Chapter 278. For the relief of the Woodford Bank and Trust Company, of Versailles, Kentucky
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CHAP. 278.— An Act For the relief of the Woodford Bank and Trust Company, of Versailles, Kentucky. June 5, 1920.[[H. R. 11030](/us/bill/66/hr/11030).][[Private. No. 68](/us/pvtl/66/68).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Woodford Bank and Trust Company.Redemption of lost certificates of indebtedness. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem certificates of indebtedness of the United States of America, numbered fourteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight and fourteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine, each of the denomination of $5,000, and each of the issue dated April 10, 1919, and maturing September 9, 1919, with interest from April 10, 1919, to September 9, 1919, in favor of the Woodford Bank and Trust Company, of Versailles, Kentucky, without presentation of the certificates, the said certificates of indebtedness having been lost, stolen, or destroyed: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Indemnity bond.That the said Woodford Bank and Trust Company, of Versailles, Kentucky, shall first file in the Treasury Department of the United States a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal of said certificates of indebtedness of the United States of America in such form and with such sureties as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Treasury to indemnify and save harmless the United States from any loss on account of the said certificates of indebtedness hereinbefore described which were lost, stolen, or destroyed.
Approved, June 5, 1920.