LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 



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A cheque is a very convenient way of sending money in letters. If 

 made payable to the order of the person to whom the money is sent, it 

 cannot be collected by anyone else, even though stolen from the letter. 



If dealing with a firm with which you have no acquaintance, it is often 

 well to have the cashier of the bank certify the cheque before it is sent. 

 This is done by the cashier writing across the face the word ' ' accepted ' ' 

 and signing his name as cashier of the bank. 



How to Indorse Cheques. Indorsing cheques is done by writing 

 your name on the back. This is properly done by signing the name 

 across the top about one and one-half inches from the end. This is the 

 left end as the cheque lies with its face toward you. 



Promissory Note. Occasionally it is necessary or convenient to ask 

 for time for the payment of a bill, and there is given a Promissory Note 

 (promise to pay at some specified time). It is generally written in the 

 following form : — 



$100. Toronto, Ont. , Feb. 16, 1899. 



Three months after date I promise to pay to Peter J. Murphy, or 

 order, One Hundred Dollars, at the Canadian Bank of Commerce, for 

 calue received. 



THOMAS A. BURNS. 



NATURALIZATION PAPERS. 



Declaration of Intention. An alien must make a declaration under 

 oath, of intention of becoming a citizen of Canada, before a Judge of the 

 Court of Record in Canada, a Justice of the Peace, a Police Magistrate or 

 a Notary Public, or a Commissioner for taking affidavits. 



This Declaration of Intention may be taken at any time after three 

 years' residence in Canada. The person before whom the oath is taken 

 issues to the alien a certificate, and this certificate is presented in Ontario, 

 to the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the county within the 

 jurisdiction of which the alien resides or to the Court of Assize or Nisi 

 Prius during its sittings in such county. If during the sittings of such 

 court, the facts mentioned in such certificate are not controverted or any 

 other valid objection made to the naturalization of the alien, the court, on 

 the last day of such sittings, shall direct that such certificate be filed of 

 record in the court. 



The alien to whom a certificate of naturalization has been granted is 



