Private Law 70–536

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem in favor of Thomas Edwin Huffman United States coupon notes numbered L-12380683 to L-12380685, inclusive, in the denomination of $50 each, of the Victory Liberty loan 4¾ per centum convertible gold notes of 1922-1923, matured May 20, 1923, with interest at the rate of 4¾ per centum per annum from May 20, 1919, to May 20, 1923, inclusive, without presentation of said notes or the coupons representing interest from May 20, 1919, to May 20, 1923, the notes with the said coupons attached having been lost, stolen, or

Provisos.

Condition.

destroyed: Provided, That the said notes shall not have been previously presented and paid, and that payment shall not be made hereunder for any coupons that shall have been previously presented

Indemnity bond.

and paid: And provided further, That the said Thomas Edwin Huffman 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 notes and the interest payable thereon when the notes matured, 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 notes hereinbefore described, or the coupons pertaining thereto.