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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 210 - civic center building bonds '-;-] ~ ,'~ ~.'" .~ 'r:-r Pl,~ ..:~ L. .. 160 ORD INANCE NO. .2 / ~ ORDINANCl!: AUTHORIZ ING THE ISSlJANC E OF CIVIC CENrER . BUILDING BONDS ~ \ I1HA'r STAT's!; OF T..EXAS t o COUNTY OF R4.RRIS 0 CITY OF WEST UmVERSITY PLACE. On this, the (, -t:L day of ~...,L. Commission of the City of West University in special session at the regular meeting following members present, to wit: , 1941, the City Place, Texas, convened place thereof, with the , Mayor Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Connnis sioner , City Secretary; ~ \ \ -----.J -wl,tJt}:.the following absent: - 0 - , constituting a -quorum; at which time the following business was transacted, to wiD: Commissioner A. L. Kerbow introduced a proposed ordinance, which was read in full. Commissioner J. M. Dunnington made a motion that the rule re- quiring ordinances to be read at more than one meeting be suspended. The motion was seconded by Commissioner A. L. Kerbow and carried by fhe following vote: AYES: Commissioners A. L. Kerbow, J. M. Dunnington? J. A. Herschel. T. W. Woodard: and Mayor .it. M. Mainous; and NOES: N011[E. Commissioner J. A. Herschel made a motion that the ordinance be passed finally. The motion was seconded by Commissioner T. W. Woodard and carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners J. A. Herschel, T. W. Woodard, J. M. Dunnington, A. L. Kerbow; and Mayor F. M. Mainous: and NOES: NONE . ~ L t [- 161 The Mayor announced that the ordinance had been finally passed. The ordinance is as follows: f1AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PL ACE, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN THE AMOUI'l';r OF $17,600.00; FOR THE PURPOSE OF CON3rnuCTING A PUBLIC BUILDING TO BE USED AS A CIVIC CENTER IN AND FOR SAID CITY:; PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY, ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF A SUFFICIEl'JT AD VALOREM TAX ON THE ONE BUl\1DRED DOLLARS' ASSESSED V ALUA TI ON OF ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN . THE LIMITS OF SAID CITY TO PAY THE Il\~EREST AND CREATE A SINKING FUND FOR THE REDE1~ION THEREOF AT I\illTtJRITY; PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF THE BOND AND THE FORM OF IJ\1TEREST COUPONS; AND DECLARING AN E:DJIERGENCY. tJ 'lffiEREAS, at an election held in the City of West University Place, Texas, on the 14th, day of January, 1941, a majority of the qualified voters who are property taxpayers of said City, who owned taxable property in said City and who had duly rendered the same for taxation, vot ing at said election sustained the proposi- tion tOf,.issue the bonds, hereinafter described, in the principal' sum of t17,600.oo, by a vote of ~63 votes "For the Issuance of the Bonds and the Levying of the Tax in Payment Thereoff1~ and 3a7 votes "Against the Issuance of the Bonds and the Levyipg:;of the'ITax:Um Payment thereofn; ,.., THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY TEE CITY COMMISS ION OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS: . SECTION I. Xhat the bonds of said City, to be called CmTY OF vVEST UNIVERSITY PLACE CIVIC CENTER BUILDING BOl\mS, be issued under and by virute of the Constitution and Laws of the State of Texas, and the Charter of said City, for the purpose of construct- ing a publicbullding to be used as a civic center in and for said City of West University Place, in the principal sum of Seventeen Thousand Six Hundred (~17, 600.00) Dollars. Section 2~ That said bonds shall be numbered consecutively from 1 to 18, both inclusive; shall be in the denomination of $1,OOO.OOeach, except bond number 1 for $600.00, aggregating $17,600.00. Section 3. The bonds shall be dated January 15, 1941, and shall mature according to the following schedule: ' BO lID NmviBERS 1\iIATURITY DA ~8 D. JmUDlTS I $ January 15, 1942 January 15, 1944 600.00 2 1,000.00 _.,"-: ,~"~":J:(- , :' 1.1 ~'_!'"::,1.- ..ll:-::~. t::i : r:- . :t. Ie . II 162 BO l\'D NUMBERS MATURITY DATES AMOUl\1TS '--' 3 January 15, 1946 $ 1,000.00 I I I 4 January 15, 1948 1,000.00 _J 5 January 15, 19~0 1,000.00 .-------~ 6 January 15, 1952 1,000.00 7 January 15, 1954 1,000.00 8 January 15, 1955 1,000.00 9 January 15, 1956 1,000.00 10 January 15, 1957 1,000.00 II January 15, 1958 1,000.00 12 January 15, 1959 1,000.00 13 January 15, 1960 1,000.00 14 January 15, 1961 1,000.00 } S {} ~~' 15 January 1.5, 1962 1,000.00 16 January 15, 1963 1,000.00 17 January 15, 1964 l,-OOO . 00 ('S. , J q{p r lov()J~tJ wi th bo nds numbers 6 to 18, both inclusive, optional o~ any in- terest paying date on or after January 15, 1951, in the, inverse numerical order of their issuance. Section 4. That said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of ~wo and three-fourths (2 3/410) per cent per annum, except bonds numbers 4 to 14, both inclusive, which bear interest at the rate of three- (310) per cent per annum, payable January 15, 1942, and semi-annually thereafter on July 15th and January 15th of each year until .the principal sum is paid. '-? \, ) '_.--! Section 5. That: the principal of and interest on said bonds shall be payable upon presentation and surrender of bonds or proper coupons at the First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, or at the Office of the State Treasurer, Austin, Texas, at the option of the holder. Section 6. That each of said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor, countersigned by the City Secretary, registered by the City Treasurer, and the corporate seal of the City of West University Place shall be impressed upon each of them. Section 7. The facsimile signatures of the Mayor and the 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 them. Section 8. The form of said bonds shall be substantially as follows: . -] 163- No. $ UNITED STATES OF .AMERICA STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HARRis CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PlACE CIVIC CENTER BUILDING B011D KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the City of West Uni- versity Place, in the County of Harris, State of Texas, FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby promises t.o pay to the bearer hereof, on the 15th day of January, 19 t .( the sum of ($ ) Dollars, in lawful money of the United States of America, with interest thereon from date hereof, at the rate of ( 10) per cent per annum; interest payable January 15, 1942, and semi-annually thereafter on July 15th and January: 15th of each year; principal and interest payable upon presentation and surrender of bond or proper coupon at the First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, or at the Office of the State Treasurer, Austin,;Texas, at the option of the holder; and the City of West University Place, Texas, is hereby held and firmly bound, and its faith and credit, and all real and personal property in said City, are hereby pledged for the prompt payment of the principal of this bond and the interest thereon at maturity. ThiS bond is one of a series of eighteen bonds, numbered from one (1) to eighteen (18), both inclusive, in the denomination of One Thousand ($l,OOO.~O) Dollars each, except bond number one (I) for Six Hundred ($600.00) Dollars, aggregating Seventeen Thousand Six Hundred ($17,600.00) Dollars; issued for the purpose of constructing a public building to be used as a civic center in and for said City, under and by virtue of the Constitution and Laws of the State of Texas, the HOlle Rule Charter of the City of West University Place, and in pursuance of an ordinance passed by the City Cormdssion of said City, which ordinance is of record in the minutes of said City Commission. The City of West University Place reserves the right to redeem bonds numbe~s 6 to 18, both inclusivef in the inverse numerical order of their issuance, on any interest paying date on or after January 15, 1951, by paying principal and accrued interest thereon, and in the event same are called for payment prior to their maturity, notice thereof shall be given by publication in a newspaper of gen~ral circulation in the City of West University Place, such notice to be published at least one time thirty days ~rior to the date fixed for their redemption; and all bonds not presented for payment on the date so fixed for their redemption, shall cease to bear interest from and after the date fixed for their redemption. (NOTE TO PRINTER: The foregoing paragraph applies only to bonds numbers 6 to 1(1, both inClusive.) ~r 1'''''''1,,-,1' T='~ ~ r 164 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND. RECITED that the issuance of this bond, and of the series of whmch it is a part, is duly authorized by law and by a vote of the qualified property ,~ taxpaying voters of the City of West University Place, Texas, voting at an election held for that purpose within said City, on the 14th day of January, 1941; that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this serie s of bonds, and of this bond, have been pr operly done and per~ormed, and have happened in regular and due time, form and manner as required by law; that sufficient and proper pro- vision for the levy and collection of taxes has been made which when collected, shall be appropri~ated exclusively to the pay- ment of this bond ,and of the series of which it is a part, and to the payment of the interest coupons hereto annexed as the same shall become due; and that the total indebtedness of said City of West University Place, including the entire series of bonds of which this is one, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation. IN WITliJESS VJREREOF, the City of West University Place, by its City Commission, has caused its corporate seal to be affixed hereto, and this bond to be signed by the Mayor, countersigned by its City Secretary and registered by its City Treasurer; and the interest coupons, hereto attached, to be executed by the litho'" graphed signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary. The date of this bond, in conformity with the ordinance above referred to, is January 15, 1941. Mayor, City of West University Place, Texas COUNTERSI Gh'ED : City Secretary, City of West University Place, Texas. mtGISTERED: City Treasurer, City of West Uni~ersity Place, Texas. Section 9. The form of coupon shall be substantially as follows: No. $ ON THE 15TH DAY OF , 194_, ,The City of West University Place, Texas, promises to pay to bearer at the First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, or at the Office of the State Treasurer, Austin, Texas, at the option of the holder, the sum of (~ ) Dollars, in la1Nful money of the United States or America, beDng months' -, '~J 165 r '-- interest due that day on UCity of West University Place Civic Center Building Bond tt, dated January 1.5, 1941, No. . Ci ty Se cretary Mayor Section IO. The folloo ng certificate shall be printed on the back of each bond: OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER I I THE STATE OF TEXAS I , I HEREBY CERTIFY that there is on file and of recora 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 that it has bee'n issued in con~ formity with the Constitution and Laws of the State af Texas, and that it is a valid and binding obligation upon Baid 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, this day of , 1941. Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. I '-- l_ Section 11. It is further ordained by the City Commission of the City of West University Place, Texas, that while said bonds, or any of them, are outstanding and unpaid, there shall be annually levied, assessed and collected, in due time, form and manner, a tax upon all the taxable property in said City, sufficient to pay the current interest on said bonds and create a sinking fund sufficient to pay eacu installment of the prin- cipal as the same becomes due, and to pay the interest on said bonds for the first year and to create a sinking fund with which to pay the principal-;:as the same becomes due, there is hereby levied a tax of two (2\t) cents on each One Hundred ($lOO.OO) Dollars' valuation of taxable property in said City of the year 1941, and the same shall be assessed and collected and applied to the purpose named; and while said bonds, or any of them, are outstanding and unpaid, a tax for each year at a rate from year to year, as will be ample and sufficient to provide funds to pay the current interest on said bonds and to provide the necessary sinking fund, .full allCYNance beuilgg made for delinquencies and costs of collection, shall be, and is hereby levied for each year, respectively, while said bonds, or any of them, are out- standing and unpaid, and said tax shall each year be assessed and collected and applied to the payment of the interest on, and principal of, sai~ bonds. Section 12. It is further ordained that the Mayor of said City shall be authorized to take and have charge of all necessary ---~---------~--_. r~,- ;3 -, .:.r---- -:"""'-'!mi::::::IT":.:::nr:' ' n::J~:-, ~lI. . ]- r, 1 L , II. 166 records pending investigation by the Attorney tleneral and.shall take and have charge and control of the bonds herein authorized, pending their approval by the Attorney General and registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts. Section 13. The fact that the City of West University Place, Texas, is badly in need of a Civic Center Building and same will be beneficial to the general welfare of the citizens of said City, creates an emergency and an imperative necessity that the rule requiring ordinances to be read at more than one meeting of the City Commission before final passage, be suspended, and said rule is herebysuspe nded; and that thi s ordinance take effect and be in full force and effect immediately from and after its passage, and it is so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED, this .6th day of February , 1941 ~~~~~ layor ATTEST :. Cit Y Secretary J