The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-04-07
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MISSISSIPPI.
STREET PAVING BONDS.

The City Council OF the City Of
Greenwood, in the County of Leflort
and State Of Mississippi, met, pursu'
ant to adjournment on the 26th day Of
March, A. D., 1917, the same being
an adjourned session of said council,
with the following members present:
G. L. Ray, Mayor, G. P. Elliott and
T. H. Baird, Councilmen.
There being a legal quorum pres
ent, the following ordinance was pre-
sented by G. L. Ray, and, upon motion
of G. P. Elliott, duly seconded by T.
H. Baird, vas unanimously passed and
adopted: AN ORDINANCE PRE-
SCRIBING THE FORM AND DE-
TAILS FOR THE ISSUANCE nF
OF THE TWENTY THOUSAND
! DOLLARS (s2O,OO0) STREET I'M
PROvEMENT BONDS OF THE CITY
OF GREENWOOD, LEFLORE
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.
WHEREAS, by an ordinance duly
adopted and passed by the City Coun-
Gil Of the City Of Greenwood, in the
County of Leflore, State of Mississippi,
on the 7th day Of November, A. D.
1916, ordering a special election to
be held on the 9Th day Of December,
1916 for the purpose of submitting
to the qualified electors of said city,
who are legally qualified to vote at
such election, the question of incurr-
ing an Indebtedness to the amount Of
Twenty Thousand Dollars 100000
and issuing negotiable coupon bonds
of the City Of Greenwood, Mississippi,
to become payable within twenty
years after date, for the purpose of
paving, curbing and guttering Wash
ington Street from Howard Street,
westwardly to Mary Street and that
part of Market Street, eastwardly to
Pelucia Bayou Bridge, and that part
of Lamar Street from Market Street
to Carrollton Avenue; and,
WHEREAS, an election was duly and
regularly called and held in said City
Of Greenwood, on the 9th day Of De-
A. D., 1915; and,
WHEREAS, more than two-thirds
If the qualified electors Of said City,
at said election, voted in favor
# the issuing Of said bonds as afore-
,aid,
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained {
~ the City Council Of the City of
Greenwood, Leflore County Mississip- !
ii, a. follows:
Section /. That the Mayor and >
clerk of the City of Greenwood, Le- \
lore County, Mississippi, be and they :.
re hereby, authorized and instructed :
0 have prepared, and to issue and !.
xecute for and.o on behalf Of the said :,
of Greenwood, the negotiable =
oupon bonds of said city to the y
mount of Twenty Thousand Dollars y
s20,O00), which bonds shall be desig- :
ated STREET IMPROVEMENT :,
ONDS and shall be in denomination "
{ Five Hundred Dollars ~l$500.00) :
ach, numbered from one ~ to forty q
iO), both inclusive, and shall become y
le and payable; Twenty years from ~
leir date. Said bonds shall bear in a.
rest at the rate of five per centem a. =.
!; per cent? per annum, payable u
,mi-annually on the first days o, III
Inc and December in each year, in :.
wful money Of the United States Of VI :.
at the banking house of the 81
rst National Bank, in the City Of ~
Illinois. We
2. That the said bonds shall ~
signed by the Mayor and counter III
yned by the Clerk Of said City Of sa
eenwood, Mississippi, and shall bear 'i
Q impress Of the corporate seal Of "a
City, and that the annexed in n =,
est coupons shall be executed by y ~
!, Autographed facsimile signatures ~,
said Mayor and Clark, which litho- -
aphed signatures are hereby adopt
by the said City.
8. That said bonds and -,
lpons shall be in substantially the w
forms, respectfully, to-wit: ~
|....,, $500 vie
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