Chapter 23. For the relief of the Maryland Casualty Company, the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, and the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Maryland
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CHAP. 23.— An Act For the relief of the Maryland Casualty Company, the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, and the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Maryland. January 5, 1925.[[H. R. 6384](/us/bill/68/hr/6384).][[Private, No. 74](/us/pvtl/68/74).] *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 certificates of indebtedness. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem 43/4 per centum United States Treasury certificates of indebtedness numbered 29806, 29807, 29808, and 29809, in the denomination of $1,000 each, series TD–1920, (issued January 2, 15371920,) and matured December 15, 1920, without interest, in favor of the Maryland Casualty Company, the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, and the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Maryland, without presentation of said certificates of indebtedness,*Provisos*.Condition. which have been lost, stolen, or destroyed: *Provided*, That the said certificates of indebtedness shall not have been previously presented for payment: *And provided further*, That the said Maryland Casualty Company, the FidelityIndemnity bond. and Deposit Company of Maryland, and the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Maryland, shall first file in the Treasury Department a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal of said certificates of indebtedness, 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 certificates of indebtedness herein described.
Approved, January 5, 1925.