Chapter 321. For the relief of John W
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CHAP. 321.— An Act For the relief of John W. King.May 17, 1926.[[H. R. 1731](/us/bill/69/hr/1731).][[Private, No. 54](/us/pvtl/69/54).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,John W. King.Issue of bond to, in lieu of one destroyed by fire. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to John W. King, of Avery, Texas, one permanent United States coupon bond in the denomination of $1,000 of the third Liberty loan 414 per centum bonds of 1928, with coupon due September 15, 1920, and coupons to maturity attached thereto, in lieu of a temporary coupon bond (number unknown) of the same loan in the denomination of $1,000 with three coupons attached, destroyed by fire, charred fragments of which have been presented to the Treasury Department, and to pay interest at the rate of 4% per centum per annum from September 15, 1918, to March 15, 1920, in the amount of $63.75, representing the coupons attached to the *Provisos*.Condition.temporary bond when destroyed: *Provided*, That the said bond shall not have been previously presented or ascertained to be in existence, and that no payment shall be made hereunder for any coupons which shall Indemnity bond.have been previously presented and paid: *And provided further*, That the said John W.
King shall file in the Treasury Department a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the bond, and the interest which would accrue thereon until the principal becomes due and payable in such form and with such securities 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 destroyed bond hereinbefore described or the coupons belonging thereto. Approved, May 17, 1926.