THE LAW HAS BEEN ENACTED IN THE FOLLOWING STates and

TERRITORIES:

ALABAMA.-Laws 1907, Chap. 722; Code 1907, Chap. 115, Secs. 4958

5149.

ARIZONA. Rev. Stat. 1901, p. 852, title 49 of Civil Code, Secs. 33043491; Laws 1905, Chap. 23.

COLORADO.- Laws 1897, Chap. 64.

CONNECTICUT.-Laws 1897, Chap. 74; Genl. Stat. Rev. 1902, p. 1028. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.-Laws U. S. 1899; Laws U. S. 1901; Laws U. S. 1902, Secs. 1304-1493.

FLORIDA.-Laws 1897, Chap. 4524; Genl. Stat. 1906, p. 1147; Secs.

2394-3099.

IDAHO.-Laws 1903, p. 380.

ILLINOIS.-Laws 1907, p. 403.

IOWA.-Laws 1902, Chap. 130; Laws 1906, Chap. 149; Code Supp. 1902, p. 352, Chap. 3-A, Secs. 3060-a1-3060-a198.

KANSAS.-Laws 1905, Chap. 310; Genl. Stat. 1905, p. 967, Chap. 70, Secs. 4533-4732.

KENTUCKY.-Laws 1904, Chap. 102.
LOUISIANA.-Laws 1904, Chap. 64.

MARYLAND.-Laws 1898, Chap. 119.

MASSACHUSETTS.— -Laws 1898, Chap. 533; Laws 1899, Chap. 130; Rev. Laws 1902, p. 628, Chap. 73, Secs. 18-212.

MICHIGAN.-Laws 1905, Chap. 265.

MISSOURI.-Laws 1905, p. 243; Laws 1907, p. 366.

MONTANA.-Laws 1903, Chap. 121.

NEBRASKA.- Laws 1905, Chap. 83; Comp. Stat. 1907, Chap. 41, Secs. 3558-a1-3558-a198.

NEVADA.-Laws 1907, Chap. 62.

NEW JERSEY.-Laws 1902, Chap. 184.

NEW MEXICO.-Laws 1907, Chap. 83.

NEW YORK.-Laws 1897, Chap. 612; Laws 1898, Chap. 336; Laws 1904, Chap. 287.

NORTH CAROLINA.-Laws 1899, Chap. 733; Laws 1905, Chap. 327; Laws 1907, Chap. 807; Revisal, 1905, p. 655, Chap. 54, Secs. 2151-2346. NORTH DAKOTA.-Laws 1899, Chap. 113; Civil Code, 1905, p. 1002, Chap. 90, Secs. 6303-6498.

OHIO.-Laws 1902, p. 162; Bates' Annot. Stat. (5th ed.) pp. 1800a1807, Secs. 3171-3178e.

OREGON.-Laws 1899. p. 18; Bellinger & Cotton's Annot. Codes & Stat., p. 1440, Secs. 4403-4594.

PENNSYLVANIA.-Laws 1901, No. 162.

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xlviii ENACTMENTS IN STATES AND TERRITORIES.

RHODE ISLAND.-Laws 1899, Chap. 674.
TENNESSEE.- Laws 1899, Chap. 94.
UTAH.-Laws 1899, Chap. 83.

VIRGINIA.-Laws 1898, Chap. 866; Laws 1906, Chap. 219; Code, 1904, Chap. 133a, Sec. 2841a.

WASHINGTON.-Laws 1899, Chap. 149.

WEST VIRGINIA.-Laws 1907, Chap. 81.

WISCONSIN.-Laws 1899, Chap. 356; Laws 1901, Chap. 41; Laws 1905, Chap. 262; Laws 1907, Chap. 361.

WYOMING.-Laws 1905, Chap. 43.

THE NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS LAW.

THE NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS LAW.

A general act relating to Negotiable Instruments (being an act to establish a law uniform with the laws of other States on that subject).*

Article I. General provisions. (§§ 1-7.)

II. Form and interpretation of negotiable instru

ments. (§§ 20–42.)

III. Consideration. (§§ 50-55.)

IV. Negotiation. (§§ 60-80.)

V. Rights of holder. (§§ 90–98.)

VI. Liabilities of parties. (§§ 110-119.)
VII. Presentment for payment.

(§§ 130-148.)

VIII. Notice of dishonor. (§§ 160-189.)

IX. Discharge of negotiable instruments. (§§ 200-206.)

X. Bills of exchange; form and interpretation. (S$ 210-215.)

XI. Acceptance. (§§ 220-230.)

XII. Presentment for acceptance. (§§ 240-248.)
XIII. Protest.

(§§ 260-268.)

XIV. Acceptance for honor.

(§§ 280-290.)

XV. Payment for honor. (§§ 300-306.)
XVI. Bills in a set. (88 310-315.)

XVII. Promissory notes and checks. (§§ 320–325.)
XVIII. Notes given for a patent rights and for a
speculative consideration.

(§§ 330–332.)

XIX. Laws repealed, when to take effect. (§§ 340,

341.)

This is the General Title proposed by the Commissioners on Uniformity of Laws, and used in many of the States. It has been held sufficiently comprehensive under a constitutional provision providing that no law shall embrace more than one subject to be expressed in the title. Gilley v. Harrell (Tenn.), 101 S. W. Rep. 424.