§ 54. SAME—MATURITY, INTEREST.  


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  • Said bonds shall mature not later than twenty years from the date of their issuance, and bear interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable annually or semiannually, as the board shall elect; and such bonds, or any part thereof, shall be payable after five years at option of the board. All such bonds shall be lithographed with suitable devices to prevent counterfeiting, shall be in sums of fifty dollars or one hundred dollars each, and shall be registered as issued, and numbered in a regular series from one upward, be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk, who shall impress the municipal seal on each bond as it is issued; and every bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was issued and the total amount authorized to be issued, and each shall be made payable to a person by name, the purchaser, followed by the words "or bearer." The mayor and board of aldermen shall levy annually a special tax, to be used exclusively in paying the interest on said bonds and the bonds maturing within one year, and providing a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds issued.

(Ord. of 6-21-1919, § 4)