of the third class; and the said bonds shall be accompanied by coupons for the interest, payable as aforesaid. § 9. The Mayor shall be, and he is hereby authorized to issue on behalf of the city, bonds aforesaid. They shall be signed by the Mayor, countersigned by the Auditor, and attested by the Register. In all cases, the seal of the city shall be affixed. § 10. All warrants redeemed under the provisions of this ordinance, shall be cancelled by, and in the presence of the Comptroller, Treasurer and Register, who shall furnish a quarterly statement to the City Council of the amount so redeemed and cancelled, as also a like statement of the bonds issued as aforesaid, in lieu thereof, showing the dates of issue, when, where, and to whom payable. § 11. The revenues and property of the city are hereby solemnly and irrevocably pledged for the punctual payment, in specie, of the interest and principal of bonds hereinbefore ordered to be issued. § 12. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Passed, October 3d, 1842. AN ORDINANCE AMENDATORY OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF THE CITY DEBT." Auditor stricken out and Treasurer inserted. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of St. Louis: That the word "Auditor" in the ninth section of an ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to provide for the payment of the interest and principal of the City Debt," be stricken out, and the word "Treasurer" be inserted in lieu thereof. This ordinance to take effect from and after its passage. AN ORDINANCE AMENDATORY OF "AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF THE CITY DEBT," PASSED ON THE THIRD OF OCTOBER, 1842. § 1. Amount of bonds to be issued. 2. Bonds how to be signed. § 3. Warrants redeemed to be cancelled, how. 4. Time of payment extended. 5. When to take effect. Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of St. Louis : 1. That the "Ordinance to provide for the payment of the City Debt," passed on the third day of October, 1842, to which this is amendatory, shall be, and the same is hereby so amended as that the eighth section thereof shall read as follows, viz: Section 8. There shall be issued not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in bonds of the first class, as provided for in the preceding section; not more than one hundred thousand dollars in bonds of the second class; and not more than one hundred thousand dollars in bonds of the third class; and the said bonds shall be accompanied by coupons for the interest payable as aforesaid. § 2. All bonds issued under this ordinance and the one to which this is amendatory, shall be signed by the Mayor, shall have the city seal attached, and attested by the Register, shall be made payable to the Comptroller and be endorsed by him. The bonds payable in New York shall be countersigned by the Treasurer, who shall also sign the coupons. The bonds payable at the treasury shall be countersigned by the Auditor, and the coupons signed by the Auditor, and countersigned by the Comp troller. § 3. All warrants redeemed under the provisions of this ordinance and the one to which it is amendatory, shall be cancelled by the Auditor, Comptroller, and Treasurer, who shall report to the City Council, at each regular session, the number and amount of bonds issued, and when and where payable. § 4. The Mayor and Comptroller shall be and they are hereby authorized to extend the term of payment to six, seven, and eight years, with the consent of the parties interested. § 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and shall remain and continue in force for two months and no longer. Approved, January 20, 1843. AN ORDINANCE TO CONTINUE IN FORCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDATORY OF AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMEFT OF THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF THE CITY DEBT, APPROVED ON THE 20TH OF January, EightEEN HUN DRED AND FORTY-THREE. § 1. Extending provisions of former ordinance. 2. When to take effect. Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of St. Louis : § 1. That the provisions of an ordinance entitled "An ordinance amendatory of an ordinance to provide for the payment of the interest and principal of the City Debt," approved on the 20th of January, eighteen hundred and forty-three, be, and the same is hereby continued in force for a further period of sixty days, from and after the twentieth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-three: Provided, that all bonds issued in pursuance of said ordinance may and shall be made payable at six or eight years. § 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the time specified in the first section. Approved, March 21, 1843. AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUE OF CITY BONDS TO JOHN STACKER. Mayor to issue Bonds to John Stacker for $24,896. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of St. Louis: That the Mayor is authorized to issue the Bonds of the city, bearing date May 7, 1839, in favor of John Stacker, payable in twenty years, for twenty-four thousand eight hundred and ninety-six dollars, with six per cent. interest, per annum, payable semi-annually, at the Bank of the United States of Pennsylvania, in the city of Philadelphia. Approved, June 7, 1839. RESOLUTION. Mayor to issue Bonds and Auditor Warrants to John Stacker. Resolved, by the City Council of the city of St. Louis, that the Mayor be, and he is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of the city to John Stacker, for the sum of two thousand dollars, paya ble in twenty years from the 17th May, 1840, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually in the city of Philadelphia; and the Auditor is directed to issue his warrant to John Stacker, for eighteen dollars and eighty-four cents, chargeable to water works, the joint resolution approved, June 19th, 1840, authorizing the Mayor to issue bonds to John Stacker, is hereby rescinded. Approved, December 10, 1840. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF WATER PIPES. § 1. Mayor, Engineer, and Superintendent of Water Works to contract for pipe. 2. When to be delivered. 3. Description of the pipe. 4. When to take effect. Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of St. Louis: § 1. That the Mayor in conjunction with the City Engineer and Superintendent of the Water Works, be, and they are hereby authorized, to contract for ten thousand feet of six inch and six thousand feet of three inch iron water pipe, together with branches and elbows, that may be required to lay the same. § 2. And that one half of the six inch pipe be delivered on or before the first day of May next, and one half of the three inch pipe to be delivered on or before the first day of October, eighteen hundred and forty one: the residue to be delivered on or before the first day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and the pay thereof not to exceed four cents per pound, when delivered on the wharf, in the bonds of the city, payable thirty years after date, and bearing interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum payable semi-annually in the city of Philadelphia, § 3. And be it further provided, that the six inch pipe of nine feet long, shall weigh not exceeding three hundred and forty-six pounds, and be half an inch thick. The three inch pipe of nine feet long, shall weigh not to exceed one hundred and sixty-four pounds and be half an inch thick. § 4. This ordinance to be in force from and after its passage. Approved, April 2, 1841. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY ENGINEER TO PUR- § 1. Engineer to contract for 10,000 feet pipe, when delivered. ery 2. Length and weight of pipe. 3. Superintendent of Water Works to examine pipe. 4. Engineer to draw order on Auditor for freight. 5. When to take effect. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of St. Louis: § 1. That the City Engineer be, and he is hereby authorized to contract with John Stacker, or any other person, for the delivof not exceeding ten thousand feet of six inch iron water pipe, to be delivered on the wharf of the city of St. Louis, during the months of May, June, July, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, and to pay therefor not exceeding four cents per pound, in the bonds of the city of St. Louis, payable thirty years after date, and bearing an interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually at the treasury of the city of St. Louis. § 2. The pipe as named in the first section of this ordinance shall be nine feet long, and weigh not less than three hundred, nor more than three hundred and fifty-three pounds. 3. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of the Water Works, on the derivery of said pipe, to have the same thoroughly examined, and if any portion thereof should prove defective, after it shall have been received by the city, the said Superintendent shall return the same to the said Stacker or his agent, or to such other person as said pipe shall have been purchased of, or the agent of such person, who shall refund to the city the cost of said defective pipe, together with all expenses incurred by the city connected with the same. § 4. The City Engineer shall be, and he is hereby authorized, on the delivery of said pipe, to draw his order on the Auditor, in an amount not exceeding six dollars for each and every ton of such pipe so delivered, which amount shall be deducted from the price agreed to be paid for such pipe, if the freight thereof were to be paid by the person contracting to furnish said pipe, and the amount so drawn for shall be charged to the appropriations for the Water Works. § 5. This ordinance to take effect and be in force from and after its pasage. Approved, January 19, 1842. |