Sec. 7. Damages payable on protest for nonpayment or nonacceptance of a bill of exchange, drawn or negotiated within this state, shall be, if drawn upon any person at any place out of this state, but within the United States, five per cent (5%), but if upon any person at any place without the United States, ten per cent (10%) on the principal of such bill.
Formerly: Acts 1861, c.75, s.7.