Chapter 69. For the relief of W
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CHAP. 69.— An Act For the relief of W. H. Ferguson, administrator of the estate of Thomas H. Millsaps. March 23, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Thomas H. Millsaps.Duplicate bonds to administrator.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and instructed to issue duplicates in the name of W. H. Ferguson, administrator of the estate of Thomas H. Millsaps, in lieu of United States four per centum registered bonds, issued under Acts of Congress approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and January twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, numbered one hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and ninety, one hundred and twenty two thou-sand two hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and thirty thousand six hundred and seven, one hundred and thirty-six thousand eight hundred and forty-two, for one hundred dollars each, inscribed in the name of H.
Webb, trustee, *Proviso.*Indemnity bond.R. S., sec. 3705, p.731.said bonds having been lost or stolen from the said W. H. Ferguson after assignment in blank and delivery by said n. Webb, trustee, to said Ferguson: *Provided,* That the said W. H. Ferguson shall first file in the Treasury a bond in a penal sum equal to the amount of said missing 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 because of the lost or stolen bonds.
Approved, March 23, 1896.