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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 691 - ORD Authorizing Issuance $ 27000 Second Installment of $295000 Issue of City Hall Bonds J ] ] , ..~,' 31, ORDINANCE NO. 691 AN ORDINANCE AUtHORIZING 'lHE ISSUANCE OF $27,000 SECOND mSTALLMENT OF A $295,000 ISSUE OF CITY' HALL BONDS; PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF; AND LEVYING TAXES 'ill PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST '!HEREON WHEREAS, at an election held in the City of West University Place, Texas, on the 12th day of December, 1953, more than a majority of the duly qualified resident electors who owned taxable property within said City and who had duly rendered the SaIne for taxation, voting at said election, voted in favor of the issuance of the bonds of said City in the amount of $295,000.00 for the purpose of co:nstructing and equipping a City Hall within said City; and WHEREAS, said election was properly called and notice thereof given as required by law, and the City Commission has heretofore canvassed the results thereof and determined the specific authority of the City to issue said bonds; and WHEREAS, the City Commission is of the opinion that it is desirable at this time to authorize the issuance, sale and deliver,y of the second installment of said bonds in the sum of $27,000, leaving the remaining $18,000 bonds to be issued, sold and delivered as the City peeds addi- tional funds for constructing and equipping a City Hall within said City; i ~, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the City of West University Place, Texas: Section 1. That the bonds of the City of West University Place, Texas, be issued in the principal sum of Twenty Seven Thousand DoUars ($27,000.00), to be known and designated as "CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE CITY HALL BONDS, SERIES 1 955 tt , for the purpose of constrncting and equipping a City Hall within said City, under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, particularly Chapters 1 and 7 of Title 22, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, and the Charter of the City of West University Place, said bonds con- stituting the second installment or series of bonds issued by the City of West University Place out of an issue in the total principal amount of $295,000.00, authorized by a vote of the duly qualified resident electors of said City who owned taxable property within said City and who had duly rendered the same for taxation, voting at said election held in said City on December 12, 1953, and voted for the purpose of constructing and equipping a City Hall within said City. Section 2. That said bonds shall be dated July 15, 1955, shall be numbered from 1 to 27, both inclusive, shall be in the denom:i.nation of $1,000.00 eaCh, aggregating $27,000.00, and shall become due and payable on January 15th in each of the years and in the respective amounts shown in the following schedule, to-mit: '-, L.L _'---_..1- ,...... _ ___C- . Ilr , ..., ~ ~I . ' , I I . " 32 Bonds Nos. Maturity Amount 0 1-4 1956 $4,000 5-8 1957 4,000 9-12 1958 4,000 13-16 1959 4,000 17-20 1960, 4,000 21-24 1961 4,000 25-27 1962 3,000 Section 3. That Bonds No.1 to 27, both inclusive, shall bear intereel't at the rate of 2-1/4% pel' annum, interest payable January 15, 1956, and semi-annually thereafter oniJuly 15th and January 15th of each year until the principal sum is paid. Both principal of and interest on said bonds'shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the City National Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas, upon presentation and surrender of the bonds as they severally become due, or, as to interest falling due on and prior to maturity, upon presenta- tion and surrender of the interest coupons attached to said bonds as they severally become due. Said bonds and interest coupons, as they become due and payable, shall be paid at the bank herein. specified without any exchange or collection charges whatever 'to' the owners or holders thereof . .~ ,- Section 4. That each of said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the City Secretary and .the corporate seal of the City shall be impressed upon each of them. TJ1e facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary may be lithographed on the coupons attached to said bonds and shall have the same effect as if' they had been signed by said officers. o Section 5. That the form of said bonds shall be' substantially as follows: NO. $1,000.00 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HARRIS , CITY OF 'V'JEST UNIVERSITY PLACE CITY HALL BOND, SERIES 1955 The City of West University Place, in the County of Harris, State of Texas, for value-received, hereby acknowledges itself indebted to and promises to pay to bearer on the 15th day of January, J...2._. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00), with interest thereon from the date hereof at the rate of 2-114% per annum, interest payable January 15, 1956 and semi-annually thereafter on July 15th and January 15th of each year until the princi- pal sum hereof shall have been paid. Both principal hereof and interest 0 hereon are payable, without any exchange or collection charges whatever to the owner or holder, in lawful money of the United States of America at The City National Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas, and interest falling 3.} ] due on or prior to maturity is payable only upon presentati.onand surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached as they severally become due. The date of this bond, in. conformity with the ordinance herein.after mentioned, is July 15, 1955. This bond is one ofa series of twenty-seven bonds of like date and tenor, except as to number and maturity, numbered from It0 27, both inclusive, in. the denomin.atioIl of One Thousand Dol~ar~ ($1,000.00) each, aggregating Twenty-Seven Thousand Dollars ($27,000.00), being a portion and the second installment of series of bonds issued by the City of West University Place out of.an issue "in the total principal amount of $295,000.00 authorized by a vote of the duly qualified resi- dent electors of said City who owned taxable property within said City and who had duly rendered the same for taxation, votin.g at an election held in. said City on December 12, 1953, and voted for the purpose of constructin.g and equippin.g a City Hall within said City, under and in strict conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas; particularly Chapters 1 and 7, Title 22, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, the City Charter of said City, and pursuant to an ordinance duly passed .and adopted by the City Commission of the City of West University Place, Texas, duly recorded in. the min.utes of said City Commission. ] It is hereby certified, recited and represented that the series of bonds of which this bond is a part was authorized at an election held in the City of West University Place, Texas, on the 12th day of December, 1953, and that all acts, conditions and thin.gs necessary to be done precedent to and in the issuance of these bonds, in order to make them legal, valid and binding obligations of said City, have been done, have happened and been performed in regular and, due c time, form and manner as required by law; that due provision has been made for levying and co1lectin.gannually by taxation, an amount sufficient to pay the in.ter- est on these bonds as it falls due and to provide a sinking fUnd for the final redemption of said bonds at maturity; and that the issuance of this series of bonds, of which this one is a part, together with all other indebtedness of said City, does not exceed any Constitutional or statutor,y limitation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City Commission of the City of West University Place, Texas, has caused the seal of said City to be affixed hereto and this bond to be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the City Sec- retary,and the in.terest coupons hereto attached to be executed by the facsimily signatures of said Mayor and. City Secretary, all as of the 15th day of July, 1955. ~, )/ ~~. Mayor, City of West Univ rsity Place, Texas ~_ I I, ,~ -, ur ~ ., . ' I ....I I.' 3'ff, . Section 6. That the form of coupon to be attached of said bonds shall be substantially as follows: $ . D NO. On the 15th day of , 19 '. , ~he City of West University Place, in the County of Harri,;p, State of Texas, promises to pay to bearer, without any exchange or collection charges to bearer, at:: the City National Bank of Houston, Houston, the sum of c ._ _ Dollars ($ ), in lawful money of the ' United States9f,.Ainerica, being the interest. due that date on the City of West University Place City Hall Bond, Series 1955, dated July 15, 1955, Bond. No. . Mayor Ci ty Secretary Section 7. That substantially the following certificate shall be printed on the back of each of said bonds: , OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER '!HE S TATE OF TEXAS REGIS'1;ER NO. I hereby certify that there is on file and of _record in my office a 0 certificate of the Attomey General of the State of Texas to the effect that this bond has 1Ieen examined by him as required by law; that he :rinds -- that it has been issued iri conformity with tl)e constitution and laws of the State of Texas and that it is a valid and binding obligation upon said City of West University Place, Texas, and said bond has this day been registered by me. WITNESS my hand and seal of office at Austin, Texas, . Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Section 8. While said bonds, or any part oithe principal thereof or interest thereon remain outstanding, and unpaid, ~ere is hereby levied and there shall be annually assessed and collected in due time, form and manner and at the time other City taxes are assessed, levied and collected in each year, a tax upon all taxable property wi thin said City of tlest University Place, Texas, sufficient to pay the current interest thereon and to create a sinking fund. to pay the principal as it matures; and to pay the interest on said bonds and create said ainking fund, there is hereby levied for the year 1955 a sufficient taxon each $100 valuation of taxable property within said City, and the same shall be assessed and collected and applied to the purpose names; and for the purpose of providing a fund for the pa~nt of principal and 0 interest on said bonds as they respectively become due and payable, 35 there is hereby levied for each of the years while said bonds or any part of the principal thereof, or interest thereon, remain outstanding and unpaid, a continuing direct annual advalorem tax upon all taxable property within City sufficient for such purpose, due 'allowance being made ,for delinquencies and costs of collection, and said taxes, when collected, shall be applied to the payment of principal and interest on said bonds and to no other purpose: Section 9. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to submit the record of the bonds and the bonds to the Attorney General of the State of Texas for approval and thereafter to have them registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Section 10. That the sale of said bOMs to Moroney, Beissner & Company Houston, Texas, at a.price equal to the principal amount of said bonds plus accrued interest thereon from the date of said bonds to the date of actual delivery plus a cash premium of $3.20 subject to the unqualified approving opinion as to legality of the Attorney General of Texas and market attorneys selected by the purchaser, is hereby authorized, approved, ratified and confinned.'t-fuen. said bonds have been approved by the Attorney 'General of Texas and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts tif Texas, they shall be delivered to the purchaser upon receipt of the pur- chase price. The l'layor and City Secretary are authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary and/or convenient to carry out the provisions of this ordinance. PASSED AND .APPROVED THIS 1st day of August, 19.5.5. & --'~ -~ ~~~~-~ Mayor, City of West University Place, Texas ATTEST: ~~~ty~~