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Ordinance 384 - Issuance of Bonds189 ORDINANCE NO. 384 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NINETY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($95,000) funding BONDS OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA IN EXCHANGE FOR OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, AND PROVIDING A TAX LEVY FOR THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OF SAID BONDS. ' Section 1. WHEREAS there are now outstanding the valid, legal and subsisting Warrants of said City in an amount, which, with interest, is not less than Ninety five Thousand Dollars ($95,000). Section 2. WHEREAS there are no moneys in the Sinking Fund, and no taxes levied now available for the payment of said Warrants; and, Section WHEREAS, in the judgment of this Council, it is to the best interests of said City that Funding Bonds be issued on the credit of the City to the amount of Ninety-five Thousand Dollars ($95,000), to enable it to retire said amount of outstanding Warrants, and interest thereon; and, Section 4. WHEREAS, the total indebtedness of said City, including the bonds ofthe City, is less than three percent (3%) of the value of the taxable property within said City, as ascertained by the last assessment ' for State and County taxes previous to the issuing of the bonds herein proposed; and, Section 5.. WHEREAS, the holders of said outstanding Warrants, as herein referred to, are willing to exchange the same, together with inter- est, for a like amount of the Funding Bonds herein authorized; and, Section 6. WHEREAS, the City Council has caused to be made deligent enquiry among the holders of the said Warrants of the City, as to whether they would accept in exchhnge for their Warrants, Funding Bonds of the City of Kalispell issued upon the amortization plan, meaning that kind of a bond on which part of the principal is required to be paid each time in- terest becomes due and payable, which part payment on the principal increas at each succeeding installment in the same amount that the interest payment ' decreases, so that the combined amount due in principal and interest on each succeeding due date remains the same until the bond is paid in full; and, Section 7. WHEREAS this enquiry has been of sufficient scope so that the City Council has determined that such amortization bonds cannot be ne- gotiated at a reasonable rate of interest davantageous to the people of the City of Kalispell, for whose benefit the bonds are proposed to be issued; Fi90 and the issuance of Funding Bonds of.the City of Kalispell, maturing serially, in exchange for such Warrants, will immediately eggect a mater- ial reduction of interest payments, and thereby a distinct advantage, in that respect, to the City and its taxpayers. NOW, THEREFORE, The City Council of the City of Kalispell, Flathead County, State of Montana, does ordain: ' Section 1 That the City Council hereby determines that the said proposed. Ninety-five Thousand Dollars ($95,000) Funding Bonds of the City of Kalispell cannot be negotiated at a rate of interest advantage- ous to the -people of the City if issued upon the amortization plan; and that the City Council #ereby determines that the issuance of bonds payable serially will be most advantageous to the said City', and that the issuance of said bonds, payable on the serial plan, in ex- change for a like amount, with interest, of Warrants of said City, is deemed for the best interest and advantage of said City,and is deemed necessary and expedient to enhence, preserve and maintain the credit of said City. Section 2. That for the purpose of enabling the City to retire, fund and refund the valid, legal, outstanding Warrants of said City, ' hereinbefore referred to, now outstanding, in an amount which, with interest, totals Ninety-five Thousand Dollars.($95,000.), there are_ hereby authorized and directed to be issued NINETYFIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($95,000) of negotiable coupon bonds of the City of Kalispell; to be known as "Funding Bonds", in the denomination of $1,000 each, numbered consecutively from One (1) to Ninetyfive (95) inclusive, dated the 1st day of May, 1925, and becoming due, in the order of their number, the lowest number first, as follows: $5,000 on July let in each of the years 1927 to 1944, both years inclusive; $5,000 on May lat, 1945, provided that said bonds shall be redeemable on and after the interest ' day next prior to their maturity; said bonds to bear interest at the rate of Five Percent (5%), payable semiannually on the first day of January and July of each year; both prinoipal and interest on said bonds to be made payable at the office of the National City Bank, New York City, New Yort Section j. That the said funding ponds and coupons attached shall be signed by the Mayor and the City Clerk, and sealed with the City seal, and that the form of said bond and the Clerk's Certificate to 197 be endorsed thereon, shall,be substantially as follows: No. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MONTANA CITY OF KALISPELL'. I FLATHEAD COUNTY, FUNDING BOND. $1,000.00 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESEidTS That the City of Kalispell in the County of Flathead, State of Montana, for value received hereby promises to pay to bearer ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS 'lawful money of the United States of America on the 1st day of July 1927, with interest on said sum from the date hereof until paid at the rate of Five Percent.(5%) per annum, payable semiannually, on the let day of January and July in each year, on the presentation and surrender of theinterest coupons hereto attached. Both principal and interest of said bond are hereby made payable at the offive of the NATIONAL CITY BANK ' New York City, Mew York. This bond is redeemable at the option of the City, ana in the manner prescribed by law, on and after the interest day next prior to its matur- ity. THIS BOND is issued by the City of Kalispell for the purpose of funding and retiring a like amount, includinginterest, of valid outstand- ipg Warrants of said City, under the authority of and in full compliance with the statutes and laws of the State of Montana thereunto enabling, and in conformity with resolution of the City Council of said City duly adopted. AND IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED That all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and constitution of the State of Montana ' to be done prededent to and in the issuance of this bond, have been pro- perly done, happened and been performed in regular and due form, as re- quired by law, and that the total indebtedness of said City, including this bond, does not exceed the constitutional or statutory limitations. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF The City Council of the City of Kalispell, Flathead County, State of Montana has caused this bond to be signed by the Mayor and by the City Clerk, with the seal of the City hereto affixed and the coupons hereto attached to be executed by the fac simile signs - Lures of said officers. 192 Mayor, City of Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana. City Clerk. (Form of Coupon) No. January $25.00 ' On the let day of , 19_ The City of Kalispell, Montana July promises to pay to bearer Twenty five Dollars ($25.00) at the office of the National City Bank in the City of New York. N.Y. for interest due that day on its Funding Bond dated May 1, 1925 No. Mayor City Clerk. Provided that the -:'first interest coupon on each of said bonds shall be for Eight (8) Months' interest from date of bonds to the first day of January 1926; and that the 'last coupon of said bonds maturing. in 1945 shall be for Four (4) Months' interest from Januray 1, 1945 to May 1, 1945. ' (Form to 'Clerk's Certificate to be endorsed on each bond) STATE OF MONTANA ) ss COUNTY OF FLATHEAD) I hereby certify that I have registered the within bond in my office in the book provided for the purpose as, and in the manner, required by law' City Clerk, City of Kalispell 41 Montana. Said Bonds, when executed, as herein provided, shall be delivered to . the City Clerk, who shall register the same in the books of his office, and shall thereupon deliver the same to the holders of the Warrants in the manner hereafter provided. Section 4. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That upon the execution, as ' required by statute, of the Funding Bonds herein authorized, in the form hereinbefore provided, and upon the registration thereof by the Clerk, and his endorsement of such registration upon each bond, the Treasurer is hereby authorized to deliver any of said Funding Bonds herein authorized, at one time, or from time to time, without dist- inction as to the particular serial number so to be delivered from time to time, in exchange for a like amount, including interest, of the then outstanding Warrants of said City. That is to say, he shall count the value of each outstanding Warrant as the face value thereof with interest to date of exchange, and shall count the value of each Funding Bond as $1,000., collecting from the recipient of each Funding Bond theinterest which has accrued there on from the date of said bond ' to date of delivery; and immediately upon making any such exchange, the Warrants so surrendered shall be cancelled and estinguished as obliga- tions of the City. The intent of this section is to provide solely for the exchange of said Warrants now outstanding for the new funding Bonds as a method of securing the cancellation and retirement of the said outstanding Warrants, and the City Council hereby finds and determines that the issuance and delivery of Funding Bonds in exchange for and to take up the legal outstanding Warrants of the City, in the _manner and upon the terms set forth in this Section, is deemed for the best interest and advantage of said City. Section 5. Inorder to.pay the principal and interest of said bonds promptly as they respectively mature, the following tax is hereby ' levied upon all the taxable property in the city, such tax to be irrevocable and collected as other taxes: YEAR PR NCIPAL 1NNTEREST TOTAL 1 3,0 4_ 7 1927 5,000 4,500 9,500 1928 5,000 42,250 91250 1929 5,000 41000 91000 1930 5,000 3,750 9,750 1931 5,000 3,500 8,500 1932 5,000 3,250 89250 193 5,000 3,000 6,000 193 52000 29750 7,750 19355 5,000 2,500 7,500 1936 5,000 21250 71250 1937 5,000 21000 7,000 1939 5,000 1,750 6,750 193j9 5,000 1,500 6,500 1940 5,000 19250 61250 1941 5,000 12000 69000 1942 750 5,750 5,000 500, 5,500 194 5,000 167 5,167 ' Section 6. That this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the peace, health and safety of the City of Kalispell, and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and publication . Approved: Mayor, City of Kalispell, Montana The foregoing Ordinance was duly read and a motion to adopt the same was made by Councilman Said motion was seconded 194 by and upon being put to a vote the following voted in favor: ofthe motion to adopt the said Ordinance: There was no vote in opposition. Whereupon the Ordinance was declared duly adopted. APPROVED: Mayor, City of Kalispell, Montana. I