Chapter XII. for the Relief of Franklin Torrey
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Chap. XII.— An Act for the Relief of Franklin Torrey.January 19, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the TreasuryDuplicate certificates of loan of 1848 to be issued to Franklin Torrey. is hereby authorized to cause five certificates of the loan of eighteen hundred and forty-eight, of one thousand dollars each, with coupons of semi-annual interest from the first of July eighteen hundred and fifty-eight attached thereto, to be issued to Franklin Torrey, or bearer, to replace that number of similar certificates, the property of said Torrey, which were destroyed by the burning of the steamer “Austria,” in the year eighteen879 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 13, 14, 15, 16. 1861. hundred and fifty-eight: *Provided,* That before the issue of such newProviso.Torrey to give bond of indemnity. certificates said Torrey shall furnish to the acceptance of the First Comptroller of the Treasury such bond of indemnity as is usually required by the regulations of the Treasury Department for the issue of duplicate certificates of inscribed stock. Approved, January 19, 1861.