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and the promissory note is filed to await ma-
turity, or it is discounted or otherwise dis-
posed of. The weary routine of posting from
day-book to ledger and the turning to and
5 from ledger to day-book for making out bills
is obviated, and, besides this, the danger of
omission and of posting the wrong accounts is
effectually prevented. The promissory-note
-combination constitutes a most desirable ad-
io vance in keeping accounts, as when the note
is given it constitutes a liquidated account
and is not barred by the statute of limitations
as soon as an unliquidated account would be,
and cannot be impeached, except for fraud or
r5 failure of consideration, while an unliqui-
dated account must be proved with all the
formalities prescribed. Moreover, the note
fixes the place of payment.
My combination is particularly valuable in
20 keeping monthly accounts. It obviates the
necessity of making out monthly itemized
bills. It purges the book every month of open
accounts. It facilitates the making of all en-
tries in personal accounts and insures accu-
25 racy. It preserves a plain record of all that
should be preserved, and the perforations
used make note and bill a part of the book
until such time as it is desired to close the
accounts and detach them.
30o Having shown and described my invention,
what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters
Patent, is-
1. In an account - book, the combination
upon a single page thereof of aledger account,a day-book account, a bill-book account, a 35
bills-receivable account, and a printed form
of promissory note, said bill-book account and
form for promissory note being separated from
the bills-receivable account and ledger ac-
count by a series of perforations, substantially 40
as shown and described.
2. A book for keeping accounts, having ar-
ranged upon each page thereof a ruled space
for bills-receivable account A and a ledger
account D for permanent record, a printed 45
form B for promissory note adapted to be re-
moved from said page, and an itemized bill
or day book account E, also adapted to be re-
moved from said page, substantially as shown
and described. 50
3. A book for keeping accounts, having ar-
ranged upon each page thereof a ruled space
A for bills-receivable account and a state-
ment of account C for permanent record, and
a printed form of promissory noteB, arranged 55
opposite said bills -receivable account and
partly separated therefrom by a series of per-
forations, and a day-book account or itemized
bill occupying the lower portion or part of the
page and separable from said page through a 6o
series of perforations, substantially as shown
and described.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature in
presence of two witnesses.
HENRY J. HUCK, JR.
Witnesses:
CHRISTIAN F. SCHAEFER,
FR. SHINDLER.
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Huck, Henry J., Jr. Account-Book., patent, May 26, 1891; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172706/m1/5/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.