A Bill for an act to amend an act entitled “an Act relative to promissory notes, bonds, due bills, and other instruments in writing, and making them Assignable”1 Approved Jan.[January] 3. 18272

Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly That if any promissory note, bond, due bill, or other instrument in writing made or to be made by any person or persons body politic or corporate whereby such person or persons promise or agree to pay any sum of money or articles of personal property, or any sum of money in personal property, or acknowledge any sum of money or article of personal property to be due to any other person or persons, shall be endorsed either before or after the day on which the money or property therein mentioned become due and payable, and the endorser shall institute an action thereon against the maker and signer of the same, the defendant being maker and signer shall be allowed to set up the same defence that he might have done, had the said action been instituted in the name, and for the use of the person or persons to whom the said note bond bill or other instrument in writing was originally made due and payable. Provided, The said defenda such defendant shall not be permitted to avail himself of any payment to, or release from the payee or payees, made after such bond note, bond, bill, or other instrument in writing shall have been endorsed.

Sec. 2 This act repeals The third and fourth sections and the Proviso at the end of the fifth section of the act to which this is an amendment is

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hereby repealed. Provided The repeal thereof shall not affect any rights or defences acquired under the same. This act to take effect and be in force from and after the first day of June next.