Chap. 64.—An ACT to Authorize the Issue of Registered Certificates of
State Stock to Wm. B. Blair, for Principal and Interest, in lieu of five
lost Coupon Bonds.

Approved April 23, 1870.

Whereas, it has been satisfactorily shown to the general
assembly of Virginia, that five certificates of debt of the state
of Virginia, the property of William B. Blair, a citizen of
Virginia, for one thousand dollars each, numbered two thou-
sand three hundred and thirty-two, seven thousand and
seventy-five, eleven thousand one hundred and fifty-seven,
eleven thousand three hundred and fifty-five, and eleven thou-
sand five hundred and forty-eight, the interest on which had
been paid to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and
sixty-five, were lost in the county of Amelia, on or about the
twenty-second day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,
under circumstances rendering it certain that they were de-
stroyed, and the said William B. Blair having advertised the
loss and given notice thereof to the proper authorities of the
state; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the second
auditor be and he is hereby directed to issue five registered
certificates of state stock, for the sum of one thousand dollars
each, with interest from the first day of January, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, in lieu of the certificates thus lost,
conformably to the laws in relation to the issue of registered
certificates of state stock; and that he also issue to the said
‘William B. Blair certificates of state stock for the interest ac-
cruing prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, on the said lost certificates and unpaid, according
to the provisions of the act entitled an act to provide for
funding the interest upon the public debt, passed March
second, eighteen hundred and sixty-six: provided, however,
that before the same shall be issued, the said William B. Blair
shall file in the office of the second auditor a bond, payable to
the commonwealth of Virginia, in the penalty of fifteen thou-
sand dollars, with two or more sufficient sureties, to be ap-
proved by the governor of the commonwealth of Virginia,
conditioned to indemnify the commonwealth and all persons
against loss in consequence of the issuing of said certificates,
or either of them, in place of the said lost certificates, or for
the interest due thereon.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.