The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-07-16


Resolved, That the committee on the pur
:hasc Of market grounds be instructed 10 re-
port Mt the next meeting Of the Council the
amount required to purchase sroupd. in TIE
various wards Of TIE city.
Council adjourned to Tuesday, July q. at
eight o'clock, A. NJ.
rs. MERRIAM. Clerk.
ORDINANCE NO. iTa.
AN ORDINANCE Providing for and Authorizing
the Issue Of Fifty Thousand Dollars Of Bonds
OF the City OF heoknk. in payment OF Add.
tionai Subscription 10 the ktoch Of the West
srn DIVISION Of the Mississippi and Wabash
Eailroad.
wararAs, ny virtue Of and in purssance Of
an Act Of the General Assembly of the state Of
Iowa, Hmendirg the Charter q The CRY OF Ket-
kuk, approved January I'D, 1883, providing that
the question OF contracting indebteincss ~ the
city conncl In certain eases shall first he submit
ted 10 the people Of taid city; and whereas due
notice vas given to the legal voters Of said city
tor an election to be held in ssid city on the 7th
day Of January, 1884, for or sgainst the ty .ah-
seribing an additional snm or amount VI Fifty
Thousan DJllArs 10 the capital stock of the Mis-.
slssippi and abAsh Railroad Company, pa,a e
in the Bends Of the City, bearing intcrrs. At III.
rat. Of eight per cent. per annum, the intere,i
payable ee,ai.ann uaily in the City Of New Yorh,
and he principal payable at came piace in not 81
csed,ng the term VI " enty years.
And wheYeAA said election was duly held 1t tn,
usual places OF holding elections IN said city, Of
be day Aforesaid, IN accordance with the notice
| aud authority aforesaid, at which election thcr.
legal n ,isrity of the votes cast in favor i
and AUTHORIZING sald snbscr ptiou aforesaid ofI tfty
thousand Doiitrs additional subscr iption 10 The
Mississippi and Wabash Railroad; therefore, in
order 20 carry our the direction and express on Of
tn vters Of said city. and to provide for the pay
ment Of said ra6scrisiuD, II lie hereby cnacted nd
ordain by ths City Council Of the City Of kso-
/ AUX in the State Of Iowa rs fotlows:
section 1. lts Mayor Is hereby Authorized ssd
directed for and Ia behalf If the city 10 subtcribs
/ the additional sum VI Fifty thousand Dollars 1.
The Western Division of the Mississippi and We.
/ bash Eaiitoad. And for the psyment therefor h
shall execute and issue the Bonds Of The City II
sums Vi not less than Five Hundred Dollars each
bearing interest at this rate of eight per cent.
snnum, psyab semi. annually, With The ceTpaTs /,
seal Of The City attached and attcsted BY the III
Clerk, with interest coupons for each semi -annGa
4 lnsiancnt Of interest each Bond attached III,
Boz, d. 10 bear date from the 6rst uay Of septemb,
| 1857; Sixteen Thousand Doiiss II them ma
paya BILE in two years, sixteen Thousand Lo. ~,
| n four wears, and Eighteen Thossard Dollar. il
Fix years from the date the principal aud interss
p.y i at the Continental Hank, in tho City q
New York.
! Sec. Z The title Of the Bonds shall be City q
Keokuk Eight per cent. Railroad Ponds, and aha 4
be numbered in regular order from one hundre,
upwards, corrcci register Of which shall be KEEP
4 BY the Clerk Of the Council
See. g. The Mayor shall deliver raid bonds l.
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