Chapter 383.
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CHAP. 383.— AN ACT for the relief of Albert Elsberg, administrator of Gustave Elsberg, deceased.August 3, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Albert Elsberg, administrator of Gustave Elsberg, deceased.Relief of. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to examine into the claim of Albert Elsberg, administrator of Gustave Elsberg, deceased, late of Santa Fe, New Mexico, to be paid the value, withe the accrued interest on June twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy three the date when they were called for redemption, and when interest was Claim for lost United States bonds to be examined, etc.stopped, of the following-described coupon-bonds, which were subscribed and paid for by said Gustave Elsberg, and were stolen from him on the fourteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and are believed to have been destroyed, namely:
United States live-twenty six per centum bonds numbered twenty-two thousand live hundred and fifteen, twenty-two thousand five hundred and sixteen, twenty-two thousand five hundred and seventeen, twenty-two thousand five hundred and eighteen, twenty-two thousand five hundred anti nineteen, twenty-two thousand five hundred and twenty, twenty-two thousand five hundred and twenty-one, and twenty-two thousand five hundred and twenty-two, issued under the act approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, second series, and of the value of five hundred dollars each; and if the Secretary of the Treasury, after such examination, is satisfied that the said bonds were lost as aforesaid, and is also satisfied that they have not since been presented to and paid by the government, he shall cause the value of the same as aforesaid, to be paid to the said Albert Elsberg, administrator of Gustave Elsberg, *Provisos*.deceased, late of Santa Fe, New Mexico: *Provided*, That the said administrator of the said Gustave Elsberg shall execute and file with the Bond, etc.Secretary of the Treasury a bond of indemnity, with at least two good and sufficient sureties, citizens of the United States, in a penalty double the amount provided to be paid hereunder, the sufficiency of which shall be properly certified by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction, guaranteeing the United States against any future demand or liability on account of the said bonds and coupons, or either of them: *And provided further*, That the said administrator of the estate of the said Gustave Elsberg shall also filo with the Secretary of the Treasury a satisfactory affidavit that the said bonds and coupons, or any pan; thereof, have not, by the said Gustave Elsberg in his lifetime, nor by his said administrator since, been sold, transferred, assigned, or otherwise in any way disposed of.
Approved, August 3, 1882.