Chapter 440. For the relief of the Commercial Union Assurance Company (Limited), the Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, American and Foreign Insurance Company, Queen Insurance Company of America, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, Saint Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, and the United St
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CHAP. 440.— An Act For the relief of the Commercial Union Assurance Company (Limited), the Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, American and Foreign Insurance Company, Queen Insurance Company of America, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, Saint Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, and the United States Merchants and Shippers Insurance Company. June 1, 1926.[[S. 108](/us/bill/69/s/108).][[Private, No. 88](/us/pvtl/69/88).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Commercial.
Union Assurance Company (Limited) and others.Redemption of lost certificates of indebtedness. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem without interest 4% per centum United States Treasury certificates of indebtedness numbered 8981 in the denomination of $10,000, and numbered 8483 in the denomination of $5,000, series V-A, dated December 5, 1918, matured May 6, 1919, payable to bearer without presentation of the said certificate of indebtedness which have been lost, stolen, or destroyed; and to pay from the proceeds of such redemption to the following companies the respective sums set after their names:
Commercial Union Assurance Company (Limited), $3,000; The Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, $3,000; American and Foreign Insurance Company, $2,250; Queen Insurance Company of America, $2,250; Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, $2,100; Saint Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, $600; and United States Merchants and Shippers Insurance Company, $1,800; a total sum of *Proviso.*Condition.$15,000: *Provided*, That the said certificates of indebtedness shall not have been previously presented for payment: *And provided further*, That the said Commercial Union Assurance Indemnity bond.Company (Limited), The Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, American and Foreign Insurance Company, Queen Insurance Company of America, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, Saint Paid Fire and Marine Insurance Company and United States Merchants and Shippers Insurance Company shall first file in the Treasury Department of the United States a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal of said certificates of indebtedness in such form and with such 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 hereinbefore described.
Approved, June 1, 1926.