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slioulcl, thougli it might liave been given for a usurious con- 

 sideration or upon a usurious contract, be void in the hands 

 of an indorsee for vahiable consideration, unless such indorsee 

 had at the time of discounting or paying such consideration 

 for the same actual notice that such bill of exchange or pro- 

 missory note had been originally given for a usurious consi- 

 11 & 12 Geo. deration or iipon a usurious contract : and whereas by an act 

 3» (!•) passed in the parliament of Ireland in the eleventh and twelfth 



years of the reign of his said late majesty King George the 

 Third, intituled " An Act to prevent Frauds committed by 

 Bankrupts," it was enacted, that every bond, bill, note, con- 

 tract, agreement or other security whatsoever to be made or 

 given by any bankrupt or by any other person unto or to the 

 use of or in trust for any creditor or creditors, or for the secu- 

 rity of the payment of any debt or sum of monej^ due from 

 such bankrupt at the time of his becoming bankrupt, or any 

 part thereof, between the time of his becoming bankrupt and 

 such bankrupt's discharge, as a consideration or to the intent 

 to persuade him, her or them to consent to or sign any such 

 allowance or certificate, should be wholly void and of no effect, 

 and the monies there secured or agreed to be paid should not 

 4.5 Geo. 3, be recovered or recoverable : and whereas b}^ an act passed in 

 <:'■• 72. the forty-fifth year of the reign of his said late majesty Kang 



George the Third, intituled " An Act for the Encouragement 

 of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually manning his 

 Majesty's Navy during the present War," it was enacted, that 

 all contracts and agreements which should be entered into, 

 and all bills, notes and other securities which should be given 

 by any person or persons for ransom of any ship or vessel, or 

 of any merchandize or goods on board the same, contrary to 

 that act, should be absolutely null and void in law, and of no 

 6 Geo. 4, c. 16. effect whatsoever : and whereas by an act passed in the sixth 

 year of the reign of his late majesty King George the Fourth, 

 intituled " An Act to amend the Laws relating to Bankrupts," 

 it was enacted, that any contract or security made or given by 

 any bankrupt or other person unto or in trust for any creditor, 

 or for securing the payment of any money due by such bank- 

 rupt at his bankruptcy as a consideration or with intent to 

 persuade such creditor to consent to or sign the certificate of 

 any such bankrupt, should be void, and the money thereb}^ 

 secured or agreed to be paid should not be recoverable, and 

 the party sued on such contract or security might plead the 

 general issue, and give that act and the special matter in evi- 

 dence : and whereas securities and instruments made void by 

 virtue of the several hereinbefore recited acts of the sixteenth 

 year of the reign of his said late majesty King Charles the 

 Second, the tenth j^ear of the reign of his said late majesty 

 King William the Third, the ninth and eleventh j'ears of the 

 reign of her said late majesty Queen Anne, the eleventh and 



