Chapter 442. For the relief of the Maryland Casualty Company, the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, and the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
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CHAP. 442.— An Act For the relief of the Maryland Casualty Company, the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, and the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland. June 1, 1926.[[S. 1361](/us/bill/69/s/1361).][[Private, No. 90](/us/pvtl/69/90).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryMaryland Casualty Company and others.Redemption of lost certificate of indebtedness. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem one 5½ per centum United States, certificate of indebtedness, series B–1922, issued August 1, 1921, and maturing August 1, 1922, serial number 21492, of the denomination of $1,000, payable to bearer, and the coupon for $27.50, representing six months’ interest, due August 1, 1922, 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 the said certificate or the coupon therefrom, which have been lost, stolen, or destroyed: *Provided*, That the said certificate*Provisos.*Condition. of indebtedness shall not have been previously presented for payment, and that no payment shall be made hereunder for the coupon if it shall have been previously presented and paid: *ProvidedIndemnity bond. further*, That the said Maryland Casualty Company, the Fidelity 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 and interest of said certificate of indebtedness and the interest payable thereon, 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 certificate of indebtedness and coupon herein described.
Approved, June 1, 1926.