Said duplicate bonds or coupons shall be endorsed, when registered, and before the delivery, as follows:

This duplicate bond (or coupon) is issued in the place of the original bond (or coupon) of like number and amount, proved to be lost or destroyed.

(RSMo 1939 § 13078, A.L. 1945 p. 1428 § 96)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11461; 1919 § 13367; 1909 § 11868