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Pekaltt Fob Ttshet.

(Contract void for excess of interest only.

Forfeit usury and costs.

Forfeit interest and usury only.

Forfeit three times the usury taken.

{Contract void, and forfeit full am't of debt, half to informer. Contracts void ; a misdemeanor.

(Contracts void, and forfeit double the amount of loan. Excess credited on principal. Excess deducted from debt. Forfeit usury only.

Forfeit usury, interest, and costs.

  • Forfeit excess only.
  • Forfeit interest and usury only.

(Forfeit excess ; when paid, may be recovered back with interest and costs.

{Contract void ; lender liable to penalty of twice the debt, recoverable in qui tarn action. (Contract valid ; but no interest re- coverable thereon.' Usurious contracts void.

' By stipulation in writing, as high as ten per cent. ' By stipulation in writing, as high as twelve per cent. ' On bona fide loans of money, eight per cent, * In several, excepted townships, seven per cent. _ 'Negotiable paper in bona fide hands not affected, and agents of parties re- siding out of the State may retain seven per cent, on balances in their hands.

' By agreement, as high as twelve per cent, ' By agreement, as high as ten per cent, • Party paying usury may recover back treble amount of excess.

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