§ 490. Limitation. Sections four hundred eighty-eight and four hundred eighty-nine of this chapter do not prohibit the receipt of a bond, promissory note, bill of exchange, book debt, or other thing in action, in payment for property sold, or for services actually rendered, or for a debt antecedently contracted; or from buying or receiving a bill of exchange, draft, or other thing in action for the purpose of remittance.