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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · August 4, 1886 · Chapter 927

Chapter 927.

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CHAP. 927.— An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue to George K. Otis duplicates of certain land-warrants lost while in the possession of the officers of the Government.August 4, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,George K. Otis.Duplicate land-warrants to be issued to. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue to George K. Otis duplicates of three Porterfield land-warrants, issued in pursuance of the act of Congress approved April eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty, numbered sixteen, seventeen, and one hundred and twenty, respectively,Vol. 12, p. 836. upon satisfactory proof of ownership and loss of the same, and the execution of a bond, with good and sufficient sureties, in double the market value of the warrants so to be issued, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, conditioned to indemnify the United States against the presentation by an innocent holder of the alleged lost warrants; and that said duplicates shall have all the legal force and effect as had the originals: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior mayProviso.Further proof may be required. require further proof of the loss of said land-warrants than that on file in his Department before issuing said duplicates.
Approved, August 4, 1886. Chapter 933: for the relief of the Phoenix National Bank of the city of New York. Chapter 933 24 Stat. 877 1886-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-24 43 1 private
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