Chapter 259. For the relief of George McFarland
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CHAP. 259.— An Act For the relief of George McFarland. May 28, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, George McFarland.Duplicate bonds to be issued to.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to issue duplicates to George McFarland, of McArthur, Ohio, in lieu of United States four per centum coupon bonds issued under Acts of Congress approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and January twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, numbered fifty-four thousand nine hundred and seventy-two, for fifty dollars, and numbered one hundred and five thousand four hundred and fifty-one, for one hundred dollars, with interest coupons attached, dated January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and subsequently, said *Proviso.*Indemnity bond.R.
S., sec. 3705, p. 731.bonds and interest coupons having been destroyed by fire: *Provided,* That the said George McFarland shall first file in the Treasury a bond in a penal sum of double the amount of the destroyed bonds and the interest which would accrue thereon until the principal becomes due and payable, with two good and sufficient sureties, residents of the United States, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, with condition to indemnify and save harmless the United States from any claim upon such destroyed bonds and coupons.
Approved, May 28, 1896.