monthly installments on the first day of each month thereafter, in advance; that by virtue of said lease said defendant went into possession of said premises, and still continues to hold and occupy the same;

That the term for which said premises were demised as aforesaid has terminated, and that the said defendant holds over and continues in possession of the said demised premises, without the permission of the said plaintiff, and contrary to the terms of said lease;

That the said plaintiff, since the expiration of the term for which said premises were demised as aforesaid, to wit: on the fourth day of December, 1879, made demand in writing of the said defendant to deliver up and surrender to him the possession of said premises;

That more than three days have elapsed since the making of such demand, and the defendant has refused and neglected, for the space of three days after such demand, to quit the possession of said demised premises and still does refuse;

That the monthly value of the rents and profits of the said premises is the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, in gold coin of the United States, to wit: three times the monthly rental heretofore paid therefor, and that plaintiff has been damaged by said defendant's unlawful holding of said premises in the sum of

[Insert three times the actual damages.]

Wherefore, the said plaintiff prays judgment for the restitution of the said premises, and for damages for the [rents and profits of said premises, and that such damages may be trebled as damages for the occupation and] unlawful detention and holding over of the same, amounting to the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per month, besides costs of suit.

HIRAM JONES,
Attorney for Plaintiff.

The complaint should be verified.

CHAPTER VII.

GENERAL LEGAL AND BUSINESS FORMS.

Form 37.-Promissory Note not Negotiable, and without Interest until Due.

$119.00.

Thirty days after date, I promise to pay to John Owen one. hundred and nineteen dollars in gold coin, for value received. Virginia City, Nevada, Jan. 2, 1880.

JOHN DOE.

Form 38.-Note Negotiable by Indorsement, without Interest until Due.

$300.00.

Thirty days after date I promise to pay to John Doe, or order, the sum of three hundred dollars in gold coin, for value received.

Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 3, 1880.

JOHN OWEN.

Form 39.-Negotiable Note without Indorsement, without Interest, etc., until Due.

$200.00.

Sixty days after date I promise to pay to John Doe, or bearer, the sum of two hundred dollars in gold coin, for value received.

Carson, Nevada, Jan. 3, 1880.

JOHN OWEN.

Form 40.-Note Bearing Interest after Maturity at Rate

$200.00.

Agreed upon.

Sixty days after date I promise to pay to John Doe, or order, the sum of two hundred dollars in gold coin, with interest after maturity in like gold coin at the rate of three per cent. per month until the same shall be paid. For value received.

Nevada City, Cal., Dec. 23, 1879.

JOHN OWEN.

Form 41.-Note Bearing an Agreed Rate of Interest from Date.

$300.00.

For value received, ninety days after date, I promise to pay to John Doe, or order, the sum of three hundred dollars in gold coin, with interest from date in like gold coin, at the rate of two per cent. per month until the same shall be paid.

Reno, Nevada, Jan. 2, 1880.

$300.00.

JOHN OWEN.

Form 42.-Note Payable at a Particular Place.

For value received I promise to pay to John Doe, or order, the sum of three hundred dollars in United States gold coin, sixty days after the date hereof, at the Carson Savings Bank in Carson City, with interest on said sum in like gold coin at the rate of two per cent. per month from date until the same shall be paid.

Dayton, Nevada, Jan. 5, 1880.

$300.00.

JOHN OWEN.

Form 43.-Joint and Several Note.

For value received, ninety days after date, we or either of us, jointly and severally promise to pay to John Doe, or order, the sum of three hundred dollars in gold coin, with interest in like gold coin at the rate of two per cent. per month from date until the same shall be paid.

Chico, Cal., Jan. 6, 1880.

JOHN OWEN.

JAMES MEEK.

$30.00.

Form 44.-Due-bill.

Due John Doe, thirty dollars on demand, for value received.

Reno, Jan. 3, 1880.

JOHN OWEN.

Form 45.-Due-bill.

$50.00.

Due John Doe, or bearer, fifty dollars, with interest, at one per cent. per month until paid, for value received.

Sutro, Nevada, Jan. 5, 1880.

JOHN OWEN.

Due-bills and promissory notes are practically the same things, differing only in formality.

Form 45.-Order for Money.

Messrs. West & Bryant:

Bodie, Cal., Jan. 3, 1880.

Please pay to John Jones, or order, fifty dollars on demand, and charge to account of yours truly,

IRA JOY.

Form 46.-Order for a Suit of Clothes.

H. S. Mason & Co.:

Carson City, Jan. 4, 1880.

Please let Mr. George Tufly have such broadcloth, beaver or other material as he may select for a suit of clothes, not exceeding one hundred dollars in value, and charge the same to the account of yours truly,

Mr. Alex. Wise:

Form 47.-Order for Cattle.

BEN. SMALL.

Winnemucca, Jan. 2, 1880.

Please deliver to John Brown, or bearer, the cattle I purchased of you last Saturday, and oblige, yours truly,

GEO. R. WALKER.

Form 48.-Receipts.

Tuscarora, Dec. 23, 1879.

Received of S. M. Beard fifty-two dollars in full of all demands to date.

Form 49.

J. M. HOGLE.

Received of Len Wines twenty dollars on account.

Tuscarora, Dec. 23, 1879.

O. L. C. FAIRCHILD.

Form 50.-From One Person for Another's Account.

Elko, Dec. 24, 1879. Received of Walter Chase, one hundred and fifty dollars, to pay the account of Hon. John S. Mayhew against him.

MERRILL P. FREEMAN.

Form 51.-From One Person by Another.

Eureka, Nev., Dec. 20, 1879. Received of Harvey Carpenter, through Hon. Thomas Wren, two hundred dollars in full of all demands against said Harvey Carpenter to date.

DAVID HALL.

Form 52.-From One Person to Another's Credit. Ruby Hill, Nev., Dec. 23, 1879. Received of Mosely R. Lyon three hundred dollars, to be credited on F. Robison's note for five hundred dollars, dated June 1, 1879, and due me one year from date.

WILLIAM WERMUTH.

Form 53.-Receipt in Full.

Received of J. Landon Smith, five hundred dollars in full of all demands for work done on his livery stable.

Eureka, Dec. 24, 1879.

J. CROSSAN.

You can obtain any desired printed blank forms of Bancroft's promissory notes or receipts of any stationer or bookseller.

PARTNERSHIP

Is the voluntary association of two or more persons for the purpose of carrying on a business together, and dividing its profits between them in certain proportions; and, as partnerships are quite common, a form of Articles of Partnership is given in

Form 54.-Agreement.

[BANCROFT'S BLANK, No. 46.]

This agreement, made the second day of January, A. D. 1880, between Harvey Boone and J. W. Wright, of the town of Bodie, County of Mono, and State of California, witnesseth: That the said parties have agreed to become copartners in the business of wholesale and retail grocery and provision and dry good merchants, and, by these presents, do agree to be copartners together under and by the firm name of " Harvey Boone & Co.," for the purpose of buying, selling, and vending all kinds of goods, wares and merchandise belonging to the said