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Show SIGNATURES ON DANK NOTES. Many of Them Are Printed Instead of Written, as the Law Requires. Taking out new circulation la easy enough It would seem lo make even the laxlest banker willing to have Ids Institution cam Ita limit sa tho American Hanker It was formerly thought that the signature ot ono official should bo actually written on national bank note before they woro Issued hut till now aetina to bo regarded ns unnecessary Unnk tell era sa) that a ery large proiortlon ot the national bank nolo that pas through their hands hae no slgna lures at all written on them Nol nnl) are tin signature of tho treasury ofllclal printed on the nolo with tho rest ol the engraving bill tho presl dents and lashiir of tho Issuing bank have fallen Into the wa) of hav Ing their algnaturea printed on tho notes Issued h) tholr bank with rub tier stamp or by other mentis that save the necessll) of thilr writing their signature on the note Pen-written Pen-written signatures are really becoming raro on national bank note Tho result re-sult la that millions of nntlnnnl hank notes nro In circulation that boar nb solutely nothing In tho way of n alg nature. In the legal aenao of n algna turo mndo by thu hands ot tho per sons whoso algnuturos nro regarded as needful to validate tho notes |