The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-28


paid, both principal and interest pay
able at the Office Of the State Treas
urer of the State of Kansas, the ifs |
cal agency of the State of Kansas,
Section 2. That said bonds shall /
be signed by the Mayor and attested /
by the Clerk of said City of Hays, |
and shall have the corporate seal of |
said city affixed and the interest cou-
pons shall be signed by the Mayor, |
provided, however, that the signature
of said Mayor and Clerk may be litho-
graphed upon said coupons and the
bonds shall be in form and shall con-
tain recitals and provisions substan-
TALLY as follows:
No. .------------------- $4,000
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CITY OF HAYS, KANSAS.
Know All Men By These Presents:
That the City of Hays, In the Coun-
ty of Ellis, State of Kansas, for value
received acknowledges itself indebt-
ed to and promises to pay the bearer
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS lawful
money of the United States of Amer
lea, on the first day of April,
1913, with interest thereon at the
rate of five per cent. per annum, pay
October, and the first day of
April, each year, after date here
of, until the principal sum shall have
been paid upon the presentation and
surrender of the proper interest cou-
pons hereto attached bearing the litho-
graphed signatures of the Mayor and
Clerk of said city, as they severally
become due and payable at the Office
of the State Treasurer, the fiscal
agency of the State of Kansas at To-
peka, Kansas, and the City of Hays
is hereby firmly bound and its faith
and credit and all the real and per
sonal property in said city are hereby
pledged for the prompt payment of
the principal and interest Of this
bond at maturity.
bonds of like date and tenor issued
by the said City of Hays to raise
funds ID pay the cost of improving,
enlarging, repairing and extending
the Water Works System of said city,
now and heretofore owned and oper-
ated by said city, under and IN full
compliance and conformity with Con-
stitution and Laws of the State of
Kansas, governing cities of the Sec
ond Class, including Chapter 124,
Laws of Kansas, for the year 1913,
and in pursuance of an ordinance duly
and legally adopted by the Mayor
It is hereby declared and certified
that all the acts, conditions and things
required in the issuance of this bond
have been properly done and per
| formed and do exist in due time, form
and manner as required by the Consti-
tuition of the State of Kansas and
| that the total Indebtedness of said
city, including this bond, does exceed
ny constitutional and statuary limi-
tations.
In Testimony Whereof, said city of
Hays, Kansas, by its Mayor and Coun-
cilmen, have caused this bond to be
signed by its Mayor and attested by
its Clerk and its corporate seal to be
affixed hereto and this bond to be
dated the first day of April, A D
1918. Geo. Philip, Jr-, Mayor
Attest: Peter Holzmeister,
q. S. City Clerk.
Section 3. That the interest cou
pOns attached to said bonds shall
be substantially in the following
INTEREST COUPON
On the day of -------------------
19- the City of Hays, Kansas, vii
pay bearer twelve and $1,000 dol
lars at the Office of the State Treasur
er of the State of Kansas, in the Cit!
tof Topeka, Kansas, being six months
interest due on its Water Works Elk
tension Bond dated April
1918. Geo. Philip, Jr., Mayor
! Attest: Peter Holzmeister,
; City Clerk.
Section 4. That the Mayor an
Clerk of the City of Hays, are here
: by directed and authorized withou
any unnecessary delay to prepare an
execute said bonds and coupons an
that when executed they shall b
! registered by said Clerk and by tn
T Auditor of the State of Kansas a
required by law, and shall have en
dorsed thereon certificates of sue
! registration. and when so execute
and registered shall be delivered t
, the purchaser or purchasers thereof
on the payment by them for the sam
to the Treasurer of said city.
Z Section 5. This ordinance sha
+ take effect and be in force from an
after its adoption, approval and pull
, LEGATION.
Adopted and approved March 2
1918. Geo. Philip, Jr.
: .Attest: Peter Holzmeister, Mayor
+ (L.S.) City Clerk.
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