Private Law 70–127

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem in favor of K. Wilson Selby, of Middleburg, Virginia, one United States coupon note in the denomination of $100 of the Victory Liberty loan 4¾ per centum notes of 1922–1923, with interest at the rate or 4¾> per centum per annum, from June 15, 1920, to May 20, 1923, the said note, together with coupons due December 15, 1920, to May 20, 1923, inclusive, having been destroyed by fire, charred fragments of which have been presented to the Treasury Department:

Provisos.

Condition.

Provided, That the said note shall not have been previously presented or ascertained to be in existence and that no payment shall be made hereunder for any coupons which shall have been previously

Indemnity bond.

presented and paid: And provided further, That the said R. Wilson Selby shall file in the Treasury Department a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal of said note and the unpaid interest which had accrued 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, with condition to indemnify and save harmless the United States from any loss on account of the note or the coupons thereof hereinbefore described.