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1925 - -.- ORDIlfAlOE ~. "'~ AN ORDINANCE,- vacating that part of 6th street between Blocks Twenty-Four and T"eIlty-flveof the City of Blair, Washington County, Nebraska.. BE IT-ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BLAIR,NEBRASKA SECTION ONE,. Whereas that part of Sixth Street lyiD¡ between Blooks Twenty-four and Twenty-flve of the City of Bla.1r,Nebraeka., was l&1d out, dedicated and platted in the original plat of .ala. City as a public street, and, Whereas, the same haa never been opened, used or worked. as a public street, and has been enolOsed,ooaupied, held and claimed by adverse possession by the ouners of more than sevsbtyifive per cent of the property abutting ther.eon sinsoe said date, who have filed a. petetion with this Council for the va.oation of the same" Be it therefore ordained that &11 that part of-Sixth Street loc&.tedbetween Blocks Twenty-Four and-Twenty-Five of said City be and the same hereby is vacated. . SECTIOK TWO,. This Ordinance shall take'effect and be in force from. and after its passage, approva.l and publioa:tion as required by 1&.\11'. passed &84 approved this 5th day of May,1925. Attest 2 E Xrause,Oity Clerk. R J MUrdoch,Kayor. Ref. Tab Ie 1939. " \, ~ ~ (J1 ORDINANCELfJ'1! . AN ORDI NANCE,.. To provide for the levy of a tax a.nø, the levying of the same on . all-. the taxable property in the City of Blair, Nebraska." for a.ll purposes neoessa.ry to maintain the City government for the C~ty of BlairjNebraska, for the fiscal year commencing on the first T Tuesday in May,192"also levying a poll-tax on certain inhabitants of said City, also for paying prinoipa.l and interest on outstand- ing bonds of said C~ty for the fisøal year; . 6£61 81 q9l lÐ~ BE,IT ORDAINED,- By the Mayor and. Council of the City of Blair,Nebraaka; SECTION ONE,- That there be and hereby is levied and assessed upon all the taxable property within the corporate limits of the City of Blair, Nebraska., tOr the fiscal year commencing On the first Tuesday in Jlay,,19~5, the following sums,to-wit,- PURPOSE~ For General Revenue Purposes------------------------- ~OO M111s For Public Library Purposes...------------------------- 1.00 'Iills For Street -Lighting Purposes-----------------------.-- 1.00 Mills For Musio & Public Amusements------------------------ .10 Mills For Sewer Out-let Bonds & Interest------------------- 1.00-Mil1s For Xnterseotion Paving Bonds & Interest ------------ ;.00 Mills For Pa.rks & park Purposes-----------------------~-=...- .20 Mills For Hydrant Rentals ----------...---------------------- .60 Mills That the same be levied and assessed against all the taxable property within the oorpoate limits of the City of Bla.1r,Nebra.ska, and collected as other taxes as shoun on the assessment rolls for the year 1925. SECTION TWO,'" That there be and hereby i8 levied upon each male 1nhabit~t of the City of Blair,Nebraska, between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, not exempted therefrom by Stat~e or Ordinance of this City, a poll-tax in the au of Two (#2. CO) Dollars on each and every such mal e inhabi tat aforesaid. The said tax shall be collected as provided by law for the fiscal year commencing on the first Tuesday in May, 1925. SECTION THREE,= This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after i ts passage, approval and publication as provided by law. Passed and approved this 22nd day of June, 1925 Attest C E Krause, City Clerk R J Murdoch,Mayor. Ref. Tab Ie 1939 ". þ.-d.. m c'~ ,OBDINAN CE IO..J!:sL. AN ORDINANCE, to be termed "THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION BILLtf and. appropriating such sum or swns of money necessary to defray all necessary e.xpenses and liabili ties of the City of Blair, washington County, State of Nebraska, for the fiscal year commencing on the first Tuesday in May, 1925, specifying the object and purpose of each appropriation, and the a.møunt ,for each object and purpose. r .. Tab Ie 1939 t. BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE MAYOR ANDCOUNOIL OF THE CITY OF BLAIR, WASHINGTON COUNTY, BBRASKA. Ref. Tab Ie 1939 SECTION ONE. That there be and hereby is appropriated out of the money derived from the taxes levied for general revenue purposes for the;present fisoal year.. commencing on the first Tuesday of May ,1925, and out of all available money or funds therefore belonging to said Oi ty, the amounts for each object and purpose as follows,; Salaries for City Officials Street, Alley and Bridge purposes and the a.~isition of land for the same Fire Department and APpuratis Mioellain1uos and Inoedental expenditures Printing and Publication ' Expense of criminal and Oi val Suits Payment of Pave1ng assessment on City property . 5,000.00 113,000.00 , 500. 00 5,000.00 700.00 500.00 coo. 00 SECTION TWO. Any balance of said fundS remaining over and unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the general fund. That there be and herebyis appropriated cut of the money derived from the levy of taxes for parks and Park purposes for the aforesaid fiscal year and out of any and all moneys or suncls therefore, amounts for each object and purpose as follows; For Parks I 500.' 00 Any balanoe of said. fund remaining over and unexpended at the end of the fisoal year shall be transferred to the Park Fund. ' SECTION THREE, Tñat there be and hereby is appropriated out of the money derived from the levy of taxes for Musio and Public Amusements for the sai4 fisoal year and out of any and all moneys or funds availa.ble therefore, amounts for each object and purpose as follows; Music and Public Amusements I 750. 00 Any balance of said fund remia.ning over and unexpendeõ. at the end of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the Musio and Public Amusemnt fund. SECTION FOUR. That there be aJld hereby is appropriated out of the money derived from the levy of taxes for the improvement of the water Works Sptem for the fiscal year a.@oresa1d. out of the revenues from the water works system. and from the levy of taxes for hydrant rentals and out. of the water fund and from any and all moneys or funds available therefore, amounts for each object and purpose as follows; For Improvement,Operation and !fainte nancsof Water Works Sistem 8,000.00 Salry of Water Commissioner and Employee's 2,500.00 Any balance of said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end of the , -~" ~"? SECTION FIVE. SECTION SIX. SECTION SEVEN. SECTION EIGHT. SECTION IDE. fisoal year shall be transferred to the Water Fund. That there be and hereby isa.ppropria.ted out of the money derived from the levy of taxes for Street Lighting purposes for the fiscal yeax, and out of any and all moneys or funds ava,ila.ble therefore, ~ounts for each oDjeot and purpose as follows. Street Lighting Purposes . 3,5°0.00 ;n.y balance of'said fund remaining over a.;ríd unexpended at the end, of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the General fund. That there be and hereby is approp:,i/i,ted. out the money derived from the ope_tien of the electric light system and sale of current and supplied therefrom and. from any and a.ll.other moneys or funds ava,ila.ble therefore, the amounts for each obj eat and. purpose as follows; ,Salary of Ileotric Li~t Commissioner and wages of employee s Operation,maintenance,repairs and extension of lighting system $ 9,000.00 . 20,000.00 Any balanoe of sa. iei fund remaining over and unexpended at the end. of the fiscal yeax shall be transferred to the Eleotrio Light System Fund. That there be and. hereby is apprpria.ted out of the money derived from the levy of taxes for payment of sewer Outlet Bonds andintereet '4'Øreon for the fiscal year, and out of any and all moneys or funds ava.-ilable therefore, amounts for each object and purpose as follows; Sinking FUnd for the payœent of Sewer Outlet Bonds Interest on sewer Outlet Bonds , 1,250.00 1,250.00 Any balanoe of- said. fund rema.1niDg unexpendöd at tbe. end of the fiscaJ. shall be transferred to the fund for Sewer Outlet Bonds. That there be and hereby is appropriated out of the money derived from the levy of taxes for Paument of Interseotion Paving Boncia and interest thereon for the fleos,¡ year, end out of ap.y and all moneys or funde available therefore, amounts for each object and purpose as follows; Sinking Fund for Payment ot Intereeotion Paving Bonds $ 8,000.00 Interest on Interseotion Pa~1ng Bonda $ 10.000.00 Any balance of said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end lof the fiscal year shall be transferred to the fund for payment of Interseotion Paving Bonds. That there be and hereby is appropriated- out of the money deri"eå. from the operation of the Munioipal Ioe Plant and sale of products thereform and. from any and all moneys or funds ava.ilable therefore, amounts for each object and purpose as follows. Salaries and wages of operating force and employees Operation,repairè,maintenanoe and extension Interest on Ioe Plont Bonds I 2.500.00 7,400. 00 1,500. 00 Any balance of said fund rema.iningand unexpend.e4 at the end of the fiscal year shall be transfe:rred to the Ioe Plant Ftmda ,..d cr,~ (:¡¡j , , SECT lOB TEN. That there be and. hereby 18 'appropr1ated out of the moneys der1 ved from the levy of taxes £01' Public L1brary Purposes for the present fisoal year aforesa.1d, and out of any and a.llmoneys or funã.e available therefore, the ~Ount8" for each obj eat and purpose as fOllows. !ta.1ñteDa.UOe 0:!Publ10 Library . 2,500.00 Payment Of Pær lIS assessment of Public Library 350.00 Any balan ce of sa.1d Fund remaining and. unexpended at the end of the f1soal year shall be transferred to the Publio Library Fund.. SEOTION ELEVEN. That there be and herebt is appropriated out of' the moneys on hand in the Sewer Maintenance Fund and out of all other fuuc1s available therefore, the amounts for each obj ect and purpose as follows. For Maintenanoe and Operation of sewer System I .1, 000. 00 SECTION TWELVE. Any balance of sa.1d fund. remaining over and unexpended at the end. of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the Sewer Ha.1ntenanoe Fund.. 'l'bis Ordinance shall take efteot and be 1n force £rom and after its ~assa.ge, approval an4 publication as ~equired by 1&\7. . Paase4 and approved this 21st dar of July,l925 Attest C E Krause, City C~erk R J MurdOoh, Mal or ORDINANCE NO. 460. Ref. Tab Ie 1939 AN ORDINANCE dedicationg and openmng as, extention of WashingtmD Street,,' West to .the corporate limi ta, providing for theaecep- tance, of the donation of land taken therefore and nameing that part of street so extended. WHEREAS, Gifford 1. Dixon and Lila Dixon, his wife and Anna D. Simm oneen, unmarried, have deeded to the City of Blair, Nebrask~ a strip~of land herein after described in consideration of the acceptance, dedication, and opening of the same as a Public Street, by the Mayo~ and Council of the City of Blair Nebraska. SECTION ONE.,. Now therefore be it resolved, By the Mayor and Council of the City of Blair Nebraska. . That all right and Title and easement conveyed to said City and to the following described real estate to-wit; : ,SECTION TWO. Commencing 17 feet south of the intersection of the center of West Street with the center of Washington Street, produced, of the original plat of Blair Nebraska, and running thence south four feet; thence West parellel with the saouth center of !Vashington street, produced 65S. g feet to a polint 1&;3 feet ea.s:t of 'the west line of, the NEt of swi ot seotion,ll, Tounship lS, Range 11, thence angling with the .saidcenter line of Washington street S' 670.52 W. 162 feet to County Road No. 250. Thence North alomg said Road 127 feet to a point 45feet north of the said center line of Washington Street, and 208 ft. south of the NW corner of lot 10. 60. of said Section 11, Tounshmp, 1$, Range 11. Thenoe eást parellel with Washington Street, extended 583.5 Feet to road No. 25; Thenoe S. 410.36 E along said road to a 17 f. eet south of the center line. of washi.ngton street wxtendedi... thence East 170.5 feet to the place of beginning, all ~n the City of ~lair, Washington County, Nebraska. Under theab~ve mentioned deed of dedication be and the Same hereby are accepted, ratified and confirmed and said strip of, land accepted by the City of 1111air, for the pUtrposes of the public Street of the said City. That said strip of land be and it hereby is laoated, extended ~ld ordered to be open to the Public ~6 a Street ~!d named Washington Str. SECTION THREE. This Ordinance shall take sffect and be in force from and after its passage, approval and apublication as required by law. Passed and approved this 18th day of August, 1925. A ttes t. C. E. Krause. City Clerk. Mayor R. J. Murdoch. ¡.~ ~ ::.0 ~- - ORDINANCE NO!l!6l . . Ref. Tobie ~939 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE. ÌSSUINCE. OF-REFTmDIIG BONDS OF THE ,CITY OF BLAIR, II THE PRINCIPAL SUM OF SEVENTY THOUSAND ( i 70,000.00) DOLLARS AND PROVI~ING FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAXES FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE SAME. WHEREAS, by resolution duly passed and entered in the Minutes of ~heir pro.oeé41ng on the 2nd day of september 1925, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Blair, Nebraska. directed that publio notice be given stateing that the City of Blair has outstancÛng' and unpaid bonds in the total prinoipal amount of Seventy Thousand ($70,,000.00) Dollars:. oènsistlng of: Interseotion Paving Bonds in the principal amount or-Forty-Eight Thousand ($ 4S,OOO) Dollars, Dat ed Deoembe~ Ist,1920,. due Deoember l.,t, 194-0';,Opt1onalDeoemb'er 1st, 1925, bea.ri.ng.. interest at the rate of six per centum ( 6~) per annum which were authorized and ordered issued þy O.rdinance No. 14-17 of said City, which was passed. and approved :the 30th day of love~ber, 1920., ., Interseotion Paving Bonds in the principal amount of Twenty-two Thousand ( $ 22,000) Dollars, dated January lst,1921, due JaJluary Ist,1941; Optional January Ist,1926, bearing interest at the rate of six peroentum ( 6%) per annum, which were authorized and ordered to be issued by Ordinance No 421 of said City, which 1.'as passed and approved the 4th day of January 1921. . All of which bonds are valid interest bearing obligations of the City of Blair,Nebra~ That sinsoe the issuance of said bonds the rat e of interest has so declined in the markets ~ that by taking up and paying off said bonds by an issue of Refunding Bonds of the City, a substantial saving in the amount of yearly running interest will be made to the City; That the City has a,óøumula.ted no fundS for the payment of the principal of said bondS and has no motley in any sinking funds which ma.y be applied thereonjthat the, indebtedn. esse! the City on. a. ooount of t.he principal. of said bonã.s is Seventy Thousa.nd ( 4) 70,000) Dollars and that the .-said principal indebtedness is sought to be taken up and paid off by means of Refunding Bonds of the said City in the. principal po. :ant. of Seventy .T. ..housand ($.. 70, 000) Do.~a.rs, to be.. d.a;. ted January Ist,1926, said bonds to draw interest at the rate of 4 t % per annum,paya.'ble semi- annuallY, .whioh theM9¥or and City Counoilpropose to issue. . . WHEREAS, By said Resolution the M~or and City Council directed that the notice shoù14 be published for two weeks in the. Tribune, a newspaper printed and of general circulation in the City of Blair and the County of washington, and posted on the door of the City Hall in wQ,ioh the Mayor and City Oounoilhold their stated meetings, which notice designated that the 22nd 4.a.y of September 1925, between the hours of 9 0' clock A. M.. and 5 0' clook P. M., or during buisness hours on any day prior to said date, as the time, and the office of the City Clerk as the place where any taxpayer of the City may file objections to such proposed act. . . NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BLAIR, NEBR. ,Seotion 1,- The Mayor and City Council of the City of Bla,1r,Nebraska, find and determine that Interseotion Paving Bonds in the Principal sum of $ 48,000.00. Interseotion Paving Bonds in the PrinCipal. sum of $22,000.00; of the City of'Blair, Nebraska are outstanding and unpaid and are the V~id and interest bearing obligations of said City; that sinsoe the issuance of said bøn~ the rate of interest has so declined in the markets that by taking up and paying off such bonds by a.:D. issue of Refunding Bon~ of the City, a. substantial saving in the amount of yearly runnin interest will be made to the Ci tYi that the City has aocumulated no funds for the g payment of the prinoipal of said bonds; ànd has no money in any sinking funds which ~a¥ be applied thereon¡ that notice that the City seèks to take up and payoff such T onds 'b~ means of negotiable refunding bonds of the 01 ty in the Sum of Seventy bou.and ($ 70,000) DOllars, to draw interest at the rate of 4 1 % semi-annually, this being the lowest rate if interest said bon~ OO~~~ ~~~m~~a~~~le ~; :::'j be desposed of àt par. as provided in the resolutionh heretofore passed by the Mayor and City Counoi!., notioe wa.s published a.s reqwired by statute for. two weeks in the Tribune, a legal weekly newspaper printed and of general circulation i~~the Ci tyot BJ,air and County of washington and due proof of laid publ~oœ.tion has been made Hby the afficia.viå. of the publisher of said newspaper duly filed with the City Clerk, and that said notice was duly posted upon the door of the City Hall where the Marc%' and City Council bold their stated meetings for more than two we~ks prior to the date fixed in the notioe on whioh any taxpayer of sa.1d City might file objeotionsto said' action; that no objection has been filed as to the amount of said bonds or against the validity of such bonds and the date fixed in said notice on which any taxpayer of said City might f~le objection to such proposed action has passed and the time for fileing objections had expire~ .. . - Section 2,--That there shall be and there are hereby ordered issued negotiable bonds of the City of Blair, to be known as ø REFUNDING BONDS., which shallocnsist of Se1tenty (70) bonds, numbered from 1 to 70, both,.inolusive and all of said. bonds ~hall þe dated January 1st, 1926, interest payable sem-annually on January 1st and July 1st eao~ year at the office of the County Trea.surer of Washington County at Blair, Nebraska., an.c1 sa.1d bonds ,hall be in the denOminatio.n of $. 1,000 each and shall draw interest at the rate of 4 i 10 per annum and shall become due and payable as follows; $ 3,OOO.00'on January 1st of each of the ye&%'8 1927 to 1916 both years inclusive; $ 4,000.00 o~ January 1st of. each of the year8 1937 to 19~, both years inclusive. ¡/ [ ,', ~eot10r¡ 3, - Said bonds shall be executed on behalf of th~ City by be~ng signed by the Mayor and City Clerk and by affixing the City Seal thereto. The interest coupons shall be exeouted on behalf of the City by being signed by the Mayor and City Clerk by oauseing their engraved fa.osimile signa.tures to be affixed to each coupon. ' Section 4, - 1h.at said. bonds and coupons shall be in substantially the following form,-to-wit,- UNITED STATES OF AMERIIA STATE OF NEBRASKA COUNTY OF WASHINGTON CITY OF BLAIR REFUNDING BOND NO . . . NO ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the City of Blair tn the County of Washington state of Nebraska.,hereby acknowledges itself to owe and for value reoeiveå" promises to pay to the bearer the sum of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ( $ 1,000. CO) in la~ùl money of the United St5tes of Amerioa on the first day of January 19 ,with interest thereon from the cia.te hereof until pa.1d at the rat e of four and one half (~) per cent per armum, payable semi-annually on the fi/rst day of January and July of each year, upon presentation and surrender of the interest °9upon attached hereto as they severally become due. Both principal and. interest hereon are payable at the offioe of the County Treasurer of Washington County, in Blair, Neb ruks.. For the promp payment of this bond,prinoipal and. interest as the same become due the full fal th, ored! t and resources of said Oi ty are her~by irrevocably Pledgeci.' This bond. is one of an issue of seventy (7O) bonc1s in the denomination of One Thousand ($ 1,000) Dollars each, numbered from one to seventy both numbers 1nolusi ve of a. tot/Ù principal amount of Seventy Tbousand ($ 70,000) Dollars of like ð.a.te and tenor except as to maturity,herewithis8ued by said. City for the purpose of paying off the bonded. debt of said. City on ~ts Interseotion Paving Bonâ8 of the total principal amount of Seventy Thousand ( $ 70, OOO) Dollars now existin . and. un aid. d are in strict compliance with the provisions of Artiole XI Chapter 7e; of the ßom'l'\iï:d statutes of Nebraska for 1922. ' v ,~ .....:t ~ fais bona ana the other bonds of this issue have been auly authorizeä by an ordinaJ.lce duly passed and a.<1opted. by the Mayor and Council of said City. It is. hereby. certified and warranted that vall conditions, acts and things reqw1red by law to êxist or to be done precedent too and in th~ issuance of tbis bond, did exist, â1 d happen and. were done and performed in regular and due form and time as r~~ired by law and that the indebtednees of said Cityincludeing this issue 'bond. does not exceed any lim! taion imposed by la.w. The City covenants that it will annually levy and collect taxes on all the taxable property in the City in addition to other taxes for the purpose of paying and sufficient to pay the interest on this bond as the same become due, and to create asin~i~g fund.~-topay the. prinoips.¡ bereof at mat~ity. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Mayor and Council of the City of B1G:l.ir have caused this bond to be executed on behalf of said City by being signed by the Mayor and attested by the Ci~y Clerk, and by ca.useing the official seal of said City to be hereto affixed, and has caused the interest ooup4»ns hereto attached to be executed on behalf of said City by having affi.xed thereto the engraved facsimile si.gnatures of sa.1c1 Itayor and Clerk, and the May or and Clerk do by the execution of th6s bond adopt as aDd for their own proper signatures their resp-eetive facsimile signatures on said coupons all as of the first day Ofcl~1tary, 1926- CITY OF BLAIB. By MAYÕB. ATTEST City Clerk. ( FORI' OF COUPON) No . # . .- On the first day of Janùary (July) 19 ' , the City of Bla.1r in the County of Washington, stat e of Neb raska. nll pay to bearer. --Dollars ($r ., )a.t the office of the County Treasur.. CU' O.f washingt.on bounty at Blair..,mebra.ska. foTIñterest due that da.te On its refun41ng bond dat ed January Ist,1926, 10 . Mayor C1 ty Òlerk. Section 5..'" The City of Blair shall Itlake andoertify a complete statemen' of the proceedings had and done by t,he, said C~ ty presoe14ent to the issuance of the said bonds for fileing with the Auditor of Public Aooounts of the State of Nebraska.. After being. executed by the Mayor and Clerk said. bonds shall be sent together with a. copy of said proceedings ~_o the offt oe of the said Auüto.r to be bý him regietereli and shall then oa.~e th~ same to be registðred in the office of the County Clerk of Washington OountY,Bla1r,Nebraska.. They shall then be delivered to the Omaha Trust Company of Omaba,Nsbraska, in exohange for other aforementioned Interseotion raving Bonds.t . Whj.8h . ~e be~I;\g ~.funded. Section 6,- The Mayor and City Council shall cause to be levied and oolleoted annually taxes on, all the taxable property in said City sufficient 1n amount to pay the principal and interest of said. bonds when the same become due. Section 7.. - This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, ~pprova.l and publication as required by law. passed and approved this 23rd day of November, 1925 At,:test C E Krause City Clerk R J Murdoob, MaYQ1'