Any officer of such company, who shall certify to any such abstract that it is true and correct, knowing the same to be false, or any person who shall forge the name of any such officer, or the seal of any such company, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a felony, and be fined not more than five hundred dollars [($500)], or imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than three years, or both, in the discretion of the court.