AN IMPROVED MEANS ΤΟ DE EMPLOYED FOR EPPECTING THE SAFE TRANSMISSION OF MONEY OR MONEY ORDERS; ALSO IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FORMATION OF DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE SEPARATED
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Gibson Scott, of Edinburgh, in the County of
Mid Lothian, North Britain, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MEANS
ΤΟ DE EMPLOYED FOR EPPECTING THE SAFE TRANSMISSION OF MONEY OR MONEY
ORDERS; ALSO IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FORMATION OF DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE
TO BE SEPARATED."
Sealed the 29th May 1868, and dated the 5th December 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Gibson Scott at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th December 1867.
I, JAMES GIBSON SCOTT, of Edinburgh, in the County of Mid Lothian,
North Britain, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "AN
IMPROVED MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED FOR EFFECTING THE SAFE TRANSMISSION OF
MONEY OR MONEY ORDERS, ALSO IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FORMATION OF DOCUMENTS
THAT HAVE TO BE SEPARATED," to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to the employment of a partly printed and partly
written code of sheets of paper of specific form and construction, .consisting
in the first part of a docket, advice, and order to be used in connection
with adhesive labels, also of a specific form and construction, and repre-
senting specified money value, to be used for the purposes of simplifying and
cheapening the keeping of accounts connected therewith, as well as for
cheapening and regulating the intromissions of agents or others in transmitting
orders for sums of money.
In carrying this Invention into practice the sheets representing the specified

page_text: value are constructed in three parts, the divisions between each part being per-
forated or indented so that their separation can be easily effected, they are used
in the following manner :-On an application being made at any one office
for the payment of a sum of money at any other office, the person or agent in
charge of the office takes one of the sheets of paper of the proper value and fills
in the particulars of the amount remitted, at where the amount remitted is to be
paid, to whom it is to be paid, and from whom it is sent on the "docket." On
the "advice" he fills in the name of the paying' office, the name of the recipient,
and that of the remitter; whilst in the order part of the sheet, if the required
order contains an exact number of pound, a sheet representing that number of
pounds is used. If however the amount includes the fraction of a pound the
fractional parts are filled in on the shilling and pence columns, and labels
representing the value of the fractional parts are affixed to the blank spaces
of the order. The order is then given for transmission by the remitter, the
advice is forwarded to the paying office, and the docket is retained at the
receiving office for reference; in this manner, by the use of the special forms
of docket, advice, order, and labels berein-before referred to the keeping of
separate accounts is considerably simplified and cheapened, whilst the system of
using them constituting a complete series of reference is an effectual check in
preventing fraud being committed either by the receiving or paying officer or
by the public. On paying the recipient presents the order at the paying
office, when it is compared with the advice, and provided the amount specified
on the advice and order agree the amount is paid; should the amount not
agree it shows at once the existence of an intromission, which is discovered by
comparing the order and advice with the docket, it being particularly under-
stood that the amount expressed in the sheet and by the labels should
correspond in value.
.
Another part of the Invention consists in the arrangement and construction
of sheets of paper of special form to be used for the transfer of money orders,
consisting of two parts, on one of which the amount of the order to be trans-
ferred is written. by the paying officer, also to whom it is to be transferred;
whilst on the other part of the sheet which is given to the person who has
transferred the order the amount is entered, the name of the officer, where it
is payable, to whom it is payable, from whom transferred, and the name of
the issuing officer.
As constituting this part of the Invention, and as novel and original, it is
intended to claim the use and application of specially arranged sheets of paper
and adhesive labels constituting a cude for facilitating, cheapening, and
ensuring the security of the transfer of money, as herein-before described.

page_text: The second part of this Invention relates to a new mode of constructing
the line of separation or division of documents that have to be separated,
such as bankers' cheques, receipts, bills, orders, and other generally similar
documents; and consists in indenting the papers so that an angularly.
formed space at either edge, the two angular spaces being connected
together by a perforated or indented line, so that facilities are afforded for
separating the two parts of the document, the angular spaces forming the
commencement of the line of separation, which afterwards proceeds along the
indented line. The angular spaces and lines of indentation may be cut by
punches, dies, or suitably formed wheels.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Gibson Scott in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
4th June 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
GIBSON SCOTT, of Edinburgh, in the County of Mid Lothian, North Britain,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said James Gibson Scott, Her special license that I, the said James Gibson
Scott, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
James Gibson Scott, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exer-
cise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED MEANS TO
BE EMPLOYED FOR EFFECTING THE SAFE TRANSMSSSION OF MONEY OR MONEY ORDERS
WHEREBY THE PRESENT SYSTEM OP BOOK-KEEPING IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH TRANS-
ACTIONS IS AVOIDED, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FRAUD PREVENTED, ALSO IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE FORMATION OF DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE SEPARATED," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said James Gibson Scott, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Gibson Scott, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to the employment of a partly printed and partly
written code or sheet of paper of specific form and construction, consisting in
the first part of a docket, advice, and order to be used in connection with
adhesive labels, also of a specific form and construction, and representing
specified money, value to be used for the purpose of simplifying and cheapening
the keeping of accounts connected therewith, as well as for cheapening and
regulating the intromissions of agents or others in transmitting orders for sums
of money.
In carrying this Invention into practice the sheets representing the specified
value are constructed in three parts, the divisions between each. part being
perforated or indented so that their separation can be easily effected; they are
used in the following manner :-On an application being made at any one
office for the payment of a sum of money at any other office, the person or
agent in charge of the office takes one of the sheets of paper of the proper
value and fills in the particulars of the amount remitted, at where the amount
remitted is to be paid, to whom it is to be paid, and from whom it is sent, on
the "docket." On the "advice" he fills in the name of the paying office, the
name of the recipient, and that of the remitter; whilst in the order part
of the sheet, if the required order contains an exact number of pounds, a sheet
representing that number of pounds is used. If however the amount
includes the fraction of a pound the fractional parts are filled in on the shilling
and pence columns, and labels representing the value of the fractional parts
are affixed to the blank spaces of the order. The order is then given for
transmission by the remitter, the advice is forwarded to the paying office, and
the docket is detained at the receiving office for reference. In this manner
by the use of the special forms of docket, advice, order, and labels herein-before
referred to, the keeping of separate accounts is considerably simplified and
cheapened, whilst the system of using them constituting a complete series of
reference is an effectual check in preventing fraud being committed either by
the receiving or paying officer or by the public. On paying the recipient
presents the order at the paying office, where it is compared with the advice,
and provided the amount specified on the advice and order agree the amount
paid; should the amount, not agree it shows at once the existance of an
intromission which is discovered by comparing the order and advice with the

page_text: docket, it being particularly understood that the amount expressed in the
sheet and by the labels should correspond in value.
Another part of the Invention consists in the arrangement and construction
of sheets of paper of special form to be used for the transfer of money orders,
consisting of two parts, on one of which the amount of the order to be trans-
ferred is written by the paying officer, also to whom it is to be transferred;
whilst on the other part of the sheet which is given to the person who has
transferred the order the amount is entered, the name of the officer, where
it is payable, from whom transferred, and the name of the issuing officer.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood I now
proceed more particularly to set forth the system, mode, or manner in or under
which the same is or may be used or practically carried into effect, reference
being had for the sake of more complete elucidation to the accompanying
Drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:
The sheets are divided into classes, each sheet bearing value and commission.
The following Table is an example of the application of the sheets to a
money order system in which the limit of a single order does not exceed £10,
but other numbers of sheets may be used and other values and other rates of
commission:-
The effect of the charges for commission as shown in the above Table would
be that any sum from one penny and not exceeding one pound could be
remitted for one penny; above one pound and under four pounds, for two-

page_text: and not exceeding ten pounds, for sixpence.
The following is a table of supplementary labels for making up any sum
from one penny to ninteen shillings and elevenpence, but the labels may be
increased or diminished in number or have other values :-
1st. Label of the value of one penny.
2nd.
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sixpence.
3rd.
"
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one shilling.
4th.
"
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five shillings.
5th.
6th.
"
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ten shillings.
"
"
fifteen shillings.
The suplementary labels are only to be used in connection with the money
order sheets.
Figure 1 is a Drawing of a money order sheet classed 4, to be used when
remitting sums under one pound. The sheet is divided into three parts, viz.,
the "docket," the "advice," and the "order." The division line between
each part is punctured, indented, or weakened, and a triangular or other form
of notch with an acute angle cut out at top and bottom of the sheet, and
entering the centre of the said weakened line as shown at N to facillitate
separation of the parts of the sheet. The square space in the "order" in which
the word "Company" appears is intended for the name, design, or motto of any
company or corperation that may acquire the privilege of using the Patent.
As only fractions of a pound are transmitted by the sheet shown on Figure 1
the spaces marked off for the pounds are filled with an ornamental design or
otherwise, as shown on the Drawing, and the sum to be remitted is entered in.
the other money columns in shillings and pence, according to the amount
which it is desired to transmit. On a demand for an order the issuing officer
enters the particulars of the amount to be remitted in the money columns of
the several parts of the sheet; also stating in the respective places set apart
for the purpose, as shown at Figure 1, where the remittance is to be paid at,
to whom it is sent, and from whom it is sent. Besides writing the sum of a
fraction of a pound in figures in the sheet the supplementary labels necessary
to make up the sum of the fraction of a pound must be affixed to the spaces
set apart for them on the "order" portion of the sheet. Specimens of these
labels are shown on Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, the respective value being
printed on each label, and each may bear a distinctive design or motto. The
labels which mark the number of shillings in the order are affixed on the
upper row of spaces before which S is printed, and the pence in the line
before which D is printed, as shown in Figure 1. Thus if the number of

page_text: shillings in the sum be under five the sum is made up by affixing one
shilling labels; if above five shillings and under ten shillings a five shilling.
label is affixed and the remainder in one shilling labels, and so on in the same.
manner one shilling labels are affixed with the ten and fifteen shilling labels
if the number of shillings in the sum to be remitted should exceed ten or
fifteen. The same order is followed with the pence. If the sum is below
sixpence penny labels are to be used to represent the amount. If above six-
pence a one sixpenny label is affixed and the remainder is made up in penny
labels.
Figure 2 represents the arrangement of a sheet which may be used in
remitting a sum of even pounds, no spaces for shillings or pence being.
required. As the sum is printed on the three different parts of the sheet, viz.,.
the "docket," the "advice," and the "order," the issuing officer has only to
write in the particulars from whom, and to whom, and where it is sent. For
sums above one pound and under two pounds the sheet B, 1, as indicated in;
the above Table of sheets, is to be used, the value of one pound being printed
on the proper place of the sheet and the fraction of a pound being filled up in,
writing in the blank spaces of the money columns, and by affixing labels in
the manner shown in Figure 3, excepting that Figure 3 represents the
arrangement of sheets to be used when remitting sums of £2 and under £3,
the number of pounds being printed on the money columns of the several
parts of the sheet in figures and in the body of the "order" portion of
sheet in words. In this specimen it will be seen the amount of shillings and
pence above the two pounds is filled up in the money columns of the different
parts of the sheet in writing, and the labels for the shillings and pence, are
affixed in their respective spaces provided for them. As shown at Figure 3,
the fraction amounts to sixteen shillings and eightpence, and this is made up
by affixing a fifteen shilling and a one shilling label on the row of spaces
having S printed at the beginning and a sixpenny and twopenny labels on the
row having 'D printed before it. After the name of the issuing office with
the date of issue has been stamped on the several parts of the sheet the
"order" is to be given to the remitter, the "advice" is to be forwarded to the
paying office, and the docket is to be retained. When an order is presented
for payment at the office on which it is drawn the stamped paper or labels
contained in the order should agree with the amount expressed in the money
columns, and should be signed and in every respect accord with the advice;
when paid the name of the paying office with date of payment is to be
stamped on the "order" and "advice" in the respective places provided on
each part, as shown on Figures 1, 2, 3.

page_text: As payment of an order is sometimes required to be transferred from one
office to another, and from one person to another, this is effected under the
present Invention by the issuing or paying office making the use of a transfer
advice as shown on Figure 4.
The advantages of this system are,-
1st. Economy in the cost of working. This arises from the simple
character of the accounts that are necessary and the entire absence of accounts
in detail, the money order sheets and supplementary labels forming in
themselves a complete system of accounting.
2nd. Security from fraud by the agents who conduct the business, as no
agent could issue above the amount for which he is allowed credit. A
constant check can also by this Invention be maintained on the agents even
within the limits of the credit stock allowed.
3rd. Security from fraud by the public. As the stamped paper must
always agree with the amount expressed in the money columns of the order
no fraudulent alteration could be made in the order. The advice forms a
complete check against any atempt at forgery.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner
in or under which the same is or may be used or practically carried into
effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider novel and original
and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in
part recited Letters Patent is, the arrangement, construction, and combination
of sheets and labels or stamps constituting the means to be employed in con-
junction with the money order system as herein-before described and shown
upon the accompanying Sheet of Drawings or any. modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Gibson Scott, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight.
JAMES GIBSON SCOTT.
(L.8.)