Section IV. And be it further enacted, that from and after the First day of October one thousand eight hundred a

IV. And be it further enacted, that from and after the First day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, it shall be lawful to and for any person or persons, body or bodies, politic or corporate, to and for any person or persons, body or bodies, politic or corporate, to contract with any Agent or Agents, intrusted with any Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, or to whom the same may be consigned, for the purchase of any such Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, and to receive the same of and pay for the same to such Agent or Agents; and such contract and payment shall be binding upon and good against the Owner of such Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, notwithstanding such person or persons, body or bodies, politic or corporate, shall have notice that the person or persons making and entering into such contract, or on whose behalf such contract is made or entered into, is an Agent or Agents, provided such contract and payment be made in the usual and ordinary course of business, and that such person or persons body or bodies, politic or corporate, shall not, when such contract is entered into or payment made, have notice that such Agent or Agents, is or are not authorized to sell the said Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, or to receive the said purchase money.