Chapter 22. For the relief of the Maryland Casualty Company, the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Maryland, and the National Surety Company
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CHAP. 22.— An Act For the relief of the Maryland Casualty Company, the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Maryland, and the National Surety Company. January 5, 1925.[[H. R. 6383](/us/bill/68/hr/6383).][[Private, No. 73](/us/pvtl/68/73).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Maryland Casualty Company and others.Redemption of lost certificate of indebtedness. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem one United States Treasury certificate of indebtedness numbered 8249, in the denomination of $10,000, series TD–1921, dated December 15, 1920, and maturing December 15, 1921, with interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum from December 15, 1920, to December 15, 1921, in favor of the Maryland Casualty Company, the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Maryland, and the National Surety Company, without presentation of the said certificate or the coupons therefrom, which *Provisos.*Condition.have been lost, stolen, or destroyed: *Provided*, That the said certificate of indebtedness shall not have been previously presented for payment and that no payment shall be made hereunder for any coupons which shall have been previously presented and paid:
Indemnity bond. *And provided further*, That the said Maryland Casualty Company, the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Maryland, and the National Surety Company shall first file in the Treasury Department a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal and interest of said Treasury certificate of indebtedness, and the interest payable thereon, in such form and with such surety or 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 certificate of indebtedness herein described.
Approved, January 5, 1925.