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 542 FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1329. 1902. dred dollars in value the register of wills shall receive no fees, and where the estate does not exceed five hundred dollars in value the fees 0¤1¤r ¤¤rv1¤<>¤- shall not exceed ten dollars: Provided further, That the court may allow to the register reasonable fees for any service he may render _ not specined in the preceding section." fo;*§‘,fj},}{,',g¥“*'d’“““ Amend the caption of section 1141 by adding thereto the words " or Kghggéybgzkim l1;natici;’ Arnlend sectiop 1l141 by gnserting in the eighth line thereof,' ` a ter the wor "copies, the wor s "of so much;" also by strikiu ppt in tlée same Sue tlge word "showing" and inserting in lieu thereé ewor s‘ ass ows. “€"l““‘ ‘ Strike out sections 1167 and 1168. V<>1- 31. v·1376· Amend section 1180 so that it will read as follows: 2,2,1;, momma_ "Sec. 1180. WHAT IS UsUmr.—1f any person or corporation shall V¤1·31.n 1377- contract in the District, verbally, to y a greater rate of interest . than six per centum per annum, or shallacontract, in writiu, to pa a §·eater rate than six per centum per annum, the creditor shall forfleit géymken e whole of the interest so contracted tobe received: Provided, That vo1.2s,p.1o6s. nothing in this chapter contained shall be held to repeal or affect the Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty- nine, relating to pawnbrokers." Amend section 1182 so that it will read as follows: ·_ Ugglggfgj mggggprjgt “Sec. 1182. Unnawrm. imannsr cro na canm·r1·:n.—In any action vm. s1, p. im.brought upon any contract for the pa ment of money with interest at a rate forbidden b law, as aforesaid; any payments of interest that may have been made on account of said contract shall be deemed and taken to be payments made on account of the principal debt, and judgment shall be rendered for no more than the balance found due after deducting and properly crediting the interest so dpaid; but no bona fide indorsee of negotiable paper purchased before ue shall be affected by any usury exacted by any former holder of said paper unless he had notice of the usury before his purchase." Amend section 1189 so that it will read as follows: ygrrgng g31g:. ‘;1S(i;;cil1189. l?AIl;AI;1Y.li··H(i sgall aegeive aizlannuiil salag of two thou- "‘san oars,w1c sa incuea eesan emoumen:. mJ¤dK¤¤*¤¤ *>¤*¤¤d· Amend section 1212 by inserting in the tenth line thereof, after the vm. si. p. issi. word "a(greement," the words "in writing filed in the cause." mg;*;1;S<>¤ ¤<1¤1¤1*·1¤ Amen section 1214 by inserting in the eleventh line thereof, after v¤1.s1]p.n¤s1. the word "contingent," the words "but such liens on equitable interests shall be enforced by bill in equity." }’,g{l>g{’¢3f;$;¤b_g¤¤· thAmen(lsegti’opb1222 biy iplsepting in the seventh line thereof, after ewor 1, ewor ‘ e. {gg,} Aénend: section 1226”by striking out in the sixth line thereof the wor s " or possession. “{g¤];*¤*’•>¤ 01 ml Amend section 1265 by inserting in the twenty-seventh line thereof, vm. 51, p. isssv. afteréhs gvord ‘;’representative," the words "except where otherwise rovi e erem. eS{·j{’gQ°‘°“‘“°€°'“** p Amend section 1266 by inserting in the third line thereof, after the V<>r 31. v· 138*1 word “ interval," the words " not exceeding two years." ,,;§f€‘g“ ’“"8‘”°”“· Amend section 1267 by striking out. at the end thereof, the words V<>r 31. x>·138=>- “and whether so barred or not, no action shall be brought in the District on any such judgment or decree rendered more than ten years before the commencement of such action." ggbgjcbgréxggs- Amend section 1268 by inserting in the first line thereof, between ' 'p‘the word “the" and the word "(provisions," the word "foregoing;" also by striking out in the secon line thereof the word "aforesaid" and inserting in lieu thereof the words “of this chapter." Amendhsection 1271 by adding, at the end thereof, the following ragrap : Qj`;*j(§‘Qf§é;*I¤;§g¤,_ p3" No action shall be maintained whereby to charge any person upon von. si p. iam. any acknowledgment of, or promise to pay, any debt contracted during