Retrieved from “www.archive.org The manager then signs the re- ceipt in the usual place, and in this condition it becomes a voucher to the Marine Bank for the payment it has made. The clearing-house clerks of these banks have already carried back a receipt, of which a copy is given here- with, that is likewise ” vised ” by the manager at the top. This receipt is then signed, for instance, by the cashier of The City National Bank (No. 20), and sent at the hands of two trusted messengers, who receive the funds from the clearing-house manager. This receipt in turn is kept by the clearing-house as its voucher for the pay- ment made. A receipt is sometimes written by the clerk receiving the balance, in a book kept by the

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