Private Law 69–323

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem in favor of Neffs’ Bank, of McBride, Michigan, United States Treasury certificates of indebtedness payable to bearer, numbered 51828 and 51829, in the denomination of $1,000 each, series IV-D, dated August 6, 1918, called for redemption November 21, 1918, and matured December 5, 1918, with interest from August 6, 1918, to November 21, 1918, at the rate of 4½ per centum per annum, without presentation of the said certificates of indebtedness, which have been lost, stolen, or destroyed: Provided, That the said

Provisos.

Condition.

certificates of indebtedness shall not have been previously presented for payment: And provided further, That the said Neffs’ Bank, of

Indemnity bond.

McBride, Michigan, 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 the said certificates of indebtedness and the interest which had accrued when the certificates were called for redemption, 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 hereinbefore described.