Private Law 75–240

That the Secretary

Helen Marie Lewis.

Redemption of mutilated Liberty bond.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem in favor of Helen Marie Lewis, Independence, Missouri, a United States temporary coupon bond, the serial number of which is unknown, for $50 of the Second Liberty Loan converted 4¼ per centum per annum bonds of 1927-1942, with interest from May 15, 1920, to November 15, 1927, the date on which bonds of that loan were called for redemption, without presentation of the missing portions of the bond, large portions having been presented to the

Provisos.

Condition.

Treasury Department: Provided, That the missing portions of the said bond shall not have been previously presented or ascertained to be in existence and that no payment shall be made hereunder for any coupons which may have been attached to the temporary bond: And

Surety bond.

provided further, That the said Helen Marie Lewis shall first, file in the Treasury Department, a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal of the said bond and the interest payable thereon from May 15, 1920, to November 15, 1927, inclusive, in such form and with such corporate surety as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Treasury to indemnity and save harmless the United States from any loss on account of the mutilated bond hereinbefore described.