Section 7
SEC. 7. All conveyances, mortgages, bonds, bills, notes, and other contracts or evidences of debt, and all deposits of goods or other things, whereupon or whereby there shall be reserved, secured, taken, or received, directly or indirectly, a higher rate or greater sum or value for the loan or forbearance of money, goods, or credits than is hereinbefore allowed, shall be void: Provided, however, That no merojy clerical error in the computation of interest, made Without intent to evade any of the provisions of this Act shall render a contract void: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the purchase by an innocent purchaser of negotiable mercantile paper, usurious or otherwise, for valuable consideration before maturity, when there has been no intent on the part of said purchaser to evade the provisions of this Act and said purchase was not a part of the original usurious transaction. In any case, however, the maker of said note shall. have the right to recover from said original holder the whole interest paid by him thereon and, in case of litigation; also the costs and such attorney's fees as may be allowed by the court.