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1928R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS7 The Blair Gas Company, a Corporation, of Blair, Nebraska, is now the owner of the Gas Plant and distributing system in the City of Blair, Nebraska, manufacturing and distributing to the inhabitants of said-City industrial gas for .heating and lighting purposes, and, WHEREAS said Gas Company has this date offered to sell said Gas Plant and distributing system in its entirety to said City of Blair, Nebraska, for the sup►' of 6 22,500-00 said offer being the culmination of negotia- tions under way between said Gas Company and said City for some time pest, an di WHEREAS, The Mayor and Council of said City have investigated said proposal and offer - and are fully informed in regard thereto. NOW THEREFORE, Be it Resolved by the Mayor and Council of the City of Blair, Nebraska, as follows: Section One: That the offer and proposal of the Blair Gas Company, a Cor- roration, of "Blair, Nebraska, no* on file with the City Clerk of said City to sell the Gas Plant and distributing system now operated and owne by it in the said City for the sum of 6 22, 50Cn, 00 be and. the same hereby is accept - ed for the purpose only, however, of-enabling the question of accepting said offer and proposal and of issuing bonds where with to pay for the s "e, to -be- voted upon by the electors of said-City as required by law; SECTION TWO: That the purchase of said Gas Plant and distributing system uhd.er said offer and proposal be and the same hereby is declared to be for the p public- welfare and convenience of the inhabitants of said City; SECTION THREE: That the cost of purchasing said Gas Plant and distributin® system after the same has. been approved by the electors of said City, shall be paid by the issuance of the negotiable bonds of said City, dated as of the date of issuance, payable in twenty years from their date but coptional as to time of payment after five years from their date, for the total prin- cipal sum of $ 22,500-00, bearing interest thereon at the rate of not to ex- ceed six per cent per annum, payable semi- annually, said interest payments to be evidenced by interest coupons attached, to said bonds; SECTION YOUR: Be it further Resolved that the question of accepting said offer and proposal of said Gas Company and of issuing bonds o.f .said City to pay for the purchase of said Gas Plant and distributing system be submitted to the electors of said City to be voted upon by them at the regular annual election to be held in said City at the usual voting places on the 3rd day of April, 1928, and the City Clerk of said City is hereby authorized and direct- ed to place said question upon the regular ballot to be used at said City elec- tion, said question to be stated upon said ballots as follows:_ "Shall the Mayor and Council of. the City of Blair, Nebraska, Accept on behalf of said City, the offer of the Blair Gas Company, a Cor- poration, of Blair, Nebraska, to sell to said City in its entirety the Gas Plant and distributing system, with its appurtenances, now owned and operated by said Gas Company in said City, for the sum of 22 and shall the Mayor and Council of said City have the authority and power and be hereby directed to borrow money and pledge the credit and property of said City for the payment thereof by the issuance of the negotiable bonds of said City in the total sum of �� ' said b to be dated on the date o f issuance and to be due and payable in t-venty years from their date, but pay- able at the option of said City at any time after five years from their date, said bonds to bear interest at the rate of not to exceed s ix Per cent per annua, payable Seim- annually, said interest payments to be evidenced by interest coupons attached to said bonds and said bonds to be issued for the purpose of ob- taining funds to pay for the cost of the acquisition and purchase of said Gas Plant and distributing system under said offer and proposal above referred to." SECTION FIVE; Be. -it further resolved that the City Clerk of this City be and he is hereby authorized and directed to give thirty days notice to the electors of said City that said question and proposition, above set forth will be voted upon at said regular city election of said City to be held on the 3rd day of April, 1926 at the usual polling; 151ei3r in:,said City, said notice to said electors to b given by publication for thirty days in The Enterprise, a legal - weekly newspaper printed and published and of gen- eral circulation in the said City of Blair, Nebraska, the same being the official- paper of said City. SECTION SIX; Be it further resolved that if sixty per cent of electors of said City voting on said above-set forth question or proposition shall vote in favor thereof then the Mayor and Counoil . aforsaid, on behalf of said City, shall purchase said Gas Plant and distributing system under said pro- posal and shall issue said bonds to pay for the cost of said purchase, but if sixty per cent of the electors voting on said question or proposition shall hot vote in favor thereof, then the same shall be deemed to be lost and said purchase shall n otL be made nor said bonds issued. Passed and approved this 27th day of February, 1928. mayor. Attest: 01ty Clerk. Z-'D a� OFFER AND PROPOSAL To the Mayor and City Council of Blair, Nebraska: Gentlemen; The undersigned, The Blair Gas Company, a Corporation, of Blair, Nebraska, being now the owners and operators of a gas plant and distributing system for the products of the said Gas Plant in the City. of Blair, Nebraska, said Cras so manufactured being used by the Inhabitants of said City for heating and lighting purposes, does hereby offer to sell said Gas Plant and Distributing system in its entirety, including the real estate on which said Gasz .plant is now located, all mains, piping and-ser- vice connections used in distributing said products, all maohinery, equlp- ment and supplies, materials, meters, office equipment and records to the said City of Blair, Nebraska, for the sum of 822,500. Q0, the same to be free and clear Of any and all liens and indebtedness. It is understood by the undersigned, .The Blair Gas Company, that this proposal and offer is to be submitted by your honorable body to a rote of the electors of said City, for their acceptance or rejection as soon as legally possible, and it is hereby e�greed and made a part of this proposal and offer that if this proposition is carried by the legal number of voters at the election when .the sane is submitted, the same shall con- stitute an acceptance of this proposal and offer, and the undersigned, Blair Gas Company, a Corporation,* does hereby undertake and agree to hold said offer and proposal hereinbefore made, open and binding until said election is had. Given under the Seal of said porporation and the hands of itts duly authorized officers at Blair, Nebraska, this 27th day of February, 1925. THE BLAIR GAS COMPANY, A CORPORATION, OF B LA IRS' NEBRASKA. By Edw. D. Grimm, President. Attest: Guy K. Head, Secretary. (SEAL). z'D Q ,D t\D RE80LU_TION BE IT' RES©LVED, by the Mayor, and Coungi_1 of the City o f - Blair,, Nebraska that the offer of - the Crowell Memorial Home . Trustees, to -. purohae e a mini ium carload of six -inch cast iron eater main prinaipallp for the purpose of laying a main and installing a fire hydrant -to " and hear the 'buildings of paid Home, the same to be p u roha�ed from said. Board of Trustese, and. paid for by said City, as :so as funds are available therefore in the Water Fund of „ said City ,be , aooepted, and ^ BE IT ETHER RESOLVED, that upon' the r eceipt by said City, of said water main, that the,-4ater commissioner of said City be and he ;is hereby direct ed to .cause a ix - inch *ain to be laid from the pre City eater main at the oorner of- grant and. Center Stre westerly into the grounds of said Crowell Home, t a point conveniently near the buildings thereon suitable for furnishing fire proteot4on to said buildings end also. intall -thereon a suitable -- six- inch-hydrant with a pumper and hose connections, and, BE IT -FURTHER RESOLVED that upbn the delivery by said Trustees to said City, of a minmu im earioad of siR -inch Cast ire, water main, pipe, that the host of the same at the regular wholesale price in carload 'grontiti.es . there - of at .filar, Nebraska., be paid to paid out of the water "'fund o f said City as soon as cash is on UuAd in said Find, wherewith `tc _pay the same r t� R E S O L U T I O N BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Council of the City of Blair, Nebraska, that the City Treasurer Chas H Robertson be he hereby ordered to sell bonds No. 63 and 64 of the Saalitary Sewer District Boras of the City of (Now owned by the Sewer Maintenance Fund of said City) and- transfer the proceeds of such sale to the General Fund of-the City of Blair, Nebraska. r� �3� R E S 0 L U T 10 N BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Council of the City of Blair, Nebraska, that the City Treasurer Chas H. Robertson be - and is hereby order to transfer 2480.00 from the 'General Fund -of the City of Blair to the Sanitary Sewer Bond and Interest Fund and said City Treasurer is further to pay and cancel bonds No 63 and 64 of the City of Blair Sanitary Sewer District No. 1 Bonds. i RE�OLU_T I_0� ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES F OR THE FISCAL YEAR 1926 -1 Be It Resolved By The Mayor and Council Of The City Of Blair, Nebraska; That the probable amount of Money needed for all purposes to be raised by said City for the. fiscal year commencing on the first Tuesday in ffi'ay, 1929, including interest and principal due or to become due on bonded indebtedness, sinking - funds, and the different objects and branches of expenditures of said City, itemized and classified as hereinafter set forth, is estimated as follows, to -wit; Printing & Publication - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ Salaries %; City- Ofi'icials - _ _ - - - - For Streets, Alleys and Bridges - - - _ _ - _ Fire Department Equipment and Purposes - - - - Miscellaneous Purposes Civil and Criminal Suits - - - - _ _ Principal and Interest on Bonded Indebtedness due or to become due Salaries of Employees, Maintenance, Operation and Extension -of Electric Light System - _ _ _ _ Street and Public Lighting Salaries of Employe Maintenance and Extension of Water Works System - - _ _ _ _ _ _ Parks and Park Purposes Music and Public Amusements Maintenance and Operat i -n of Public Library - - - Sinking Fund for Sewer Bonds and Interest - - _ _ Sinking Fund for Intersection Paving Bonds and Interest - Paving Assessments on City Property - - - Salaries - -of Employees, Maintenance and_ Extension of Ice .Plant - - - - - - - - - - Hydrant Rentals 500.00 6, 000.00 6,000.00 3 5, 000.00 2"000.00 5 0, 000.00 50, 000.00 5,000-00 12, 000.00 500..00 1,000.00 3, 000.00 500.00 15,000-00 1"000.00 9 1 000.00 2, 500: 00 And the Iffayor and Council of the City of Blair, Nebraska,, hereby certify that the following is a true and 'oorrect statement of the entire revenue of the City of Blair, Nebraska, received for' the fiscal. year commencing on the first- Tuesday in May, 1927, REVENUE RECEIVED FROM ALL SOURCES - - - 146, 352.01 Be It Further Resolved that. this Resolution be entered at large on the Vinutes of this Council and that the same be published for four consecutive - weeks in the Tribune, a legal, weekly newspaper of gener- al circulation in the City of Blair, Nebraska. Passed and Approved this day of June, 1928. Mayo �z Attest; C ty Clerk.