of
 this state, or any of its political subdivisions or municipalities, or any false or counterfeit note
 or bill in the similitude of the notes or bills issued by any bank or banking company
 established in this state, or within the United States, or in any of the British provinces in North
 America, or in any foreign state or country; and any person who shall have in his possession
 any such plate or block, engraved in whole or in part, or any press or other tool, instrument or
 implement, or any paper or other material, adapted and designed as aforesaid, with intent to
 use the same, or to cause or permit the same to be used in forging or making any such false or
 counterfeit certificates, bills or notes, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment
 in the state prison not more than 10 years or by fine of not more than 5,000 dollars.