Chap. 19.—An ACT to Amend the seventh and eleventh sections of Chap-
ter one hundred and forty-four of the Code of Virginia, so as to author-
ize Promissory Notes, &c., to be made payable at the office of a
Licensed Broker. :

Passed December 18, 1866.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
sections seventh and eleventh of the one hundred and forty-
fourth chapter of the Code of Virginia, (edition eighteen
hundred and sixty), be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

Ҥ 7. Every nANInSKOY note, or check for money, myable
in this state at a particular bank, or at a particular office
thereof, for discount and deposit, or-at the place of business
of a savings institution or savings bank, or at the place: of
business of a licensed broker, and every inland. bill of ex-
change, payable in this state, shall be deemed negotiable,
and may, upon being dishonored. for non-acceptance or non-
payment, be protested, and the protest be, in such case, evi-
dence of dishonor,.in like manner as in the case of a foreign
bill of exchange.”

Ҥ 11. Upon any such nDte, which on its face is payable
at ® particular bank, or at a particular office thereof for dis-
count and deposit, or the place of business of a savings in-
stitution or savings bank, or at the place of business of a
licensed broker, and upon any bill of exchange, whether such
note or bill be payable i in or out of this state, if the same be
protested, an action of debt may be maintained, and judg-
ment given jointly against all liable by virtue thereof, whether
drawers, endorsers or acceptors, or against any one, or any
intermediate number of them, for the principal and charges
of protest, with interest thereon from the date of such pro-
test; and, in case of such bill, for the damages also.”

2. This act shall bei in force from its passage.