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2824i ORDINANCE NO. 2324. f AN ORDINANCE FOR TIT, RE -ISSUE OF WARRANTS NUMBERED 33116 to 33120 INCLUSIVE AND WARRANT NUMBERED 33570. Whereas, There have been presented to this council 'Warrants of the City of Little Rock, as follows: Warrants numbered 33116 to 33120 inclusive and warrant numbered 33570, all of said warrants drawn upon July 9th, 1920 in favor of R. G. Helbron, of Little Rock, Arkansas, each being for the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00), and all of said warrants maturing July 9th, 1921; and, Whereas, the holders of said warrants have requested their reissue to R. G. Helbron, of Little Rock, Arkansas, but payable to bearer; and, Whereas, this council has carefully investigated the validity and th.e amount of the indebtedness for which each of said warrants was issued; and, Whereas, this council has ascertained that the said warrants are the legal and binding obligations of the City of Little Rock; Now, Therefore, It is hereby ascertained and declared that said warrants are valid and existing obligations of said city, and, therefore: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TI---,E CITY OF LIT LE ROCK: Section 1. That said warrants, herein before described, shall be filed with the city clerk and by him plainly canceled by perforation and kept in his file, and tY.at in lieu thereof the City of Little Rock, by its mayor and city clerk, as president and clerk of the city council issue to the said R. G. Helbron warrants of the City of Little Rock to t1--e amount of $6000.00 in renewal thereof. Said warrants shall be made payable to the bearer at the Union Trust Company, in the City of Chicago, I11., March 25th, 1922, and they shall have all the attributes of ne- gotiable paper, and said warrants shall be in the denomination of $1000.00 each. Section 2. Said warrants shall be in the following form: No. STATE OF ARKANSAS CITY OF LITTLE ROCK f On the 25th day of March, 1922, the treasurer of the City of Little Rock, in the State of Arkansas, will pay to bearer at the 'Union Trust Company, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, the sun of One Thousand Dollars in lawful money of the UniT,ed States, out of any money in his hands belonging to the general fund.. This warrant is issued to fund another warrant of said city which has been presented to the city council of the said City of Little Rock by the holder there eland reissuance thereof re- quested in pursuance of the provision of Act No. 383 of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas for the year 1917, entitled "An act authorising cities in Arkansas having a population of 40,000 or over, to refund their city warrants," the said warrants in lieu of which this warrant is issued having been carefully investigated bv- the city:-,council of said city, and it having ascertained and de- clared the validity and Amount of tre indebtedness due uron the warrant in lieu of which this warrant is issued, and the warrant in lieu of which this warrant is issued been filed with the city clerk and by him plainly canceled by perforation and kept in his files; and it is hereby recited and covencnted with tie holder of this warrant that this warrant has been duly issued in accord- ance with the act aforesaid, and that all things required to be done by the terms of said act have been done as therein required, and that the ordinance ordering the issue of this warrant has the force and effect of judgment, establist,ing the validity of the claim for which this warrant Is issued, and that this warrant evi- dences a valid indebtedness of the City of Little Rock for the amount thereof, and that it is not open to question at law or in equity, and to the payment of this warrant the full faith, credit and resources of said cite are irrevocably pledged. In Witness Whereof, the City of Little Rock has executed this warrant under the hand of its mayor and caused the same to be attested by its corporate seal and tae signature of its clerk on t hi s � � �a� / � �l' . �—' CITY OF LITTLE vnnx By Mayor Attest: City cleric Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in i' . I force from and after its passage. Approve Mayor Passed : July 25,-- 1",3-1. Attest: Y Clerk