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ORDINANCE NO 4 21935
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 4%
REGISTERED WARRANTS NOT TO EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1200 00
ON ACCOUNT OF AN EMERGENCY ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH A SPECIAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD WITH RESPECT TO THE AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE
XVIII OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS BY CHANGING
SECTION 24 SO AS TO DEFER THE ACQUISITION OF A MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC
LIGHT AND POWER SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS , since the adoption of the annual appro-
priation ordinance for the fiscal year ending December 31 , 1935 ,
an emergency and unforeseen contingency has arisen, whereby it
has become and is necessary to expend not to exceed the sum of
Twelve Hundred ($1200 00) Dollars on account of the costs and
expenses of holding a special election to adopt or reject a
proposea amendment to Article XVIII of the City Charter of the
City of Fort Collins , by changing Section 24 so as to defer the
acquisition of a municipal electric light and power system and
for other purposes
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That there be and hereby is appro-
priated out of the general revenues of the City of Fort Collins
for the year 1936 and subsequent years , or from such other source
or sources as may hereafter be directed by the City Council, unless
taken up prior thereto , the sum of Twelve Hundred ($1200 00) Dollars
on account of the expenses arising in connection with a special
election to be hereafter held to vote upon the adoption or re-
jection of a proposed amendment to Article XVIII of the City
Charter of the City of Fort Collins, by changing Section 24
thereof so as to defer the acquisition of a municipal electric
light and power system and for other purposes, and registered
4% warrants of the City shall be issued to cover the amount
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required therefor not to exceed the sum of Twelve Hundred
($1200 00) Dollars , the denomination of said warrants to be
as directed by the Commissioner of Finance , which said sum when
this ordinance shall take effect , shall be credited on the books
of the City Clerk and City Treasurer respectively to Municipal
Ownership Emergency Fund
Section 2 In the opinion of the City Council
an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health ,
peace and safety and tnis Ordinance shall take effect upon its
passage under and by virtue of the authority contained in
Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the
unanimous vote of all members of the City Council, at a regular
meeting of the City Council held the 15th day of February, A D 1935
Commissioner of Safety and Ex-Officio
Mayor
Attest
City Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO, )
ss
County of Larimer )
I, A J ROSENOW, City Clerk of the
City of Fort Collins , do hereby certify and declare that the
aforesaid Ordinance , consisting of two (2) sections , was duly
proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 15th day of February, A D 1935, anca 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 members of the City
Council, as an Emergency Ordinance , in accordance with the pro-
visions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter,
and thereafter and on to-wit the 21st day of February, A D
1935, said Ordinance No 4 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 21st day of
February, A D 1935
City Clerk