Original sentence: On January 8, 1910, he handed his predecessor a check for $1,260,134,946.88 ⅔, an acknowledgment of the money and securities in the department as of the day McClung took office; it took a little over two months to count all the assets, as is customary when a Treasurer departs.Thompson, gave him an even bigger check on December 4, 1912, amounting to $1,519,285,908.57 ⅔
Edited sentence: On January 8, 1910, he handed his predecessor a cheque for $1,260,134,946.88 ⅔, an acknowledgment of the money and securities in the department as of the day McClung took office; it took a little over two months to count all the assets, as is customary when a Treasurer departs.Thompson, gave him an even bigger cheque on December 4, 1912, amounting to $1,519,285,908.57 ⅔