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 196 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 254, 255. 1872. June 1, 1872. CHAP. CCLIV. --An Act to provide for the Issue of Bonds in Lien cy" destroyed m- de. """""""" faced Bonds of the United States. Be it enacted  the Senate and House of Representatives of the United l?y<>¤<lS of HM States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever it shall appear to EQQFQ   in the Secretary of the Treasury, by clear and unequivocal proof, that any lieu ofthose dc- interest-bearing bond of the United States has, without bad faith upon the gmed °' d6` part of the owner, been destroyed, wholly or in part, or so defaced as to ' impair its value to the holder, and which bond shall be identified by number and description, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, under such regulations and with such restrictions as to time and retention for security or otherwise as he may prescribe, issue a duplicate of such bond, having the same time to 1`l1l1,l€31'lHg like interest as the bond so proved to have been destroyed or defoced, and so marked as to show the original number of the Called bonds bond destroyed and the date thereof : Provided, That where such destroyed °° l’“ ¥"“d· or defaced bonds shall appear to have been of such 2. class or series as has been or may, before such application, be called in for redemption, instead of issuing duplicates thereof they shall be paid, with such interest only as would have been paid if presented in accordance with such call. Owners or do- . Srsc. 2. That the owner of such destroyed or defaced bond shall surren- &`:g:‘l;08;_;;0 der the same, or so much thereof as may remain, and shall file in the treasbond {,4-mdem. ury a bond in a penal sum double the amount of said destroyed or dcfaced pix with sum- pond, and the interest which would accrue thereon until the principal thereof ‘ IS due and payable, with two good and sufficient sureties, residents of the United States, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, with comdition to indemnify and save harmless the United States from any claim up? the said destroyed or defaccd bond. rrnovmn, June 1, 1872. June 1, 1872. CHAP. CCLV. —-An Act tofurther the Administration of Justice. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Dlzited States of xlmericg in Congress assembled, That whenever, in any suit or chem Umm procceding m a, circuit court of the United States, being held by a justice stares, ujheu the of the Supreme Court and the circuit judgc or a, district judge, or by the déilm *h° circuit judge and s. district judge, there shall occur any difference of opin- ,,,,,,d;,,g j,,mc,, 10D between the judges as to any matter or thing to be decided, ruled, or or iludgc rc pm- ordcrcd by the court, the opinion of the presiding justice or the presiding v'" ‘ Judge shall prevail, and be considered the opinion of the court for the time lz0in;?; but when a Hnal judgment, decree, or order in such suit or proceedcagpgulgmitiéce gag.; mllhble cxpeged, ifhsnid judges shall certify, as it shall be their duty to . . ._  01 suc et e act,t at the diltercdiuc inion as toan uestion ' glrm~l\{,;—Q,§`,T,Qy under the act of Congress of Allpril twenty—11ll1th, eighteen hullndred anvrllllglli (tmc mightheve been reviewed by the Supreme Court on certificate of difference Comb of 0p1m0n, then either party may remove said Hua] judgment, decree, or Gapzlcni. 1;;% order to the Supreme Court, on writ of error or appeal, according to the on   P. U l ;lll;l>?ill§r°3il°$;§;1a§°£l°:; t° fihi ‘{,T°YiSi°d” °f 1a`”'d‘°`“°H°"1°1° ”° °“’°’, , _ _ _ _ gm 0 m an supcrse eas.  {:“H‘:p‘f;':;; bm. 2._ 'lhut. no judgment, decree. or order of at circuit or district court r;,,,," to [,0 ,,,,,,1 of the United States, 111 any civil action at law or in equity rendered after out wiklgin two this act sha.11 take eH`ect, shall be reviewed by the Suprenle Court of the Nm °“""* S"'? United States, on writ of error or appeal, unless the writ of error be sued out, or the appeal be taken, within two years after the entry of such judg- _ _ ment, decree, or order; and no judgment, decree, or order of tt district court, Wit; $*;:1* °:;_¥'l· 1‘cmlc1‘0¢l after this act shall take effect shall be reviewed by aa, circuit court &c_ '“ yof H10 United States upon like process or appeal, unless the process be sued Persons umm g2g;;;' Ecoagpm be {Aitken, withirx one year after the entry of the judgment, dmbmty ded to, msxmexgjonng itttofbe revwwed: Provzded, lhatiwhere 2. party enti- Compospmeing O; rm p error or to teke an appeal is an mfant, or 11011, 1mp11s0ned, such wut of error may be prosecuted, or