Show talks ta ik s on 0 n thrift ahr ift iiii ii iw no 8 HOW TO DRAW A CHECK the first thing a depositor in a bank should Il I 1 arn is how bow to draw a check foria for if a check is improperly drawn it may lead to confusion and might light bring a loss to the bank and annoyance to the depositor in the hi hist st owe the figures should be plainly so that no question can arise as to the amount if a figure is carelessly cirela asly made so that it confutes those who handle the check numberless hours of work may follow for instance if a bani bank receives a check for ith a poor 8 and a clerk lists it as it kiy may take many hours time to find the difference and the entire days work may have t to 0 be gone over the rule should be never make a figure that may be mistaken and never pass one that is in doubt correct it by crossing out the tile bid and making a good one oie alongside second the tile words and figures should agree the law says sass that if the two are different the written wor ig s govern but make both carefully anil and get them alike third begin the writing well to the left hift of the writing space and fill in the space with a wavy line begin the figures well up against the sign and r nd make the character 00 00 after but close up against the figures use a good black ink and write firmly so that plenty of ink gets into the fibre of the paper fourth always write your name exactly as you wrote it on the banks signature card mrs william smith may be the same person as a 9 mary alary V smith but the bank account doe stift stand that way adopt one signature and stick to it do not flourish nor make a fancy signature handwriting fland writing experts will tell aou ou that a plain distinctive signature with no furbelows fur belows is the most difficult to forge the law of forgery is that the bank is bound to know 3 our signa signature and pays a forged instrument at tit its peril the risk is all theirs but that is not to say you should not help eliminate the chance of forgery by taking care that your checks are properly drawn jt you are grossly negligent ioa 0 o dighe have to baand the loss yourself better be safe than sorry soffy there are numerous protecting devices on the market some better than the others and these may be used as ar added safeguards but there is no rule of law that compels you to do so you are if you follow the above suggestions tiong but safer if you use a protecting device for then you cannot be chorded with any negligence in biking your checks forgery proof do not a ike tl e it easy to work a fraud through yo air ir account do not give checks to strangers D do not leave your check book lying around do not leave a signed chebli ahei e it may be filled in and used your banker will bless you if you follow the foregoing suggestions american Bin inkers kers association |