Arizona republican., 1913-11-11
RESOLUTION NO. 643

debtedness of the City of Phoenix up to July l. 1913; for purchasing two tracts of land for park purposes, for street improvements; for the enlargement and improvement of the Fire Department of the City of Phoenix and for Street Lighting Bonds.
 THE COMMON COUNCIL OF
 PHOENIX DO RESOLVE AS
 FOLLOWS
 First: That the following propo- sitions be, and the same are hereby submitted to the qualified electors and property taxpayers subject to taxation within the corporate limits within the City of Phoenix, County of Maricopa, State of Arizona, to be voted upon by them al an election called for the purpose to be held on the 26th day of November, A. D. 1913, in said City, County and State, viz:
 The incurring of the indebtedness hereby proposed to be created by the Common Council of the City of Phoenix, in the County and State aforesaid, together with the existing indebtedness of said City would ex- ceed four per centum (496) of the value of the taxable property in said City, as ascertained by the last as scssment of taxable property in said City for city purposes made previous to the incurring of the indebtedness contemplated by this Resolution, shall the Common Council of the City of Phoenix, in said County and State issue the following bonds of the City of Phoenix for the following purposes and in the following amounts:
 FUNDING Bonds, City of Phoenix, for the purposes of funding the floating indebtedness of the City of Phoenix up to July 1st, 1913, amount ing to approximately One Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($125.O .O0O.0O).
 PARK Bonds, City of Phoenix, for the purpose of providing a fund for the purchase of two or more tracts of land by the Common Council of the City of Phoenix, said land to be used by said City of Phoenix and the inhabitants thereof as public parks; said bonds to be issued to the amount of Twenty five Thous- and Dollars ($25,OOO.O0).
 STREET IMPROVEMENT Bonds, for the purpose of street improve ments and particularly the widening of Van Buren Street by cOndemna tion or otherwise from the West line of Central Avenue to the East line of Second Avenue in said City of Phoenix, to an approximate width of fifty-seven feet (57D, said Van Buren Street. when so widened to be for the use of the public, said bonds to be issued to the amount of Twen- tw-five Thousand Dollars ($25,OOO,- o0).
 FIRE DEPARTMENT IMPROVE MENT Bonds for the purpose of enlarging the Fire Department of the City of Phoenix, increasing it's equipment, extending it's fire alarm system and the establishment of sub-stations for said Fire Depart ment, said bonds to be in the amount of Seventy five Thousand Dollars ($75,OOO.OO).
 STREET LIGHTING Bonds for the purpose of installing light standards for lighting and beautifying the streets of the City of Phoenix said bonds to be issued to the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars (s25.00O.00).
 All said bonds shall be in denomin- ations of Five Hundred Dollars C5OO.OO) each. shall bear the date of their issuance and be numbered consecutively from One upwards, the principal to be due in forty (40) years from da ate hereof. provided that The Common Council of the City of Phoenix reserves the right to pay off such bonds in their numerical order at the rate of Thirteen Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($13. .75O.0O) thereof per annum from and after the expiration of twenty
  of said bonds to bear interest at the rate Of five per cent per annum, interest thereon shall be paid semi-annually on the first day of January and July of eacn year af- ter their issuance. Principal and in terest shall he paid in lawful money of the United States of America in the office of the City Treasurer of the City os Phoenix, Maricopa COun- | ty, State of Arizona, or at such Bank in the City of PhOenlX, in said State and County, or in the City of New York, in the State of New York, or such place as maybe designated by the Common Council of the City Of Phoenix, at the option of the holder of said bonds; place of payment to be mentioned in said bonds, and shall be made payable to bearer, and said bonds are to be signed by the Mayor of said City of Phoenix and attested by the City Recorder thereof, and have the sea, of the said City of Phoenix attach. q thereto, and each ond shall have interest coupons at tached thereto so that the same may be removed therefrom without mu- tilating the bonds, for the semi annual interest to accrue thereon, which coupons shall have a fac-si- mile of the signatures of the Mayor and Recorder of said City of Phoe- nix Autographed or printed thereon. provided that it shall not be neces- sary to impress upon such coupons the seal of said City of Phoenix. Said bonds shall be sold by The Common Council of the City of Phoe nix at a regular or special meeting called fnr that nnrnOSe after cauS-