Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-08-18

shall impress the Municipal seal upon
each. of said bonds, and each bond
shall have interest coupons attached
and said interest coupons shall have
Autographed signatures of the Mayor
and Clerk of this council and such
Autographed signatures Shall be in all
respects as binding upon the City of
Oxford as thhe original signatures of
said Mayor and Clerk would be.
Section 4. Each bond shall specify
upon the face the purpose for which
issued AID shall be made payable to
whom sold followed by the words cor
bearer" or shall be made payable to
bearer alone
Section S. Said bonds shall be in
form and manner substantially as
follows, to wit:
No.. $4,000
United States of America, State of
Mississippi, City of Oxford.
Refunding Water Works Bonds
% Of Oxford; Lafayette County,
! KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS:
That the City council of the City Of
Oxford, of Lafayette county, Missis-
sippi, for and on behalf of said City
of Oxford, Lafayette county, Missis-
sippi, for value received, hereby ac-
knowledges itself indebted to, and
promises to pay----
or bearer, the sum of
One Hundred Dollars,
on the list day of October, A. ID. 10
with interest thereon at the rate of
six 49, per centum per annum, pay
able semi-annually on the 1st day of
October, and March each year, as. evil
denced by, and ON presentation and
surrender of the respective coupons
hereto attached, as they severally be-
come due; both principal and interest
of the bonds are payable in lawful
money of the United States of Amer-
ca, at the office of the City Treasurer
of Oxford, Mississippi; and for the
prompt payment of this bond as afore-
said, the full faith, credit and resour-
ces of the City of Oxford, Mississippi,
are hereby irrevocably pledged.
This bond is one of series of like
tenor and amount, numbered respecti-
vely from One to Fifty, inclusive, and
being in denominations of One Humid
red dollars each and of a total issue
of Five Thousand dollars, (S5,000.00)
authorized to be issued by or
dinance of the City of Oxford, Missis-
sippi, passed on the 1st day of Aug
ust, A. d. 1921, under and by virtue
of the second paragraph of Section
5, Chapter 200 of the laws of the
State of Mississippi of 1920, for the
purpose of retiring the outstanding
Water Works Bonds, dated October
l, 1901, which mature October /, A.
d. 1921, pursuant and in full compli-
ance' with the constitution of the State
of Mississippi, and the statutes of
said state, and under and pursuant
to proceedings of said City Council.
legally had and adopted, these bonds
and the interest thereon, together
with the coupons forming a part of
this issue, are payable out of the taxes
levied annually by said City Council
upon all the taxable property Of said
City of Oxford.
1t is hereby certified, recited and
declared that all acts, conditions and
things required to exist, happen and
be performed precedent to and in the
issuance of this bond, have existed,
happened a1d been performed in due
time, form and manner as required by
law, that the amount of this bond and
the issue which the same forms
part, together with all other indebted
ness of said city, does not exceed any
limit prescribed by the constitution of
the State or any statuate thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The
City of Oxford, Mississippi, has this
day caused this bond TO be executed
with the corporate seal of said city,
and signed by the Mayor of said City,
aed countersigned by the Clerk there
OF and has caused the interest cou-
Ton annexed thereto TO be e. ecuted
with fac smile Signatures of the
Mayor and the Clerk, AID this bend
to be dated the 1st lay Of October,
A. d. 1921.
Registered and
CO untersigned: --------------------- :
Mayor Of the City of
Oxford, Mississippi.