M
15
" 800 Bushels Corn, 50c.
8
400
00
00
Ih
" 2 " " 2.00
4
00
Sept.
12
"10 " Cutting, 1.00
10
00
Nov.
2
" Husking and Cribbing,
30
00
./"^
1877.
jr
Mar.
4
" Shelling 800 Bushels,
38
00
May
15
4
" Cost of Taking to Market,
" Interest on the Land,
32
51
00
20
//
"
4
" PROFITS ON THB CROP,
270
30
./x
458
00
/;
458"
00
Blacksmith's Account with Farmer where Day-book and Ledger are Kept.
When the account Is not settled at the end of the month, it may be "closed," and the balance
carried over into the next month, as follows:
Dr.
JAMES H. WATSON.
Cr.
1874.
*
1874.
*
Aug.
18
24
To Shoeing 2 Horses,
" Repairing Wagon,
" Slioeing Horse,
" Mending Shovel,
7
11
15
17
4
10
2
00
00
00
50
50
Aug.
Sept.
12
24
By 4 Btt. Potatoes, 60c.
" 6 " Apples, 50c.
" 1 Ton Hay,
" BAL. TO NEW Ace.,
7
14
15
2
3
7
4
16
40
00
00
10
50
Sept.
1
9
15
To BAL. BRO'T DOWN,
" Repairing Reaper,
" Ironing Wagon,
30
4
8
17
~nr
00
00
Sept.
8
17
8(1
By 20 Lbs. Butter, 20c.
" 2 Crfs. Wood, 7.00
" CASH, TO BALANCE,
29
34
50
14
11
0(f
00
10
29
10
29
10
' The figures in this column refer to the number of the page in the Daj-book ; a book in which should be fullj recorded ech djr's tran ucti
Book-Keepins for Housekeepers. The following form of account, with the servant, is appli-
cable to all domestic affairs; such as accounts with grocerymen, boarders, etc.
Dr.
MRS. ELLEN STRONG.
Cr.
1873.
1873.
June
17
To 8 Yds. Cotton Cloth, lOc.
80
June.
7
liy Washing and Ironing,
1
50
"
24
" Cash,
V5
*
14
" 11 iisliiini mill Cleaning,
f,
00
"
27
" 4 pairs Stockings, 25c.
1
00
>
81
" Cleaning lI'iiK/dir.s-,
3
00
"
2S
" CASH, TO BALANCE?
5
45
"
as
" Washing and Ironing,
1
50
8
00
8
00
Book-Keepins for Treasurers and Others. Treasurers of Societies are shown the correct
method of keeping their accounts in the following form:
Dr.
Salem Lyceum in Acc't with Wm. Brown.
Ci.
1872.
Jan'y
Mar.
.1 III-H
Dec.
6 Months Rent of Hall,
2 Tons of Coal, 10.00
Lecture by J. Webb,
Gas,
6 Months Rent of Hall,
BALANCE ON HANJ>,
1872.
Jan.
Mar.
tfov.
Dec.
By Cash from Last Year,
" Dues,
" Initiation Fees,
" Dues
33 s
r,o
152
ORDERS RECEIPTS.
ORDERS.
For Money.
dL*t f </*
,****. .,
For Merchandise.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, Dec. 1, 13.
MR. J. M. HUNTER:
Please pay John Wilkins, Seventy-five dollars in
merchandise, and charge to
GOODRICH & SMITH.
For Merchandise not Exceeding in Value a
Specified Sum.
SANDUSKT, O., Aug. 9, 18.
MESSRS. BROWN, JONES & Co. :
Please deliver to the bearer,
W. II. Wing, Bnch goods as he may desire from your
store, not exceeding in value the sum of Fifty dollars,
and charge the same to my account.
K. L. BAXTER.
For Goods Stored.
HANNIBAL, Mo., April 11, 18 - .
MESSRS. STEVENS, COBB & Co. :
Please deliver to B. Hooper, or order, One Hundred
barrels of Flour, stored by me in your warehouse.
GEORGE WAKEFIELD.
RECEIPTS.
For Money on Account.
e
For Money Advanced on a Contract.
$1,000. HENDERSON, KT., July 10, 18.
Received of Harvey Maynard, One Thousand
dollars in advance, on a contract to build for him a
brick house at No. 1171 Walnut Street, St. Louis.
SMITH MERRIAM.
In Full of all Demands.
For Rent.
#400.
e
f
$25.
RICHMOND, VA., May 1, 1877.
Received of Walter B. Ilaskins, Twenty-Five
dollars, for rent of dwelling at No. 784 Washington
Street, for month of May, 1877.
P. H. WATERMAN.
For a Note.
$500.
In Full of all Accounts.
CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 31, 18.
Received of Goldwin Hubbard, his note at
sixty days for Five Hundred dollars, in full of account.
MURRAY CAMPBELL.
/$
/
tfL
U4VM.
For a Note of Another Person.
|200.
PENSACOLA, FLA., May 2, 18.
Received of Herbert Spencer, a note of
Robt. Hat field, for the sum of Two Hundred dollars,
which, when paid, will be in full of all demands to
date.
SAMPSON & COLLINS.
WRITTEN FORMS OF BILLS OF PURCHASE.
153
BILLS OF PURCHASE.
A Bill of Purchase is a statement of goods or
wares bought at one time, embracing both the
quantity and price of each article and the
amount of the whole. If paid at the time of
purchase, it should be receipted by the seller,
as in the first of the following examples ; if
settled " by note " as in the second example,
or if " charged on acc't," it may be so stated.
Forms of Bills of Purchase.
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LEGAL FORMS.
legal ^Business itForms
FORMS OF ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, BONDS, BILLS OF SALE, DEEDS, LEASES,
MORTGAGES, RELEASES, WILLS, ETC., ETC.
Articles of Agreement.
N agreement is virtually a contract,
by which a certain person, or per-
sons, agrees or contracts to perform
certain duties within a specified
time.
It is of much importance, in all
matters upon which may arise a
difference of opinion, or misunder-
standing, that contracts be reduced very ex-
plicitly to writing, thereby frequently saving
the parties to the contract, a long and expensive
law-suit. No particular form is necessary.
Agreements should show that they are made
for a reasonable consideration, else they are
void in law.
Agreements, the provisions of which, are not
to be fulfilled within one year from the time of
making the same, .should be in writing.
While a signature, or marks, written with a
pencil, if proven by witnesses, are good in law,
it is always safest to execute the contract with
pen and ink.
A discovery of fraud, or misrepresentation by
one party to the agreement, or changing of the
date, renders the contract void.
Every agreement should state most distinctly
the time within which its conditions are to be
complied with.
Copies of an agreement should always be pre-
pared in duplicate, and each party to the agree-
ment should retain a copy.
General Form of Agreement.
THIS AGREEMENT, made the First day of August, 18 , be-
tween Isaac E. Hill, of Irish Grove, County of Alchison, State
of Missouri, of the first part, and Yard Blevins, of the same
place, of the second part
WITNESSETH, that the said Isaac E. Hill, in consideration
of the agreement of the party of the second part, hereinafter
contained, contracts and agrees to and with the said Yard
Blevins, that he will deliver, in good and marketable condition, at
the village of Corning, Mo., during the month of September, of this
year, One Hundred Tons of Prairie Hay, in the following lots,
and at the following specified times; namely, twenty-five tons
by the seventh of September, twenty-five tons additional by the
fourteenth of the month, twenty-five tons more by the twenty-
first, and the entire one hundred tons to be all delivered by the
thirtieth of September.
And the said Yard Blevins, in consideration of the prompt
fulfillment of this contract, on the part of the party of the first
part, contracts to and agrees with the said Isaac E. Hill, to
pay for said hay six dollars per ton, for each ton as soon as de-
livered.
In case of failure of agreement by either of the parties here-
to, it is hereby stipulated and agreed that the party so failing
shall pay to the other, One Hundred Dollars as fixed and set-
tled damages.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands the day
and year first above written.
ISAAC E. HILL,
YARD BLEVINS.
LEGAL BUSINESS FORMS AGREEMENTS.
155
Articles of Agreement for Warranty Deed.
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, made this seventh day of June,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sev-
enty-three, between Luther Henderson, of Sandy Hill, Wash-
ington County, State of New York, party of the first part, and
William W. Stewart, of Jamaica, County of Windham, State
of Vermont, party of the second part
WITNESSETH, that said party of the first part hereby cove-
nants and agrees, that if the party of the second part shall first
make the payment and perform the covenants hereinafter men-
tioned on his part to be made and performed, the said party of
the first part will convey and assure to the party of the second
part, in fee simple, clear of all incumbrances whatever, by a
good and sufficient Warranty Deed, the following lot, piece, or
parcel of ground, viz : The west fifty-five (55) feet of the north
half of lot number six (6), in block number three (3), Whit-
ford's Addition to Chicago, as recorded at Chicago, Cook
County, Illinois.
And the said party of the second part hereby covenants and
agrees to pay to said party of the first part the sum of One
Thousand Dollars, in the manner following : Three Hundred
Dollars, cash in hand paid, the receipt whereof is heieby ac-
knowledged, and the balance in three annual payments, as fol-
lows, viz : Two Hundred Dollars, June 7, 1874 ; Two Hundred
Dollars, June 7, 1875 ; and Three Hundred Dollars, June 7,
1876; with interest at the rate of ten per centum, per annum,
payable on the dates above specified, annually, on the whole
sum remaining from time to time unpaid, and to pay all taxes,
assessments, or impositions, that may be legally levied or im-
posed upon said land, subsequent to the year 1873. And in
case of the failure of the said party of the second part to make
either of the payments, or perform any of the covenants on his
part hereby made and entered into, this contract shall, at the
option of the party of the first part, be forfeited and deter-
mined, and the party of the second part shall forfeit all pay-
ments made by him on this contract, and such payments shall
be retained by the said party of the first part, in full satisfac-
tion and in liquidation of all damages by him sustained, and
he shall have the right to re-enter and take possession of the
premises aforesaid, with all the improvements and appurte-
nances thereon, paying said Wm. W. Stewart the appraised
value of said improvements and appurtenances ; said appraise-
ment to be made by three arbitrators, one being chosen by each
of the said parties, the other being chosen by the first two.
It is mutually agreed that all the covenants and agreements
herein contained shall extend to and be obligatory upon the
heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns of the respective
parties.
In witness whereof, the parties to these presents have here-
unto set their hands and seals, the day and year first above
written.
Signed, sealed, and I J *-
LUTHER HENDERSON,
delivered in pre- I
sence of f \yM. W. STEWART.
HARTLY D. WELLS. 1
Agreement with Clerk for Services.
THIS AGREEMENT, made this fourteenth day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, between Thomas
Babcock of Ohio City, County of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio,
party of the first part, and Perley White of Cleveland, County
of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, party of the second part
WITNESSETH, that said Perley White agrees faithfully and
diligently to work as clerk and salesman for the said Thomas
Babcock, for and during the space of one year from the date
hereof, should both live such length of time, without absenting
himself from his occupation ; during which time, he, the said
White, in the store of said Babcock, of Ohio City, will care-
fully and honestly attend, doing and performing all duties as
clerk and salesman aforesaid, in accordance and in all respects
as directed and desired by the said Babcock.
In consideration of which services, so to be rendered by the
said White, the said Babcock agrees to pay to said White the
annual sum of twelve hundred dollars, payable in twelve equal
monthly payments, each upon the last day of each month ; pro-
vided that all dues for days of absence from business by said
White, shall be deducted from the sum otherwise by the agree-
ment due and payable by the said Babcock to the said White.
Witness our hands.
THOMAS BABCOCK,
PERLEY WHITE.
Agreement for Building a House.
THIS AGREEMENT, made the tenth day of April, one thous-
and eight hundred and seventy-two, between Jesse Perry of
Germantown, County of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,
of the first part, and Abijah Howe, of the same town, county,
and State, of the second part
WITNESSETH, that the said Jesse Perry, party of the first
part, for considerations hereinafter named, contracts and agrees
with the said Abijah Howe, party of the second part, his heirs,
assigns, and administrators, that he, the said Perry, will, within
one hundred and twenty days, next following this date, in a good
and workmanlike manner, and according to his best skill, well
and substantially erect and finish a dwelling house on lot num-
ber six, in block number nine, in Solomon's addition to Ger-
mantown, facing on Talpehocken Street, which said house is to
be of the following dimensions, with brick, stone, lumber, and
other materials, as are described in the plans and specifications
hereto annexed.
{Here describe the house, material for construction, and plans
in full.]
In consideration of which, the said Abijah Howe does, for
himself and legal representatives, promise to the said Jesse
Perry, his heirs, executors, and assigns, to pay, or cause to be
paid, to the said Perry, or his legal representatives, the sum of
Eight Thousand Dollars, in manner as follows, to-wit : One
Thousand dollars at the beginning of said work, one thousand
dollars on the fifteenth clay of May next, one thousand dollars
156
LEGAL BUSINESS FORMS AGREEMENTS, BILLS OF SALE.
on the first day of June next, two thousand dollars on the first
day of July next, and the remaining two thousand dollars when
the work shall be fully completed.
It is also agreed that the said Jesse Perry, or his legal rep-
resentatives, shall furnish, at his or their own expense, all doors,
blinds, glazed sash, and window frames, according to the said
plan, that may be necessary for the building of said house.
It is further agreed that in order to be entitled to said pay-
ments (the first one excepted, which is otherwise secured), the
said Jesse Perry, or his legal representatives, shall, according
to the architect's appraisement, have expended, in labor and
material, the value of said payments, on the house, at time of
payment.
For failure to accomplish the faithful performance of the
agreements aforesaid, the party so failing, his heirs, executors,
or assigns, agrees to forfeit and pay to the other party, or his
legal representatives, the penal sum of Fifteen Hundred Dol-
lars, as fixed and settled damages, within one month from the
time of so failing.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, the year
and day first above written.
JESSE PERRY,
ABIJAII HOWE.
Agreement for Sale and Delivery of Personal Property.
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, made this eighteenth day of June,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sev-
enty-three, between Arthur Belden, of Salem, Washington
County, New York, party of the first part, and Lemuel Bald-
win, of Jackson, Washington County, New York, party of the
second part
WITNESSETH, That the said party of the first part hereby
covenants and agrees, that if the party of the second part shall
first make the payments and perform the covenants hereinafter
mentioned on his part to be made and performed, the said party
of the second part will, on or before the first day of August
next, deliver, in a clean and marketable condition, twelve
hundred pounds of wool, of his own production, at the wool
house of Barnard & Cline, in Albany, New York. And the
said party of the second part heieby covenants and agrees
to pay to said party of the first part the sum of fifty-five cents
per pound, in the manner following : one hundred dollars
cash in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowl-
edged, and the balance at the time of delivery of said wool.
And in case of the failure of the said party of the second part
to make either of the payments, or perform any of the cove-
nants on his part hereby made and enteied into, this contract
shall, at the option of the party of the first part, be forfeited
and determined, and the party of the second part shall forfeit
all payments made by him on this contract, and such payments
shall be retained by the said parly of the first part in full sat-
isfaction and in liquidation of all damages by him sustained,
and he shall have the right to take possession of said wool, re-
move, and sell the same elsewhere as he may deem for his
interest.
It is mutually agreed that all the covenants and agreements
herein contained, shall extend to and be obligatory upon the
heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns of the respective
parties.
In witness whereof, the parties to these presents have here-
unto set their hands, the day and year first above written.
ARTHUR BELDEN,
LEMUEL BALDWIN.
BILLS OF SALE.
A Bill of Sale is a written agreement by
which a party transfers to another, for a con-
sideration on delivery, all his right, title, and
interest in personal property.
The ownership of personal property, in law,
is not considered changed until the delivery of
such property, and the purchaser takes actual
possession ; though in some States a bill of sale
is primd facie evidence of ownership, even
against creditors, provided the sale was not
fraudulently made, for the purpose of avoiding
the payment of debts.
Juries have power to determine the fairness
or unfairness of a sale, and upon evidence of
fraud such bill of sale will be ignored, and de-
clared void.
Common Form of Bill of Sale.
KNOW ALL MEN by this instrument, that I, Philetus
Howe of Middlebury, Vermont, of the first part, for and in
consideration of Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars, to me paid
by Charles Rose of the same place, of the second part, the re-
ceipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have sold, and by this
instrument do convey unto the said Rose, party of the second
part, his executors, administrators, and assigns, my undivided
half of twenty acres of grass, now growing on the farm of Lo-
renzo Pease, in the town above mentioned ; one pair of mules,
ten swine, and three cows, belonging to me, and in my posses-
sion at the farm aforesaid : to have and to hold the same unto
the party of the second part, his executors and assigns, forever.
And I do, for myself and legal representatives, agree with the
said party of the second part, and his legal representatives,
to warrant and defend the sale of the afore-mentioned property
and chattels unto the said party of the second part, and his
legal representatives, against all and every person whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand, this tenth
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
P1IILETUS HOWE.
LEGAL BUSINESS FORMS BONDS.
157
Bill of Sale of Personal Property.
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that I, John T. Hall,
of Montgomery, Alabama, planter, in consideration of Six
Hundred and Seventy-five Dollars ($675) to me in hand paid
by Oscar D. Scott, of Montgomery, Alabama, the receipt where-
of is hereby acknowledged, do hereby bargain, sell, and deliver
unto the said Oscar D. Scott, the following property, to-wit
Four mules @ $125 $500
Two sets Harness @ $20 40
Two Farm Wagons @$35- 70
One Corn Planter @ $20. - 20
Three Plows @ $15 45
Total $675
To have and to hold the said goods and chattels unto the said
Oscar D. Scott, his executors, administrators, and assigns, to
his own proper use and benefit forever. And I, the said John
T. Hall, do avow myself to lie the true and lawful owner of
said goods and chattels ; that I have full power, good right, and
lawful authority to dispose of said goods and chattels in man-
ner as aforesaid ; and that I will, and my heirs, executors, and
administrators, shall Warrant and Defend the said bargained
goods and chattels unto the said Oscar D. Scott, his executors,
administrators, and assigns, from and against the lawful claims
and demands of all persons.
In witness whereof, I, the said John T. Hall, have hereto
set my hand this first day of April, in the year of our Lord,
Eighteen Hundied and Seventy-three.
JOHN T. HALL.
BONDS.
A Bond is a written admission of an obliga-
tion on the part of the maker, whereby he
pledges himself to pay a certain sum of money
to another person or persons, at a certain speci-
fied time, for some bona fide consideration.
The person giving the bond is termed the
obligor ; the person receiving the same is called
the obligee.
A bond, as defined above, is a single bond ;
but generally conditions are added to the bond,
whereby the person giving the same must per-
form some specific act or acts, in which case the
bond becomes void ; otherwise it remains in full
force and effect.
The penalty attached to the bond is usually
sufficient to cover debt, interest, and costs, be-
ing generally placed at a sum twice the amount
of the real debt, the fact being stated that such
penalty is the sum fixed upon as liquidated or
settled damages, in event of failure to meet
payments according to conditions of the bond.
The bond may be so drawn as to have the
penalty attach and appertain to either the obli-
gor or obligee.
Though, under ordinary circumstances, the
bond is in full effect, yet an act of Providence,
whereby its accomplishment is rendered impos-
sible, relieves the party obligated from an .en-
forcement of the penalty.
Action on such instrument must be brought
within twenty years after right of action ac-
crues, or within such time as provided by the
statutes of the different States.
Common Form of Bond.
KNOW ALL MEN by this instrument, that I, Jonas Clayton
of Wilmington, Hanover County, State of North Carolina, am
firmly bound unto Henry Morse of the place aforesaid, in the
sum of one thousand dollars, to be paid to the said Henry
Morse, or his legal representatives ; to which payment, to be
made, I bind myself, or my legal representatives, by this in-
strument.
Sealed with my seal, and dated this first day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
The condition of this bond is such that, if I, Jonas Clayton,
my heirs, administrators, or executors, shall promptly pay the
sum of five hundred dollars in three equal annual payments
from the date hereof, with annual interest, then the above ob-
ligation to be of no effect ; otherwise to be in full force and
valid.
Sealed and delivered in 1
presence of \ JONAS CLAYTON,
GEORGE DOWNING
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Bond of Cashier of a Bank.
KNOW ALL MEN by this instrument, that I, Nathaniel How-
ard of the town of San Antonio, County of Bexar, and State
of Texas, am firmly bound to the First National Bank corpo-
ration of said town, county, and state, in the sum of One hun-
dred thousand dollars, to be paid to the First National Bank
corporation, or assigns, aforementioned ; for which payment I
bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, by this
instrument.
Sealed with my seal, and dated this third day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Whereas, the above bounden Nathaniel Howard has been
appointed Cashier of the First National Bank of San Antonio,
aforementioned, by reason whereof, various sums of money,
goods, valuables, and other property, belonging to said Bank
corporation, will come into his custody ;
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LEGAL BUSINESS FORMS BONDS, CHATTEL MORTGAGES.
Therefore, the condition of the above bond is such, that, if
the said Nathaniel Howard, his executors or administrators, at
the expiration of his time of service to said Bank, upon request
to him or them made, shall deliver unto the said Bank corpo-
ration, or their agent, or their attorney, a correct account of
all sums of money, goods, valuables, and other property, as it
comes into his custody, as Cashier of said Bank, and shall pay
and deliver to his successor in office, or any other person au-
thorized to receive the same, all balances, sums of money,
goods, valuables, and other property, which shall be in his