The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-08-02
MISCELLANEOUS,
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To t,,c voters of Dallas county.

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amidst tho oNclttmenN of which ! have
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| Clerk of Dallas county, rud beg 10 say thut
! In soliciting your suffrage ] VlY upon my
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| Ia your observation, II not within your limos,
duilng twenty years, In politics, | am II
| prmorrnt, none the less devoted aud nrm
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! ClprlI by your suffrage, VIII he MS iutt as
| respectful, as diligonl ana as faithful IN duty
| ms am, nnd have Docu, consistent aud con.
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lljiu RlCll MD GA y t.S.
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the ISSUE OF
"A bonds of the city of Dallas TO retire ~
pant OF the debt thereof, nnd 10 create iunQ
10 pny the Interest and principal Of SAID
section |. Bcit ordained by the City Council
of the city OF Dallas, Tint the Mayor OF this
city be and Is hereby authorized tn have en-
grnVod or printed coupon bonds OF the city
ofDnllns with seml-annual cQuponSptnohcl,
which bonds shall br styled "Fundcd Debt
Bonds OF the city Of Dallas
Sec . The total amount Of bonds, by and
under tho authority OF llllh hltlluNUtt, hllhll
not exceed hfy thousand dollars, and the
bonds 80 Issued shall bear date August !, \.
u. 1873, and shall he due ana payable ten
years after date, and shall bear Interest Mt
The Iute of ten per cont per annum, interest
paynble srmi-nnnunlly, ON the FIRST days OF
january and July of cuch year, ON present T.
ton OF coupons TO the CitS Treasurer, az his
office, In the city of alias, ana the principal
shall likewise be payable az the ofnco OF said
CITY Treasurer, on maturity OF the bonds.
4 lNRTN holder ni mo NNIlD lNittu nv
the City of Dallas, or of any genuine note, or
promise 10 pay OF said city, or certlncate OF
Indebtedness, or any approved claims, or
any claims now due and which may hurcai-
ter be approved by the city Council, except
MS hereinafter provided, may purchase said
bonds with his evidence of debt AT par, ana
may at amy time during the current year by
filing with the Mayor his evidence OF debt,
receive from the Mayor bonds TO the amount
deposited, dollar for dollar, principal and In
tcrcst, IN sums of one hundred dollars or amy
multiple thereof; and tho Mayor iS hereby
authorized 10 issue bonds 10 applicants In
accordance with the provisions oi this ordi-
nance provided, nevertheless, that this or
dinnnce shall not apply 10 person or persons
holding the scrip, or evidence or deDt, or the
city, for land condemned for right OF way
aud depot purposes of the Houston aud Con-
tral Hallway Company ana for right of way
OF the Texas and Pacific hallway. Company
through The city of Ddllns; ana That the
bonds of the city shall not be issued TO the
evidence OF debt against the city, without
authority of the city Council hereafter giVon
the Mayor by ordinance.
Sec. !, The bonds herein authorized shall
be Duynblp TO ------ -----, or bearer, and the
same shall be signed by the May or and coun-
teiSignrd by the cay secretary, ana recorded
in the office of the said city secretary, IN II
book 20 be kcp, for that purpose, and there
shall he affixed TO said bonds the corporate
seal of the city of Dallas.
Sec. b That said bonds shall be issued In
sums OF one hundred dollars or any multiple
thereof
Sec g. IN order to provide for the pmctual
plymcnt of the Spmi-uunuHl interest of the
bonds herein uuthOiiZe d, ana TO create sink
iug fllnd 10 redt en- and pay said hOnuN at or
before maturity, thclc Is hereby NpprOprt-
uted annually five thousand dollars out Of
MI funds pettulutng to the general revenue
Of the CITY of DALLAS, which sum shall by the
Treasurer OF the CITY of Dallas, bc deducted
front all payments made to ann by any OF
the collecting officers of The city, tiltee thou
sand dollars of which he shall place 10 the
credit OF the Interest tund, aud two thousand
dollars of which he shall place to the credit
ui the sinking iund and IL Is hereby declared
that the said interest fund snall De, ana IS, u
special deposit, not subject To ordit nor 70
appropriation 10 amy other purpose thnn me
payment of the semi-annuul interest on the
bonds herein provided for, and shall be DIS
buIscable only in payment OF the mAtured
coupons of those bonds, when presented, or
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dcmptOn or purchase of those bonds.
See. T. Whom there shall remain In the
hands of the Treasurer, of the fund created
by the foregoing section, an amount not less
than two Thousand dollars, and In excess OF
the next semi-nnnunl payment of interest, 1t
shall then be the duty Of the Mayor TO ad-
Vcrlisc proposals 10 redeem the bonds au-
thOrized by this ordinance To the extent of
the sums 50 available, and should the bonds
not be offered on terms TO be prescribed by
the City Council satisfactory for redemption,
ii shall then be the duty OF che Mayor To M
vest the same In United States bonds, which
bonds shall be deposited with the Treasurer
and the same shall not be used or applied,
except to pay the interest aud principal of
the debt created by this ordinance.
Sees. The Treasurer of tine Cliy OF Dallas
shall keep separate account OF all MONIES
received aud all coupons paid, und shall can
Gel all coupons paid In the presence of the
Mayor of the city, and shall lille In the Office
of the city Secretary, II list OF such coupons
with dates, amounts and numbers, twice in
each year,
Sec 8. When any mntured coupons Of the
bonds liz presented ut the Trefsurer's office,
he shall pay the same without delay, nom
any general fund in his hands not appro-
prtated, should the interest fund be eX-
hausted.
See. 10. The faith Of the City of Dallas and
her resources and income on general accounts
l. hereby pledged to holders of bonds author7
iAed by this ordinance, for the punctunl pay
mrnt of the interest and principal when due.
Sec. II. That the scrip, or other evidences
of debt of the city, for which the bonds OF the
city are authorized To be issued by TINS ordl-
nance, shall not he paid by the city Treas
urer out of any monies which may now ne,
OF which may hereafter come into his hands.
Sec. T.. That this ordinance shall take effect
and he in force from and after It's passage.
BEN. LONG, Mayor
Attest: c, $, MITCHELL, Secretary.