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B'Y THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS,
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $1,000,000 CITY OF FORT
WORTH,~',TEXAS, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 1983;
pROVIDiNC FOR THE LFVY, ASSESSMEN'fi AND COLLECTIOIJ OF A
TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE INTEREST ON SAID GERTIF~ICATES
OF OBLIGATION AND TO CREATE A SINKING FUND F4R THE
REDEMPTION THEREOF AT MATURITY; THE FORM OF SAID
CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION; AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS
RELATING TO THE SUBJECT
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
CITY OF FORT WORTH
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WHEREAS, on the 26th day of July, 1983, the City Council
of said City passed an ordinance authorizing and directing
notice of its- intention to issue the Certificates of Obligation
:herein authorized to be issued, to be published in a newspaper
ate required by Section 8(b} of Article 2368a.1 of V.A.C.S.; and
WHEREAS, said notice was published as required by said
Section 8 {b) on August 1 , 1983 and August 8 , 1983;
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and
WHEREAS, no petition, signed by 5$ of the qualified
electors of said City as. permitted by said Section 8(b)
protesting the. issuance of such Certificates of Obligation has
been filed; and
WHEREAS, the Certificates of Obligation hereinafter
authorized are to be issued and delivered pursuant to Article
1268a.1, V.A.C.S., as amended=
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1. AMOUNT AND PURPOSE OF THE CERTIFICATES OF
OBLIGATION. The certificate of obligation or certificates of
obligation of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (the "Issuer"} are
hereby authorized to be issued and delivered in the aggregate
principal amount of $1,000,000, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING
FUNDS FOR ACQUIRING RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
Section 2. DESIGNATION OF THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
Each certificate of obligation issued pursuant to this
Ordinance shall be designated: "CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
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shall be issued, sold, and delivered hereunder a single fully
registered certificate of obligation, without interest coupons,
payable in installments of principal (the "Initial Certificate
of Obligation"), but the Initial Certificate of Obligation may
be assigned and transferred and/or converted into and exchanged
for a like aggregate principal amount of fully registered
certificates of obligation, without interest coupons, having
serial maturities, and in the denomination or denominations of
$5,000 or any integral multiple of $5,000, all in the manner
hereinafter provided The term "Certificates of Obligation" as
used in this Ordinance shall mean and include collectively the
Initial Certificate of Obligation and all substitute
certificates of obligation exchanged therefor, as well as all
other substitute certificates of obligation and replacement
certificates of obligation issued pursuant hereto, and the term
"Certificate of Obligation" shall mean any of the Certificates
of Obligation
Section 3 INITIAL DATE, DENOMINATION, NUMBER, MATURI-
TIES, INITIAL REGISTERED OWNER, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
INITIAL CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION
(a) The Initial Certificate of Obligation is hereby
authorized to be issued, sold, and delivered hereunder as a
single fully registered Certificate of Obligation, without
interest coupons, dated September 1, 1983, in the denomination
and aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000, numbered R-1,
payable in annual installments of principal to the initial
registered owner thereof, to-wit BancTEXAS Dallas N A , or to
the registered assignee or assignees of said Certificate of
Obligation or any portion or portions thereof (in each case,
the "registered owner"), with the annual installments of
principal of the Initial Certificate of Obligation to be
payable on the dates, respectively, and in the principal
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amounts, respectively, stated Vin the FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFI-
CATE OF OBLIGATION set forth in this Ordinance
(b) The Initial Certificate of Obligation (i) may be
prepaid or redeemed prior to the respective scheduled due dates
of installments of principal thereof, (ii) may be assigned and
transferred,. (iii) may be converted and exchanged for other
Certificates of Obligation, (iv) shall have the
characteristics, and (v) shall be signed and sealed, and the
principal of and interest on the Initial Certificate of
Obligation shall be payable, all as provided, and in the manner
required or indicated, in the FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE OF
OBLIGATION set forth in this Ordinance
Section 4 INTEREST The unpaid principal balance of the
Initial Certificate of Obligation shall bear interest from the
date of the Initial Certificate of Obligation to the respective
scheduled due dates, of the installments of principal of the
Initial Certificate of Obligation, and said interest shall be
payable, all in the manner provided and at the rates and on the
dates stated in the FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION
set forth in this Ordinance
Section 5 FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION
The form .of the Initial Certificate of Obligation, including
the form of Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of
Public Accounts of the State of Texas to be endorsed on the
Initial Certificate, shall be substantially as follows
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION
NO R-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION
SERIES 1983
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, in Tarrant County, Texas (the
"Issuer"), being a political subdivision of the State of Texas,
hereby promises to pay to BancTEXAS Dallas N A or to the
registered assignee or assignees of this Certificate of
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Obligation or any portion or portions hereof (in each case, the
"registered owner") the aggregate principal amount of
$1,00.0,000
(ONE MILLION DOLLARS)
in annual installments of principal due and payable on
September 1 in each of the years, and in the respective
principal amounts, as set forth in the following schedule, and
to pay interest, from the date of this Certificate of Obliga-
tion hereinafter stated, on the balance of each such install-
ment of principal, respectively, from time to time remaining
unpaid, at the rates as set forth in the following schedule:
PRINCIPAL INTEREST
YEAR AMOUr1T RATE
1986 $ 250,000 7.90 $
1987 250,000 7.90 $
1988 250,000 7.95 ~
1989 250,000 8.0 $
with said interest being payable on March 1, 1984, and
semiannually on each September 1 and March 1 thereafter while
this Certificate of Obligation or any portion hereof is out-
standing and unpaid.
THE INSTALLMENTS OF PRINCIPAL OF AND THE INTEREST ON this
Certificate of Obligation are payable in lawful money of the
United States of America, without exchange or collection
charges. The installments of principal and the .interest on
this Certificate of Obligation are payable to the registered
owner hereof through the services of BancTEXAS Dallas N.A.,
which is the "Paying Agent/Registrar" for this Certificate of
Obligation. Payment of all principal of and interest on this
Certificate of Obligation shall be made by the Paying Agent/-
Registrar to the registered owner hereof on each principal
and/or interest payment date by check or draft, dated as of
such date, drawn by the Paying Agent/Registrar on, and payable
solely from, funds of the Issuer required by the ordinance
authorizing the issuance of this Certificate of Obligation (the
"Ordinance") to be on deposit with the Paying Agent/Registrar
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for such purpose as hereinafter provided, and such check or
draft shall be sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar by United
States Mail, first-class postage prepaid, on each such prin-
cipal and/or interest payment date, to the registered owner
hereof, at the address of the registered owner, as it appeared
on the [ 15th day ] (or) [ last business day ] of the
month next preceding each such date (the "Record Date") on the
"Registration Books" kept by the Paying Agent/ Registrar, as
hereinafter described The Issuer covenants with the
registered owner of this Certificate of Obligation that on or
before each principal and/or interest payment date for this
Certificate of Obligation it will make available to the Paying
Agent/Registrar, from the "Interest and Sinking Fund" created
by the Ordinance, the amounts required to provide for the
payment, in immediately available funds, of all principal of
and interest on this Certificate of Obligation, when due
IF THE DATE for the payment of the principal of or inter-
est on this Certificate of Obligation shall be a Saturday,
Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day on which banking institutions
in the City where the Paying Agent/Registrar is located are
authorized by law or executive order to close, then the date
for such payment shall be the next succeeding day which is not
such a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday,. or day on which banking
institutions are authorized to close, and payment on such date
shall have the same force and effect as if made on the original
.date payment was due
THIS CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION has been authorized in
accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO ACQUIRE RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
THIS CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, to the extent of any
unpaid portion hereof in any integral multiple of $5,000, may
be assigned by the initial registered owner hereof and shall be
transferred only in the Registration Books of the Issuer kept
by the Paying Agent/Registrar acting in the capacity of
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registrar for the Certificates of Obligation, upon the terms
and conditions set forth in the Ordinance Among other
requirements for such transfer, this Certificate of Obligation
must be presented and surrendered to the Paying Agent/Registrar
for cancellation, together with proper instruments of assign-
ment, in form and with guarantee of signatures satisfactory to
the Paying Agent/Registrar, evidencing assignment by the
initial registered owner of this Certificate of Obligation, or
any portion or portions hereof in any integral multiple of
55,000, to the assignee or assignees in whose name or names
this Certificate of Obligation or any such portion or portions
hereof is or are to be transferred and registered Any
instrument or instruments of assignment satisfactory to the
Paying Agent/Registrar may be used to evidence the assignment
of this Certificate of Obligation or any such portion or
portions hereof by the initial registered owner hereof A new
certificate of obligation or certificates of obligation payable
to such assignee or assignees (which then will be the new
registered owner or owners of such new Certificate of
Obligation or Certificates of Obligation) or to the initial
registered owner as to any portion of this Certificate of
Obligation which is not being assigned and transferred by the
initial registered owner, shall be delivered by the Paying
Agent/Registrar in conversion of and exchange for this Certifi-
cate of Obligation or any portion or portions hereof, but
solely in the form and manner as provided in the next paragraph
hereof for the conversion and exchange of this Certificate of
Obligation or any portion hereof The registered owner of this
Certificate of Obligation shall be deemed and treated by the
Issuer and the Paying Agent/Registrar as the absolute owner
hereof for all purposes, including payment and discharge of
liability upon this Certificate of Obligation to the extent of
such payment, and the Issuer and the Paying Agent/Registrar
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary
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AS PROVIDED above and in the Ordinance, this Certificate
of Obligation, to the extent of the unpaid or unredeemed
principal balance hereof, may be converted into and exchanged
for a like aggregate principal amount of fully registered
certificates of obligation, without interest coupons, payable
to the assignee or assignees duly designated in writing by the
initial registered owner hereof, or to the initial registered
owner as to any portion of this Certificate of Obligation which
is not being assigned and transferred by the initial registered
owner, in any denomination or denominations in any integral
multiple of $5,000 (subject to the requirement hereinafter
stated that each substitute certificate of obligation issued in
exchange for any portion of this Certificate of Obligation
shall have a single stated principal maturity date), upon
surrender of this Certificate of Obligation to the Paying
Agent/Registrar for cancellation, all in accordance with the
form and procedures set forth in the Ordinance If this
Certificate of Obligation or any portion hereof is assigned and
transferred or converted each bond issued in exchange for any
portion hereof shall have a single stated principal maturity
date corresponding to the due date of the installment of
principal of this Certificate of Obligation or portion hereof
for which the substitute certificate of obligation is being
exchanged, and shall bear interest at the rate applicable to
and borne by such installment of principal or portion thereof
No such certificate of obligation shall be payable in install-
ments, but shall have only one stated principal maturity date
AS PROVIDED IN THE ORDINANCE, THIS CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION IN
ITS PRESENT FORM MAY BE ASSIGNED AND TRANSFERRED OR CONVERTED
ONCE ONLY, and to one or more assignees, but the certificates
of obligation issued and delivered in exchange for this Certif-
icate of Obligation or any portion hereof may be assigned and
transferred, and converted, subsequently, as provided in the
Ordinance The Issuer shall pay the Paying Agent/Registrar's
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standard or customary fees and charges for transferring,
converting, and exchanging this Certificate of Obligation or
any portion thereof, but the one requesting such transfer,
conversion, and exchange shall pay any taxes or governmental
charges required to be paid with respect thereto The Paying
Agent/Registrar shall not be required to make any such assign-
ment, conversion, or exchange during the period commencing with
the close of business on any Record Date and ending with the
opening of business on the next following principal or interest
payment date
IN THE EVENT any Paying Agent/Registrar for this Certifi-
cate of Obligation is changed by the Issuer, resigns, or
otherwise ceases to act as such, the Issuer has covenanted in
the Ordinance that it promptly will appoint a competent and
legally qualified substitute therefor, and promptly will cause
written notice thereof to be mailed to the registered owner of
this Certificate of Obligation
IT IS HEREBY certified, recited, and covenanted that this
Certificate of Obligation has been duly and validly authorized,
issued, sold,and delivered, that all acts, conditions, and
things required or proper to be performed, exist, and be done
precedent to or in the authorization, issuance, and delivery of
this Certificate of Obligation have been performed, existed,
and been done in accordance with law, that this Certificate of
Obligation is a general obligation of the Issuer, issued on the
full faith and credit thereof, and that ad valorem taxes
sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest on and
principal of this Certificate of Obligation, as such interest
and principal come due, have been levied and ordered to be
levied against all taxable property in the Issuer, and have
been pledged for such payment, within the limit prescribed by
law
BY BECOMING the registered owner of this Certificate of
Obligation, the registered owner thereby acknowledges all of
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the terms and provisions of the Ordinance, agrees to be bound
by such terms and provisions, acknowledges that the Ordinance
is duly recorded and available for inspection in the official
minutes and records of the governing body of the Issuer, and
agrees that the terms and provisions of this Certificate of
Obligation and the Ordinance constitute a contract between the
registered owner hereof and the Issuer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Certificate
of Obligation to be signed with the manual signature of the
Mayor of the Issuer and countersigned with the manual signature
of the City Secretary of the Issuer, has caused the official
seal of the Issuer to be duly impressed on this Certificate of
Obligation, and has caused this Certificate of Obligation to be
dated September 1, 1983.
City Secretary Mayor
(CITY SEAL)
FORM OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF THE
COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS:
COMPTROLLER'S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE: .REGISTER NO.
I hereby certify that this Certificate of Obligation has
been examined, certified as to validity, and approved by the
Attorney General of the State of Texas, and that this Certif-
icate of Obligation has been .registered by the Comptroller of
Public Accounts of the State of Texas.
Witness my signature and seal this
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Comptroller of Pu lzc Accounts
of the State of Texas
(COMPTROLLER'S SEAL)
Section 6. ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CERTIFICATES
OF OBLIGATION. R~istration and Transfer. (a) The Issuer
shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal corporate trust
office of BancTEXAS Dallas N.A. (the "Paying Agent/Registrar")
books or records of the registration and transfer of the
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Certificates of Obligation (the "Registration Books"), and the
Issuer hereby appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar as its
registrar and transfer agent to keep such books or records and
make such transfers and registrations under such reasonable
regulations as the Issuer and Paying Agent/Registrar may
prescribe, and the Paying AgentjRegistrar shall make such
transfers and registrations as herein provided The Paying
Agent/Registrar shall obtain and record in the Registration
Books the address of the registered owner of each Certificate
of Obligation to which payments with respect to the
Certificates of Obligation shall be mailed, as herein provided,
but it shall be the duty of each registered owner to notify the
Paying Agent/Registrar in writing of the address to which
payments shall be mailed, and such interest payments shall not
be mailed unless such notice has been given The Issuer shall
have the right to inspect the Registration Books during regular
business hours of the Paying Agent/Registrar, but otherwise the
Paying Agent/Registrar shall keep the Registration Books
confidential and, unless otherwise required by law, shall not
permit their inspection by any other entity Registration of
each Certificate of Obligation may be transferred in the
Registration Books only upon presentation and surrender of such
Certificate of Obligation to the Paying Agent/Registrar for
transfer of registration and cancellation, together with proper
written instruments of assignment, in form and with guarantee
of signatures satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar, (i)
evidencing the assignment of the Certificate of Obligation, or
any portion thereof in any integral multiple of $5,000, to the
assignee or assignees thereof, and (ii) the right of such
assignee or assignees to have the Certificate of Obligation or
any such portion thereof registered in the name of such
assignee or assignees Upon the assignment and transfer of any
Certificate of Obligation or any portion thereof, a new substi-
tute Certificate of Obligation or Certificates of Obligation ~
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shall be issued in conversion and exchange therefor in the
manner herein provided The Initial Certificate of Obligation,
to the extent of the unpaid or unredeemed principal balance
thereof, may be assigned and transferred by the initial regis-
tered owner thereof once only, and to one or more assignees
designated in writing by the initial registered owner thereof
All Certificates of Obligation issued and delivered in con-
version of and exchange for the Initial Certificate of Obliga-
tion shall be in any denomination or denominations of any
integral multiple of $5,000 (subject to the requirement herein-
after stated that each substitute Certificate of Obligation
shall have a single stated principal maturity date), shall be
in the form prescribed in the FORM OF SUBSTITUTE CERTIFICATE OF
OBLIGATION set forth in this Ordinance, and shall have the
characteristics, and may be assigned, transferred, and con-
verted as hereinafter provided If the Initial Certificate of
Obligation or any portion thereof is assigned and transferred
or converted the Initial Certificate of Obligation must be
surrendered to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, and
each Certificate of Obligation issued in exchange for any
portion of the Initial Certificate of Obligation shall have a
s:i~ngle stated principal maturity date, and shall not be payable
in~instailments, and each such Certificate of Obligation shall
have a principal maturity date corresponding to the due date of
the installment of principal or portion thereof for which the
substitute Certificate of Obligation is being exchanged, and
each such Certificate of Obligation shall bear interest at the
single rate applicable to and borne by such installment of
principal or portion thereof for which it is being exchanged
If only a portion of the Initial Certificate of Obligation is
assigned and transferred, there shall be delivered to and
registered in the name of the initial registered owner substi-
tute Certificates of Obligation in exchange for the unassigned
balance of the Initial Certificate of Obligation in the same
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manner as if the initial registered owner were the assignee
thereof If any Certificate of Obligation or portion thereof
other than the Initial Certificate of Obligation is assigned
and transferred or converted each Certificate of Obligation
issued in exchange therefor shall have the same principal
maturity date and bear interest at the same rate as the
Certificate of Obligation for which it is exchanged A form of
assignment shall be printed or endorsed on each Certificate of
Obligation, excepting the Initial Certificate of Obligation,
which shall be executed by the registered owner or its duly
authorized attorney or representative to evidence an assignment
thereof Upon surrender of any Certificates of Obligation or
any portion or portions thereof for transfer of registration,
an authorized representative of the Paying Agent/Registrar
shall make such transfer in the Registration Books, and shall
deliver a new fully registered substitute Certificate of
Obligation or Certificates of Obligation, having the charac-
teristics herein described, payable to such assignee or assign-
ees (which then will be the registered owner or owners of such
new Certificate of Obligation or Certificates of Obligation),
or to the previous registered owner in case only a portion of a
G.e.rtif:c.ate of Obligation is being assigned and transferred,
all in conversion of and exchange for said assigned Certificate
of Obligation or Certificates of Obligation or any portion or
portions thereof, in the same form and manner, and with the
same effect, as provided in Section 6(d), below, for the
conversion and exchange of Certificates of Obligation by any
registered owner of a Certificate of Obligation The Issuer
shall pay the Paying Agent/Registrar's standard or customary
fees and charges for making such transfer and delivery of a
substitute Certificate of Obligation or Certificates of
Obligation, but the one requesting such transfer shall pay any
taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid with
respect thereto The Paying Agent/Registrar shall not be
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required to make transfers of registration of any Certificate
of Obligation or any portion thereof during the period commenc-
ing with the close of business on any Record Date and ending
with the opening of business on the next following principal or
interest payment date.
(b) Ownership of Certificates of Obligation The entity
in whose name any Certificate of Obligation shall be registered
in the Registration Books at any time shall be deemed and
treated as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes of this
Ordinance, whether or not such Certificate of Obligation shall.
be overdue, and the Issuer and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall
not be affected by any notice to the contrary, and payment of,
or on account of, the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on any such Certificate of Obligation shall be made
only to such registered owner All such payments shall be
valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon
such Certificate of Obligation to the extent of the sum or sums
so paid
(c) Payment of Certificates of Obligation and Interest
The Issuer hereby further appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar
to act as the paying agent for paying the principal of and
interest on the Certificates of Obligation, and to act as its
agent to convert and exchange or replace Certificates of
Obligation, all as provided in this Ordinance The Paying
Agent/Registrar shall keep proper records of all payments made
by the Issuer and the Paying Agent/Registrar with respect to
the Certificates of Obligation, and of all conversions and
exchanges of Certificates of Obligation, and all replacements
of Certificates of Obligation, as provided in this Ordinance
(d) Conversion and Exchange or Replacement, Authenti-
cation Each Certificate of Obligation issued and delivered
pursuant to this Ordinance, to the extent of the unpaid or
unredeemed principal balance or principal amount thereof, may,
upon surrender of such Certificate of Obligation at the
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principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar,
together with a written request therefor duly executed by the
registered owner, or its duly authorized attorney or repre-
sentative, with guarantee of signatures satisfactory to the
Paying Agent/Registrar, ma.y, at the option of the registered
owner, be converted into and exchanged for fully registered
certificates of obligation, without interest coupons, in the
form prescribed in the FORM OF SUBSTITUTE CERTIFICATE OF
OBLIGATION set forth in this Ordinance, in the denomination of
$5,000, or any integral multiple of $5,000 (subject to the
requirement hereinafter stated that each substitute Certificate
of Obligation shall have a single stated maturity date), as re-
quested in writing by such registered owner or such assignee or
assignees, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid
or unredeemed principal balance or principal amount of any
Certificate of Obligation or Certificates of Obligation so
surrendered, and payable to the appropriate registered owner,
assignee, or assignees, as the case may be If the Initial
Certificate of Obligation is assigned and transferred or
converted each substitute Certificate of Obligation issued in
exchange for any portion of the Initial Certificate of
Obligation shall have a single stated principal maturity date,
and shall not be payable in installments, and each such
Certificate of Obligation shall have a principal maturity date
corresponding to the due date of the installment of principal
or portion thereof for which the substitute Certificate of
Obligation is being exchanged, and each such Certificate of
Obligation shall bear interest at the single rate applicable to
and borne by such installment of principal or portion thereof
for which it is being exchanged If a portion of any
Certificate of Obligation (other than the Initial Certificate
of Obligation) shall be redeemed prior to its scheduled
maturity as provided herein, a substitute Certificate of
Obligation or Certificates of Obligation having the same
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maturity date, bearing interest at the same rate, in the
denomination or denominations of any integral multiple of
$5,000 at the request of the registered owner, and in aggregate
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof, will
be issued to the registered owner upon surrender thereof for
cancellation If any Certificate of Obligation or portion
thereof (other than the Initial Certificate of Obligation) is
assigned and transferred or converted, each Certificate of
Obligation issued in exchange therefor shall have the same
principal maturity date and bear interest at the same rate as
the Certificate of Obligation for which it is being exchanged
Each substitute Certificate of Obligation shall bear a letter
and/or number to distinguish it from each other Certificate of
Obligation The Paying Agent/Registrar shall convert and
exchange or replace Certificates of Obligation as provided
wherein, and each fully registered certificate of obligation
delivered in conversion of and exchange for or replacement of
any Certificate of Obligation or portion thereof as permitted
or required by any provision of this Ordinance shall constitute
one of the Certificates of Obligation for all purposes of this
Ordinance, and may again be converted and exchanged or
r:eplaced:. It is specifically provided that any Certificate of
Obligation authenticated in conversion of and exchange for or
replacement of another Certificate of Obligation on or prior to
the first scheduled Record Date for the Initial Certificate of
Obligation shall bear interest from the date of the Initial
Certificate of Obligation, but each substitute Certificate of
Obligation so authenticated after such first scheduled Record
Date shall bear interest from the interest payment date next
preceding the date on which such substitute Certificate of
Obligation was so authenticated, unless such Certificate of
Obligation is authenticated after any Record Date but on or
before the next following interest payment date, in which case
it shall bear interest from such next following interest
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payment date, provided, however, that if at the time of
delivery of any substitute Certificate of Obligation the
interest on the Certificate of Obligation for which it is being
exchanged is due but has not been paid, then such Certificate
of Obligation shall bear interest from the date to which such
interest has been paid in full The Initial Certificate of
Obligation issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance is
not required to be, and shall not be, authenticated by the
Paying Agent/Registrar, but on each substitute Certificate of
Obligation issued in conversion of and exchange for or replace-
ment of any Certificate of Obligation or Certificates of
Obligation issued under this Ordinance there shall be printed a
"Paying Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate" in the
form prescribed in the FORM OF SUBSTITUTE CERTIFICATE OF
OBLIGATION set forth in this Ordinance An authorized repre-
sentative of the Paying Agent/Registrar shall, before the
delivery of any such Certificate. of Obligation, date and
manually sign said certificate, and no such Certificate of
Obligation shall be deemed to be issued or outstanding unless
said certificate is so executed The Paying Agent/Registrar
promptly shall cancel all Certificates of Obligation sur-
rendered for conversion and exchange or replacement No
additional ordinances, orders, or resolutions need be passed or
adopted by the governing body of the Issuer or any other body
or person so as to accomplish the foregoing conversion and
exchange or replacement of any Certificate of Obligation or
portion thereof, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall provide
for the printing, execution, and delivery of the substitute
Certificates of Obligation in the manner prescribed herein, and
said Certificates of Obligation shall be of type composition
printed on paper with lithographed or steel engraved borders of
customary weight and strength Pursuant to the "Bond
Procedures Act of 1981" (Art. 717k-6, V A T C S ), and
particularly Section 6 thereof, the duty of conversion and
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exchange or replacement of Certificates of Obligation as
aforesaid is hereby imposed upon the Paying Agent/Registrar,
and, upon the execution of the Paying Agent/Registrar`s
Authentication Certificate, the converted and exchanged or
replaced Certificate of Obligation shall be valid,
incontestable, and enforceable in the same manner and with the
same effect as the Initial Certificate of Obligation which
ryoriginally was issued pursuant to this Ordinance, approved by
the Attorney General, and registered by the Comptroller of
Public Accounts The Issuer shall pay the Paying
Agent/Registrar's standard or customary fees and charges for
transferring, converting, and exchanging any Certificate of
Obligation or any portion thereof, but the one requesting any
such transfer, conversion, and exchange shall pay any taxes or
governmental charges required to be paid with respect thereto
as a condition precedent to the exercise of such privilege of
conversion and exchange The Paying Agent/Registrar shall not
be required to make any such conversion and exchange or
replacement of Certificates of Obligation or any portion
thereof during the period commencing with the close of business
on any Record Date and ending with the opening of business on
the next following principal or interest payment date.
(e) In General All Certificates of Obligation issued in
conversion and exchange or replacement of any other Certificate
of Obligation or portion thereof, (i) shall be issued in fully
registered form, without interest coupons, with the principal
of and interest on such Certificates of Obligation to be
payable only to the registered owners thereof, (ii) may be
transferred and assigned, (iii} may be converted and exchanged
for other Certificates of Obligation, (iv) shall have the
characteristics, (v) shall be signed and sealed, and (vi) the
principal of and interest on the Certificates of Obligation
shall be payable, all as provided, and in the manner required
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or indicated, in the FORM OF SUBSTITUTE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGA-
TION set forth in this Ordinance
(f) Payment of Fees and Charges The Issuer hereby
covenants with the registered owners of the Certificates of
Obligation that it will (i) pay the standard or customary fees
and charges of the Paying Agent/Registrar for its services with
respect to the payment of the principal of and interest on the
Certificates of Obligation, when dine, and (ii) pay the fees and
charges of the Paying Agent/Registrar for services with respect
to the transfer of registration of Certificates of Obligation,
and with respect to the conversion and exchange of Certificates
of Obligation solely to the extent above provided in this
Ordinance
(g) Substitute Paying Agent/Registrar The Issuer
covenants with the registered owners of the Certificates of
Obligation that at all times while the Certificates of Obliga-
tion are outstanding the Issuer will provide a competent and
legally qualified bank, trust company, financial institution,
or other agency to act as and perform the services of Paying
Agent/Registrar for the Certificates of Obligation under this
Ordinance, and that the Paying Agent/Registrar will be one
entity The Issuer reserves the right to, and may, at its
option, change the Paying Agent/Registrar upon not less than
120 days written notice to the Paying Agent/Registrar, to be
effective not later than 60 days prior to the next principal or
interest payment date after such notice In the event that the
entity at any time acting as Paying Agent/Registrar (or its
successor by merger, acquisition, or other method) should
resign or otherwise cease to act as such, the Issuer covenants
that promptly it will appoint a competent and legally qualified
bank, trust company, financial institution, or other agency to
act as Paying Agent/Registrar under this Ordinance Upon any
change in the Paying Agent/Registrar, the previous Paying
Agent/Registrar promptly shall transfer and deliver the
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Registration Books (or a copy thereof), along with all other
pertinent books and records relating to the Certificates of
Obligation, to the new Paying Agent/Registrar designated and
appointed by the Issuer Upon any change in the Paying Agent/-
Registrar, the Issuer promptly will cause a written notice
thereof to be sent by the new Paying Agent/Registrar to each
registered owner of the Certificates of Obligation, by United
States Mail, first-class postage prepaid, which .notice also
shall give the address of the new Paying Agent/Registrar By
accepting the position and performing as such, each Paying
Agent/Registrar shall be deemed to have agreed to the provi-
sions of this Ordinance, and a certified copy of this Ordinance
shall be delivered to each Paying Agent/Registrar
Section 7 FORM OF SUBSTITUTE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
The form of all Certificates of Obligation issued in conversion
and exchange or replacement of any other Certificate of Obliga-
tion or portion thereof, including the form of Paying Agent/-
Registrar's Certificate to be printed on each of such Certifi-
cates of Obligation, and the Form of Assignment to be printed
on each of the Certificates of Obligation, shall be, respec-
tively, substantially as follows, with such appropriate
variations, omissions, or insertions as are permitted or
required by this Ordinance
FORM OF SUBSTITUTE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION
NO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION
SERIES 1983
INTEREST RATE MATURITY DATE CUSIP NO PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
ON THE MATURITY DATE specified above THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, in Tarrant County, Texas (the "Issuer"), being a
political subdivision of the State of Texas, hereby promises to
pay to
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or to the registered assignee hereof (either being hereinafter
called the "registered owner") the principal amount of
and to pay interest thereon from 1983, (the
date of the Initial Certificate of Obligation] semiannually on
each and following the date of
authentication of this Certificate of Obligation, until and to
the maturity date specified above, at the interest rate per
annum specified above; except that if the date of authenti-
cation of this Certificate of Obligation is later than
198_, [the first scheduled Record Date for the
Initial Certificate of Obligation] such principal amount shall
bear interest from the interest payment date next preceding the
date of authentication, unless such date of authentication is
after any Record Date (hereinafter defined) but on or before
the next following interest payment date, in which case such
principal amount shall bear interest from such next following
interest payment date
THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON this Certificate of
Obligation are payable in lawful money of the United States of
America, without exchange or collection charges The principal
of this Certificate of Obligation shall be paid to the
registered owner hereof upon presentation and surrender o£ this
Certificate of Obligation at maturity or upon the date fixed
for its redemption prior to maturity, at the principal corpor-
ate trust office of BancTEXAS Dallas N A which is the "Paying
Agent/Registrar" for this Certificate of Obligation The
payment of interest on this Certificate of Obligation shall be
made by the Paying Agent/Registrar to the registered owner
hereof on each interest payment date by check or draft, dated
as of such interest payment date, drawn by the Paying Agent/-
Registrar on, and payable solely from, funds of the Issuer
required by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the
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Certificates of Obligation (the "Ordinance") to be on deposit
with the Paying Agent/Registrar for such purpose as hereinafter
provided, and such check or draft shall be sent by the Paying
Agent/Registrar by United States Mail, first-class postage
prepaid, on each such interest payment date, to the registered
owner hereof, at the address of the registered owner, as it
appeared on the [ 15th day ] (or) [ last business day ] of
the month next preceding each such date (the "Record Date") on
the Registration Books kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar, as
hereinafter described Any accrued interest due upon the
redemption of this Certificate of Obligation prior to maturity
as provided herein shall be paid to the registered owner at the
principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar
upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate of Obliga-
tion for redemption and payment at the principal corporate
trust. office of the Paying Agent/Registrar The Issuer
covenants with the registered owner of this Certificate of
Obligation that on or before each principal payment date,
interest payment date, and accrued interest payment date for
this Certificate of Obligation it will make available to the
Paying Agent/Registrar, from the "Interest and Sinking Fund"
created by the Ordinance, the amounts required to provide for
the payment, in immediately available funds, of all principal
of and interest on the Certificates of Obligation, when due
IF THE DATE for the payment of the principal of or inter-
est on this Certificate of Obligation shall be a Saturday,
Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day on which banking institutions
in the City where the Paying Agent/Registrar is located are
authorized by law or executive order to close, then the date
for such payment shall be the next succeeding day which is not
such a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which banking
institutions are authorized to close, and payment on such date
shall have the same force and effect as if made on the original
date payment was due
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THIS CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION is one of an issue of
Certificates of Obligation initially dated September 1, 1983,
authorized in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the
State of Texas in the principal amount of $1,000,000, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR ACQUIRING RIGHTS-OF-WAY
THIS CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION OR ANY PORTION OR PORTIONS
HEREOF IN ANY INTEGRAL MULTIPLE OF $5,000 may be assigned and
shall be transferred only in the Registration Books of the
Issuer kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar acting in the
capacity of registrar for the Certificates of Obligation, upon
the terms and conditions set forth in the Ordinance Among
other requirements for such assignment and transfer, this
Certificate of Obligation must be presented and surrendered to
the Paying Agent/Registrar, together with proper instruments of
assignment, in form and with guarantee of signatures satisfac-
tory to the Paying Agent/Registrar, evidencing assignment of
this Certificate of Obligation or any portion or portions
hereof in any integral multiple of $5,000 to the assignee or
assignees in whose name or names this Certificate of Obligation
or any .such portion or portions hereof is or are to be trans-
ferred and registered The form of Assignment printed or
endorsed on this Certificate of Obligation shall be executed by
the registered owner or its duly authorized attorney or
representative,to evidence the assignment hereof A new
Certificate of Obligation or Certificates of Obligation payable
to such assignee or assignees (which then will be the new
registered owner or owners of such new Certificate of Obliga-
tion or Certificates of Obligation), or to the previous regis-
tered owner in the case of the assignment and transfer of only
a portion of this Certificate of Obligation, may be delivered
by the Paying Agent/Registrar in conversion of and exchange for
this Certificate of Obligation, alI in the form and manner as
provided in the next paragraph hereof for the conversion and
exchange of other Certificates of Obligation The Issuer shall
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pay the Paying Agent/Registrar's standard or customary fees and
charges for making such transfer, but the one requesting such
transfer shall pay any taxes or other governmental charges
required to be paid with respect thereto The Paying Agent/-
Registrar shall not be required to make transfers of regis-
tration of this Certificate of Obligation or any portion hereof
during the period commencing with the close of business on any
Record Date and ending with the opening of business on the
next following principal or interest payment date The
registered owner of this Certificate of Obligation shall be
deemed and treated by the Issuer and the Paying Agent/Registrar
as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, including
payment and discharge of liability upon this Certificate of
Obligation to the extent of such payment, and the Issuer and
the Paying Agent/Registrar shall not be affected by any notice
to the contrary
ALL CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OF THIS SERIES are issuable
solely as fully registered certificates of obligation, without
interest coupons, in the denomination of any integral multiple
of $5,000 As provided in the Ordinance, this Certificate of
Obligation, or any unredeemed portion hereof, may, at the
__ request of the registered owner or the assignee or assignees
hereof, be converted into and exchanged for a like aggregate
principal amount of fully registered certificates of obliga-
tion, without interest coupons, payable to the appropriate
registered owner, assignee, or assignees, as the case may be,
having the same maturity date, and bearing interest at the same
rate, in any denomination or denominations in any integral
multiple of $5,000 as requested in writing by the appropriate
registered owner, assignee, or assignees, as the case may be,
upon surrender of this Certificate of Obligation to the Paying
Agent/Registrar for cancellation, all in accordance with the
form and procedures set forth in the Ordinance The Issuer
shall pay the Paying Agent/Registrar's standard or customary
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fees and charges for transferring, converting, and exchanging
any Certificate of Obligation or any portion thereof, but the
one requesting such transfer, conversion, and exchange shall '
pay any taxes or governmental charges required to be paid with
respect thereto as a condition precedent to the exercise of
such privilege of conversion and exchange The Paying
Agent/Registrar shall not be required to make any such conver-
sion and exchange during the period commencing with the close
of business on any Record Date and ending with the opening of
business on the next following principal or interest payment
date
IN THE EVENT any Paying Agent/Registrar for the
Certificates of Obligation is changed by the Issuer, resigns,
or otherwise ceases to act as such, the Issuer has covenanted
in the Ordinance that it promptly will appoint a competent and
legally qualified substitute therefor, and promptly will cause
written notice thereof to be mailed to the registered owners of
the Certificates of Obligation
IT IS HEREBY certified, recited, and covenanted that this
Certificate of Obligation has been duly and validly authorized,
issued, and delivered, that all acts, conditions, and things
required or proper: to be performed, exist, and be done
precedent to or in the authorization, issuance, and delivery of
this Certificate of Obligation have been performed, existed,
and been done in accordance with law, that this Certificate of
Obligation is a general obligation of the Issuer, issued on the
full faith and credit thereof, and that ad valorem taxes
sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest on and
principal of this Certificate of Obligation, as such interest
comes due, and as such principal matures, have been levied and
ordered to be levied against all taxable property in the
Issuer, and have been pledged for such payment, within the
limit prescribed by law
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BY BECOP;ING the registered owner of this Certificate of
Obligation, the registered owner thereby acknowledges all of
the terms and provisions of the Ordinance, agrees to he bound
by such terms and provisions, acknowledges that the Ordinance
is duly recorded and available for inspection in the official
minutes and records of the governing body of the Issuer, and
agrees that the terms and provisions of this Certificate of
Obligation and the Ordinance constitute a contract between each
registered owner hereof and the Issuer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer .has caused this Certificate
of Obligation to be signed with the facsimile signature of the
Mayor of the Issuer and countersigned with the facsimile
signature of the City Secretary of the Issuer, has caused the
official seal of the Issuer to be duly impressed, or placed in
facsimile, on this Certificate of Obligation.
(facsimile signature) (facsimile signature)
City Secretary Mayor
(CITY SEAL)
FORM 'OF PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
It is hereby certified that this Certificate of Obligation
has been issued under the provisions of the Ordinance described
on the face of this Certificate of Obligation; and that this
Certificate of Obligation has been issued in conversion of and
exchange for or replacement of a certificate of obligation,
certificates of obligation, or a portion of a certificate of
obligation or certificates of obligation of an issue which
originally was approved by the Attorney General of the State of
Texas and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of
the State of Texas.
Dated Paying Agent Registrar
By
Authorized Representative
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGNMENT
For value received, the undersigned registered owner of this
Certificate of Obligation, or duly authorized representative or
attorney thereof, hereby assigns this Certificate of Obligation
to
(print or type the name and
address of the assignee and
any other relevant information)
and authorizes the Paying Agent/Registrar to transfer the
registration of this Certificate of Obligation in the
Registration Books
Dated
Registered Owner
The signature above is hereby verified as true and genuine
Section 8 TAX LEVY A special Interest and Sinking Fund
(the "Interest and Sinking Fund") is hereby created solely for
the benefit of the Certificates of Obligation, and the Interest
and Sinking Fund shall be established and maintained by the
Issuer at an official depository bank of the Issuer The
Interest and Sinking Eund shall be kept separate and apart from
all other funds and accounts of the Issuer, and shall be used
only for paying the interest on and principal of the Certifi-
cates of Obligation. All ad valorem taxes levied and collected
for and on account of the Certificates of Obligation shall be
deposited, as collected, to the credit of the Interest and
Sinking Fund During each year while any of the Certificates
of Obligation or interest thereon are outstanding and unpaid,
the governing body of the Issuer shall compute and ascertain a
rate and amount of ad valorem tax which will be sufficient to
raise and produce the money required to pay the interest on the
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Certificates of Obligation as such interest comes due, and to
provide and maintain a sinking fund adequate to pay the princi-
pal of its Certificates of Obligation as such principal matures
(but never less than 2% of the original principal amount of the
Certificates of Obligation as a sinking fund each year), and
said tax shall be based on the latest approved tax rolls of the
Issuer, with full allowance being made for tax delinquencies
and the cost of tax collection Said rate and amount of ad
valorem tax is hereby levied, and is hereby ordered to be
levied, against all taxable property in the Issuer for each
year while any of the Certificates of Obligation or interest
thereon are outstanding and unpaid, and said tax shall be
assessed and collected each such year and deposited to the
credit of the aforesaid Interest and Sinking Fund Said ad
valorem taxes sufficient to provide for the payment of the
interest on and principal of the Certificates of Obligation, as
such interest comes due and such principal matures, are hereby
pledged for such payment, within the limit prescribed by law
Section 9 DEFEASANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION (a)
Any Certificate of Obligation and the interest thereon shall be
deemed to be paid, retired, and no longer outstanding (a
"Defeased Certificate of Obligation") within the meaning of
this Ordinance, except to the extent provided in subsection (d)
of this Section 9, when payment of the principal of such
Certificate of Obligation, plus interest thereon to the due
date either (i) shall have been made or caused to be made in
accordance with the terms thereof, or (ii) shall have been pro-
vided for on or before such due date by irrevocably depositing
with or making available to the Paying Agent/Registrar for such
payment (1) lawful money of the United States of America
sufficient to make such payment or (2) Government Obligations
which mature as to principal and interest in such amounts and
at such times as will insure the availability, without
reinvestment, of sufficient money to provide £or such payment,
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and when proper arrangements have been made by the Issuer with
the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of its services
until all Defeased Certificates of Obligation shall have become
due and payable At such time as a Certificate of Obligation
shall be deemed to be a Defeased Certificate of Obligation
hereunder, as aforesaid, such Certificate of Obligation and the
interest thereon shall no longer be secured by, payable from,
or entitled to the benefits of, the ad valorem taxes herein
levied and pledged as provided in this Ordinance, and such
principal and interest shall be payable solely from such money
or Government Obligat-ions
(b) Any moneys so deposited with the Paying Agent/Regis-
tray may at the written direction of the Issuer also be in-
vested in Government Obligations, maturing in the amounts and
times as hereinbefore set forth, and all income from such
Government Obligations received by the Paying Agent/Registrar
which is not required for the payment of the Certificates of
Obligation and interest thereon, with respect to which such
money has been so deposited, shall be turned over to the
Issuer, or deposited as directed in writing by the Issuer
(c) The term "Government Obligations" as used in this
Section shall mean direct obligations of the United States of
America, including obligations the principal of and interest on
which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of
America, which may be United States Treasury obligations such
as its State and Local Government Series, which may be in
book-entry form
(d) Until all Defeased Certificates of Obligation shall
have become due and payable, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall
perform the services of Paying Agent/Registrar for such
Defeased Certificates of Obligation the same as if they had not
been defeased, and the Issuer shall make proper arrangements to
provide and pay for such services as required by this
Ordinance.
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Section 10 DAMAGED, MUTILATED,. LOST, STOLEN, OR DE-
'~ STROYED CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION (a) Replacement
Certificates of Obligation In the event any outstanding
Certificate of Obligation is damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen,
or destroyed, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cause to be
printed, executed, and delivered, a new certificate of
obligation of the same principal amount, maturity, and interest
rate, as the damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed
Certificate of Obligation, in replacement for such Certificate
of Obligation in the manner hereinafter provided
(b) Application for Replacement Certificates of
Obligation Application for replacement of damaged, mutilated,
lost, stolen, or destroyed Certificates of Obligation shall be
made by the registered owner thereof to the Paying
Agent/Registrar In every case of loss, theft, or destruction
of a Certificate of Obligation, the registered owner applying
for a replacement certificate of obligation shall furnish to
the Issuer and to the Paying Agent/Registrar such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
harmless from any loss or damage with respect thereto. Also,
in every case of loss, theft, or destruction of a Certificate
of Obligation, the registered owner shall furnish to the Issuer
and to the Paying Agent/Registrar evidence to their
satisfaction of the loss, theft, or destruction of such
Certificate of Obligation, as the case may be In every case
of damage or mutilation of a Certificate of Obligation, the
registered owner shall surrender to the Paying Agent/Registrar
for cancellation the Certificate of Obligation so damaged or
mutilated
(c) No Default Occurred Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section, in the event any such Certificate
of Obligation shall have matured, and no default has occurred
which is then continuing in the payment of the principal of,
redemption premium, if any, or interest on the Certificate of
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Obligation, the Issuer may authorize the payment of the same
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a damaged or
mutilated Certificate of Obligation) instead of issuing a
replacement Certificate of Obligation, provided security or
indemnity is furnished as above provided in this Section
(d) Charge for Issuing Replacement Certificates of
Obligation Prior to the issuance of any replacement
certificate of obligation, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall
charge the registered owner of such Certificate of Obligation
with all legal, printing, and other expenses in connection
therewith Every replacement certificate of obligation issued
pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the
fact that any Certificate of Obligation is lost, stolen, or
destroyed shall constitute a contractual obligation of the
Issuer whether or not the lost, stolen, or destroyed
Certificate of Obligation shall be found at any time, or be
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Ordinance equally and proportionately with any
and all other Certificates of Obligation duly issued under this
Ordinance
(e) Authority for Issuing Replacement Certificates of
Obligation In accordance with Section 6 of Vernon's Ann Tex
Civ St Art 717k-6, this Section 10 of this Ordinance shall
constitute authority for the issuance of any such replacement
certificate of obligation without necessity of further action
by the governing body of the Issuer or any other body or
person, and the duty of the replacement of such certificates of
obligation is hereby authorized and imposed upon the Paying
Agent/Registrar, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall authen-
ticate and deliver such Certificates of Obligation in the form
and manner and with the effect, as provided in Section 6(d) of
this Ordinance for Certificates of Obligation issued in
conversion and exchange for other Certificates of Obligation
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Section 11 CUSTODY, APPROVAL, AND REGISTRATION OF
CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, BOND COUNSEL'S OPINION, AND CUSIP
NUMBERS The Mayor of the Issuer is hereby authorized to have
control of the Initial Certificate of Obligation issued
hereunder and alI necessary records and proceedings pertaining
to the Initial Certificate of Obligation pending its delivery
and its investigation, examination, and approval by the
Attorney General of the State of Texas, and its registration by
the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Upon
registration of the Initial Certificate of Obligation said
Comptroller of Public Accounts (or a deputy designated in
writing to act for said Comptroller) shall manually sign the
Comptroller's Registration Certificate on the Initial
Certificate of Obligation, and the seal of said Comptroller
shall be impressed, or placed in facsimile, on the Initial
Certificate of Obligation The approving legal opinion of the
Issuer's Certificate of Obligation Counsel and the assigned
CUSIP numbers may, at the option of the Issuer, be printed on
the Initial Certificate of Obligation or on any Certificates of
Obligation issued and delivered in conversion of and exchange
or replacement of any Certificate of Obligation, but neither
shall have any legal effect, and shall be solely for the
convenience and information of the registered owners of the
Certificates of Obligation
Section 12 NO ARBITRAGE The Issuer covenants to and
with the registered owners of the Certificates of Obligation
that it will make no use of the proceeds of the Certificates of
Obligation at any time throughout the term of this issue of
Certificates of Obligation which, if such use had been reason-
ably expected on the date of delivery of the Certificates of
Obligation to and payment for the Certificates of Obligation by
the purchasers, would have caused the Certificates of Obliga-
tion to be arbitrage bonds within the meaning of Section 1Q3(c)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or any
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regulations or rulings pertaining thereto; and by this covenant
the Issuer is obligated to comply with the requirements of the
aforesaid Section 103 (c) and all applicable and pertinent
Department of the Treasury regulations .relating to arbitrage
bonds. The Issuer further covenants that the proceeds of the
Certificates of Obligation will not otherwise be used directly
or indirectly so as to cause all or any part of the
Certificates of Obligation to be or become arbitrage bonds
within the meaning of the aforesaid Section 1Q3(c), or any
regulations or rulings pertaining thereto.
Section 13. SALE OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION.
The Initial Certificate of Obligation is hereby sold and shall
be delivered to BancTEXAS Dallas N.A., for cash for the par
value thereof. and accrued interest thereon to date of delivery.
Adopted this 16th day of August, 1983
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COUNTY OF TARRANT ,
CITY OF FORT WORTH ,
I, Ruth Alexander, City Secretary of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas, do hereby certify that I have compared the
attached and foregoing excerpt from the minutes of the
regular, open, public meeting of the City Counpncil of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas, and of Ordinance No.~S~ which
was duly passed at said meeting, and that said copy is a
true and correct copy of said excerpt and the whole of said
ordinance.
In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and have
hereunto affixed the seal of said City of Fort Worth, this
day of August, 1983.
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DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Certificates Of Obligation PAGE
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8/16/83 G- 5711 ' °r-.l-
Background
On July 26, 1983, the City Council authorized publication of "Notice
of Intention to Issue Certificates of Obligation" for the City of
Fort Worth's share of the purchase of Rock Island Railroad right-of-way.
The notice has been published for two consecutive weeks as provided by
law, setting August 16, 1983, as the date for adoption of the ordinance
authorizing issuance of the certificates.
In accordance with the "Notice of Intention," an ordinance has been
prepared authorizing the issuance of the certificates in the amount of
$1,000,000
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the ordinance authorizing
issuance of certificates of obligation for the purpose of purchasing
the Rock Island Railroad right-of-way in the amount of $1,000,000
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APPROVED BY '
CITY COUNCIL
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ORIGINATING
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CONTACT Judson Bailiff Ext 8185
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