ART. 35. ] BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES. 295
ARTICLE XXXV.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES; BILLS
OF LADING, STORAGE RECEIPTS AND
ELEVATOR RECEIPTS.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES.
1. Damages on foreign bills of exchange pro-
tested
2 What indorser paying to have right to re-
cover
3 By whom to be protested
4. Damages on inland bills of exchange pro-
tested
5 What indorser paying to have right to re-
cover.
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6 Protest for non-acceptance or non-payment;
evidence
7 Protest stating notice to be evidence of
such notice
8 Judgment on negotiable instruments not
reversible because indorsed in blank
9 Suit allowed on lost note, bill, etc, instru-
ment to be accounted for, contents
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LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
10 When notes or bills maturing on holidays
payable, and when notice of dishonor
given
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11 Certain holidays falling on Sunday, when
notes and bills maturing on Monday fol-
lowing payable, and when notice of dis-
honor given
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BILLS OF LADING AND STORAGE RECEIPTS.
12 Bills of lading, storage receipts, etc, de-
clared negotiable unless the contrary be
expressly provided on the face thereof
13. Effect of such instruments as evidence
14 Acceptances, vouchers, etc, declared ne-
gotiable unless the contrary be expressly
provided on the face thereof
15 Meaning of term, issued.
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16 Issuing bills of lading, receipt, etc, forbid-
den in certain cases, penalty
17 Second receipt, voucher, etc, not to be is-
sued till first is cancelled, goods to be
delivered only on certain conditions;
penalty, duplicate
18. Certain claims, rights, etc, saved
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ELEVATOR RECEIPTS.
19 Legal Import of elevator receipts
BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES.
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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 cur-
rent 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 men-
tioned from the time of protest until the principal and damages are
paid and satisfied.
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Art 14, s 1.
1785, c 38, s 1.
Damages on
protested bills
of exchange,
foreign
2 H & J 396,
2 Howard, 736,
5 Howard, 382.
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2. If any indorser of such bill shall pay to the owner or holder of
such bill the value of the principal, and the damages and interest
aforesaid, he shall have the right to recover the sum paid with legal
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Id s 2
1785, c 38, s 1
What Indorser
paying, to have
right to recover.
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