ART. 14.] BILLS OF EXCHANGE, &c. 65

according to the laws or customs of the place where such bill
shall be made payable, shall be entitled to recover so much cur-
rent money as will produce a good bill of exchange at the cur-
rent exchange of such bills, and also eight per cent, damages
upon the value of the principal sum mentioned in such bill and
costs of protest, together with legal interest upon the value of
the principal sum therein mentioned, from the time of protest
until the principal and damages are paid and satisfied.

5. If any endorser of any such bill shall pay to the owner or
holder thereof the value of the principal and the damages and
interest aforesaid, such endorser shall have a right to recover the
sum paid, with legal interest upon the same, from the drawer or
any person, company or corporation liable to such endorser upon
such bill of exchange.

6. A protest duly made by a Notary Public of a promissory
note for non-payment, or of a bill of exchange, whether foreign
or inland, for non-acceptance or non-payment, shall be prima
facie evidence of such non-acceptance or non-payment, and of
the presentment of such note for payment, or of such bill for
acceptance or payment, at the time and in the manner stated in
the protest.

7. When such protest shall state that notice of such non-pay-
ment or non-acceptance has been sent or delivered to the party
or parties to such note or bill, and the manner of such notice,
such protest shall be prima facie evidence that such notice hae
been sent or delivered in the manner therein stated.

8. No judgment of any court of this State rendered in any suit
on a bill of exchange, promissory note or other negotiable instru-
ment, shall be reversed, or in any way set aside, on appeal or
writ of error, because the endorsements thereon may be in
blank, but such judgment shall be as good and valid as if such
endorsements were properly filled up.
VOL. I.—5