Checkbook comprising alternate check blanks and check stubs

A checkbook comprising a cover, alternate check blanks, and check stubs of equal width, said check blanks removably attached and said check stubs fixedly attached at their left-hand end to said cover and to a backing material which extends beyond the right-hand edge of said check blanks and check stubs a distance approximately equal to the width of said check blanks, said check blanks being provided with indicia to accommodate the date, payee, the amount of the check in numeric and language form and the payor's signature, as well as optional information, said check stubs being provided with a pressure sensitive coating thereon, optional information on each said check stub duplicating said optional information on said check blank positioned immediately above said check stub, a darkened area immediately below the indicia for said payor's signature on the check blank immediately above said check stub, whereby said payor's signature is rendered illegible on said check stub, and indicia identifying and providing space for, in descending order, balance forward, the numeric amount of the check immediately above said check stub, the balance, deposit, deduction and balance forward, and a blank area on said check stub immediately below the indicia on said check blank immediately above said check stub accommodating the date, payor, and amount of said check in language form, a plurality of check ordering forms of the same size as said check blanks for ordering individual truncated checks retained by the financial institution on which said checks are drawn, removably attached at their left-hand end to said cover, each said form having indicia to accommodate multiple truncated check orders, said upper side of said backing material being provided with indicia for a check register and said backing material being folded at the right-hand edge of said check blanks, whereby said backing material may be readily inserted between a check stub and the check blank thereunder so as to prevent writing from appearing on other check stubs thereunder while a check blank and check stub above said backing material is being filled in.