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City Hospital Bonds. Street Improvement Bond&
See. :6. And it is hereby further ordained and agreed, TrxDl vie pt
that if the bands herein mentioned are voted. at the election of Iionds
herein provided, that the said City of Paducah, by its gen-
eral council, shall cause to be levied a tax sufficient to pay
off the interest on said bonds as the same falls due, and
provide a fund sufficient to pay off said bonds when they be-
come due.
Sec. 7. Thia ordinance shall take effect and be in
force, from and after its passage, publication and approval.
Adopted by the Council Sep. 29, 1903•
CHAS. REED, Pres.
Adopted by Aldermen Oct. -1. 1903.
L. E. DURRETT. Pres.
Approved Oct, 2 i(K)3.
1). A. YEISER, Mayor,
Street Improvement Bonds.
An Ordinance Authorizing and providing for the issual
of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of bonds of the
City of Paducah, Kentucky, for the purpose of street Im-
provements, and submitting the same to the voters of'Pa-
ducah.
Be it ordained by the general council of the City of
Paducah, Ky.
Section 1. That the City of Paducah, Kentucky shall Fostnoftnd
issue bonds to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars in denomination; of $I,000 each, bonds to be payable
at the end of thirty years (30) 'said bonds to be serially
numbered from one (1) to one hundred and fifty (150), in -
elusive, and shall bear the seal of the city when issued: shall
be issued under the signature of the Mayor; shall be coun-
tersigned by the city treasurer and shall bear interest at
the rate of 4 per cent per annum, payable semi-annuallInterest
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and shall have interest coupons attached thereto signed by attached
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394 REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH.
Street Improvement Bonds.
jlte mayor of the city and counter signed by the city treas-
urer. Said bonds shall not be sold for iess than par and
accrued interest, and the proceeds shall be used exclusively
for the purpose of the reconstruction of streets with brick,
asphalt or other improved street paving material. Said
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e bonds shall be made or trucom-
V -rept'Yable at some bank, st
pany in the City of New York, and shall be issued under
the authority granted the City of Paducah by section 157
of the Constittition of the State of Kentucky, and section
3097 of the Kentucky. Statutes.
Sec. 2, The bonds above provided for; shall be issued
only upon the conditions hereinafter set forth.
Donds must ' • Sec. 3. The issual of bonds above mentioned shall not
be voted uuon
be valid nor binding upon the City of Paducah, until the
same shall have been submitted to and voted affirmatively
upon by two thirds (2-,;) of the qualified voters of the City
of Paducah, Kentucky, voting at an election herein after
provided for. And for the purpose cif taking the sense of
the qualified voters of the City of Paducah upon the ques-
tion of issuing said bonds, an election is hereby called to be
held in Paducah, Kentucky on the regular election day in
When November 1903, beim
election hold t; Tuesday November 3, and between
the same hours, in which said regular election is held, and
shall be conducted 'by the same officers who hold the
election for aldermen, and other city officers at the said
Clow votes election, and the votes cast at said election shall he count -
counted ed and certified in the same manner as provided for by
laws that votes for said officials shall be counted and cer-
tified, and shall be returned to the sante officials and the
results.shall be announced in the same manner'as is provided
for by law for elections to municipal offices in the cities of
the second class.
r2uai n at -Ion The qualifications for voters at the said 'election shall
of votoro be determined and ascertained b section on one (t), article
seven (7) of the Charter Art of March t9th, 1894: at said
election all votes cast shall be by secret ballot for the purpose
REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH.
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Street ImprovementBonds,
of determining the sense of the voters of this city upon this
question; there shall be certified to the Clerk of McCracken
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County, by the Clerk of the City of Paducah the fact of
the passage of this ordinance, and all the questions to be
voted upon, and -said Clerk of McCracken. County shall'
be requested and required to -have placed upon said ballots
to be voted at the regular election in November, at a spec-
ified place on said bal!ot, the following words:
"For the issual of one hundred and fifty thousand dol-
lar bonds by the City of Paducah, Kentucky, for the pur-
pose of street improvement", And that there be left on the
How baAots
right side of said words, two spaces above and below each
are to be
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other—the first, the upper space for voters favoring the
issual of said bonds, which shall be designated by the word
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"Yes" and the other, or lower space for voters opposing
the issual of said bonds, to be designated by 'the word,
"No". And the voter shall designate his vote by the cross
mark; these words submitting the question herein before re-
ferred to, to the voters of the City of Paducah, to be print-
ed on the official ballot furnished by the clerk of McCracken
County for the regular 'election in November 1903, for the
various precincts, which lie within the City of Paducah,
Kentucky.
Sec. 4. The said Clerk shall cause notice of the elec-
Nottceot
tion herein called to be given by a publication of these or-
eteouon
dinances in the official newspaper of said city_ for two
weeks continuously, next before the 'day of holding the elec-
tion and said clerk shall post a printed copy of said ordi-
nance in two public places in etch of the voting precincts
of the City of Paducah at least ten days before the date of
the said election.
Sec, g. In the event that two thirds of all the qualified
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voters .of the said City of Paducah voting upon said pro-
may be
position shall vote for the issual of said bonds, then the
t.°uod
-aid City of Paducah shall issue said bonds, as provided by
law subject to the conditions contained 'in this ordinance.
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REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH.
Street Improvement Bonds. Market House Bonds.
But in case the to issue said bonds does not
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,proposition
receive the votes of two thirds of the qualified voters of
the said City of Paducah, voting upon said proposition,
then this ordinance shall be null and void and of no effect.
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Sec. 6. And it is hereby further ordained and agreed,
for mFinens
that if the bonds herein mentioned are voted at the election
herein provided that the said City of Paducah by its'Generai
Council, shall cause to be levied a lax, sufficient to pay off
the interest on the said bonds as the same falls due, and
provide a fund sufficient to pay off said bonds when they
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become due.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect, and be in force
from and after its passage, publication and approval.
Adopted by the Council Sept. 29. i9o3.
CHAS. REED, Pres.
Adopted by Aldermen Oct. 1 1503.
L. E. DURRETT. Fres.
Approved Oct. 2, 1903..
1). A. YEISER, Mayor.
Market House Bonds.
An Ordinance Authorizing and providing for the issual
of twenty five thousand dollars of bonds of. the city of Pa-
ducah, Kentucky, for the Purpose of Erecting a Market
House in the Said City and Submitting the name to the
Voters of Paducah.
Be it ordained by the General Council of the City of
Paducah, Ky.
of bonds
Section Y. That the City of Paducah, Kentucky, shall
issue bonds to the amount of twenty five thousand dollars
in denominations of five hundred dollars each ($Soo), bonds
to be payable at • the end of thirty years (30) said bonds
to be serially numbered from -one (1) to fifty (50), inclusive,
and skill bear the seal of the Ciiy when Weed. Shall 'bei ,