All general acts and parts and clauses of acts of a general nature passed prior to the fifteenth session of the state legislature, are hereby repealed, and these compiled laws are in force in lieu thereof; but such repeal does not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before the said repeal takes effect, but all rights and liabilities under said repealed acts continue, in the same manner as if said repeal had not been made.