The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

AN ins. he ISSUANCE Of bonds Of the city of
| Topeka- Kansas, in the sum OF Thlrty-
and i,rn Al 100 Dollars (s39 AID for the pur-
pose of constructing a reinforced con,
crete arch wagon and foot bridge a clo 20
the Kansas river, on Kansas avenue IN
said CITY at the south end or the pres
ent Melan sarch bridge Act 81 the
WHEREAS Pursuant to an Act OF the
LEGISLATURE of the state OF Kansas en-
titled IAN Act relating to cities OF tne
laws of 1881 and all acts amendatory and
Avs of 1891. and all acts amendatory and
Fundamental thereto, in so rar as the
same relate to cities of the first class,
approved March 10, 1893; being GIhaptee pier
amendatory thereof and supplemental
thereto, the Mayor and Council Or the
CITY of Topeka. Shawnee County, kansas
on August 2, 1909, duly passed Ordinance
No 1856, which authorized and olrecIso
the Mayor of said city TO issue PIG T8cl Ia
TUESDAY. August "a. 1909, for the purpose
of submitting to the legal voters of SAID
city. among other propositions, the iol-
lowing proposition. to-wit:
'Shall the Mayor and Council of the
city of Topeka be authorized to construct
foot bridge about 17S.5 feet in length
across the Kansas river on kansas ave-
nue. In the city of Topeka, at the south
end Of the present Melan Arch Bridge,
and borrow the sum of Thirty-nine Thou
lars (sSs, 411.4D and issue the bonds OF
said city in that amount to pay tnerelor-
AND WHEREAS, SAID O sra aTnxor N Of
feet at the time of its publication IN the
AND WHEREAS, Pursuant to the pro-
visions of said Ordinance no. ZssS, anq
the Mayor of said city issued his procla-
nation calling an election to be held IN
said city on Tuesday, August "a, 1909 Tor
ton TO the legal voters of said city, and
said proclamation was duly published IN
ordinances of said city and the laws of
the state of Kansas;
proclamation said election was duly held
in said CITY on August "a. 1909, and SAID
proposition was submitted to and voted
upon by the electors of said city;
AND WHEREAS, On the 9th day of
August, 1909 the returns OF said election
were duly canvassed by the Mayor ana
ing board and it was declared and de-
termined by said canvassing board that a
election had voted in favor of the is
suance of said bonds, and that said
proposition to issue said bonds was legally
adopted by the legal voters Of said city
at said election: and the result or SAID
canvass has been spread Of record on the
journal of said city as part OF the pro-
ceedings of said canvassing board
AND WHEREAS, Plans and specihca-
lions for the construction of said bridge
have been presented to and approved by
the Mayor and Council of said city and said
sealed proposals for the construction of
said bridge and said sealed proposals have
been received by said Mayor and Council.
duly awarded the contract for the con-
struction of said bridge to the lowest
bidder therefor; and, now therefore
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR
AND COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY
OF TOPEKA:
Section l. That the Mayor and Council
of the city of Topeka, Kansas, hereby
authorize and direct the issuance of forty
bonds of said city in the total sum OF
Thirly-nine Thousand Four Hundred
Eleven and 41-100 Dollars (s39. 40 to be
used for the purpose of constructing a
reinforced concrete arch wagon and foot
bridge across the Kansas river on Kan
sas avenue, in the city of Topeka, at the
south end of the present Melan Arch
Bridge Thirty-nine of said bonds shall
be issued in denominations of One Thou
sand Dollars each, and one Of said bonds
shall be issued in the denomination of
-Four Hundred Eleven and H-100 Dollars
and said bonds shall be dated April l,
1910, payable to bearer in twenty years
from the date thereof, and shall bear in
terest from April 1, 1910, at the rate of
four and one-half per cent az per cent?
per annum. payable semi-annually. on the
first days of April and October in each
year; and said principal and interest. shall
be made payable at the office of the
treasurer of the state of Kansas, in the