Accounting systems and devices for practicing the same

Claim 1

IN A MULTIPLE-COPY CHECK, THE COMBINATION OF: AN ORIGINAL CHECK HAVING UPPER AND LOWER FACES, FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINAL EDGES, AND FIRST AND SECOND TRANSVERSE EDGES, SAID ORIGINAL CHECK BEING ISSUABLE TO A SELECTED PAYEE; A FIRST NON-NEGOTIABLE CHECK UNDERLYING SAID ORIGINAL CHECK IN REGISTRY THEREWITH, SAID NON-NEGOTIABLE CHECK HAVING AN UPPER FACE CONFRONTING SAID LOWER FACE OF SAID ORIGINAL CHECK AND A LATERAL EXTENSION EXTENDING LATERALLY BEYOND SAID FIRST TRANSVERSE EDGE OF SAID ORIGINAL CHECK, SAID LATERAL EXTENSION PROVIDING SUFFICIENT AREA FOR MAINTAINING A RUNNING ACCOUNT OF THE STATUS OF THE ACCOUNT FROM WHICH THE ORIGINAL CHECK IS DRAWN; MEANS IN REGISTRY WITH SAID ORIGINAL CHECK AND SAID NONNEGOTIABLE CHECK FOR TRANSFERRING INFORMATION IMPRESSED ON SAID UPPER FACE OF SAID ORIGINAL CHECK TO SAID UPPER FACE OF SAID NON-NEGOTIABLE CHECK; AND SAID ORIGINAL CHECK HAVING A PLURALITY OF ENCODED ACCOUNT CATEGORY DESIGNATIONS DISPOSED ALONG ONE OF SAID EDGES THEREOF OTHER THAN SAID FIRST TRANSVERSE EDGE.