Chapter 69. For the relief of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
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CHAP. 69.— An Act For the relief of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland. August 16, 1921.[[S. 1434](/us/bill/67/s/1434).][[Private, No. 2](/us/pvtl/67/2).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland.Redemption of lost certificates of indebtedness. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem, after the 15th day of July, anno Domini 1921, United States Treasury Department 534 per centum coupon certificates of indebtedness, series B–1921, dated July 15, 1920, and due January 15, 1921, numbered thirty-two hundred and ninety-eight and thirty-two hundred and ninety-nine, of the denomination of 85,000 each, with interest from July 15, 1920, to the date of maturity of said certificates of indebtedness, January 15, 1921, and also to redeem, after the 15th day of September, anno Domini 1921, United States Treasury Department 534 per centum coupon certificates of indebtedness, series TM2–1921, dated July 15, 1920, and due March 15, 1921, numbered twenty-two hundred and sixteen and twenty-two hundred and seventeen, of the denomination of $5,000 each, with interest from July 15, 1920, to the date of maturity of said certificates of indebtedness, March 15, 1921, in favor of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, without presentation of said certificates, the certificates of indebtedness having been lost, stolen, or destroyed:*Provisos.*Not previously paid. *Provided*, That the said certificates of indebtedness shall not have been previously presented for payment: *Provided further*, That the Indemnity bonds to be filed.said Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland shall first file in the Treasury Department bonds, each in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal and interest of said certificates of indebtedness of the Treasury Department 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 lost, stolen, or destroyed certificates of indebtedness hereinbefore described.
Approved, August 16, 1921.