US1183522A - Automatic money-changer. - Google Patents

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W. S. BATES. AUTOMATIC MONEY CHANGER.

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WEIR S. BATES, OF LEMOYNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916.

Application filed November 16, 1914. Serial No. 872,382.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WEIR S. BATES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lemoyne, in the county of Cumberland and to 'deliver'the change to the depositor; de-- posited coins of the fixed value being retained within the machine without delivering anychange' e In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the mechanism is arranged to receive standard U. S. coins of the several values from five cents to one dollar, inclusive, and to deliver the correct change less five cents, for dimes, quarters, half dollars and dollars, five cent pieces, when deposited, being retained without delivering any change.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a change making device for use in places Where a five cent fare or fee is charged, as for traveling on street cars, or entrance to For such icea'ble as the passenger or patron, bydepositing a nickel, pays his fare or admission fee, and by depositing any of the silver coins of greater value thanthe fare or thereby pays his own fee and immediately receives the change for the coin deposited less the amount of the fee. With this device, the conductor or attendant is relieved of the duty of making change for coins and his duties are restricted to making change for paper money,

seeingthat the coin magazines are kept properly filled, and that each passenger or patron inserts a coin as he passes the change making. device at the door or entrance of partly broken away;

the car, place of amusement, etc. In. the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention, Figure 1 is a per of the complete money naling device; Fig. 2 is an inner side elevation of one side of the magazlne casing,

tion of the complete machine, with one side connections between one of the is a detail view of the sig- Fig. 3 is a side elevaof the casing removed; Fig. 4c is a detail view of the re-setting lever; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the machine taken from the side opposite that shown in Fig. 3, the side of the casing being removed; Fig. 6 is avertical sectlon through'the machine, on the line '66 of Fig- 3; Fig. 6 is a diagrammaticview illustrating the connections between the coin operated levers and the ejector slides; Fig. 7 is a detail showing the clutch on the crank shaft; Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the machine, the top of the casing being removed;- Fig. 9 is a horizontal section through the machine, about on the line 9. 9of Fig. 5; Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the coin or check connecting devlces; Fig. 11 is a top, plan view of the notched slide, and Fig. 12 is a similar view of the slotted bar underlying the slide, both forming parts of the check-connecting devices; Fig. 13 is a section on the line 13-13 of Fig. 5, showing the links between the coin controlled levers in top plan view; Fig.14: is a section on thelin'e 1414 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 15 is a detail showing the delivery slides and its operating rod.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the casing for containing the working mechanism of. the change maker, this casing being preferably provided with hinged or removable sides 1, 2, in order to permit free access to the mechanism for the purpose of adjustment or repairs, which sides will however be locked in place by means, not necessary to. illustrate, to prevent unauthorized persons from tampering with the machine.

latter hinged to the frame. This magazine casing is formed by taking two pieces of board of equal size and grooving one face of each board, as shownat 3 in Figs. 2 and 6, then clamping the parts together with the projections on one entering the recesses in the other, andthen boring the block thus formed, on the line of the seam between the twoparts, and transversely of the grooves, to form siX magazine chambers 5,10, 5, 25, 50, and 100, as shown in full lines 111 Figs. 2, 6, and 9, and in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 5. These openings extend from the lower edge of the magazine casing to points near the upper edge, where they are intersected by coin slots 4. The purpose of grooving the meeting faces of the two parts of the magazine casing is to provide zig-zag seams between the parts, as shown in Fig. 6, so that when a coin is descending into a magazine from the coin slot, if the edge of the coin engages the seam, the latter will tend to turn the coin so that it will fall flat instead of tending to hold the coin in an edgewise position, as would be the case if'the. seam were straight and not perfectly flush, so that the edge of the coin could engage the seam. Metal strips 6 and 7 are secured to the lower edges of the two parts of the magazine casing, the former being secured at its ends to a plate 8 which underlies the casing, and the strip 7 being hinged to the frame B at 9. These strips 6 and 7 are recessed to form openings in line with all of the magazine chambers except the chamber 100, the lower end of which is closed by the strips. The part c of the magazine casing has, at its upper edge, a strip 11 which is hinged at 12 to the casing B, and the strips 11 and 7 form the upon which the front 0' of the casing swings. Normally, the two parts of the casing are locked together by a bar 13, centrally pivoted at 14 upon the fronts of the casing, this pivoted bar being arranged to engage latches 15 and 16, which are pivoted to the ends of the frame B. By loosening the latches the front of the magazine casing may be swung to open position to fill or empty the magazines.

The plate 8, which underlies the magazine caslng, forms a stop or rest for supporting the coins in all of the magazines except those in the magazine 100, which latter magazine, as previously stated, is closed by the strips 6 and 7. The plate 8 extends to the forward side 2 of the outer casing A, and, m front of the magazine casing, it is provided with a series of openings 17, directly in front of the magazine 5, 10, 5 25, and 50, these openings in the plate alining with openings 18 in the bottom of the casmg through which coins may drop to coin pockets, not shown, from which the operator may readily take the coins issuing from the machine as change.

Between the plate 8 and the strips 6 and on the bottom of the magazine casing are arranged ejector slides 5", 10", 5, 25", and 59', each slide having an opening 19 (see Fig. 6) slightly larger in diameter than the bore of the magazine chamber immedi ately above it, so that coins may pass readhinged members ily from the chamber on to the plate 8when theslides are in their normal or rearward positions, shown in Figs. 6 and 9. Whenever a slide is moved forward, a coin, resting in the opening 19, will be carried forward into alinement with the opening 18, and will drop therethrough into the pocket for receiving the change.

The magazine chambers 5 and 5 are adapted to hold five cent pieces, and the chambers 10, 25, 50, and 100 are adapted to hold, respectively, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollars. The ejector slides 5 10 etc. are operated, respectively, by vertically arranged rocking bars 5, 10, 5, 25 and 50 These rocking bars are all alike, each one being journaled near its lower end in a bearing 20, projecting from the rear of the plate 8, and at its upper end in a bar 21, which extends from end to end of the frame B. The lower end portion of each rocking bar or rod is bent at right angles to the body of the rod, as shown at 22, and thence is bent upwardly, as shown at 23, and passes through an opening in the rear end of one of the ejector slides, the bent portion 22 forming a lever for operating a slide. Each of the vertical rocking bars for the ejector slides has a counter balancing lever 24, centrally arranged thereon above the bearing 20, one end of this lever having (see Fig. 15) an opening 24* in one end to receive the up-turned end 23 of the rod, and the latter having a notch 23 for looking with the counter balancing lever. The opposite end of the counter balancing lever is provided with a weight 24 The purpose of the counter balancing levers mg against theforward side of the casing A. Such sharp knocking against the sidewould tend to cause the slides to move forward and carry coins from the magazine to the outlet openings; but as the weights of the counter balancing levers are at the opposite sides of the vertical rocking bars from the slides, these weights off-set the tendency of the slides to move forward when the outer casing is struck. The upper ends of the several rocking bars are off-set to form cranks, as indicated at 26, and these cranks extend through perforations in ears 27, projecting from links 28, 29, 30, and 31, the arrangement of the links being more clearly illustrated in the diagrammatic view Fig. 6. These links, as shown, are horizontally arranged, and are movable by means of coin operated bell crank levers (shown in the form of triangular pieces) 5', 10", 5 25, 50, and 100'. The coin oper-' ated bell crank lever 100 hasthe link 31 pivotally connected thereto so as to swing therewith, and one end of this link has a slot 31 which is engaged by a pin 31 on the bell crank 50. Similarly, the link 30 is pivoted to the lever 50, and has a slot and' pin connection-with the lever 25; the link 29 is pivoted to the link 25 and has a slot and pin connection with the lever 10, and the link 28 is pivoted to the lever 10 and is to prevent operation of the slides by tapping or knockhas a slot and pin connection with the lever 5. The levers 5 and 5 are connected by a link 32, which is pivoted to both levers. The vertical rod 50, which operates the ejector 5 slide 50, is pivotally connected to the link 31 the rod 25, which operates the ejector slide 25, is pivotally connected to the link 30; both the rod 5, for operating the ejector slide 5?, and the rod for operating the 10 ejector slide 10", are pivotedto the link 29, and the rod 5, for operating the ejector slide 5 is pivotally connected to the link 28.

It will be evident from an inspection of Figs. 5 and 6 that the coin operated levers 5 and 5 will always swing together about their pivots 33 being connected by the link 32, but that these two levers may be swung to the left without moving any other lever,

because of the slot and pin connection be-' tween the lever 5 and the link'28. It will also be evident that if the lever 10 is moved to the left, it will cause the operation. of

the slide 5", and also move bothof the levers 5 and 5' because of the engagement'of the pin31 on the lever 5 with the right hand end of the slot in the lever 28. Also, the

lever 25 may swing to the left without causing the operation of link or any of the parts to the left of the lever 25, while 30 this movement will cause, through the links 29 and 28, amovement of all of the levers and slide operating rods at the right of the lever 25. Similarly, if the lever 50 is moved to the left, it will not operate the link 31 3 or the coin operated slide 50, or move the lever 100*, but through the links 30, 29, and

28, all of the parts to the right of the lever 50, including the slides 25", 5, 10, and 5",

will be moved. The movement of the lever 100 to the left willcause a movement of all of the slides and all of the parts to the right of said lever.

As illustrated in Fig. 14, each of the triangular levers just referred to is pivoted upon one arm 33 of a yoke 33, which extends through parallel bars 34 and 34 forming part of the frame B. The other arm 33 of the yoke extends through slots 34 in said bars. Upon the several yokes, at the forward side of the frame, are mounted guidebars 35, which are spaced from the stationary bar 34 by flanged rollers 36*, 36", etc., mounted on the legs 33 of the yokes, and by the over-turned ends 35 of the guide-bars. These rollers are preferably made of stiff rubber composition. The spaces 37 between the guide-bars 35 and. the bar 34 are pro vided for receiving the coins when dropped into the machine through the openings 5 10 etc., (Fig. 1) in the outer casing, as hereinafter explained. Immediately beneath the guide spaces 37 are arranged rollers 38 38",

etc., upon which the coins rest when dropped into said spaces. all mounted between the bar 34 and a the magazine chambers.

lever, on the opposite side of the machine,

The rollers 38, etc., are

notched bar 39, the notches forming coin guides 40 between the bars, which guides or slots are directly over the slots '4 leading to A connecting bar 41, provided with notches 5 10, 5?, 25 50 and 100, is arranged to slide upon the bar 39, and for the purpose of moving the sliding bar 41, a connecting rod 42 is arranged between an ear 43 on the bar and a clutch member 44 upon a crank shaft 45, which latter extends through the casing and is provided with a crank 46. The clutch member 44 is loosely mounted upon the crank shaft, and carries a spring pressed pawl 44 which engages a coiiperating clutch member 47 secured to the shaft, the two clutch members forming a one-way clutch, by means of which the rotation of the crank in one direction will operate the notched connecting bar 41, while, when the crank is turned in the opposite direction, the clutch members Will slip and the connecting bar will not be operated. In the normal position of the notched connecting bar4l, a coin passed into the machine will lodge in one of the spaces 37 and rest upon one of the rollers 38, between the shoulders of one of the notches on the bar 41, as indicated in dotted lines at the left of Fig. 10, wherein 48 indicates a coin, and

when said bar is pulled to the right, in Fig. 10, by operating the handle 46, the coin will be forced by the notched bar under the adj acent roller 36, and thereby cause said roller to swing upward and operate the bell crank to which said rolleris connected. As the notched bar continues to move to theright, in Fig. 10, the coin will drop through the adjacent coin slot 40, between the stationary bars 39 and 34, and thence through the slot 4 into the magazine below. Hence, each coin dropped into the machine will cause one of the bell cranks to be rocked, as the crank is. turned, before the coin can enter a magazine, and if the coin is of greater value than five cents, one or more of the coin ejecting slides will be operated to deliver the proper change, deducting five cents from the value of the coin inserted, as hereinafter explained.

. A re-sett'ng lever 51 is pivotally connected to e rs 52 upon one end of the supporting frame B, this lever being shown in detail in Fig. 4. As shown, the lever comprises two connected arms 51 and 51*, the former of which projects upward into the path of movement of a shoulder 53 on the notched connecting bar 41. The other arm 51 extends into a loop formed by a staple 54, which is secured to the link 32, one arm of this staple serving also as a pivotal connection between said link and the lever 5. The arm 51 of the re-setting lever has a lost motion connection with the link 32, being movable within the loop. When the crank is 13o to their normal positions, the shoulder 53 on the cranks and causethem to work without.

the rod 41 engages the arm 51 of the resetting lever, and the other arm, 51 of said lever, presses against the right hand end of the link 54 (Fig. 5) and thereby causes the return to normal position of all of the slides and bell cranks that have been moved from normal position. In order to strengthen the upper ends of the vertical rods 5 10 etc., which are off-set to form the cranks 26, bowed arms 55 are clamped to the central portions of the rods and extend upwardly, and are perforated at their upper ends to permit the ends of the cranks to extend through them. These parts 55 strengthen bending or yielding.

A shutter 56 is pivotally supported in horizontal position in the upper part of the casing upon bell crank levers 57, which latter are pivoted at 58 to the supporting frame. These levers are connected so as to operate together bya link '59, and one of the levers is connected by a link 60 to the notched connecting bar 41, so that as said bar is moved I back and forth by the 0 eration of the hand crank, the bell cranks 5 will oscillate about their fulcra and will impart a back-andforth movement to the shutter. In the normal position of the shutter, the coin slots 37, (Figs. 6 and 8) will be unobstructed, but when the hand crank is turned, the shutter will be moved forward, covering these slots, and will then move back as the hand crank completes its revolution, again uncovering the slots. The purpose of this shutter is. to prevent one coin from being passed into the machine while the machine is operating with another coin.

A rotary signaling device 61 (Fig. 1) is mounted in the top of the casing, for indicating when the hand crank is in normal position and the shutter is likewise in normal position, so that a coin may be passed into the machine. This signaling device, as shown, is in the form of a rotatable button set in an opening in the top of the casing and resting upon a plate 62, and a rod 63 has one end pivotally connected to the button at one side of its vertical axis, and the opposite end connected to the coin operated lever 5 which lever moves whenever a coin of any denomination is passed into the machine. It will be evident that the position of thesignaling button will indicate the position of the shutter, as both theshutter and the signaling device are operatively connected with the crank handle. In Fig. 1 of thedrawing, the button is, shown with a double headed arrow alined with a mark 64, which indicates the normal position of the shutter, and when the shutter is notv in normal position, the arrow will be at an angle to the fixed line.

For the purpose of determining whether the coins in the magazine chambers have fallen below a predetermined limit, perforations 65 are made in the rear sides of some of the chambers near the bottom, and feelers in the form of wire rods 66 are pivoted in ears 67, at the top of the casing, and extend downwardly and thence inwardly into said perforations, as shown in Fig. 6. These feelers are normally held out of the path of the coins by suitable springs 68, and push buttons 69 are arranged in the top of the outer casing and bear against the feelers. By depressing these push buttons, the lower ends of the feelers will be projected into the magazine chambers if the stacks of coins therein are below the level of the perforations; but if a stack of coins is above the level of the perforations in any magazine, the feeler, of course, cannot enter, and it can readily be determined by the action and movement of the push button whether the stack of coins in any magazine is getting low and requires replenishing.

More five cent pieces or nickels will be deposited in the machine than any other coin. If only one magazine were Provided for receiving five cent pieces, in making change for a twenty-five cent piece, (retaining five cents and delivering twenty cents) it would be necessary to cause the slide which ejects ten cent pieces to operate twice, or the slide which ejects five cent pieces to operate four times, or the ten cent slide to operate once and the five cent slide to operate twice.

Similar complications would arise in making change for coins of larger value, and besides, if the machine delivered several dimes in change for each of the coins of higher value, the magazine containing the dimes would soon be emptied, while the magazine containing nickels would fill up and require removal, the five cent coin being the one which would be more frequently deposited than any other because this represents the value of the fee or admission. In order to avoid operating the same ejector more than once for any coin inserted in the machine,

and also to keep the supply of coins in the magazines as even as possible, I provide the two five cent coin magazines indicated at 5 and 5 and I also providein the outer casing the coin slots 5 and 5 both adapted to receive nickels, and the magazine is so arranged that in delivering, for instance, twenty cents in exchange for a twenty-five cent piece, two nickels and a dime will be ejected, which will avoid depleting the ten cent magazine, and take coins from the two nickel magazines where there is apt to be a surplus. Similarly, in making change for fifty cents, a quarter, two fives and a ten will be ejected, and in making change for a dollar, a fifty cent piece, a quarter, two fives, and a ten will be ejected. v

The operation is as f 'llows: If afive cent piece is inserted in the coin slot 5 inthe outer casing, it will drop into the slot 37 immediately beneath the coin slot 5 and and rest upon roller 38. The crank handle 46 will then be given one complete revolution, which will move the notched connecting bar 41 forward and then back. In its forward movement, the coin will be caught .by one of the shoulders on the bar and forced beneath theroller 36 connected with the bell crank 5, and the-coin, after passing between therollers 36 and 38*, will drop through the slots 40 and 4: (Fig. 6) into the magazine chamber 5. The rocking of the lever 5 does not operate any of the ejector slides and the coin is therefore retained the machine without delivering change. Aspreviously stated, and as shown most clearly in Fig. 6

the levers 5 and 55 are connected'together, so that they will operate together, but will not operate any ejector slide because of the lost motion connection between the lever 5 and the link 28. During the return or backward movement of the notched bar, one arm I of the re-setting slide 51 is engaged by the delivered into its magazine chamber 5 after being forced under theroller 36 attached to the lever 5 If, now, a dime is insertedin the slot 10 it will fallon the roller 38", and

when thehand crank is operated, a shoulder on the notched bar will force the dime under the roller 36 and raise the latter and the lever 10 to which it is connected,-the dime then falling into the magazine chamber 10. The rocking of the lever 10 moves the link 28, to which the crank of the rod5 is connected, and causes the ejector slide 5 to move forward and eject a'fiv'e cent piece from the magazine 5. This also causes a movement of the levers 5 and 5 but no function is performed thereby.- During the last half of the revolution of the hand crank, the re-setting slide, as before, pulls the levers 5 and 5 and also the link28 and the lever 10 back to normal positions, the movement of the link also causing the verticalbar 5 to,.rock and return the slide ,5 to its rearward or normal position. If a twenty-five cent piece is inserted in the slot 25 the machine delivers twenty cents in change by operating the" ejector slides under both the five cent magazines and the ejector slide under the ten cent I magazine. As will be evident from Fig. 6*,

the rocking of the lever 25, which occurs when the notched bar moves the coin under the roller' 36 connected to said lever, will cause the link 29 to move the ejector slides.

connected parts back to normal position.

If a fifty cent piece is inserted in its appropriate slot 50*, the machine will deliver forty-five cents in change, to-wit: a twentyfive cent piece, a dime, and two nickels. The

insertion of. the 50-cent piece and the turning of the crank handle causes this coin to be forced under the roller 36*, thereby rocking the lever 50, to which said roller is connected, and the rocking of the lever causes the links 30, 29, and 28 to be moved to the left, Figs. 5 and 6*, which will in turn cause the ejectors 25 5, 10, and 5 to operate and eject a twenty-five cent piece, a ten cent piece andtwo five cent pieces from the several magazines under which these ejectors operate. If a dollar coin is placed in the slot 100 the machine will deliver .95 cents in change. The dollar coin will drop on to the roller 38, and as the crank is turned, will be forced under the roller 36, causing the lever 100, to which the latter roller is connected, to rock and move all of the links to the left, in Figs. 5 and 6*. Hence, all of the ejectors .connectedto these links will operate, and

the ejector slides will deliver a fifty cent piece, a twenty-five cent piece, a dime and two five cent pieces. During the last half revolution of the hand crank, the various parts will be drawn back to their normal positions by the operation of the re-setting lever.

In all of the operations above described, the shutter 56 is moved across and covers the coin slots 37 immediately after the crank handle starts to turn, thus preventing a second coin from being inserted in the machine until the machine has been operated by a previously inserted coin. As the crank handle returns to its normal position, the shutter is moved out of the way so that a coin can be inserted. In order. to avoid the pos- -sibility of operating the machine twice with a single coin, the clutch is provided on the crank handle so that the movement of the I mechanism within the machine cannot be reversed, and when a coin has been inserted and the crank started in the right direction, it must-continue in that direction to perform the complete operation and deliver the coin into the magazine before any other operation can take place- I In order'to determine Whether any of the magazines require replenishing, the attendant at suitable intervals presses upon the keys 69, and if any one of the keys can be depressed, this indicates that the magazine ad]acent the key has an insuflicient supply of coins, in which event the attendant opens the machine and replenishes the magazine. As the magazine containing half dollars is not apt to become exhausted in making change, and as the magazine containing dollars retains all of the coins'inserted in it, no feelers or test keys are provided or necessary for the fifty cent and dollar magazines. As the various parts connected with the ejector slides operate freely, it might be possible, by tapping or knocking against the front of the machine, or by tilting the machine, to cause the slides to move forward and deliver coins from the magazines, if some means were not provided for preventing this occurrence. In order to provide for this without employing a locking means for the slides, the weights 24 are arranged upon .the levers 24 so as to counterbalance the slides, and it will be evident that tapping or knocking against the front of the casing, or tilting the machine, will not cause the slides to move forward, on account of this counterbalancing.

While the mechanism as shown in the drawings is arranged to deliver change for coins ranging from a dime to a dollar, retaining five cents as pay for the fare or fee, the mechanism may readily be adapted to deduct ten cents as a fare or fee by disconnecting one of the slides under a five cent magazine. Thus, for instance, by taking out the operating rod 5, the ejector slide 5 will be rendered inoperative, and in that event, if a dime is placed in the machine, no change will be delivered; if a twenty-five cent piece is inserted in the machine, only fifteen cents will be delivered as change; and in the same manner, if a half dollar is placed in the machine, fortycents will be delivered in change, and if a dollar is placed in the machine, ninety cents will be delivered in change.

What I claim is:

1. In a change-making machine, a series of coin magazines, ejector slides for the several magazines, coin controlled members operatively connected to the slides, lost motion connections between said members, a sliding bar for forcing coins into engagement with said members to operate the same, means for reciprocating said bar, and a resetting lever, movable by said bar, for returning said members and slides to normal positions after the change has been ejected.

2. In a change-making machine,'a plurality of coin-controlled levers, a notched.

bar for shifting'coins into engagement with said levers, a crank and connections for reciprocating said bar endwise, said crank comprising a one-way clutch.'

3. In a change-making machine, an outer casing having coin slots, a plurality of coin magazines within the casing, a plurality of coin controlled members, a notched bar for forcing coins, dropped into said slots, into engagement with said members, a crank and connections I for reciprocating said bar, a shutter movable by said crank to prevent the entrance of coins into the magazines while said bar is away from normal position, and a device for resetting said coincontrolled members when the bar returns to normal position.

4:. In a change making machine an outer casing, magazines for coins within the easing, feelers radially movable into the lower parts of said magazines, and means on the outer side of the casing for operating said feelers.

5. In a change making machine, a casing having coin slots therein, magazines within the casing for receiving the coins from said slots, a shutter movable in a plane between said slots and magazines, a signaling device, a plurality of coin-controlled members, ejectors operatively connected to said members, a device for forcing coins into engagement with said members, means for reciprocating said device, and means for operating the shutter and signal simultaneously with the movements of said device.

6. In a change making machine an outer casing having a plurality of coin slots, a supporting frame within the casing, a magazine casing, within said frame, having a plurality of magazine chambers, a plurality of rollers in fixed positions above said chambers, a plurality of levers having rollers adjacent the fixed r'ollers, a notched bar adapted to force coins between said fixed rollers and the rollers on the levers, means for reciprocating said bar, and ejectors operatively connected to said levers.

7. In a change making machine, an outer casing, a plurality of coin magazines, ejector slides beneath said magazines, vertically arranged rocking bars having crank arms engaging said ides, counter-balancing levers connected to said bars, said levers having weighted ends on the opposite sides of the bars from said cranks, and coin controlledmeans for operating said slides.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, 1n presence of two wltnesses.

WEIR S. BATES.

Witnesses:

ROBERT WATSON, C. VAN SANT.

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