HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3603 ORDINANCE NO. 3603
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NEGOTIABLE COUPON
BONDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS,
AMOUNTING TO THE PRINCIPAL SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL-
LARS ($lOO,000.00), IN ADDITION TO THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($300,000.00) WORTH OF SAID BONDS HERETOFORE
ISSUED OUT CF AN AUTHORIZED ISSUE CF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS (500,000.00) WORTH OF SAID BONDS, AND BEING KNOWN
AS SERIES 89 AND DESIGNATED AS "FIRE PROTECTION BONDS," TO
BE ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING PERMANENT CITY IMPROVE-
MENTS, TO WIT, CONSTRUCTING, BUILDING AND EQUIPPING FIRE
STATIONS AND IMPROVING AND EXTENDING THE CITY FIRE ALARM SYS-
TEM, AND ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY LANDS THEREFOR FOR SAID CITY,
EACH OF SAID BONDS TO BE IN THE DENOMINATION OF ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($1,000.00), TO BE DATED MARCH 1, 1957., MATURING FROM
ONE (1) TO TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS FROM THE DATE THEREOF, THE
FIRST TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($28,000.00) WORTH OF SAID
BONDS TO BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF FOUR PER CENT (4%) PER
ANNUM, AND THE NEXT SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($72,000.00)
WORTH OF SAID BONDS TO BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF THREE AND
ONE-QUARTER PER CENT (3-1/4%) PER ANNUM, SAID INTEREST BEING
PAYABLE SEMI ANNUALLY, THE INTEREST TO BE EXPRESSED IN COUPON
NOTES ATTACHED TO THE BONDS; DIRECTING THAT THE SAID BONDS BE
EXECUTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY SECRETARY AND APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND LEGALITY BY THE CITY ATTORNEY; PROVIDING FOR AN ADEQUATE
TAX LEVY FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AND TO
CREATE A SINKING FUND FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL THEREOF
AS THE SAME MATURES FROM TIME TO TIME; AND PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER THE DATE
OF ITS PASSAGE.
WHEREAS, on the 15th day of August, A. D. 1951, pursuant to the au-
thority vested in said City by Section 19 of Chapter XXV of the Charter
of the City of Fort Worth, adopted by the qualified voters within the
limits of said City on the 11th day of December, A. D. 1924, and the laws
and Constitution of the State of Texas, the City Council of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, by an ordinance of that date, directed the submission
to the qualified electors who own taxable property in the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, and who have duly rendered the same for taxation, at an election
to be held in said City on the 11th day of September, A. D. 1951, of the
right, power and authority of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, to issue negotiable coupon bonds of the corporate government of said
City in the principal sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00)
for the purpose of making permanent city improvements, to wit, constructing,
building and equipping fire stations and improving and extending the city
fire alarm system, and acquiring the necessary lands therefor for said City;
and,
WHEREAS, in conformity with said ordinance, the Mayor of said City
did make proclamation of said election and fixed the date thereof for the
11th day of September, A. D. 1951; and,
WHEREAS, said election order and proclamation thereof were prepared
and published in the manner and for the time prescribed in said ordinance;
and,
WHEREAS, on the 11th day of September, A. D. 1951, said election was
held in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, at the respective polling places
designated in the election order, at which said election the issuance of
said bonds was submitted as a proposition to the qualified electors of said
City who own taxable property in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and who have
duly rendered the same for taxation; and,
WHEREAS, the official ballot on said occasion, in conformity with
the ordinance of the City Council hereinabove mentioned and in accordance
with the order of said election, in form and in substance reads as follows:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
I.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City
Council, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal
sum of Twenty-three Million, Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($23,450,000.00) for the purpose of making permanent
city improvements by constructing, improving and extending
the streets, thoroughfares and storm sewers of said City,
including in such permanent public improvements the straighten-
ing., 'widening.. paving, grade separation, lighting and drainage
of said streets and thoroughfares, and acquiring the necessary
lands therefor, said bonds being payable serially as may be
determined by the City Council, so that the last maturing
bonds shall become payable within forty (40) years from the
date thereof, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed four
per cent (4¢) per annum from the date thereof, payable semi-
annually, and levy a sufficient tax to pay the interest on
said bonds and create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem said
bonds at the maturity thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Street Improvement Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Street Improvement Bonds.
II.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City
Council, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal
sum of One Killion., Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
($1,7500000.00) for the purpose of making permanent city im-
provements by establishing, equipping, extending and improving
municipal airports and landing fields for airplanes, aircraft
and other aerial machines, and acquiring the necessary lands
therefor, said bonds being payable serially as may be de-
termined by the City Council, so that the last maturing bonds
shall become payable Within forty (40) years from the date
thereof, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed four per
cent (4$) per annum from the date thereof, payable semi-
annually, and levy a sufficient tax to pay the interest on
said bonds and create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem
said bonds at the maturity thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Airport Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Airport Bonds.
III.
Shmal the City of Fort Forth, Texas, through its City
Council, issue its negotiable coupon bonds is the principal
sum of Right Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for the
purpose of making permanent city improvements by constructing,
building and equipping additional incinerators for said City
and acquiring the necessary lands therefor, said bonds being
payable serially as may be determined by the City Council, so
that the last maturing bonds shall become payable Within forty
(40) years from the date thereof, bearing interest at a rate
not to exceed four per cent (4$) per annum from the date
thereof, payable semi.-annually, and levy a sufficient tax to
M the interest on said bonds and create a sinking fund suf-
ficient to redeem said bonds at the maturity thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Incinerator Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Incinerator Bonds.
IV.
Shall the City of Port Worth, Texas, through its City
Council, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal
sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for the
purpose of making permanent city improvements, to Wit, con-
structing, building and equipping fire stations and improv-
ing and extending the city fire alarm system, and acquiring
the necessary lands therefor, said bonds being payable serially
as may be determined by the City Council, so that the last
maturing bonds shall become payable Within forty (40) years
from the date thereof, bearing interest at a rate not to ex-
ceed four per cent (4¢) per annum from the date thereof, pay-
able semi-annually, and levy a sufficient tax to pay the in-
terest on said bonds and create a sinking fund sufficient to
redeem said bonds at the maturity thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Fire Protection Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Fire Protection Bonds.
Q.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City
Council, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal
sum of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars 4700,000.00) for the
purpose of making permanent city improvements by construct-
ing, building and equipping a police station and jail build-
ing, and acquiring the necessary land therefor, said bonds
being payable serially as may be determined by the City Coun-
cil,, so that the last maturing bonds shall become payable
within forty (40) years from the date thereof, bearing inter-
est at a rate not to exceed four per cent (4%) per annum from
the date thereof, payable semi-annually, and levy a sufficient
tax to pay the interest on said bonds and create a sinking
fund sufficient to redeem said bonds at the maturity thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Police Station and Jail Building
Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Police Station and Jail Building
Bonds.
VI.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City
Council, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal
sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) for the
purpose of making permanent city improvements in providing
a recreation center building, to wit, by constructing, build-
ing and equipping a children's museum for said City, and ac-
quiring the necessary land therefor, said bonds being payable
serially as may be determined by the City Council, so that
the last maturing bonds shall become payable within forty (40)
years from the date thereof, bearing interest at a rate not
to exceed four per cent (4%) per annum from the date thereof,
payable semi-annually, and levy a sufficient tax to pay the
interest on said bonds and create a sinking fund sufficient
to redeem said bonds at the maturity thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Children's Museum Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Children's Museum Bonds.
VII.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City
Council, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal
sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for the purpose
of making permanent city improvements by purchasing, acquir-
ing and improving land and property for public parks in said
City, said bonds being payable serially as may be determined
by the City Council, so that the last maturing bonds shall
become payable within forty (40) years from the date thereof,
bearing interest at a rate not to exceed four per cent (4%)
per annum from the date thereof, payable semi-annually, and
levy a sufficient tax to pay the interest on said bonds and
create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem said bonds at the
maturity thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Park Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Park Bonds.
VIII.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City
Council, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal
sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for the
purpose of making permanent city improvements by purchasing,
acquiring and improving the playgrounds and recreation parks
of said City, said bonds being payable serially as may be de-
termined by the City Council, so that the last maturing bonds
shall become payable within forty ($0) years from the date
thereof, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed four per
cent (4%) per annum from the date thereof, payable semi-
annually,, and levy a sufficient tax to pay the interest on
said bonds and create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem
said bonds at the maturity thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Playground and Recreation Park
Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Playground and Recreation Park
Bonds.;
and,
WHEREAS, in the election held in said City of Fort Worth, Texas, on
the 11th day of September, A. D. 1951, on the question of the issuance
of said bonds hereinbefore mentioned, there was a majority of votes in
favor of the issuance of said bonds;_,and,
WHEREAS, by virtue of said election, said City Council is vested
with power and authority by and from the qualified electors who own tax-
able property in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and who have duly rendered the
same for taxation, to issue said bonds for the purposes aforementioned and
to make same valid and binding obligations of the corporate government of
the City of Fort Worth, Texas; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council, in accordance with the power vested in
said governing body, did lawfully pass and adopt an ordinance on the 23rd
day of February, A. D. 1955, authorizing the issuance of negotiable coupon
bonds of the government of the City of Fort Worth amounting to the principal
sum of Two Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($225,000.00)•, and,
WHEREAS, the City Council, in accordance with the power vested in
said governing body, did lawfully pass and adopt an ordinance on the 29th
day of February, A. D. 1956, authorizing the issuance of negotiable coupon
bonds of the government of'the City of Fort Worth amounting to the principal
sum of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00); and,
WAS, all of the above described bonds were issued out of an au-
thorized issue of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) worth of
said bonds, which bonds were authorized to be issued by the property tax-
paying qualified voters of said City at an election held on the 11th day
of September, A. D. 1951, and all of them being a part of and known as
Series 89, and designated as "Fire Protection Bonds"; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed wise and expedient by the City Council of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas, in the exercise of the discretion reposed in
it by law, that One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) worth of said
bonds, in addition to the Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00)
worth of said bonds heretofore issued and sold out of the authorized issue
of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), be issued in bonds at this
time, said bonds to be issued being a part of Series 89 and designated as
"Fire Protection Bonds"; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION I.
That the mounicipal government of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, issue
its corporate negotiable coupon bonds in the principal sum of One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), this amount being in addition to the Two
Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($225,000.00) worth of said bonds
heretofore issued by an ordinance lawfully passed and adopted on the 23rd
day of February, A. D. 1955, and the Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,-
000.00) worth of said bonds heretofore issued by an ordinance lawfully
passed and adopted on the 29th day of February, A. D. 1956; that the bonds
above described were issued and sold out of an authorized issue of Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), authorized to be issued at a proper
election held on the 11th day of September, A. D. 1951, which bonds are
known as Series 89, and designated as "Fire Protection Bonds"; that the
bonds so to be issued shall be in the denomination of One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00) each, dated March 1, 1957, the first Twenty-eight Thousand
Dollars ($28,000.00) worth of said bonds, maturing from 1958 to 1964, in-
clusive, to bear interest at the rate of four per cent (4%) per annum, and
the next Seventy-two Thousand Dollars ($72,000.00) worth of said bonds, ma-
turing from 1965 to 1982, inclusive, to bear interest at the rate of three
and one-quarter per cent (3-1/4%) per annum, payable semi-annually on the
first day of September and March of each year respectively, both principal
and interest of said bonds being payable at The Hanover Bank, in the
Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, the semi-annual interest
being evidenced by interest coupons attached thereto; that each of said
bonds shall be executed for and on behalf of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
by the Mayor thereof, attested by the City Secretary, and approved as to
form and legality by the City Attorney, with the seal of the City thereon
duly impressed, and the interest coupons shall be executed with the litho-
graphed facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary of the City
of Fort Worth; that each of said bonds and coupons shall be negotiable and
payable to bearer, and said bonds shall be numbered in the way and manner
hereinafter set out, so that the last maturing bond shall become payable
within twenty-five (25) years from the date thereof, and the bonds them-
selves, one hundred (100) in number, shall be numbered consecutively from
three hundred and one (301) to four hundred (400), inclusive, and shall ma-
ture in the amount and manner hereinafter set out; and that said bonds shall
be issued for the purpose of making permanent city improvements, to wit,
constructing, building and equipping fire stations and improving and ex-
tending the city fire alarm system, and acquiring the necessary lands there-
for for said City.
That the general form of said bonds and the coupons thereto annexed
and the interest added to said 'bonds shall be executed substantially in the
following form:
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SECTION II.
That the said bonds so to be issued by the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
amounting to One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), in addition to
the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) worth of said
bonds heretofore issued out of the said authorized issue of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000,00), shall be issued for the purpose of making
permanent city improvements, to wit, constructing, building and equipping
fire stations and improving and extending the city fire alarm system, and
acquiring the necessary lands therefor for said City, and shall consist
of one hundred (100) bonds numbered from three hundred and one (301) to
four hundred (4-00), inclusive, and the first Twenty-eight Thousand Dollars
($28,000.00) worth of said bonds, maturing from 1958 to 1962+, inclusive,
shall bear interest at the rate of four per cent (4%) per annum, and the
next Seventy-two Thousand Dollars ($72,000.00) worth of said bonds, matur-
ing from 1965 to 1982, inclusive, shall bear interest at the rate of three
and one-quarter per cent (3-1/4%) per annum, payable semi-annually as afore-
said, all of which said one hundred (100) bonds shall be known as Series 89
and shall be styled and designated as "Fire Protection Bonds"; and that
all of the said bonds, comprising the sum total of One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000.00), shall mature in numerical order in the manner and
amounts as set out in the tabulated statement herewith attached, to wit:
SECTION III.
That the said bonds are hereby authorized to be sold to the best ad-
vantage, but in no event shall same be sold for less than par, and the
accrued interest to the time of delivery and the proceeds thereof to be
placed in the treasury of the City of Fort Worth and utilized for the
special purposes for which they are created.
SECTION IV.
That for the purpose of paying the interest of said bonds, as well
as the various installments of principal, as the same shall respectively
mature, there is hereby levied for the year 1957 and for each succeeding
year thereafter so long as the same may be necessary, to provide for the
interest and annual installments of principal of said bonds, on all prop-
erty in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, liable to taxation, a straight ad
valorem tax of .13179 cents on the one hundred dollar valuation of said
property, or so much thereof as may be necessary, or in addition thereto
as may be required, and if at any time the amount of said tax shall not
be sufficient to provide for the interest and annual installments of prin-
cipal, it shall be the duty of the City Council to so increase said rate
that an amount shall be realized from said tax sufficient to meet the re-
quirements aforesaid for interest and annual installments of principal of
said bonds; and it is hereby promised and agreed that such increase of tax
shall be made, if required for the purposes named, as often as it may be
necessary. There shall be assessed and collected annually a sufficient
sum to pay the interest on such bonds and to create a sinking fund of at
least two percentum (2%) of the principal debt herein authorized.
SECTION V.
That it shall be the duty of the City Council of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas, and its successors, and of the government of the City of Fort
Worth, in levying taxes for general purposes for the said City for the year
1957 and for every successive year during the life of said bonded indebted-
ness or any part thereof, to include in such levy the special tax of .13179
cents on the one hundred dollar property valuation (or so mach thereof as
may be requisite and necessary, or in addition thereto as may be required),
provided for in the next preceding section of this ordinance, and said
special tax shall on no account whatever be displaced therefrom.
SECTION VI.
That the special tax hereinbefore provided for, when collected, shall
be placed and kept in a separate fund and shall be devoted to the payment
of the interest and the extinguishment of the principal of all and singular
the bonds hereinabove mentioned as same mature from time to time, and shall
not be used, applied or diverted to any other purpose or object whatsoever;
and the funds derived from said tax shall be held and listed as a separate
account on the books of said City and the proceeds held and kept by the
City Treasurer of said City as a separate and distinct account and so speci-
fied as such on his books.
SECTION VII.
That as soon as convenient after said bonds shall have been prepared
and signed in the manner prescribed by the ordinance, they shall be sub-
mitted to the Attorney General of the State of Texas, together with a cer-
tified copy of this ordinance and a statement of the total bonded indebted-
ness of the City of Fort Worth, including the bonds herein and hereby au-
thorized and the assessed value of the taxable property in said City, for
his approval, and none of said bonds shall be negotiated, sold or trans-
ferred Lentil the same shall have received the official sanction of the said.
Attorney General as prescribed by lav, and thereafter said bonds shall be
placed with the State Comptroller of Public Accounts for registration.
SECTION VIII.
That the City Treasurer of the City of Fort Worth, or other lawful
custodian of such fund, during the months of August and February of each
and every year during the life of said bonds or pert thereof, and not later
than the 25th day of each of said months, shall transmit sufficient money
out of the interest funds hereinbefore created for the payment of the semi-
annual interest accruing on said bonds to The Hanover 'Bank, in the Borough
of Manhattan.. City and State of New York, and likewise proper remittance
shall be made in due course to provide for the payment of the principal
of any of said bonds in advance of the maturity of same.
SECTION IX.
That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and ef-
fect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained.
yo of the City of Fort Worth, Texas
ATTEST:
"J.'_' , :i,2 26_.'
Ci S retary of the City of
F' rt Worth, Texas
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas
CITY OF FORT WORTS
PRINCIPAL MATURITIES
$1401040.00 FIRE PROTECTION BUNDS
DATED MARCH 1, 1957
DUE MARCH 1ST PRINCIPAL MATURING
1958 $4,400.00
1959 4,444.44
1960 4,400.40
1961 4,000./000
1962 4,000.00
1963 h"000.00
1964 4,000.00
1965 4,000.40
1966 4,040.04
1967 4,Ooo.00
1968 4,000.00
1969 4,000.00
1970 4,000.00
1971 4,000.00
1972 4,000.00
1973 41000.00
1974 4,000.00
1975 4,000.00
1976 4,00x .00
1977 4,000.00
1978 41000.00
1979 4,000.00
1980 41000.00
1981 4,000.00
1982 4,000.00
NO. UNITED STATES $
OF AMERICA
STATS Off' TEXAS, COUNTY CP TARRANT
SERIES 89
CITY OF FORT WORTH
-00000--
Fire
-00000--Fire Protection Bond of the City of Fort Worth issued for the purpose of
making permanent city improvements, to wit, constructing, building
and equipping fire stations and improving and extending the
city fire alarm system, and acquiring the necessary lands
therefor.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That the government of the City of Fort Worth, a municipal corpora-
tion duly created under the laws of the State of Texas, hereby acknowledges
itself to owe, and for value received promises to pay to bearer,
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00)
in lawful money of the United States of America. on the first day of March,
A. D. 19 together with interest thereon at the rate of
percentum ( %) per annum, payable seam-annually on the first day of
September and March in each year, on presentation and surrender of the an-
nexed interest coupons as they severally fall due. Both the principal and
interest of this bond are payable at the office of The Hanover Bank, in the
Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, and for the due and punc-
tual payment of this bond at the maturity thereof, and the interest thereon
when it falls due, the full faith, credit and resources of the City of Fort
Worth are hereby irrevocably pledged.
This bond is one of a series of one hundred (100) bonds numbered con-
secutively from three hundred and one (301) to four hundred (400), inclusive,
in the denomination of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) each, amounting In
the aggregate to the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), is-
sued for the purpose of making permanent city improvements, to wit, con-
structing, building and equipping fire stations and improving and extend-
ing the city fire alarm system, and acquiring the necessary lands therefor,
under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas,
the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, and an ordinance lawfully passed
and adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, pursuant to
valid authority from the property taxpaying qualified voters of said City,
at a proper and legal election held on the 11th day of September, A. D. 1951.
It is hereby further expressly represented, recited and covenanted
by the government of the City of Fort Worth, to and with each and every
holder of said bonds or any one of them, that all acts, conditions and
things required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and by
the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, precedent to and in
the issuance of this bond, have been done, have happened and have been per-
formed in proper and lawful time, form and manner as prescribed by law, so
as to make this bond a legal, binding and valid obligation of the City of
Fort Worth, and that provision has been made for the levy and collection
of a direct annual tax on all taxable property in the City of Fort Worth,
and that such tax has been levied in a sufficient amount for the payment
of the principal and interest of this bond at the respective maturity dates
thereof, and that the total indebtedness of said City, including this bond
and the issue of which it is a component pert, does not exceed any constitu-
tional or statutory limitation.
IN TESTIMONY WMMEC', the City of Fort Worth, in the State of Texas,
has executed this bond by causing it to be signed by its Mayor, attested by
the City Secretary, and approved as to form and legality by the City Attorney,
with the seal of the City thereunto duly impressed, and has caused the an-
neared interest coupons to be executed with the facsimile signatures of the
Mayor and City Secretary, and has caused this bond to be dated as the first
day of March, A. D. 1957•
CITr OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
ATTEST:
BY
City Secretary Mayor
(FORM OF COUPON NOTE)
$
The City of Fort Worth, in the State of Texas, promises to pay to
Bearer ($ ) on the lot day of
19 at The Hanover Bank, in the Borough of
Manhattan, City and State of New York, for interest due that day on its
Fire Protection Bond, Series 89, dated March 1, 1957, and numbered
CITY OF FORT WORTS, TEXAS
ATTEST
BY
City Secretary Mayor
(CERTIFICATE OF CWTROLLER)
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER,
STATE OF TEXAS.
I do hereby certify that there is on file and of record in my office
a certificate of the Attorney General of the State of Texas to the effect
that this bond has been examined by him as required by law, and that he
finds it has been issued in conformity With the Constitution and lairs of
the State of Texas, and that it is a valid and binding obligation upon said
City of Fort Worth, Texas, and said bond has this day been registered by me.
WITNESS my hand and seal of office, at Austin, Texas, this the
day of , A. D. 19 �.
Comptroller of Public Accounts
of the State of Texas
(CERTIFICATE OF CITY ATTORNEY)
The Within bond is hereby approved as to form and legality.
City Attorney