LEGAL INTEREST TARI
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isEGhL IN EkESI FABLE ApltinS the legal rates of interest allowed in 1he GiiieIeIt states and Territories within the United States, With tAe punishment inflicted for usury in each State. MAINE, 6 per cent, punishment for usury forfeit of the debt or claim.

 NEW HAMPSHIRE, 6 per cent, forfeit of three times the amount unlawfully taken.

 VERMONT, 6 per cent, recovery in all ac- ton withcosts

 MAssAcHUsErTs, 6 per cent, forfeit of three-iold the usury.

 RHODE ISLAND, per cent, forfeit of the usury and interest on the debt

 CoNNEcricUr, per cent, forfeit of the whole debt

 NEw YORK, 7per cent, usurioas contracts void.

 Nnw JERSEY, 7 per cent, forfeit of the whole debt. Pg3NN'sfLvANlA, 6 per cent, forfeit of the whole debt

 DELAWARE, 6 per cent, forfeit of the whole debt.

 MARYLAND, 6 per cent, and on Tobacco contracts 5 per cent, usurious contracts void.

 VIRGINIA, per cent, forfeit double the usury taken.

 NORTH CAROLINA, per cent, contracts for usury void, forfeit double the usury. -

 SOUTH CAROLINA, per cent, forfeit of interest and premium taken, with costs to debtors.

 GEORGIA, s per cent, forfeit of three times the usury, and contracts void.

 ALABAMA, $ per cent, forfeit of interest and usury

 MISSISSIPPI, 6 per cent, on contracts made since January l840; s on loaned money, by contract as high as 10, usury recoverable il an action for debt

 LOUISIANA, s per cent, bank interest 6. and conventional as high as IS, beyond thai contracts void.

 TENNESSEE, 6 per cent. usurious contracts void.

 KENTUCKY, 6 per cent, usury may be re- covered with costs

 Ono, 0 per centu on written agreements, may go as high as 10, penalty of usury a fine of double the excess.

 ILLINOIS, 6 per cent, penalty, three-fold the amount of the whole interest.

 MIssouRI, 6, and by agreement as high as 10 per cent; beyond that, forfeiture of the whole interest due and usury taken.

 MICHIGAN, per cent, forfeit the usury taken and one fourth of the debt.

 ARKANSAS, 6 per cent, by agreement any rate not exceeding 10, amount of usury re- coVerable, but contracts void.

 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, per cent, usu- rious contracts void.

 FLORIDA, s per cent, forfeit of interest and excess i'll case of usury,

 WISCONSIN, 7 per cent, by agreement, not over l2, forfeit, treble the excess.

 Iowa, the same as in Wisconsin. On debts or judgements il favor of the United States. interest is computed at the rate of per cent per annum.