Chapter 318. For the relief of Luther H
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CHAP. 318.— An Act For the relief of Luther H. Phipps.May 17, 1926.[[H. R. 1540](/us/bill/69/hr/1540).][[Private, No. 51](/us/pvtl/69/51).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Luther H. Phipps.Redemption of lost United States bonds. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem, in favor of Luther H. Phipps, of Seattle, Washington, United States coupon bonds numbered 17938 and 53420 in the denomination of $1,000 each, of the 4 per centum funded loan of 1907, with interst thereon at the rate of 4 per centum per annum from October 1, 1905, to July 2, 1907, the date of the maturity of the bonds, without presentation of said bonds or the coupons representing interest thereon from October 1, 1905, to July 2, 1907, which are alleged to have been lost or stolen: *Provided*, That the said bonds*Provisos*.Condition. 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: *And provided further*, ThatIndemnity bond. the said Luther H.
Phipps shall first file in the Treasury Department a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the bonds and the interest which had accrued thereon when the principal 1473 became due and payable, in such form and with such sureties as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Treasury, to indemnify and save harmless the United Suites from any loss on account of the alleged lost or stolen bonds hereinbefore described or the coupons belonging thereto. Approved, May 17, 1926.