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 802 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 47, 48. 1899. A¤¤¤r¤¤¤¤•=- Sec. 181. That the acceptance may be written on any part, and it must be written on one part only. If the drawee accepts more than one part, and such accepted parts are negotiated to diiferent holdersin due course, he is liable on every such part as if it were a separate bill. P¤r¤¤¤¤* hr M- Sec. 182. That when the acceptor of a bill drawn in a set pays it °°°t°r‘ without requiring the part bearing his acceptance to be delivered up to him, and that part at maturity is outstanding in the hands of a holder in due course, he is liable to the holder thereon. _ Effect 0* ·li¤¢l==¤*s- Sec. 183. That except as herein otherwise provided, where' any one mg °°° m' part of a bill drawn in a set is discharged by payment or otherwise the whole bill is discharged. P¤·mi¤¤¤rr ¤¤¤<·¤ True III. Pnomssonr Sores AND Cmacics. and checks. ARTICLE 1. D¤¤¤iri¤¤¤· Sec. 181. That a negotiable promissory note within the meaning of· ·P¤““**¤°*F '*°*°- this Act is an unconditional promise in writing, made by one person to another, signed by the maker, engaging to pay on demand, or at a hxed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money, to order or to bearer. Where a note is drawn to the maker’s own order, it is not complete until indorsed by him. —¤i¤¤·=k- S1ac.*185. That a check is a bill of exchange drawn on a bank, pay- able on demand. Except as herein otherwise provided, the provisions of this Act applicable to a bill of exchange payable on demand apply to a check. —timc within which Sec. 186. That a check must be presented for payment within a. "“‘"l’° *‘"‘°'"°"‘ reasonable time after its issue, or the drawer will be discharged from liability thereon to the extent of the loss caused by the delay. —ceniHc¤ri<>¤: •¤¤·¤r- Sec. 187. That where a check is certilied by the bank on which it is drawn, the certiiication is equivalent to an acceptance. or certitied, the drawer and all indorsers are discharged from liability thereon. · When <>p•=r¤¤~¤ as Sec. 189. That a check of itself does not operate as an assignment "“ “""“'“"“" of any part of the funds to the credit of the drawer with the bank, and the bank is not liable to the holder unless and until it accepts or certifies the check. R•=i»<¢=¤r Sm". 190. That all laws of force within the District of Columbia inconsistent with the foregoing provisions of this Act be, and the same hereby are. repealed. EBM!. Sec. 191. That this Act shall take etll-ct on the tirst Monday of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Approved, January 12, 1899. Juuunrv 12.1·>99. CHAP. 48.-An Act 'l`o provide for the establishment of building lines on certain " ‘streets in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. lie I thenacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Elishri;xt;;!`i}·;lp:~l»i;;; States of 1-lnlefrirtb in CUTIQTCSS G88C1I1Wé!], That (lllé Comlnlssioners 01* srié". 1..3 umn nine- the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to establish building gb{y;{__§.¤·1··· MW ¤<· lines on streets or parts of streets less than ninety feet wide in the District of Columbia, upon the presentation to them of a plat of the street or a portion of the street upon which such action is desired showing the lots and the names of the record owners thereof. and accompanied by a petition of the owners of one—half of the real estate shown on said plat requesting that building lines be established. or when said Cominissioners shall certify that public health, comibrt, or convenience requires that such building lines be established. iu(.;a,mnau pm¤ee·i· Isizc. 2; That upon the filing of such plat and petition in the ofiiee r of said Lominissioners, or when said Coinmissiouers shall certify that public health, comfort, or convenience requires that such building lines
 * ,i;·;¢¤r~1 1>S1·¤¤¤*= S1-:0.188. That where the holder of a check procures it to be accepted