HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2706 ORDINANCE NO. Z�
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 (6100,000.00) IN ADDITION TO THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS (j200,000.00) WORTH OF SAID BONDS HERETOFORE
ISSUED OUT OF AN AUTHORIZED ISSUE OF SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($700,000.00), AND BEING KNOWN AS SERIES 75 AND DESIG-
NATED AS "PARK BONDS," TO BE ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUR-
CHASING, ACQUIRING AND IMPROVING LAND AND PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC
PARKS IN SAID CITY, EACH OF SAID BONDS TO BE IN THE DENOMINA-
TION OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00), TO BE DATED SEPTEM-
BER 1, 1949, MATURING FROM ONE (1) TO TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS
FROM THE DATE THEREOF, THE FIRST FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,-
000.00) WORTH OF SAID BONDS TO BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF
TWO AND THREE-QUARTERS PER CENT (2-3/4%) PER ANNUM AND THE
NEXT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00) WORTH OF SAID BONDS
TO BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF TWO AND ONE-HALF PER CENT
(2-1/2%) 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; 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 MA-
TURES 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 5th day of September, A. D. 1945, pursuant to the
authority 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 2nd day of October, A. D. 1945,
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 govern-
ment of said City in the principal sum of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars
($700,000.00) for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring and improving land
and property for public parks in 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
2nd day of October, A. D. 1945; 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 2nd day of October, A. D. 1945, 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 fol-
lows:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
I.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City Council,
issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal sum of Nine Million
Dollars ($9,000,000.00) for the purpose of constructing, improving and
extending the streets, thoroughfares and storm sewers of said City, in-
cluding in such permanent public improvements the straightening, 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
fluid 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 Two Million,
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00) for the purpose of estab-
lishing, equipping, extending and improving municipal airports and land-
ing fields for airplanes, aircraft and other aerial machines, 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 be-
come payable within forty (40) years from the date thereof, bearing in..
terest 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 in-
terest 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.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City Council,
issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal sum of Two Killion Dol-
lars ($2,000,000.00) for the purpose of improving, extending and enlarg-
ing the sanitary sewer system and sewage disposal plant of 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, bear-
ing 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 Hind sufficient to redeem
said bonds at the maturity thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Sanitary Sewer System and Sewage Disposal
Plant Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Sanitary Sewer System and Sewage Dis-
posal Plant Bonds.
IV,
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City Council,
issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal sum of Three Killion
Dollars ($3,000,000.00) for the purpose of improving, extending and en-
larging the water works and water works system of said City, and acquir-
ing 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 with#n forty (403 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 Water Works Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Water Works Bonds.
VO
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City Council,
issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal sum of Three Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for the purpose of constructing, building
and equipping a police station and jail building, said bonds being pay-
able 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 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 Seven Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($700,000.00) for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring
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*
VII.
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 purchasing, acquiring
and improving the playgrounds and recreation parks of 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 Playground and Recreation Park Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Playground and Recreation Park
Bonds.
VIII*
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City Council,
issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal sum of Tight Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($8000000000) for the purpose of constructing, building
and equipping an art and children's museum for said City, and acquiring
the necessary land therefor, said bonds being payable serially as may be
determined by the City Council, so that the last maturing bonds shall be-
come payable within forty (40) years from the date thereof, bearing in-
terest 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 in-
terest on said bonds and create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem said
bonds at the maturity thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Art and Childrents Museum Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Art and Childrents Museum Bonds.
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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 constructing, building
and equipping a recreation center building and amphitheater for said
City, and acquiring the necessary land therefor, said bonds being pay-
able 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 Recreation Center Building and Amphi-
theater Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Recreation Center Building and
Amphitheater Bonds,
%.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City Council.,
issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal sum of One Million,
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars 01,500,000.00) for the purpose of con-
structing, equipping and improving agricultural and livestock exhibit
buildings 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 pay the interest on said
bonds and create a sinking Hind sufficient to redeem said bonds at the
maturity thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Agricultural and Livestock Exhibit
Building Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Agricultural and Livestock Exhibit
Building Bonds.;
and,
WHEREAS, in the election held in said City of Fort Worth, Texas,
on the 2nd day of October, A. D. 1945, 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; ands,
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 govern-
ment 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 18th
day of December, A. D. 1946, authorizing the issuance of negotiable coupon
bonds of the government of the City of Fort Wwth amounting to the princi-
pal sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00); and,
WHEREAS, all of the above described bonds were issued out of an
authorized issue of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000.00) 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 2nd day of
October, A. D. 1945, and all of them being a part of and known as Series
75, and designated as "Park 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 Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00)
worth of said bonds heretofore issued and sold out of the authorized is-
sue of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000.00), be issued in bonds
at this time, said bonds to be issued being a part of Series 75 and desig-
nated as "Park Bonds"; NOW, THEREMRE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION I•
That the municipal 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-Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) worth of said bonds hereto-
fore issued by an ordinance lawfully passed and adopted on the 18th day of
December, A. D. 1946, that the bonds above described were issued and sold
out of an authorized issue of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars (0700,000.00),
authorized to be issued at a proper election held on the 2nd day of Octo-
ber, A. D. 1945, which bonds are known as Series 75 and designated as
"Park Bonds"; that the bonds so td be issued shall be in the denomination
of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) each, dated September 1, 1949, the
first Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) worth of said bonds, maturing
from 1955 to 1964, inclusive, to bear interest at the rate of two and three-
quarters per cent (2-3/4%) per annum and the next Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00) worth of said bonds, maturing from 1965 to 1974, inclusive,
to bear interest at the rate of two and one-half per cent (2-1/2%) per
annum payable semi-annually on the first day of March and September of
each year respectively, both principal and interest of said bonds being pay-
able at the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, in the City of New
York, State of New York, the semi-annual interest being evidenced by in-
terest coupons attached thereto, all of said bonds to be executed for and
on behalf of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, by the Mayor thereof, attested
by its City Secretary, with the seal of the City thereon duly impressed,
but the interest coupons to be executed with the lithographed facsimile
signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas;
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 themselves, one hun-
dred (100) in number, shall be numbered consecutively from two hundred and
one (201) to three hundred (300), inclusive, and shall mature in the amount
and manner hereinafter set out; and that said bonds shall be issued for the
purpose of purchasing, acquiring and improving land and property for public
parks in said City.
That the general form of said bonds and the coupons thereto an-
nexed and the interest added to said bonds shall be executed substan-
tially in the following form:
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 addi-
tion to the sun of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) worth of
said bonds heretofore issued out of the said authorized issue of Seven
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000.00), shall be issued for the purpose
of purchasing, acquiring and improving land and property for public parks
in said City, and shall consist of one hundred (100) bonds numbered from
two hundred and one (201) to three hundred (300), inclusive, and the first
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) worth of said bonds, maturing from
1955 to 1964, inclusive, shall bear interest at the rate of two and three-
quarters per cent (2-3/4%) per annum, and the next Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00) worth of said bonds, maturing from 1965 to 1974, inclusive,
shall bear interest at the rate of two and one-half per cent (2-1/2%) per
annum, payable semi-annually, as aforesaid, all of which said one hundred
(100) bonds shall be known as Series 75 and shall be styled and designated
as "Park Bonds"; and that all of the said bonds, comprising the sum total
of"One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00)1 shall mature in numerical
order in the manner and amounts as set out in the tabulated statement here-
with attached, to wit:
SECTION III.
That the said bonds are hereby authorized to be sold to the best
advantage, 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 1949 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 .1167 cents on the one hundred dollar valuation of said
property, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and if at any time the
amount of said tax shall not be sufficient to provide for the interest and,
annual installments of principal, 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 requirements aforesaid for interest and annual in-
stallments of principal of said bonds; and it is hereby promised and
agreed that such increase of tax shall be made, if required for the pur-
poses 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 Hind of at least two percentum (2%) of the princi-
pal debt herein authorised.
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 1949 and for every successive year during the life of said bonded
indebtedness or any part thereof, to include in such levy the special tax
of .1167 cents on the one hundred dollar property valuation (or so much
thereof as may be requisite and necessary), provided for in the next prsr
ceding 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 dis-
tinct account and so specified as such on his books.
SECTION VII.
That as soon as convenient after said bonds shall have been pre-
pared and signed in the manner prescribed by the ordinance, they shall be
submitted to the Attorney General of the State of Texas, together with a
certified copy of this ordinance and a statement of the total bonded in-
debtedness of the City of Fort Worth, including the bonds herein and here-
by authorized and the assessed value of the taxable property in said City,
for his approval, and none of said bonds shall be negotiated, sold or
transferred until the same shall have received the official sanction of
the said Attorney General as prescribed by law, and thereafter said bonds
shall be placed with the State Comptroller of Public Accounts for regis-
tration.
SECTION VIII.,
That the City Treasurer of the City of Fort Worth, or other lawful
custodian of such fund, during the months of February and August of each
and every year during the life of said bonds or part 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 Central Hanover
Bank and Trust Company, of the City of New York, 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 ma-
turity of same.
SECTION IS.
That this ordinance shall take effect and be in fall force and ef-
fect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained.
Mayor of the City of Fort Wo3:W, Texas
ATTEST:
City Secretary of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas
APPROVED AS TO F_�OIR,M_AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas
NO. UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF TARRANT
SERIES 75
CITY OF FORT WORTH
—00000—
Park Bond of the City of Fort Worth issued for the purpose of purchas-
ing, acquiring and improving land and property for public parks
in said City.
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 acknowl-
edges 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
September, A. D. 19 , together with interest thereon at the rate of
percentum ( %) per annum, payable semi-annually
on the first day of March and September in each year, on presentation and
surrender of the annexed interest coupons as they severally fall due.
Both the principal and interest of this bond are payable at the office of
the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, in New York City, New York,
and for the due and punctual 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
consecutively from two hundred and one (201) to three hundred (300), in-
clusive, 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), issued for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring and improv-
ing land and property for public parks in said City, 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 2nd day of October, A. D. 1945.
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
of 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
performed 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 collec-
tion 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 ma-
turity dates thereof, and that the total indebtedness of said City, includ-
ing this bond and the issue of which it is a component part, does not ex-
ceed any constitutional or statutory limitation.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Fort Worth, in the State of
Texas, has executed this bond by causing it to be signed by its Mayor and
attested by the City Secretary, with the seal of the City thereunto duly
impressed, and has caused the annexed 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 September, A. D. 1949•
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
BY
ATTEST: lhyor
. City Secretary
(FORM OF COUPON NOTE)
The City of Fort Worth, in the State of Texas, promises to pay to
Bearer 4 on the lot day of
19 , at the Central Hanover Bank and Trust
Company, in the City of New York, New York, for interest due that day on
its Park Bond, Series 75, dated September 1, 1949, and numbered
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
BY
jb*Or
ATTEST:
City Secretary
NO.
(CERTIFICATE OF COMPTRO(.M)
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER,
STATE OF TEXAS.
I do hereby certify that there is on file and of record in my of-
fice 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
laws 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
CITY OF FORT WORTH
PRINCIPAL MATURITIES
$1002000.00 PARK BONDS
DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 1949
DUE SEPTEMBER 1ST PRINCIPAL MATURING
1955 $5,000.00
1956 5,000.00
1957 5,000•00
1958 5,000.00
1959 5,000.00
1960 5,000.00
1961 5,000.00
1962 5,000.00
1963 5,000.00
1964 5,000.00
1965 5,000.00
1966 5,000.00
1967 5,000.00
1968 5,000.00
1969 5,000.00
1970 5,000.00
1971 5,000.00
1972 5,000.00
1973 5,000.00
1974 5,000.00