"SscTIOEt, Legal interest shall continue to be' st the rate of six dollars upon one hundred dollars ' for a year, and proporlionably for a greater or less • vt:iu, or ft»r a longer or shorter time, and no per- i ■on, anless upon a contract in writing, shall take for the loan or forbearance of money or other tiling above the value of such rate." *' a. Be. it further enacted. That the sth, 6th, 7th