ART. 13] BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES.

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170. Eights of holder where bill not accepted. CHAPTER XIII — Protests of Bills of Exchange. 171. In what cases protest necessary. 172. Protest; how made. 173. Protest; by whom made. 174. Protest; when to be made. 175. Protest; where made. 176, Protest; both for non-acceptance and non-payment. 177. Protest before maturity where acceptor insolvent. 178. When protest dispensed with. 179. Protest; where bill is lost, et cetera. CHAPTER XIV — Acceptance of Bills of Exchange for Honor. 180. When bill may be accepted for honor. 181. Acceptance for honor; how made. 182. When deemed to be an accept- ance for honor of the drawer. 183. Liability of acceptor for honor. 184. Agreement of acceptor for honor. 185. Matuiity of bill payable after sight; accepted for honor. 186. Protest of bill accepted for honor, et cetera. 187. Presentment for payment to acceptor for honor; how made. 188. When delay in making present- ment is excused. 189. Dishonor of bill by acceptor fov honor.

CHAPTER XV — Payment of Bills of Exchange for Honor. 190. Who may make payment for honor. 191. Payment for honor; how made. 192. Declaration before payment for honor. 193. Preference of parties offering to pay for honor. 194. Effect on subsequent parties where bill is paid for honor. 195. Where holder refuses to receive payment supra protest 196. Eights of prayer for honor. CHAPTER XVI — Bills in a Set. 197. Bills in sets constitute one bill. 198. Eights of holders where different parts are negotiated. 199. Liability of holder who indorses two or more parts of a set to different persons. 200. Acceptance of bills drawn in sets. 201. Payment by acceptor of bills drawn in sets. 202. Effect of discharging one of a set. CHAPTER XVII — Promissory Notes and Checks. 203. Promissory note defined. 204. Check defined. 205. Within what time a check must be presented. 206. Certification of check; effect of. 207. Effect where holder of check pro- cures it to be certified. 208. When check operates as an as- signment.

1904, art. 13, sec. 1. 1888, art. 13, sec. 1. 1860, art. 14, sec. 1. 1785, ch. 38, sec. 1.
1. The owner or .holder of every bill of exchange drawn in this
State on any person, corporation or company in any foreign country,
and regularly protested, shall have a right to recover so much current
money as will purchase a good bill of exchange of the same time of
payment, and upon the same place, at the current exchange of such
bill, and also fifteen 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 satis-
fied.