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Insuring
Clauses
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(continued)
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4.
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Loss
resulting directly from:
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a.
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Forgery
on, or
fraudulent material alteration of, any bills of exchange,
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checks,
drafts, acceptances, certificates of deposits, promissory notes,
due
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bills,
money orders, orders upon public treasuries, letters of credit,
other
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written
promises, orders or directions to pay sums certain in money,
or
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receipts
for the withdrawal of
Property
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or
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b.
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transferring, paying or delivering any funds or other
Property
, or
establishing
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any credit
or giving any value in reliance on any written instructions,
advices
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or
applications directed to the ASSURED authorizing or acknowledging
the
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transfer,
payment, delivery or receipt of funds or other
Property
,
which
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instructions, advices or applications fraudulently purport to bear
the
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handwritten
signature of any customer of the ASSURED, or shareholder or
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subscriber
to shares of an
Investment Company
, or of any
financial
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institution
or
Employee
but which
instructions, advices or applications either
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bear a
Forgery
or have
been fraudulently materially altered without the
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knowledge
and consent of such customer, shareholder, subscriber,
financial
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institution
or
Employee
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excluding,
however, under this INSURING CLAUSE any loss covered under
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INSURING
CLAUSE 5. of this Bond, whether or not coverage for INSURING
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CLAUSE 5.
is provided for in the DECLARATIONS of this Bond.
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For the
purpose of this INSURING CLAUSE, a mechanically reproduced
facsimile
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signature is treated the same as a handwritten
signature.
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Extended
Forgery
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5.
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Loss
resulting directly from the ASSURED having, in good faith, and in
the
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ordinary
course of business, for its own account or the account of others in
any
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capacity:
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a.
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acquired,
accepted or received, accepted or received, sold or delivered,
or
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given
value, extended credit or assumed liability, in reliance on any
original
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Securities, documents or other written instruments
which prove
to:
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(1)
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bear a
Forgery
or a
fraudulently material alteration,
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(2)
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have been
lost or stolen, or
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(3)
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be
Counterfeit
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or
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b.
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guaranteed
in writing or witnessed any signatures on any transfer,
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assignment,
bill of sale, power of attorney, guarantee, endorsement or
other
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obligation
upon or in connection with any securities, documents, or
other
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written instruments
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Actual
physical possession, and continued actual physical possession if taken
as
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collateral,
of such
Securities, documents or other written instruments
by
an
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Employee, Custodian
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Federal or State chartered deposit institution of the
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ASSURED is
a condition precedent to the ASSURED having relied on such
items.
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Release or
return of such collateral is an acknowledgment by the ASSURED that
it
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no longer
relies on such collateral.
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