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.AN ORDINANOE,- Vaoateing all that part of Davis Avenue in Harbaoh IS Addition to the
City of Blair,Nebraska..
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY 0111 BLAIR,NEBRASXA.
Section One;-- Whereas the adjacent property ouners have requested the City Council
to vacate the street hereinafter described, and the same never having
been used as a street and being not practical to be used for street
purposes, the following described property is hereby ordåined to be
~d is vacated, to-wit:'!80 . ..
All of Davis Avenue lying in Horbaoh IS Addition to the City of Blab:,
Nebraska, bounded on the west by the east line of Walker Avenue in
said City, on the east by the west line of sixth street extended south
on the north by the south line of Bloolt 1 in Horbaoh IS Addi tion,
afor.said, and on the south by the north line ot Blook2 in said
Addition, all as shoun in the plat of Hor'baoh's Addition filed July
7th,1683, in the office of the County Clerk of Washington County,
Nebraska,and reooråed in book 18, at Page 50e of the deed records of
- said County.
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All expense of said proceeding to be paid by the petetioners.
This Ordinanoe shall be in foroe and take effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication as required by law.
Passed ~d A~proved this 1st day of May,1923.
Attest; O.E.Krause,City Clerk
John R Aye,Mayor.
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SECTION ONE:-
SECTION TWO:-
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ORDINANOE NO 448
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To repeal Section. 8 of Ordinance 10.204 of the City of Blair,
l~braskl!L,pa~sed and_approv,",d June 8.1895.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR ~ 'OOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BLAIR,RER.
ThatSeotion S ofOrdinanoe 10.204, pe,ssed and approved'õ~;.."ê)).e"Sth5
day of June 1895,' and entitled. An Ordinance ~eclaring certain aot~
and doings nuisances and misdemeanors, fixing penalties for the
commission th.ereof, and provideing to; the abatement and removal
of the same., said section 8 reading as follows;
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nAny person ~r persons who shall use or occupy any building, shed or
yard for the purpose of a slaughter house, o~ rendering fat or
meats of animals .ithin this Çity,Or withi~tne mile thereof, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall
be fined in any sum not less than three dollars nor more than
twenty dollars and shall stand committed until such fine and oosts
have been paid, and said p;emi~ses shall be adjudged anuisanoe. It
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Be and ;the same hereby is REPEALED.
Thi's Ordinance spll take effect and. be in force from and after
~ts passage, approval and pUbliaation as required by'law.
Passed and approved this 15th day of May, 1923. ,
Attest¡C E.Krause,Oity Clerk.
John R Aye,Mayor.
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To provide for the levy of a tax and levying the same on all
the taxable property in the city. of Blai r, Nebraska, .for all
purposes necessary to ~a.intainthe city government for the
City of Blair, Nebraska, for thefiecal year commencing on the
first Tuesday in May, 1923; also levying à poll tax on certain
inhabitants of said City for the fiscal year.
BE IT ORDAINED, By the Mayor and Council of the City of Blair, Nebraska,
AN ORDINANCE,
Section One:
Section Two:
Section Three:
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That there be, and hereby is levied and assessed upon all the
taxable property within the corporate limits of the City of
Blair, Nebraska, for the fiscal year commencing on the first
Tuesday in May, 1923, and ending on the first Tuesday in May,
1924, the foll~wing sums, to-wit:
Purpose
For general revenue purposes,
For public library purpóses,
For street lighting purposes,
For music and public amusements,
For improvement of water works system,
For sewer outlet bonds and interest,
For intersection Paving Bonds and interest,
For parks and park purposes,
For Hydrant Rentals,
Amount
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14. 30
Total,
Mills
Mills
Mills
Mills
Mills
Mills
Mills
Mills
Mills
Mills
That the same bè levied and assessed against all the taxable
property within the corporate limits of the City of Blair,
Nebraska, and collected as other taxes as shown by the assess-
ment rolls for the year, 1923.
That there be, and hereby is, levied upon each and every male
inhabitant of said City of Blair, Nebraska, between the ages
of twenty-one and fifty years, not exempted therefrom by Sta-
tute or Ordinances of this City, a poll tax in the sum of Two
($2.00) Dollars on each and every Such male inhabitan~. a.fore-
said. The said tax shall be collected as ~robided by law for
said fiscal year commencing on the first Tuesday in May, 1923.
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This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage, approval ~nd publication as provided by law.
Passed and approl1ed this 23rd day of July, 1923.
Attest:
John R. Aye
Mayor
C. E. Krause
City Clerk.
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AN ORDINANCE,-
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Section 1.
Section 2.
Sect ion 3.
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'ORDINANCE"NO. ~
ANNUAL APPROPRIATION BILL
To be termed, "The Annual Apprepriation Bill", and appropriating
such sum or sums of money necessary to defray ~11 necessary ex-
penses and liabilities of the City of B.air, Washington County. .
Nebraska, for the fiscal year. commencing on the first Tuesday in
May. 1923. specifying the object and purpose of each appropriation
and the amount for each object or purpose.
By the Mayor and Council of the City of Blair, Nebraska,-
That therebe, and hereb~t is appropriated out of the money deriv-
ed from the t.axes levied for general revenue' purposes for the
present fiscal year, commencing on the first Tuesday in May, 1923,
~nd out of all other av~ilable money or funds therefor belonging
-te said City the amounts for each obj ect and purpose as follows:
Salaries for CityOffioials, $5000.00
Streets, alleys and bridge purposes, 7500.00
Fire department and apparatur. - 750.00
Miscellanious and incidental expenditures, 2000.00
Printing and publication, 800.00
Expenses of criminal and civil suits. 500.00
Payment of sewer assessments on city property, 500.00
Payment of paving assessments on city property 600.00
Any balance of said funds remaining ever and unexpended at the end
of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the general fund.
That there be. and hereby is, appropriated out of the money deriv-
ed from the levy of taxes for public library purposes for the pres-
ent fiscal.year and out of any and all moneys or funds available
therefdI', the amounts for each object and purpose as follows:
Maintenance of public library,
Payment of paving and sewer assessments
on public library,
$2500.00
400.00
Any balance of said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end
of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the public library fund.
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That there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the money deriv-
ed from the levy of taxes for street lighting purposes for said
fiscal year and out of any and all other moneys or funds available
tperefore, the amounts for each object and purpose, as follows:
For street lighting purposes,
$4000.00
Any balance of said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end
of the fisdal year shall be transferred to the general fund.
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Sect ion 5.
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Sect ion 7.
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That there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the money derived
from the levy of taxes for music and public amusements for said
fiscal year and out of any and all othe%~moneys or f~~ds available
therefor, the amounts for each object and purpose as follows:
Music and public 'amusements,
$ 750.00
Any balance of said fund rem~ining over and unexpended at the end
of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the music and public a-
musement fund. ' ,
That there be, and hereby is,' ~ppropriated out ,of the money derived
from the ::levy of taxes for the ;improvemen.t of the water works sys-
tem for the said fiscal year and òut of jhe revenues derived from
the said water works system and from the levy of taxes for hydrant
rentals and out of the water fund ~nd from any and all other moneys
or funds available therefor, the amount s for each ob j ect and pur-
pose as follows:
For improvement, operation and maintenânce ,
of water works system, . $7000.00
~or salaries of water commissioner and "
employees, ' . 2500.00
Any balance of said fund remaining. over and unexpended at the end
of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the water fund.
Thàt therebe, and hereby is, appropriated out of the money deriv-
èd from taxes for p~rks and park purposes for said fiscal year and
out of any and all other moneys or funds available therefor, the
amounts for each object and purpose, as follows:
For parks,
For payment of sewer assessment on parks,
$350.00
150.00
Any balance of said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end
of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the Parks and Park pur-
poses Fund.
That there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the moneys derived
from the operation of the electric light, system and sale of OuI'-
'rent and supplies therefrom and from any and all other moneys or
funds available therefor, the amount sfor e,ach object and purpose,
as follows:
Salaries at electric light commissioner, and
wages of employees,
Operation, maintenance, repairs and
estension of electric light system,
Payment of outstanding indebtedness
electric light system, ,
Payment of interest on light system bondè,
$ 9000.00
20000.00
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<, 12000. 00
1500.00
Any balance of said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end
of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the Electrio Light Sys-
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Section 9.
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That there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the moneys on
hand in the Sewer Maintenance Fund and out of all other funds
and moneys available therefor, the amounts for each object and
purpose, as follows:
For maintenance and operation of sewer
system,
$2000.00
Any balance of said fum remaining over and unexpended at the end
of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the Sewe~ Maintenanoe
Fund.
That there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the money deri-
ved from the levy of tax for the payment of Sewer Outlet Bonds
and interest thereon for the present fiscal year aforesaid, and out
of aný and all other funds.and moneys available therefor, the
amo~~ts for each object and purpose as follows:
Sinking fund for the payment of Sewer Outlet
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Interest on Sewer Outlet Bônds,
$1250.00
1250.00
Any balance of said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end
of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the Fund for Sewer Out-
let Bonds.
That there be, anð. hereby is, a ppropriated out of the money deriv-
ed from the levy .of a tax for the payment of Intersection Bonds
and interest thereon and out of any and all othere funds or moneys
available therefor, the amounts for each object and purpose as fol-
lows:
. Sinking fund for the payment of Interseotion
Paving Bonds,
Payment of interest on Intersection Paving
Bonds,
$8000.00
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Any balance of said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end
of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the Sinking Fund for
the payment of Interseotion Paving Bonds.
That there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the moneys derived
from the operation of the Munioipal Ioe Plant and sale of products
there from and from any and all other moneys and funds available there-
for, the amounts for each object and purpose, as follows:
Salaries and wages of operating
employees,
Operation, repatrs, maintenance
sian of said plant,
Interest on Ioe Plant Bonds,
forse and
$2500.00
7400. OOe-
1500.00
and exten-
Any balance on said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end
of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the Ice Plant Fund.
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This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage, approval and publication, as required by law.
Passed and apprmved this 23rd day of July, 1923.
John R. Ave
Mayor
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Oi ty Clerk.
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Sect ion 1.
Sect ion 2.
Section 3.
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To ammend Section six of Ordinance No. 340 entitle~"An Ordin-
ance de~ining motor vehicfes regulating their use and operation
on the streets, alleys and public graounds of the City of Blair,
Nebraska, and fixing the pen?-lties for the violation thereof",
passed and approved the 7th day of August, 1912, and to repeal
said original section.
By the Mayor and Council of the City of Blatr, Nebraska,-
That Section Six of Ordinance No. 340 of the City ,of Blair, Neb-
raska, passed and approved the 7th day of August, 1912, which reads
as follows, to:-wi t: '
ffAny person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall bé deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum not lese tham $10.00 nor to
exceed $20.00 in the discretion of the Court, and shall stand
committed to the jail of this City until said fines and costs
are paid", and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than $1.00 nor to
exceed $50.00 in the discretion" of the Court and shall stand
committed to the jail of this City until said fines and costs
are paidff. '
That Section s1x of Ordinance No. 340, passed and approved the
7th day of August, 1912, be and the same hereby is repealed.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after
it's passage, approval and publication, as required by law.
Passeå. and approved this 23rd, day of July, '1923.
John R. Ave
Mayor
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ORDINANCE NO.452
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING
BONDS OF THE CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA, FOR THE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN
THOUSAND ($137,000.00) DOLLARS TO TAKE UP
ANDpREDEEM SAID DISTRICT PAVING BONDS OF
PAVING DISTRICTS 3, 4 and 6 OF SAID CITY
WHICH ARE OUTSTANDING AND PRESCRIBING
FORM ÖF SAID REFUNDING BOl~DS AND PRO-
VIDING FOR THEIR REGISTRATION AND THE
CREATION OF A SINKING FUND TO PAY
THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST THERE-
OF AND THE LEVYING OF GENERAL
T AXES THEREFORE.
WHEREAS, the City of Blair, Washington County, Nebraska,
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has her~tofore issued, and now has outstanding arid unpaid valid mter-
est bearing bonds, to-wit:
Its District Paving Bonds of District No.3 in the amount
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of $40, 500.00", numbered IOtoJ30 -and 38 to 97 inclusi va ,in den.omin-
ation of $500.00 e a.ch dated September 1, 1921 due September 1, 1941,
optional September 1, 1923- District No. 4 in the amount of $ 521('00
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numbered- from 16 to 119 inclusive in denominations of. $500.00 each
dat.ed December 1, 1921 due DeQember 1, 1941, optional December 1, 1923;
District No.6 in the amount of $44,500.00 numbered 37 to 43 inc1usive~
and 45 to 126 inclusive, in denominations of $500.00 each dat~d Septem-
ber 1,1921 due September 1, 1941 optional September 1,1923;
issued to pay the cost~ of Paving District no. 3, 4, and 6 in said City
in pursuance to ordinances passed by said city in compliance with
Section 5110 Revised Statutes of State of Nebraska for 1913; principal
sum of said bonds One hundred thirty seven thousand (137,000.00)
Dollars, drawing interest at the rate of 7% per annum and the full
amount of the prinoipa1 of said bonds is not yet due but said City
Counoi1 finds they can refund said bonds at the rate of five and
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one-half per sent (5Mb) thus making a saving of interest to said City.
WHEREAS, the ,Mayor and City Council did on the 27th day of
August 1923, pass and cause to be intered in the minutes of their pro-
ceedings a resolution directing public notice to be given in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 7, Artiole 6, of the Compiled Statutes
of Nebraska for 1922 stating that said District Paving Bonds were sought
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to be taken up and paid off by means of Refunding Bonds of said City in
the prinoipa~ sum of $137,OOq.OO, and fixing the date on which, and place
.where any tax payer of said City might file objections to such proposed
action, and,
WHEREAS, such notice was duly published for two weeks prior
to the date fixed for filing of objections as aforesaid in the "Tribune"
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and the "Blair Pilot", two 1'.1;ewspapers printed and o.f general circulation
in said City, and
WHEREAS, no objection or objections were filed as to the
amount of said bonds as stated in said notice, or against the validity
of such bonds,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND eIn
COUNCIL OF SAID CITY OF BLAIR, WlSHINGTON COUNTY, NEBRASKA,
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There shall be and hereby ordered issued7re-
funding bonds of the City of Blair, Nebraska of the principal amount
of $137,000.00 of which $85,000.00 of bonds shall be 'dated September 1,
1923, due September 1, 1943, optional $4000 each of the years September
1, 1924 to September 1, 1940 inclusive, and $17,000.00 ~ptional September
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1, 1941, said bonds to be in denominations of $1000.00 each numbered 1
to 85 inclusive; $52,000.00 of bonds to be dated December 1, 1923 due
December 1, 1943, optional $2500.00 each of ,the years Deèember~J-?1924 to
Deoember 1, 1940 inclusive, and.$9500.00 optional' Deoember 1, 1941, said
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bonds to be in denominations of $500.00 each numbered from 1 to 104 in-
clusive;, All of saidbond~ shall beàr interest ~t the ~ate of sii semi-
annual. Attached to each bond shall be interest coupons maturing at the
date of the inte~est coupons thereonbeoome due.,
SECTION 8.
Said refunding bonds shall be executed on',-eehald
of said city by being signed by the Mayor an~ City Clerk, who shall aff~x
the city seal to each bond.
The interest coupons shall be executed on
behalf of the city on being signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, either by
their own proper, signatures or by causing their engraved facsimile sig-
natures to be affixe4 tc each coupon.
SECTION '3. After being executed by the Mayor and City Clerk
said bonds shall bedalivered to the City ,Treasurer who shall be respon-
sible therefor under"hlsoffioia.l, bond.
The Treasurer shall cause said
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bonds to be tranàJIiitted wYth -8. certified statement and transcript ,of all
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. the proceedings had and d¿ne p~eoeden~ to t~e issuance thereof to the
Auditor of Public Acoounts of the State of Nebraska and shall cause said
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statement to batiled and said'bonds to 'be registered in said Auditor's
office as pròvided by law, and ahall then cause said 'bonds to 'be regis-
tared in the office of the County Clerk of Washington County, Nebraska.'
SECTION 4.
Said bonds and interest coupons shall be in
substantially the following form:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF NEERASKA
COUNTY OF WASHINGTO~
REFUNDING EONDS OF THE CITY' OF ELAIR
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KNOW ALL MEN EY THESE PRESENTS:
that the City of Elair, in
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the County of Washington, State of Nebraska, hereby acknowledges itself
to owe and for value reoeiv~promises to pay- to bearer the sum of One
Thousand Dollars ($1000. CO) in lawful money of the United States on the
first day of September, 1943, with interest until paid at the rate of
5~% per annum, payable semi-annually on the first day of March and the
first day of September in each of the years upon presentation and surren-
der of the interest coupons as they become due
Said city of Blair reserves the right to pay said bonds
in numerical order as follows:
$4000.00 in each of the y~ars September 1, ~924 to Sept-
ember 1,1940 and $17,000.00 on September 1,1941.
Both principal and interest herein are payable at the office
of the County Treasurer of Washington County, Blair, Nebraska; for the
prompt payment of this bond, both pr-incipal and int Arest at maturity, the
full faith, credit and resources of said city are hereby irrevocably
pledged.
This bond is ~ssued by the city for the purpose of-taking up
and paying off valid interest bearing Paving bonds of the said city of the
principal sum of $85,000, which are outstanding and unpaid in full com-
pliance with the provisions of section 343 of the Compiled Statutues of
Nebraska, 1922 as amended, and pursuant to proceedings duly had and taken
and an ordinance duly passed and adòpted by the Mayor and City Council
of said city.
It is hereby certified and recited that all conditions, acts
and things required by law to exist, or to be done precedent to and in the
issuance of this bond, did exist, have happened, were done and Were per-
formed in regular and due form and time as required by law, and that the
indebtedness of said city, including this bond, does not exceed any
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11mi t at ion impoa ed. by law.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Blair, by its Mayor and
Counoi1 has caused this bond to be signed by its Mayor and attested by
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its City Clerk and its coJ,"porate seal t.o be hereto attached, and has caused t.,.t';
the interest coupons bereto attached to be signed by ~ts Mayor and City.
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Clerk by their prope,r~respective fac~imfle .,signatures and ~a.id pfflce'~s
Co ,resp~ctivelY by the execution hereof:, Mopt a.s and for their 6wil "". ,
proper signatures, 'their respective"i,fâ.ó$;imi'le signatures ~ppearing on
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said coupo~s.
Dated this 18th day of
September
1923.
OITYO:F BLAIR, NEBRASKA-.
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Attest:
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On the 1st day of
, 192_" the Oi ty of Blair in
the State of Nebraska, will w~y ~8 bearer $ ~t the office of
theOounty Treasurer of ,WashingtonOo'linty at Blair, Nebraska, for
interest due on that date on its Refunding ~onds, Numbered
dated
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The Mayor and Council shall annually -cause
.~o be levied and collected a tax on all the taxable property within the
,City suffic,ient top~y the principal and interest of said bonds as they
become due.
The taxes so levied and collected shall be set apart and
constitute a sinking fund for the payment of said refunding bonds.
SECTION 6.
Said Refunding Bonds shall be delivered to
the OMAHA TRUST COMPANY, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, in accordance with contract
duly entered into between said City of BLAIR and said Omaha Trust
Company, which contract calls for payment at better than par and acrued
interest, all in conformity with the contract heretofore entered into
between the Omaha Trust Company and said City of Blair, Nebraska.
SECTION 7. 'This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage, appròv~l B,nd p\1blicaticn accordi:ng
to law.
Passed and approved this
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September. 1923. ,
John R. Aye
Jlayor
C. E. Krause
City Clerk
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