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32100. (Published in The Salina Journal February ORDINANCE NUMBER 3210 1926) An Ordinance providing for the issuance of Improvement Bonds of the City of Salina, Kansas in the sum of $13P776.29 to pay the cost of improving certain streets in said City. WHEREAS, in pursuance of proceedings duly had according to law, contracts have been let and performed for the: Curbing, guttering, excavating, grading and surfacing with sand clay Jewell Avenue in the City of balina, Kansas from the east line of Santa Fe venue to the west line of Osborne Street in said City; Curbing and guttering Baker Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the south line of South Street to the north line of Morrison Avenue in said City; Curbing and guttering Phillips Street in the City of Salina, Kansas, from the south line of Washington Avenue to the north line of Mor- rison Avenue in said City; Curbing and guttering -Washington Avenue in the City of Jalina, Kansas from the west line of Eleventh Street to the east line of Phillips Street; Curbing and guttering Twelfth Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the south line of %shington Avenue to the north line of Prescott Avenue in said City; Curbing and guttering Prescott Avenue in the City of Oalina, Kansas from the west line of Eleventh Street to the east line of Twelfth Street in said City; Curbing, ring, excavating, grading and payixig Th3[�th Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the south line of Ash Street to the north line of State Street in said City; Curbing and guttering Third Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the south line of Iron Avenue, thence south to the Smoky Hill Riv- er in said City; Excavating and grading and surfacing with; sand clay Prescott Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas from the west line of Eleventh Street to the east line of Twelfth Street in said City3 and W,. WHEREAS, the total cost of said improvements has been ascertained and the portion thereof to be paid by a general tax to be levied upon all of the taxable property within said City for the improvement of squares and areas formed by the crossing of streets and alleys for which bonds are to be issued as herein after provided, has been ascertained nad is hereby determined and found to be the sum of $2,450.28, and; WHEREAS, the portion thereof to be paid by special assessments levied upon the lots and pieces of ground liable therefor has been ascertained and is hereby found and determined to be the sum of k2,059.00, which said last amount has been heretofore duly assessed and appor- tioned to the several lots and pieces of ground on such streets liable therefor, payable in ten equal installments according to law and as provided in ordinances of the City of `'alina, Kansas duly passed and approved, and; WHEREAS, the amount of said special assessments for which bonds are to be issued as herein provided in antici- pation of said special assessments which remain unpaid has been ascertained and is hereby determined and found to be the sum of 11,326.01, the difference between said last two named amounts having been paid by the property owners of said above named streets whose property has been dis- charged from any further assessments for the cost of said improvements in the amount so paid, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas: s Section 1. That the cost of such improvements, after deducting therefrom the assessments heretofore paid thereon as aforesaid, including the cost of the improvements of the squares and areas formed by the crossing of streets and alleys and of City property, shall be paid in ten F_ •% substantially equal annual installments instead of levying the entire cost at one time; the first installment of which is to be paid with the taxes for the year 1926 and one install- ment with the taxes for each succeeding year thereof until the whole amount thereof shall have been paid and that for such improvements there shall be and are hereby issued Improvement Bonds of the City of Salina, Kansas in the aggregate sum of $139776.29. Section 2. Said issue of bonds shall consist of twenty (20) bonds all bear"ing interest at the rate of Four and Three- quarters per cent (4-3A%) per annum, interest payable semi- annually on the 1st days of November and May of each year after the date of said bonds; except that the first interest payment as hereinafter described shall be due and payable on the 1st day of November 1926, and thereafter all interest shall be payable semi-annually as above provided for. All of said bonds shall be dated November 1st, 1925: Said bonds shall be numbered, the amount due each year and the dates of maturity of said bonds shall be as follows: Number Amount Date of Maturity 1 $176.29 November 1st, 1926 2 $1000.00 .November 1st, 1926 3 400.00 November 1st, 1927 4 1000.00 November lst, 1927 5 400.00 November 1st, 1928 6 1000.00 November 1st, 1928 7 400.00 November lst, 1929 8 1000.00 November 1st, 1929 9 400.00 November lst� 1930 10 1000.00 November lst, 1930 11 400.00 November lst,.1931 12 1000.00 November lst,1931 13 400.00 November 1st; 1932 14 1000.00' November 1st; 1932 15 400.00 Novembet let, 1933 16 1000.00 November lst, 1933 17 400.00 November lst, 1934 18 1000..00 November 1st, 1934 19 400.00 November 1st, 1935 20 1000.00 November 1st, 1935 Section 3. Said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and attested by the Clerk of the City of Galina. Kansas and shall have the corporate seal of said City attached thereto. Interest coupons to said bonds shall be signed by the lithographed sig- natures of said Mayor and Clerk and both bonds and coupons shall be paid at the fiscal agency of the State of Kansas in the City of Topeka, Kansas. Section 4. Said bonds shall be executed in the form and shall contain recitals substantially as follows: NO - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .STATE OF KANSAS COUNTY OF SALINE. C I T Y O F S A L I N A INTERNAL—IMPROVEMENT—BOND KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the City of Salina, in the County of Saline, State of Kansas, for value received hereby acknowledges itself to be indebted and promises to pay the bearer the sum of in lawful money of the United States of America on the first day of November 19 , with interest thereon from the date hereof at the rate, of four and three-quarters per cent (4-3/4%) per cent per annum, payable semi-annually on the first days of May and November of each year after the date hereof until the said prinicpal sum shall have been paid, (except that the first interest coupons shall become due on November let, 1926) upon presentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached, bearing the lithographed signatures of the Mayor and City Clerk of said City, as said coupons severally become due; both principal and interest of this bond being payable at the office of the State treasurer in the City of Topeka, Kansas. And said City of .Salina in the State of Kansas is held and firmly bound by these presents, and the full faith, credit and resources of said City are hereby .irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment of said principal and interest at maturity. THIS BOND is one of a series of 20 bonds of like date and tenor, except -denomination and maturity, aggregating -the principal sum of 13,776.29 issued by the City of Salina, Kansas .for the purpose of paying the cost of improving certain streets in said City by the authority of and in full compliance with the provisions, restrictions and limitations of the Constitu- tion and Laws of the State of Kansas, including Sections 10-101 to 10-115 and Sections 12-601 to 12=610 and Section 13=1011 of the Revised Statutes of Kansas 1923, and all other provisions of the laws of said State applicable thereto and this bond and all other bonds of said series and all interest thereon are to be paid by said City of Salina, Kansas. 0, AND IT IS HEREBY DECLARED AND CERTIFIED, that all acts, conditions and things required to be done and to exist precedent to and in the issuance of this bond, have been done and performed and do exist in due and regular form and manner and that the total indebtedness of said City, including this series of bonds does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limi- tation. IN FATNESS WHEREOF, the said City of Salina in the State of Kansas by its Board of Commissioners has caused this bond to be Aigned by its Mayor and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed, attested by its City Clerk, and the coupons hereto attached to be 09ned with the lithographed signatures of said officers and this bond to be dated this first day of November 1925. ATTEST: Mayor City Clerk. Section 5. The first interest coupon to be attached to bonds 1 to 2J inclusive, which mature November 1st, 1926, shall be substantially as follows: n NO. On the first day of November 1926, the City of Salina, Kansas will pay the bearer $ at the fiscal agency of the State of Kansas in the City of Topeka, Kansas the same being one years interestr,on its Internal Improvement,Bond dated November 1st, 1924. N0. Mayor City Clerk. The remaining interest coupons to be attached to said bonds shall be substantially,.as follows: r On the first Salina, Kansas will agency of the State the same being six Bond dated November NO. day of 19 the City of pay the bearer 4 at the fiscal of Kansas, in the City of Topeka, Kansas, months interest on its Internal Improvement 1st, 1926: Mayor NO. City ler t1 Jection 6. The Major and City Clerk are hereby authorized, directed and empowered without unnecessary delay, to prepare and execute said bonds, and coupons as in this ordinance provided aY4 when executed, said bonds shall be registered with the City Clerk of the City of Salina, Kansas and with the Auditor of the State of Kansas as required by law, and shall be by the Mayor of said City delivered to the contractor or contractors construct- ing ;`':`;: such improvements inproportion to the amounts due such contractor or contractors in payment of the amount due them for such work and improvements; PROVIDED, however that such bonds shall not be sold or delivered to such contractor or contractors at less than par value thereof nor in a greater sum or amount than the whole amount due to said contractor or contractors under their respective contracts with said City, or the Board of Commissioners may,sell said bonds at not less than their par value and out of the proceeds thereof pay said contractor or contractors for said work and improvements. Section 7. Said Board of Commissioners shall make pro- visions for the payment of the principal and interest on said bonds as the same becomes due and payable by levying a tax on the property liable therefor. Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its publication once in the official City paper. Attest: Introduced for first reading, 3ahuary-;25t , 1926. Passed and approved --------- Februarylst 1926. ti7��1.A►��aA AC U dop R or