This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of Business", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
A bank will not open an account with any one who may desire it. The depositor is expected to obtain an introduction to the officers of the bank by some one who is well known to them, and to satisfy them that he is a person of proper character and responsibility. In the interview with the cashier he will be asked questions which may be answered in confidence, to satisfy the cashier of his business habits. The depositor then writes his name (just as he will sign his checks) in the "Signature Book," so that the bank may guard against forgery. The depositor then makes his first deposit, and the receiving teller gives him a pass book, with the amount entered therein.
Deposited At The
Hanover National Bank
______February 15,______1901,
By John S. Vansandt
DOLLARS | CENTS | |
BANK NOTES, . . . . | 125 | |
" 1's and 2's. | 13 | |
SILVER, ........ | '5 | 50 |
GOLD,........ | 20 | |
CHECKS........ In New York, name the Bank; out of Town, name the Place. Please Enter Separately. | ||
Chemical National | 43 | 75 |
First National | 18 | .25 |
Pittsburg, Pa. | "5 | 21 |
Columbus, 0. | 75 | 19 |
Toledo, 0. | 84 | |
' | ||
Total, . . | 509 | 90 |
Whenever a deposit is made the depositor fills out a deposit slip, furnished by the bank, to be retained by the receiving teller and by him given to the bookkeeper. The above is one form of a Deposit Slip.
 
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