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ORDINANCE NO 2 , 1929,
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING FOR THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, THE PRO-
VISIONS OF CHAPTER 237 OF THE LAWS PASSED AT THE TWENTY-THIRD SESSION
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, ENTITLED "AN ACT
TO ENABLE CITIES AND TOWNS TO REFUND THEIR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS, "
APPROVED MARCH 16, 19219 AND TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NO 2, 1916
WHEREAS, The City of Fort Collins, Larimer County,
Colorado, has certain outstanding bonds which it desires to
refund under the laws of the State of Colorado, and the charter
of said city, and
WHEREAS, Section 18 of Article 19 of the charter of
Fort Collins provides that Sections numbered 6687 and 6694,
inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of Colorado, 1908, relating
to refunding bonds, are made and declared to be in full force
and effect in the city until otherwise provided by ordinance,
and
WHEREAS, Sections numbered 6687 and 6694, inclusive,
of the Revised Statutes of Colorado, 1908, have been repealed
and in lieu thereof there has been enacted Chapter 237 of the
laws passed at the twenty-third session of the General Assembly
of the State of Colorado, which act was approved March 16,
1921, and
WHEREAS, The City Council deems it advisable to refund
the outstanding bonds of the city in accordance with the provi-
sions of said Chapter 237
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of
the City of Fort Collins
1 That the provisions of Chapter 237 of the laws
passed at the twenty-third session of the General Assembly of
the State of Colorado, entitled, "An Act to enable cities and
towns to refund their bonded indebtedness, " approved March 16,
1921, be and they are hereby made and declared to be in full
force and effect in the City of Fort Collins
2 That as provided by said Chapter 237, no ordinance
providing for the issue of refunding bonds shall be subject to
the referendum provisions of any law
3 That in order for the city to take advantage of
the present high bond market, an emergency exists and this
ordinance is declared to be one for the preservation of the
public health, peace and safety, shall be passed finally
on the date of its introduction and shall take effect immedi-
ately upon publication
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 9th day of February, A D
1929
Conimissioner of Saf ty Id
Ma or
ATTEST
City Clerk
STATE OF COLORADO )
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COUNTY OF LARIMER )
I, A J ROSENOW, City Clerk of the City of Fort
Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing ordinance
was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the
City Council held on the 9th day of February, A D 1929, and was
duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Express-
Courier, a daily newspaper and the official newspaper of the City
of Fort Collins by the unanimous vote of all the members of the City
Council, as an emergency ordinance in accordance with the provisions
of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, of the City
of Fort Collins, and thereafter and on towit the llth day of February,
A D 1929, said Ordinance No 2 was duly published in the
Fort Collins Express-Courier, a daily newspaper published in the
City of Fort Collins, Colorado
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said City, this llth day of February, A D 1929
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City Clerk