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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 23-26. 1925. 1537 1920,) and matured December 15, 1920, without interest, in favor of the Maryland Casualty Company, the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland and the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of lialtimore, Maryland, without presentation of said certificates of indebtedness, which have been lost stolen, or destroyed: Provided, That the said certificates of indebtedness iiiiiviiiiién. shall not have been previously presented for payment: And provided further, That the said Maryland Casualty Company, the Fidelity I“°°m“‘”"’°°d- and Deposit Company of Margand, and the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of altimore, Maryland, shall first file in the Treasury Department a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal of said certificates of indebtedness, 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 certificates of indebtedness herein described. Approved, January 5, 1925. CHAI'. 24.-An Act For the relief of Bertram Gardner, former collector of Jlalaggiggh internal revenue for the first district of New York (Private. No- 75.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Representatives 0 the United States of America in Congress assem/bled, That the Secrgtary ghbimaii of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to '°""““° °"°°“““· credit the account of Bertram Gardner, former collector of internal revenue for the first district of New York, by reason of shortage of one thousand six hundred and twenty-eight distilled spirit export stamps, each stamp valued at 10 cents, a total of $162.80, which stamps were destroyed by Hre. Approved, January 5, 1925. January 5, 1925. CHAP. 25.-An Act For the relief of Albert E. Laxton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 0 ress assembled, That the Secretary $;¤¤r¢!%t16¤';•¤· of the Treasury be, and he igngereby, authorized and directed to im,’m°° °°"' pay, out of any money in the Treasuiz of the_United States not otherwise appropriate , to Albert E. axton the sum of $132.90 said amount bein compensation for certain extra services rendered by said Albert Efliaxton at the Federal building, Sparta, Wisconsin, between July 1, 1919, and October 20, 1919, both dates inclusive. Approved, January 5, 1925. January 5,1926. CHAP. 26.—An Act For the relief of the estate of Charles L. Freer, deceased. Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of?/America in Congress assembled, That' additional liemiéaw taxes amounting to $74,889.56, together with all penalties and gfg *&‘2‘§§§"g{},§§‘},,°§¤‘}§ charges thereon assessed by the Treasury Department under date I¤{,*g{¤g¤=; 50,, of Februa 1, 1923, and March 6, 1923, against the estate of ’ ' Charles L.rfreer, deceased, late of Detroit, M1chigan, which estate has been closed, the executors discharged, and the res1dueFpa1d over to the Smithsonian Institution as an endowment for the reer Gallery of Art, presented to the Nation by the said Charles L. Freer, are hereby canceled and the Treasury Department IS hereby