Private Law 70–926

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem in favor of Hattie M. McMahon, United States Treasury note, series B–1925, issued June 15, 1922, matured December 15, 1925, serially numbered 57896, for $1,000, with interest at the rate or 4⅜ per centum per annum, from December 15, 1924, to December 15, 1925, without presentation of the said note or the coupons representing interest thereon from December 15, 1924, to December 15, 1925, the

Proviso.

Condition.

note having been lost, stolen, or destroyed: Provided, That the said note shall not have been previously presented for payment and that no payment shall be made hereunder for any coupons which shall have been previously presented and paid: Provided further, That the said Hattie M. McMahon shall first file in the Treasury

Indemnity bond.

Department a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the note 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 Treasury note herein described or the coupons belonging thereto.