Chapter 322. For the relief of the heirs of the late Louis F
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CHAP. 322.— An Act For the relief of the heirs of the late Louis F. Meissner.May 17, 1926.[[H. R. 1897](/us/bill/69/hr/1897).][[Private, No. 55](/us/pvtl/69/55).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and /louse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Louis K. Meissner.Redemption of stolen United States bonds to heirs of. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem, in favor of Charles A. Meissner, Cecilie J.
Wenzel, and Louis F. Meissner, junior, sole heirs of Louis F. Meissner, deceased. United States coupon bonds numbered 76978,76979, 76980, and 76981, in the denomination of $100 each, of the 4 per centum funded loan of 1907, with interest thereon at the rate of 4 per centum from October 1, 1906, 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, 1906, to July 2, 1907, which are alleged to have been stolen: *Provided*, That the said bonds shall*Provisos*.Condition. 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: *Provided further*, That theIndemnity bond. said Charles A.
Meissner, Cecilie J. Wenzel, and Louis F. Meissner, junior, 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 became due and payable, 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 bonds hereinbefore described or the coupons belonging thereto.
Approved, May 17, 1926.