Private Law 72–378

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem five 4¼’s United States Third Liberty Bonds numbered 1163002, 1163003, 1163004, 1163005, and 1163006 of the denomination of $1,000 each, payable to bearer, and all unpaid interest due upon coupons on each of them, in favor of the First National Bank of Brenham, Texas, without presentation of said bonds or the coupons, which have been lost, stolen, or destroyed: Provided, That the said

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bonds shall not have been previously presented for payment and that no payment shall be made hereunder for the coupons if they shall have been previously presented and paid: Provided further, That

Indemnity bond.

the said, the First National Bank of Brenham, Texas, shall first file in the Treasury Department a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal and interest of said bonds, 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 bonds or coupons herein described.