HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3314 ORDINANCE NO.
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 TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($225,-
000.00) OUT OF AN AUTHORIZED ISSUE OF 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 IMPROVEMENTS, TO WIT, CONSTRUCTING, BUILD-
ING AND EQUIPPING FIRE STATIONS AND IMPROVING AND EXTENDING THE CITY
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, AND ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY LANDS THEREFOR FOR
SAID CITY, EACH OF SAID BONDS TO BE IN THE DENOMINATION OF ONE THOU-
SAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00), TO BE DATED MARCH 1, 1955, MATURING FROM
ONE (1) TO TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS FROM THE DATE THERECF, THE FIRST
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($135,000.00) WORTH OF
SAID BONDS TO BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF FOUR PER CENT (4) PER
ANNUM, THE NEXT THIRTY-SIR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($36,000.00) WORTH OF
SAID BONDS TO BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF TWO AND ONE-HALF PER
CENT (2-1/2%) PER ANNUM, THE NEXT EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($18,-
000.00) WORTH OF SAID BONDS TO BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF TWO AND
SIXTY-HUNDRED'T'HS PER CENT (2.60%) PER ANNUM, THE NEXT EIGHTEEN THOU-
SAND DOLLARS ($18,000.00) WORTH OF SAID BONDS TO BEAR INTEREST AT
THE RATE OF ONE HALF PER CENT (1/2%) PER ANNUM, AND THE NEXT EIGHTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($18,000.00) WORTH OF SAID BONDS TO BEAR INTEREST
AT THE RATE OF ONE-QUARTER PER CENT (1/)+%) PER ANNUM, SAID INTEREST
BEING PAYABLE SEMI-ANNUALLY, THE INTEREST TO BE EXPRESSED IN COUPON
NOTES ATTACHED TO THE BONDS; DIRECTING THAT THE SAID BONDS BE EXE-
CUTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY SECRETARY; PROVIDING FOR AN ADEQUATE TAX
LEVY FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AND TO CREATE A
SINKING FUND FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL THEREOF AS THE SAME
MATURES FROM TIME TO TIME; AND PROVIDING T$AT 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 Con-
stitution 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 quali-
fied 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 sys-
tem, 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 Coun-
cil, 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 im-
provements by constructing, improving and extending the streets,
thoroughfares and storm sewers of said City, including in such
permanent public improvements the straightening, widening, pav-
ing, 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 pay-
able within forty (40) years from the date thereof bearing
interest at a rate not to exceed four per cent (4%j per annum
from the date thereof, payable semi-annually, and levy a suf-
ficient tax to pay the interest on said bonds and create a sink-
ing 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 Coun-
cil, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal sum of
One Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,750,-
000.00) for the purpose of making permanent city improvements
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 determined by the
City Council, so that the last maturing bonds shall become pay-
able within forty (40) years from the date thereof bearing
interest at a rate not to exceed four per cent (4%j per annum
from the date thereof, payable semi-e=uel.ly, and levy a suf-
ficient tax to pay the interest on said bonds and create a
since fund sufficient to redeem said bonds at the maturity
thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Airport Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Airport Bonds.
a III.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City Coun-
cil, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal sum of
Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000.00) for the purpose
of malting permanent city improvements by constructing, build-
ing and equipping additional incinerators for said City and
acquiring the necessary lands 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 bands at the maturity thereof?
FOR the Issuance of Incinerator Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Incinerator Bonds.
IV.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City Coun-
cil, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal sum of
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for the purpose of
—king permanent city improvements, to wit, constructing, build-
ing and equipping fire stations and improving and extending the
city fire alarm system, and acquiring the necessary lands there-
for, said bonds being payable serially as may be determined by
the City Council, so that the last maturing bonds shall became
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 suf-
ficient 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 Fire Protection Bonds.
AGAINST the Issuance of Fire Protection Bonds.
V.
Shall the City of Fort worth, Texas, through its City Coun-
cil, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the principal sum of
Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7oo;000.00) for the purpose
Of making permanent city improvements by constructing, build-
ing and equipping a police station and fail building, 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.-aanually, 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 Coun-
cil, 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, building and equip-
ping a children's museum for said City, and acquiring the neces-
sary 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 Coun-
cil, 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, acquiring and im-
proving land and property for public parks in said City, said
bends 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 inter-
est at a rate not to exceed four per cent (4%j 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 Coun-
cil, 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 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 suf-
ficient tax to pay the interest on said bonds and create a sink-
ing fund sufficient to redeem said bonds at the maturity there-
of?
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 taxable
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, 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 Two Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Dolls s ($225,000.00)
worth of said bonds, out of an authorized issue of Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000.00), be issued in bonds at this time, said bonds to be
issued being Series 89 and designated as "Fire Protection Bonds"; NOW, THERE-
FORE,
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, is-
sue its corporate negotiable coupon bonds in the principal sum of Two Hun-
dred and Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($225,000.00), out of an authorized
issue of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), which bonds were au-
thorized to be issued at a proper election held on the 11th day of September,
A. D. 1951, and which bonds are known as Series 89 and designated as "Fire
Protection Bonds"; that the bonds so to be issued shall be in the denomi-
nation of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) each, dated March 1, 1955, the
first One Hundred and Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($135,000.00) worth of
said bonds, maturing from 1956 to 1970, inclusive, to bear interest at the
rate of four per cent (4¢) per annum, the next Thirty-six Thousand Dollars
($36,000.00) worth of said bonds, maturing from 1971 to 1974, inclusive,
to bear interest at the rate of two and one-half per cent (2-1/2'%) per annum,
the next Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($1$,000.00) worth of said bonds, ma-
turing from 1975 to 1976, inclusive, to bear interest at the rate of two
and sixty hundredths per cent (2.60%) per annum, the next Eighteen Thousand
Dollars ($18,000.00) worth of said bonds, maturing from 1977 to 1978, in-
clusive, to bear interest at the rate of one-half per cent (1/2'%) per annum,
and the next Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000.00) worth of said bonds,
maturing from 1979 to 1980, inclusive, to bear interest at the rate of one-
quarter per cent (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, 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 signa-
tures 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, two hundred and
twenty-five (225) in number, shall be numbered consecutively from one (1)
to two hundred and twenty-five (225), inclusive, and shall mature 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 extending the city
fire alarm system, and acquiring the necessary lands therefor 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:
SECTION II.
That the said bonds so to be issued by the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
amounting to Two Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($225,000.00),
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 two hundred and twenty-five
(225) bonds numbered from one (1) to two hundred and twenty-five (225), in-
clusive, and the first One Hundred and Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($135,-
000.00) worth of said bonds, maturing from 1956 to 1970, inclusive, shall
bear interest at the rate of four per cent (4%) per annum, and the next
Thirty-six Thousand Dollars ($36,000.00) worth of said bonds, maturing from
1971 to 1974, inclusive, shall bear interest at the rate of two and one-
half per cent (2-1/2%) per annum, and the next Eighteen Thousand Dollars
($18,000.00) worth of said bonds, maturing from 1975 to 1976, inclusive,
shall bear interest at the rate of two and sixty hundredths per cent (2.60¢)
per annum, and the next Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000.00) worth of
said bonds, maturing from 1977 to 1978, inclusive, shall bear interest at
the rate of one-half per cent (1f2%) per annum, and the next Eighteen Thou-
sand Dollars ($18,000.00) worth of said bonds, maturing from 1979 to 1980,
inclusive, shall bear interest at the rate of one-quarter per cent (1/4%)
per annum, payable semi-annually as aforesaid, all of which said two hundred
and twenty-five (225) bonds shall be ]mown 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 Two Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Dollars
($225,000.00), 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
advantage, but in no event shall same be sold for less than pax, 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 1955 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 tag of .326Th 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 tvo percentum (2%) of the principal debt herein authorized.
SECTION Y.
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 1955 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 .32674 cents on the one hundred dollar property valuation (or so much
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 specified 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 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 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 part thereof, and not later
than the 25th day of each of said months, shalt transmit sufficient money
out of the 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.
Mayor of the City of Fort Worth, Texas
ATTEST:
City Secretary of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney oEl�_
t City of
Fort Worth, Texas
CITY OF FORT 'WORTH
PRINCIPAL MATURITIES
$225,000.00 FIRE PROTECTION BONDS
DATED MARCH 1, 1955
DUE MARCH 1ST PRINCIPAL MATURING
1956 $9,000.00
1957 9,000.00
1958 9,000.00
1959 9,000.00
1960 9,000.00
1961 9,000.00
1962 9,000.00
1963 9,000.00
1964 9,000.00
1965 9,000.00
1966 9,000.00
1967 9,000.00
1968 9,000.00
1969 9,000.00
1970 9,000.00
1971 9,000.00
1972 9,000.00
1973 9,000.00
1974 9,000•00
1975 9,000.00
1976 9,000.00
1977 9,000.00
1978 9,000.00
1979 9,000.00
1980 9,000.00
NO. UNITED STATES $
OF AMICA
STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF TARRANT
SERIES 89
CITY OF FORT WORTH
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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 acknowl-
edges itself to owe, and for value received promises to pay to bearer,
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS (+1,000.00)
in lavful 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 semi.-annually on the first day of
September and March 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 Hanover Bank,
in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of 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 two hundred and twenty five (225)
bonds numbered consecutively from one (1) to two hundred and twenty-five (225),
inclusive, in the denomination of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) each,
amounting in the aggregate to the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty-five Thou-
sand Dollars ($225,000.00), 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, under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws
of the State of Texas, the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, and an ordi-
nance 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 happaned 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 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 part, does not exceed any consti-
tutional 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 fac-
simile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary, and has caused this bond
to be dated as the first day of March, A. D. 1955•
CITY CF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
ATTEST:
BY
City Seere
(FORM OF COUPON NOTE)
$
The City of Fort Worth, in the State of Texas, promises to pay to
Bearer ($ ) on the lst day of
19 _J 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, 1955, and numbered
CITY OF FORT WORTS, TEXAS
ATTEST:
BY
Maw
City eor*
(CERTIFICATE OF COMPTROLLER)
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 lams 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 ATTORIZY)
The within bond is hereby approved as to form and legality.
City Attorney