CHAP. 117.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 7 and 8 of chap-
ter 141 of the Code of 1873, in relation to promissory notes.

Approved April 2, 1879.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That sections
seven and eight of chapter one hundred and forty-one of the
Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be and the same
are hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows,
namely :

§ 7. Every promissory note or check for money payable 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 a place of business
of a licensed broker or banker, 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-pay-
ment, be protested, and the protest be in such case evidence of
dishonor in like manner as in the case of a foreign bill of
exchange.

$8 The protest both in the case of a foreign bill and in the
other cases mentioned in the preceding section, shall be prima
facie evidence of what is stated therein, or at the foot or on the
back thereof, in relation to presentment, dishonor, and notice
thereof.

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