The effect of a discharge in bankruptcy upon pre-existing contract liabilities depends of course upon the provisions which the legislature has seen fit to enact. The bankrupt law of 1898 provides in Sec. 17: " Debts not Affected by a Discharge. -a A discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all of his provable debts, except such as (1) are due as a tax levied by the United States, the state, county, district, or municipality in which he resides; (2) are judgments in actions for frauds, or obtaining property by false pretenses or false representations, or for willful and malicious injuries to the person or property of another; (3) have not been duly scheduled in time for proof and allowance, with the name of the creditor if known to the bankrupt, unless such creditor had notice or actual knowledge of the proceedings in bankruptcy; or (4) were created by his fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, or defalcation while acting as an officer or in any fiduciary capacity."

The amendment of February 5, 1903, provides in Sec. 17:

(U. S.) 122; In re Curtis, 91 Fed. 737; In re Rouse, 91 Fed. 96; In re Bruss Ritter Co., 90 Fed. 651; Par-menter Mfg. Co. v. Hamilton, 172 Mass. 178; 70 Am. St. Rep. 258; 51 N. E. 529; Armour Packing Co. v. Brown, 76 Minn. 465; 79 N. W. 522; In re Reynolds, 8 R. I. 485; 5 Am. Rep. 615.

18Parmenter Mfg. Co. v. Hamilton, 172 Mass. 178; 70 Am. St. Rep. 258; 51 N. E. 529.

19 Boese v. King, 108 U. S. 379;

Armour Packing Co. v. Brown, 76 Minn. 465; 79 N. W. 522.

20 In re Romanow, 92 Fed. 510.

21 Sec. 70, " The time when this act shall go into effect" - b. Har-baugh v. Costello, 184 111. 110; 75 Am. St. Rep. 147; 56 N. E. 363; affirming. 83 111. App. 29; Parmenter Mfg. Co. v. Hamilton. 172 Mass. 178; 70 Am. St. Rep. 259; 51 N. E. 529; E. C. Westcott Co. v. Berry, 69 N. E. 505; 45 Atl. 352.

"Debts not Affected by a Discharge.- a A discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all of his provable debts, except such as (1) are due as a tax levied by the United States, the state, county, district, or municipality in which he resides; (2) are liabilities for obtaining property by false pretenses or false representations, or for willful and malicious injuries to the person or property of another, or for alimony due or to become due, or for maintenance or support of wife or child, or for seduction of an unmarried female, or for criminal conversation; (3) have not been duly scheduled in time for proof and allowance, with the name of the creditor, if known to the bankrupt, unless such creditor had notice or actual knowledge of the proceedings in bankruptcy; or (4) were created by his fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, or defalcation while acting as an officer or in any fiduciary capacity."

The provisions of state laws on the subject are diverse. The effect of a discharge granted thereunder can be determined only by an examination of the statute under which it is granted.