Chapter 181. For the relief of Henry A
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CHAP. 181.— An Act For the relief of Henry A. Webb. February 8, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theHenry A. Webb.Payment to heirs of for bonds destroyed. Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to redeem in favor of Harriet 792 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 181–183. 1897. W. Greenwood and Arney VV. Wheeler, heirs of Henry A. Webb, of Providence, Rhode Island, the following-described bonds of the United States issued under Acts of Congress approved July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, namely:
Bonds numbered thirty thousand and forty-nine to thirty thousand and fifty-one, inclusive, for live hundred dollars each; bond numbered five thousand four hundred and ninety-seven, for one hundred dollars; bonds numbered eighteen thousand four hundred and thirty-six and eighteen thousand four hundred and thirty-seven, for one hundred dollars each; bonds numbered four thousand three hundred and forty-five to four thousand three hundred and fifty, inclusive, for fifty dollars each; amounting to two thousand one hundred dollars, together with unpaid coupons thereof to the amount of thirty-three, covering interest for sixteen and one-half years, namely, two thousand and seventy-nine dollars, said bonds and interest amounting in all to four thousand one hundred and seventy-nine dollars, the said heirs claiming that the estate of said Henry A.
Webb owned said bonds on February eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, when, it is alleged, they were stolen from the estate and were afterwards destroyed by the *Proviso.*Indemnity bond.thief or thieves: *Provided,* That before the redemption of said bonds the said heirs of Henry A. Webb shall execute or cause to be executed and deposit with the Secretary of the Treasury a bond of indemnity, with good and sufficient surety, subject to the approval of the said Secretary, to secure the United States against loss or damage in consequence of the redemption of said bonds.
Approved, February 8, 1897.