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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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 instruments. (§§ 20-42.)

III. Consideration. (§§ 50-55.)

IV. Negotiation. (§§ 60-80.)

VI. Liabilities of parties. (§§ 110-119.)

VII. Presentment for payment. (§§ 130-148.)
VIII. Notice of dishonor. (S$ 160-189.)

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

X. Bills of exchange; form and interpretation. (88 210-215.)

XI. Acceptance. ($8 220-230.)

XII. Presentment for acceptance. ($8 240-248.)

XIII. Protest. (§§ 260-268.)

XIV. Acceptance for honor. (§§ 280-290.)

XV. Payment for honor. (§§ 300-306.)

XVI. Bills in a set. (8$ 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.