Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-17

payable in lawful money of the United
States Of America, at the banking
house of Geo. NJ. Bechtel & Co.. in the
city of Davenport, state of Iowa.
| Be it further resolved, That said
bonds shall be signed by the chairman
Of the board Of supervisors and attest.
ed by the county auditor, and sealed
, with the county seal, and the coupons
shall be executed with the signature
Of the county auditor, and each of said
bonds and coupons shall be in form and
recitals substantially as follows:
(Form of Bond.)
No.. ~ $1,000
United States of America
State Of Iowa. County of Wapello,
Funding Bond
The county of Wapello, in the state
of Iowa, for value received, promises
to pay to bearer one thousand dollars,
lawful money Of the United States of
America on the first day of May, 1913
together with interest on the said sum
from the date hereof, until paid, at the
rate of five per centum per annum,
payable semi-annually, on the first days
of May and November in each year,
upon presentation and surrender of the
interest coupons hereto attached, as
they severally become due.
Both principal and interest Of this
bond are hereby made payable at the
banking house OF Geo. M. Bechtel &
Co., in the city Of Davenport, state of
Iowa, and for the prompt payment Of
this bond, both, principal and interest
at maturity, the full faith and credit
of the said county are hereby irrev-
ocably pledged: t'@@t@s -. - f&sI
This bond is issued by the board Of
supervisors of said county pursuant to
and in strict compliance with the pro-
visions of sections 403. ct seq, chapter
1, title ". of the code Of Iowa, as
amended, and in conformity with a re-
solution of said board duly passed,
for the purpose of funding like
amount of the valid, subsisting indeEt-
edness of said county, outstanding on
the first day of April, 1913, and until
the issuance of this bond.
+ And it is hereby certified and re-
cited: That all acts, conditions and
things, required by the laws and con-
Ititution of the state of Iowa, to be
done precedent to and in the issue of
this bond, have been properly done,
happened and been performed in regu-
lar and due form as required by law;
that the indebtedness funded by the
issue of this bond was a valid, sub
sisting and legal Indebtedness of said
county, and that the total Indebtedness
of said county, including this bond,
does not exceed the constitutional or
statutory limitations.
In testimony whereof, said county,
by it's board of supervisors, has caused
this bond to be signed by the chair
man of the board, and attested by the
auditor of the county, with the county
seal affixed, as of the first day of May,
1913.
Chairman Board of Supervisors.
Attest:
County Auditor, WapellO County, Ia.
(Form of Coupon)
Wapello County, Iowa.
The treasurer of Wapello county,
Iowa, will pay to bearer, twenty-five
dollars, lawful money rof: the United
States of America, on the first day of
ID. ), at the banking house
of Geo. M. Bechtel & Co., Davenport,
Iowa, for semi-annual interest due that
date on it's funding bond, dated May
1, 1913. No..
..............
County Auditor. 4
(Form of Treasurer's Certifcates)
Treasurer's Certificate.
State Of Iowa,
Wapello County, IS.
l hereby certify that this bond has
been duly recorded in a book for that
purpose in my office, In accordance
with Section 404 of the code of Iowa.
County Treasurer.
Be it further resolved: That the
bonds hereby authorized when execu-
ted, shall be delivered to the county
treasurer, to be by him sold and de-
livered to the purchaser, and the pro-
ceeds thereof shall be used solely for
the purpose aforesaid, or said bonds
may be exchanged for said outstanding
Indebtedness par for par; in any
event, said outstanding Indebtedness
so paid or exchanged shall be can
celled simultaneously with the deliv-
cry of the bonds hereby authorized,
the intention being to require the de-
livery of the bonds hereby authorized
in such manner as to change but not
increase the Indebtedness of said
county.
Be it further resolved: That the
board of supervisors shall annually
levy a tax upon all the taxable prop.
erty within the county, in addition to
the levy authorized for other purposes,
a sufficient sum to pay the interest on
the bonds hereby authorized as and
when the same mature and also tn