Chapter CCCXCII. for Cancellation of Bonds for manufactured Tobacco lost on Steamer Geo
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CHAP. CCCXCII.— An Act for Cancellation of Bonds for manufactured Tobacco lost on Steamer Geo. P. Upton, between the Cities of Richmond and New York. June 8, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the TreasuryCertain bonds for manufactured tobacco lost on the steamer George P. Upton may be cancelled. be, and he is hereby, authorized, on the production of proof satisfactory to him of the loss at sea of any manufactured tobacco on board the steamer George P.
Upton, by accidental fire, without fraud, collusion, or negligence on the part of the owners of said manufactured tobacco, while the same was in custody of the United States in transitu to bonded warehouses in New York city, to cancel such bonds as may have been given to secure the payment of the tax thereon to the government: *Provided,* That if any portion of the taxes covered by any of said bonds shall be protected by insurance, the amount of said insurance shall be paid to the proper officers of the United States before the bonds of the persons entitled to the benefit of such insurance shall be cancelled.
Approved, June 8, 1872.