The Accountant: For Public Schools and Academies

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A.S. Barnes, 1877 - Accounting - 155 pages

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Page 149 - CD, of &.C., my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, place, and stead, to...
Page 149 - CD, of the city aforesaid, merchant, my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, and for my use to ask, demand...
Page 149 - ... hereby giving and granting unto my said attorney, full power and authority in the premises, to use all lawful means in my name, and for my sole benefit for the purposes aforesaid. And generally to do and perform all such acts, matters and things, as my said attorney shall deem necessary...
Page 147 - The said parties for themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, do hereby agree to the full performance of the covenants herein contained. In Witness Whereof, the parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and year first above written.
Page 132 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 151 - To constitute a promissory note, the money must be certainly payable, not dependent on any contingency, either as to event, or the fund out of which payment is to be made, or the parties by or to whom payment is to be made.
Page 146 - Stone, of Chicago, County of Cook, State of Illinois, party of the first part, and George Barclay, of Englewood, County of Cook, State of Illinois...
Page 151 - a promise or agreement in writing to pay a specified sum, at a time therein limited, or on demand, or at sight, to a person therein named, or to his order, or to the bearer.
Page 142 - MEASURING LAND. To find the number of acres of land in a rectangular field, multiply the length by the breadth, and divide the product by 160, if the measurement is made in rods, or by 43560 if made in feet. EXAMPLE.
Page 13 - A promissory note is a written promise to pay a sum of money on demand or at a definite time.

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