Chapter 595. For the relief of the Commercial Union Assurance Company, Limited
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CHAP. 595.— An Act For the relief of the Commercial Union Assurance Company, Limited.June 15, 1926.[[S. 107](/us/bill/69/s/107).][[Private, No. 160](/us/pvtl/69/160).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in, Congress assembled*,Commercial Union Assurance Company, Limited.Redemption of lost certificates of indebtedness. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem in favor of the Commercial Union Assurance Company, Limited, United States Treasury certificates of indebtedness numbered 5496, in the denomination of $5,000, and numbered 22718, 22720, 651, 669, and 671 in the denomination of $1,000 each, Series 1508TS–1922, dated September 15, 1921, matured September 15, 1922, with interest from September 15, 1921, to September 15, 1922, at the rate of 5¼ per centum per annum;
United States Treasury certificate of indebtedness numbered 3231, in the denomination of $5,000, Series TS2–1922, dated November 1, 1921, and matured September 15, 1922, with interest from November 1, 1921, to September 15, 1922, at the rate of 4½ per centum per annum, without presentation of the said certificates of indebtedness or the coupons representing interest thereon from the respective dates of issue to the date of maturity thereof, the certificates of indebtedness having been lost, stolen, or destroyed; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, further authorized and directed to redeem after March 15, 1926, in favor of the Commercial Union Assurance Company, Limited, United States Treasury notes numbered 12645, in the denomination of $10,000, and numbered 49177, 49178, 49179, 49180, and 49181, in the denomination of $1,000 each, Series A–1925, dated February 1, 1922, matured March 15, 1925, with interest from February T, 1922, to March 15, 1925, at the rate of 4¾ per centum per annum, without presentation of the said Treasury notes or the coupons representing interest thereon from February 1, 1922, to March 15, 1925, the notes having been lost, *Provisos*.Condition.stolen, or destroyed: *Provided*, That the certificates of indebtedness and Treasury notes shall not have been previously presented for payment and that no payment shall be made hereunder for any Sons which shall have been previously presented and paid:Indemnity bond. *And provided further*, That the said Commercial Union Assurance Company, Limited, shall first file in the Treasury Department of the United States a bond or bonds in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal of the said certificates of indebtedness and the interest payable thereon, and of double the amount of the principal of the said Treasury notes 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 certificates of indebtedness and Treasury notes hereinbefore described or the coupons belonging thereto.
Approved, June 15, 1926.