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A

MANUAL

FOR THE USE OF

NOTARIES PUBLIC

AND

BANKERS;

COMPRISING A SUMMARY OF THE LAW OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND OF PROMISSORY NOTES, BOTH
IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES-CHECKS ON BANKERS-AND SIGHT BILLS-WITH
APPROVED FORMS OF PROTEST AND NOTICE OF PROTEST; AND REFERENCES

TO IMPORTANT LEGAL DECISIONS; ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR
THE USE OF NOTARIES PUBLIC AND BANKERS.

BY BERNARD ROELKER, A. M., oF THE NEW-YORK Bar.

FOURTH EDITION.

WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS IN REFERENCE TO BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES;
PROTEST; TRANSFER OF BILLS AND NOTES; LETTERS OF CREDIT; FORGED BILLS; FRAUDULENT
AND LOST BANK BILLS; SIGHT BILLS, &C., AND REFERENCES TO RECENT DECISIONS
IN THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLISH COURTS; AND A SYNOPSIS OF THE USURY
LAWS OF EACH STATE, AND THE LAW OF DAMAGES ON PROTESTED BILLS.

BY I. SMITH HOMANS,

Editor of the "Bankers' Magazine and Statistical Register," New-York.

New-York:

PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE OF THE BANKERS' MAGAZINE.

1864.