The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1879-09-20
National Bank Note Printing, as
Performed by the Bureau OF
EngravAng and Printing,

National Bank Note Pr1ntlhS' u
Performed by the Bureau OF
EngravAng and Printing,
Deserves some mention because
lot its interesting character. Al
account of it at the present mo-
ment derives additional interest,"
from the fact that ignorant OF
malicious persons have asserted
through the public prints thai
,larRe quantities Of notes have
been aud are IN Tsci Ii0.Hss' Ii0.s' being
manufactured surreptitiously tc
be used for political purposes In
Maine and Ohio, pending the
elections in those States. That
such thing is absurdly impossi.
Bile will he seen by the reader by
the time he has gotten through
this article il we succeed In max
ing ours elves understood.
Every sheet of paper used in
the printing OF Legal Tender or
National Bank notes, in U. s.
Bonds, certificates, or other forms
of Indebtedness, is held in the
custody of Charles II. Brown,
Esq, Of the Loan and Currency
Division, whose responsibility
cannot be Overstated, nor can his
work as a systematic, correct ac-
countant be overrated, 10 his
trial balances yearly demonstrate
The fibre paper upon which
such securities are printed is de-
livered by Mr.. Brown as follows :
For Bonds on the order of the
Secretary Of the Treasury fol-
Legal Tenders on the order oI
the Treasurer of the United
States for National Bank notes
on the order of the Comptroller
of the Currency. Each order
tshows the uses for which the pa
per is required and gives the de-
nomination of the notes TO be
printed, and when intended fol
National Banks the full title o.
the Bank by which they will be
issued. The paper account with
the Bureau of Engraving ane
Printing is kept by Mr.. Brown
accordiDgs to the representative
values to be inprinted upou thu
sheets. Thus should the Comp
trOller of the Currency required
$500, 900 In notes of the denomin
alton of SIS for the National BanE
Of Comm cree of the city of New
York, he would have to ISSUE
three orders, namely: one to tn
Custodian of the Paper for 1t
delivery to the Bureau of Engrav
ing and Printing; one to the Chic
of the Bureau for the execution
of the work, and one to the Gus
todian of the Plates for thei
issuance on the requisition OF tn
T Superintendent Of the Printing
Division of the Bureau OfEngrav
ing and Printing,
The order in question would
independent of allowance fO
? SPOILED sheets, require 1000
sheets Of paper, and as each shee
.
cuts into four notes, and each not
represents S5, SO each sheet wOul
have q representative value
$40; and In issuing the pape
the Custodian would charge u
the 10, 900 sheets to the bureau G
a Engraving and Printing as wort
$500, 900. In like manner tn
Chief of the Bureau of Engravin
: and Printing would enter up
debit and credit form daily, ever
transfer of the property fro1
one branch or division OF lab'
to another, until itleaves the B'
reau a completed order and II
notes are placed In the hands
the Comptroller. In like mann'
is the identity of the notes az tt
J. issues of the National Bank
Commerce of the city of Ne
York preserved through all pr
z cesses.
The Comptr,ller's order on II