§ 750.257Sworn certificate; evidence

Sec. 257.
     Sworn certificate made evidence—In all prosecutions for forging or counterfeiting any
 note, certificate, bills of credit or other security issued in behalf of the United States, or in
 behalf of any state or territory, or for uttering, publishing or tendering in payment as true, any
 such forged or counterfeit note, certificate, bill of credit, or security, or for being possessed
 thereof with intent to utter or pass the same as true, the certificate under oath of the secretary
 of the treasury, or of the treasurer of the United States, or of the secretary or treasurer of any
 state or territory on whose behalf such note, certificate, bill of credit or security, purports to
 have been issued, shall be admitted as evidence for the purpose of proving the same to be
 forged or counterfeit.