164. Safe Deposit Company

The records of a safe deposit company consist of a ledger, a combined cash book and journal, a set of signature and identification cards, power of attorney indices, etc. Some signature and identification cards show very full information regarding the renter of the box including the number of the safe, the date of lease, the name, residence, password, business, parents' names and birthplace and sundry memoranda of the personal appearance of the lessee. If two persons are required to be present at the opening of the box, the same description is filled in at the bottom of the same card. On the reverse side is a receipt for the keys and acknowledgment that the lease is made subject to the rules and regulations of the company. The bottom half of the back of the card is devoted to an acknowledgment to be taken on surrender of the box, that all articles owned by the lessee have been removed. The power of attorney card is similar, the face containing reference to the attorney and the actual power signed by the lessee on the back, together with a revocation of the power.

FiGure 131. Tickler.

Ledger Card Reduced. Actual Size Approximately 4x6 Inches

Figure 132. Card Ledger - Safe Deposit Company.

The Library Bureau has an excellent card ledger for this kind of business. A copy is shown in Figure 132 on page 288. These cards, one for each safe number, have tabs indicating the month in which the lease expires and are filed numerically by the safe number. They constitute a numerical index as well as an expiration index. Dead cards are filed by safe numbers and form a consecutive history of the safes. This card ledger will be found very useful if the rentals are apportioned over the year instead of taking all the earnings on the date of receipt. Receipts from the storage of silverware and trunks may be handled in the same way.