The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-25
ORDINANCE NO. 3O43.

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ORDINANCE NO. 3O43.
AN ORDINANCE authorizing and direct
ing the issuance of bonds of the City of
Topeka: Kansas, in the sum of Four
Thousand One Hundred and One Dol
lars (s4,1010O for the purpose Of con
structlng steel wagon and foot bridge
oyer Shunganunga Creek, on Fillmore
Street, IN the City of Topeka, Shawnee
county, Kansas.
WHEREAS. Pursuant to an Act of the
Legislature of the State of Kansas en-
titled An Act relating to cities of the
nrst class and repeating Chapter 81 of
the Laws OF 1881, and ali acts amendatory
and supplemental thereto and Chapter 81
Laws of 1887, and all acts amendatory
and supplemental thereto. in SO far as
approved March Is. 1903, being Chapter I22
OF the Laws of 1898, and all acts amenda-
tory thereof and supplemental thereto,
the Mayor and Council of the CITY of 10.
peka. shawnee County. Kansas, on Au-
gust z, 1903. duly passed Ordinance No.
$50, which authorized and directed the
| Mayor of said city to issue proclama-
! To- Ion calling an election to be held on
Of submitting to the legal voters Of said
city, among other propositions. the fol-
lowing proposition, to-wit:
Shall the Mayor and Council of the
City of Topeka be authorized to construct
q steel wagon and foot bridge about 81
feet in length with brick flooring on con-
crete base. with a twenty foot roadway
and one five foot walk, over Shunganunga
Gre Speek 6oo on Fillmore Inn Street in SAID city
One Hundred and One Dollars ($410lOO)
and issue the bonds of said city in that
amount to pay therefor?
AND WHEREAS, Said Ordinance No.
$50 was duly approved by the Mayor of
said city on August 4, 1903, and took erect
peka State Journal on August Z, 1909;
AND WHEREAS, Pursuant to the pro-
visions of said Ordinance No. 1856. and
subsequent to the taking effect thereof
the Mayor of said city issued his procla-
nation calling an election to be held in
N
the purpose of submitting said proposition
to the legal voters of said city, and said
OFFICIAL City paper as required By the ore ore
dlnances Of said city and the laws of the
state of Kansas;
AND WHEREAS. Pursuant to said
proclamation said election was duly held
in said city on August "A, 1903. 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
Council of said city, sitting as a can
vassing board, and it was declared and
ae5eF,ned by SAD sac can, eanYassing board that
said election had voted in favor of the is
suance of said bonds, and that said pro-
adopted by the legal voters of said city
at said election; and the result of said
canvass has been spread of record on the
journal of said city as a part of the pro-
ceedings of said canvassing board;
AND WHEREAS, Plans and specifica-
have been presented to and approved by
| the Mayor and Council of said city and
for sealed proposals for the Construction
| of said bridge and said sealed proposals
| have been received by said Mayor and
1870 said Mayor and Council duly award
| ed the contract for the construction of
said bridge to the lowest bidder therefor
| and the Mayor was duly authorized to
execute said contract; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR
AND GOUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF
Section ]. That the Mayor and Council
of the City nd Of d, Topeka n aeb
| bonds of said city in the total sum of
Four Thousand One Hundred and One
pose of building steel wagon and foot
| bridge over Shunganungas Creek on Fillmore
sha be ssned in I'll ae Fs
Hundred Dollars EACH, and one of said
bonds shall be issued in the denomination
said bonds shall be dated March l, 1910,
payable to bearer in twenty years from
| the date thereof, and shall bear interest
from March l. 1910. at the rate of Four
and one-half per cent az 20 per annunl,
payable semi annually on the first days
and said principal and interest shall be
made payable at the office of the treas
uGer of the state of Kansas. in the city
| have coupons attached for said interest
as the same becomes due and such cou-
|
graphed or printed signatures of the
/ Mayor and City Clerk. Said bonds shall
| be numbered from one to nine inclusive
and shall be known as General Improve
ment Bonds of the City of Topeka, Series
| 1910, No. II
Sec. 2. The Mayor and City Clerk of
said city are hereby authorized and direct
| ed to execute and issue said bonds for
and on behalf of said city and when SO
executed and issued, the same shall be
registered by the City Clerk in the bond
register of said city and with the Auditor
of the. state of Kansas. and shall bear
said clerks and auditors certificates of
registration, and when so registered, the
| Mayor and Council of said city shall ne
gotiate and sell the same for not less than
their face value and shall place the pro
ceeds thereof in the city treasury to be
applied to the payment of the cost of
| constructing said bridge.
| Sec. g. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pub
LEGATION in the official city paper. ~
| Passed the Council February q, 1910.
| Approved February q, 1910.
! ISeaL1 VIM. GREEN, Mayor.
| Attest: C. B. BURGE, City Clerk.