2. Bills payable at any place in Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope, or any place in Asia or the islands thereof, shall pay damages, 20 per cent.

Rhode Island.

The damages on bills of exchange, payable in other States and returned under protest, are uniformly 5 per cent.

The damages on foreign bills of exchange returned under protest are 10 per cent.

Connecticut.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Connecticut, payable in other States, and returned under protest, are as follows:

1. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York (interior), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia, 3 per cent."

2. New York city, 2 per cent.

3. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Ohio, 5 per cent. 4. All the other States and Territories, 8 per cent.

Foreign Bills. There is no statute in force in Connecticut in reference to damages on foreign bills of exchange.

New York.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in this State and payable in other States, and returned under protest for non-acceptance or non-payment, are as follows:

1. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia, and Ohio, 3 per cent.

2. North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee, 5 per cent.

3. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin, 10 per cent.

Foreign Bills. The damages on foreign bills, returned under protest, are 10 per cent.

New Jersey.

There is no statute in force in reference to damages on protested bills of exchange, either foreign or domestic.

Pennsylvania.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in this State, payable in other States, and returned under protest, are as follows:

1. Upper and Lower California, New Mexico, and Oregon, 10 per

cent.

2. All other States, 5 per cent.

Foreign Bills. The damages on foreign bills returned under protest are as follows (May 13, 1850):

1. Payable in China, India, or other parts of Asia, Africa, or islands in the Pacific Ocean, 20 per cent.

2. Mexico, Spanish Main, West Indies, or other Atlantic islands, east coast of South America, Great Britain, or other parts of Europe, 10 per

cent.

3. West coast of South America, 15 per cent. 4. All other parts of the world, 10 per cent.

Delaware.

There is no statute in force in reference to damages on domestic bills. The damages upon bills of exchange drawn upon any person in Eng. land or other parts of Europe, or beyond the seas, and returned under protest, are 20 per cent.

Maryland.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Maryland, payable in other States, and returned under protest, are uniformly 8 per cent.

The claimant is entitled to receive a sum sufficient to buy another bill of the same tenor, and eight per cent. damages on the value of the prin cipal sum mentioned in the bill, and interest from the time of protest, and

costs.

Practice includes the District of Columbia in this law of damages (Act of Assembly, 1785, c. 38), but it is questionable whether the District be within the law, which provides only for States.

Foreign Bills. The damages on these, returned under protest, are 15 per cent.

The claimant is to receive a sum sufficient to buy another bill of same tenor, and fifteen per cent. damages on the value of the principal sum mentioned in the bill, and interest from the time of protest, and costs.

Virginia.

Damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Virginia, payable in other States, and returned under protest, are uniformly 3 per cent.

The damages on foreign bills of exchange returned under protest are uniformly 10 per cent.

North Carolina.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in this State, payable in other States, and returned under protest, are uniformly 3 per cent. The damages on foreign bills of exchange returned under protest are as follows:

1. Bills payable in any part of North America, except the Northwest Coast and the West Indies, 10 per cent.

2. Bills payable in Madeira, the Canaries, the Azores, Cape de Verd Islands, Europe, and South America, 15 per cent.

3. Bills payable elsewhere, 20 per cent.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in South Carolina, payable in other States, and protested for non-payment, are uniformly 10 per cent., together with costs of protest.

A bill drawn in South Carolina, payable in another State, is deemed a foreign bill, and damages may be claimed, although such bill be not actually returned after protest.

Foreign Bills. The damages on foreign bills of exchange negotiated in South Carolina are:

1. On bills on any part of North America other than the United States, and on the West Indies, 12 per cent.

2. On bills drawn on any other part of the world,

Georgia.

15 per cent.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Georgia, payable in other States, and returned under protest, are uniformly 5

per cent. The damages on foreign bills of exchange returned under protest are 10 per cent.

Alabama.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Alabama, payable in other States, and returned under protest, are uniformly 15 per cent. Bills payable within the State of Alabama, 5 per cent.

The damages on foreign bills of exchange returned under protest are 20 per cent.

Arkansas.

The damages on bills of exchange drawn or negotiated in Arkansas, expressed to be for value received, and protested for non-acceptance, or for non-payment after non-acceptance, are as follows (R. S. 1848, c. 25): 1. If payable within the State, 2 per cent.

2. If payable in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, or Missouri, or at any point on the Ohio River, 4 per cent.

3. If payable in any other State or Territory, 5 per cent.

4. If payable within either of the United States, and protested for non payment, after acceptance, 6 per cent.

5. The damages on bills of exchange, expressed for value received, and payable beyond the limits of the United States, 10 per cent.

Florida.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Florida, payable in other States, and returned under protest for non-payment, are uniformly per cent.

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Damages on foreign bills of exchange, 5 per cent.

Illinois.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Illinois, payable in

other States or Territories, and returned under protest for non-paymert, are uniformly (by Act of March, 1845) 5 per cent.

Damages on foreign bills, 10 per cent.

Indiana.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Indiana, payable in other States, and returned under protest for non-payment, are uniformly per cent.

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The damages on foreign bills are 10 per cent.

Iowa.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Iowa, payable in other States, and protested for non-payment, are uniformly 5 per cent. No statute exists as to damages on foreign bills of exchange.

Kentucky.

There is no statute in force upon the subject of damages on either domestic or foreign bills of exchange.

Louisiana.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Louisiana, payable in other States, are uniformly 5 per cent.

The damages on foreign bills of exchange, returned under protest, are uniformly (Statute of 1838) 10 per cent.

Michigan.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Michigan, payable in other States, and returned under protest, are uniformly 3 per cent. And the damages on foreign bills are also 3 per cent.

Mississippi.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Mississippi, payable in other States, and returned under protest, are uniformly 5 per cent. The damages on foreign bills are 10 per cent.

Missouri.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Missouri, payable in other States, and returned under protest, are uniformly 10 per cent. On bills payable within the State, 4 per cent.

On foreign bills, 20 per cent.

Ohio.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Ohio, payable in other States, and returned under protest, are uniformly (by Act of February 15, 1831) 6 per cent.

On foreign bills, 12 per cent.

Tennessee.

The damages on bills of exchange negotiated in Tennessee, payable in other States, and protested for non-payment, are 3 per cent.

The damages on foreign bills, protested, are:

1. If drawn upon any person out of the United States, and in North America, bordering upon the Gulf of Mexico, or in any part of the West India Islands, 15 per cent.

2. If payable in any other part of the world, 20 per cent.

Texas.

There is no statute in force in reference to damages on either domestic or foreign bills of exchange.

Wisconsin.

The damages on bills of exchange drawn or indorsed in Wisconsin, payable in either of the States adjoining that State, and protested for nonacceptance or non-payment, are 5 per cent.

If drawn upon a person or body politic or corporate, within either of the United States, and not adjoining to that State, the damages are 10 per

cent.

The damages on bills of exchange drawn or indorsed in Wisconsin, payable beyond the limits of the United States, and protested for nonacceptance or non-payment, are (R. S. 1849, p. 263) 5 per cent, together with the current rate of exchange at the time of demand.

California.

By an act passed April 16, 1850, the damages on protested bills of exchange drawn or negotiated in California were fixed as follows:

1. If drawn upon any person or persons east of the Rocky Mountains, and within the limits of the United States, 15 per cent.

2. If drawn upon any person or persons in Europe, or in any foreign country, 20 per cent.

By an act passed March 13, 1850, the rate of interest on money loaned in California was fixed at ten per cent. per annum, where there is no special contract; but "parties may agree in writing for the payment of any rate of interest whatever on money due, or to become due, on any contract. Any judgment rendered on such contract shall conform thereto, and shall bear the interest agreed upon by the parties."