Bee it enacted by the governour, councell and burgesses of this generall assembly, and the authoritie thereof, and it is hereby enacted, That all debts contracted, or to be contracted in Maryland or North Carolina are, and shall be recoverable in Virginia in equall manner and by the same lawfull wayes and meanes, as though the same were or had been contracted in Virginia, any law, statute or usage heretofore to the contrary notwithstanding.