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s1x*rY.N1N*1·1—1 CONGRESS. sms. II. ous. 458-461. 1927. 1837 at Pittsbu , Oklahoma, on July 7, 1923, and held and not delivered to A. B. lgameron until July 23, 1923, two days after the First National Bank of Henryetta, Oklahoma, on which said chock was drawn, failed on July 21, 1923, and upon which check only 30 per cent now has been paid to A, B. Cameron, leaving a balance due of $1,009, and u n t e date of the failure of said bank there were suiiicient funcgo to the credit of the drawer of the check to pay the same. Approved, March 3, 1927. CHAP. 459.-Au Act For the relief of Ruth J. Walling. [P1g§Tt!liE;3§79lé'E1 Be it enacted b the Senate and House of R esentatives of the United Statespofg/Anwrica in Uongress assenmd, That there is §,§’,$§,{;,2’§',‘§'}§,'§‘f{,,,,, hereby ap ropriated, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby °*'=¤S*>·¤d· authorizedp and directed to pay, out of ang money in the Umted States Treasury not otherw1se appropriate , the sum of $5,000 to Ruth J. Walling, in full for all claims she may have against the Government on account of the death of James B. Walling, husband of the said Ruth J. Walling, who was wrongfully shot and killed b a United States prohibition enforcement oiiicer, on or about tlile 4th day of February, 1926, in Orange County, Texas, the said United States prohibition enforcement officer being then and there e aged in the pgrformance of his oilicial duties, and the said James BIlgWa11ing not ing then and there resisting the enforcement of any law nor engaged in the perpetration of any unlawful act. Approved, March 3, 1927. CHAP. 460.-An Act,For the relief of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of ME8l°Il.1.%2l>59lG Maryland. [Private, No. ET Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary CIg<i•¤i*=v egg mpg of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to i¢e$:1'i1{»i1¤¤°bi*i°¤¤z redeem three 41/Z per centum United States certificates of indebted- §,°,{,§,’f’°°‘°°°"“°°°‘°"' ness, series T.M. 1924, issued March 15 1923, and matured March 15, 1924, serial numbers 21431, 21432, and 21433, of the denomination of $1,000 each, without interest, in favor of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, without presentation of the said certificate p,,,,;,,,_ whic have been lost, stolen or estroyed: Provided, That the said C°¤d***°¤· certificates of indebtedness shall not have been kpreviously (presented hmmity bon, for payment: Provided further, That the said idelity an Deposit Company of 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 withlsuch sureties as maiv be acceptable to the Secretary of the Treasury to indemnify an save harmless the United States from any loss on account of the lost, stolen, or destroyed certificates of indebtedness herein described. W Approved, .March 3, 1927. — » March 3, 1927. .. · · [11.1z.11o14.

::31  An Act For the relief of the Umted States Fidelity and Guar-  

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary;}T,'2§°€,u€,°,‘¥,?,Igg§ll of the Treasury be, and he ishereby, authorized and directed to P¤¤Y·