Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-23
THE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL DDGGiiENGGSS


Viroua, Wisconsin Nov. %, 1921.
Regular meeting of the Common
Council called to order by Mayer A. z.
Smith. Members present: Aldermen
NJ. ID. Helgeson, NJ. O. Larson, NJ. A.
Smith, John Side and P. /. MeHenry.
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved. The following accounts
were read, approved by the finance
committee and upon motion allowed
under the suspension of the rules by
roll call, all answering aye John
Shultz for interest paid at the Bank
on city orders held, S23.33; F. NJ. Min
shall for money advanced for repairs
and cleaning typewriters, 81; E. Fl.
Officer, freight, dray, coal, $3.50:
John Stewart, gasoline, packing, Tie;
Clarence Webb, supplies, $500; Stand
ard Oil Co., 700 gal oil 80 gal. gaso-
line S97.52; Levi B. Lake for labor on
new house pump, 500; american Flee
trical Supply Co. cable for white way,
S204.95; Thos. P. Thompson S12.40;
Fred Hayter S1T.60; Linderud $3.50:
Elvin Hayter $3.50; Evert Johnson,
$3.50; Nick Torgerson use Of team IS:
Lewis Johnson, $14.40; Clarence Burk-
hart $500.
Ordinance No. I49 laid over for one
week was by motion of Alderman NJ.
ID. Helgeson and second by Alderman
M. o. Larsen passed under the sus-
pension of the rules by roll call all
voting aye.
ORDINANCE NO. I49
An ordinance to provide for the is
sue and sale of the negotiable serial
coupon bonds of the municipality own
ed water works utility of the City of
Viroqua, to the amount of SI2 100000
payable In ten years, with annual in
terest at the rate of six per cent, to
provide funds to pay for construction
of extensions, and other improvements
and additions to said water works
utility.
The Common Council of the City of
Viroqua do ordain as follows:
Section /. That the Mayor and City
Clerk of the City of Viroqua, be and
they are hereby empowered. authoriz-
ed and directed to forthwith have
printed coupon bonds of the Water
Works Utility, owned by the City of
Viroqua, to the amount Of 100000
which said bonds shall be known and
styled as Water Works Bonds"
Section 2. That said bonds shall
be of the denomination of $4,000
each, and shall be numbered from / to
"a inclusive, payable to bearer at the
Office of the City Treasurer of the
City of Viroqua, and shall become due
and payable as follows:
Numbers ! and December Is, 1922
Numbers and December Is, 1923.
Numbers and December Is, 1924
Numbers and December Is, 1925.
Numbers and 10 December is, 1926
Numbers IL and IL December Is,
1927.
Numbers 10 and IA December Is,
1923.
Numbers Is and 16 December Is,
1929.
Numbers II and IS December ID,
1880.
Numbers 10 and 20 December Is,
1881.
Numbers 81, %. 2s and "a December
Is, 1881.
Section 8. Each of said bonds shall
be dated on December Is, 1921, and
commence to bear interest at the rate
of six per cent per annum from De-
cember 10, 1921, provided that if any
of such bonds are sold subsequently
the accrued interest shall be paid by
the purchaser thereof from date to
time OF dellVery.
Section A. Said bonds shall be
signed by the Mayor and City Clerk,
and the seal of the City of V;Toqua
shall be attached thereto.
Section 5. Coupons shall be attach
ed to each of said bonds for each of
the annual installments of interest,
which said coupons shall have written
thereon the signature of the Mayor
r ~
Section 6. Said bonds shall be ne
gotiated by the Mayor and Clerk of
the City of Viroqua, acting as the
the money derived from such sale shall
of the water works, and buildings and
equipment therefor, according to res
olutions and contracts heretofore made
by the Common Council for such i'm
provements, or which may hereafter
be made for such work as the Common
| Council shall deem necessary.
Section z. Said bonds shall be sub
stantially in the following form:
United States of America
State of Wisconsin, County Of Vernon
City of Viroqua
WATER WORKS BOND
Know all men by these presents,
that the municipality owned water
works system of the City of Vlroqua,
is acknowledged to owe, and the same
for value received, promises to pay
to the bearer the sum of Five Hun
dred Dollars on the 1st day of De-
cember, 1872, with interest thereon
at the rate of six per cent per annum,
from the date hereof, payable annual
ly on the 18th day of December in each
year, upon presentation and surren-
der of the interest coupons hereto at
tached as they mature. Both princi-
pal and interest hereof and hereon
payable at the office of the City Treas
uurer of the City of Viroqua, Wiscon-
sin. And for the prompt payment of
this bond, both principal and interest
the full, faith, credit, and resources
of the municipality owned Water
Work System of the City of Viroqua,
are hereby irrevocably pledged.
This bond is issued for the purposes
of paying for the cost of construction
of additions to, extensions of, and
equipment for said waterworks sys-
tenn of the City of Viroqua, which have
already been contracted for by the