Chapter 441. for the relief of Humbert Brothers
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CHAP. 441.— An Act for the relief of Humbert Brothers.June 20, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Humbert Brothers.Redemption of stolen bonds. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, instructed to redeem in favor of Humbert Brothers two five per centum registered bonds for five thousand dollars each inscribed on the books of the Treasury Department in the name of J. and W. Seligman and Company, and numbered seven thousand six hundred and ninety-six and seven thousand six hundred and ninety-seven respectively, issued under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and known as ten-forties, said bonds having been assigned in blank, and stolen from said Humbert Brothers on or about March eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, upon the said Humbert Brothers complying Conditions.Bond to be executed.with the following conditions :
That they file with the Secretary of the Treasury a consent by J. and W. Seligman and Company to the cancellation of the entry on the books of the Treasury showing the said J. and W. Seligman and Company to be owners of said stolen bonds, numbers seven thousand six hundred and ninety-six and seven thousand six hundred and ninety-seven, and to the payment of the principal of said bonds and the accrued interest thereon from last interest payment to the maturity of the call in which they are included, to the said Humbert Brothers, which consent shall be in writing executed and duly acknowledged by the said J. and W.
Seligman and Company and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. That the said Humbert Brothers also execute and file with the Secretary of the Treasury a bond with sufficient sureties to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, in the penalty of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned to save harmless and indemnify the United States from loss or liability on account of said bonds or the interest accrued thereon, and shall renew said bonds, from time to time, as the Secretary of the Treasury or his successors may require.
Approved, June 20, 1890.