The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-09

An ordinance to provide for the issu-
 ance of five hundred thousand
 ($5OO, ,OOO) dollars of bonds of the
 city of Birming gham for the pur-
 pose of acquiring real estate for
 the site or sites of buildings neces-
 sary for the fire department, for
 the erection theeron of building
 or buildings necessary for the fire
 department, and for purchasing fire
 equipment for the fire department
 of the city of Birmin gham.
 Whereas. an election was held in the city of Birmingham, Ala, on the 18th day of August, 1919, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the city of Birmingham, Ala, for their determination by ballot, whether or not they would authorize the com mission of the city of Birmingham to issue the bonds of the city of Bir- mingham to the amount of five hun dred thousand dollars ($500,0O0) for the purpose of acquiring real estate for the site or sites of buildings necessary for the fire department, for the erection thereon of building or buildings nec- essary for the fire department and for purchasing of fire equipment for the fire department of the city of Birmingham, and,
 Whereas, at such election a majority of the qualified voters of said city voting at said election voted in favor of said proposition, and in favor of the issuance of said bonds; and, L
 Whereas, on the 18th day of August, 1919. the election commission of the city of Birmingham did meet at it's usual place of meeting in the city of Birmingham and did canvass the re- turns of said election, and did ascer- tain and declare that a majority of the qualified voters of said city voting at said election voted in favor of au- thorizing said issue of said bonds as aforesaid, and that said proposition had carried; now, therefore,
 Be it ordained by the commission of the city of Birmingham as follows:
 Section 1. That the bonds of the city of Birmingham, Ala, shall be issued for the purpose of acquiring real es- tate for the site or sites of buildings necessary for the fire department, for the erection thereon of a building or buildings necessary for the fire de- partment. and for purchasing of fire equipment for the fire department of the city of Birmingham, in conformity with said authority as follows:
 The aggregate amount of said bonds to he presently issued shall be five hundred thousand (s5oO0 000) dollars The denomination of said bonds shall be one thousand dollars $1,000. .00). and the number shall be five hundred (500), numbered from one CD to five hundred (500). inclusive; the issue shall be as of date of the first day of April, 1920, and said bonds shall run for ten O0) years from date; the rate of interest shall be five per centum 6 per cent) per annum, payable semi ov IA ire< 1ox, of 0ofN knr and on the first day of April in each year. and all such, bonds shall have at- tached to the same coupons, which shall be signed by the president of the commission of said city of Birming- ham. and countersigned by the city comptroller. ex-officio city treasurer, but their fac-simile signatures may be Autographed or engraved upon said coupons; said bonds and said coupons shall be payable in gold coin of the United States of America of the present standard weight and fin-ness at the Hanover National bank in the city and state of New York. And said bonds may be registered as to principal in the name of the holder thereof, in the manner prescribed in the form of the bonds hereinafter provided.
 Sec. 2. That the form of said bonds shall be substantially as follows:
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
 STATE OF ALABAMA
 CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
 FIRE DEPARTMENT BOND
 No. -. $1.0O0.0
 Know all men by these presents. that the city of Birmingham. municipal corporation in the state of Alabama. ac- knowledges itself indebted to the bear CT hereof in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.O0), which sum it prom ises to pay on the first day of April. 1880. together with interest on said