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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WAStiINGTON C0UNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
J. ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W. WALKER, W. A. BARNES, C0'MM1SM0NMS
Office of the County Commissioners,
Washington, Pa., Oct. _`5,, 1927-
-RESOLUTION of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of
Washington and State of Pennsylvania, relative to the issue by the said County
of one hundred seventy-five (175) Road Improvement Bonds of the denomination
of One Thousand ($1)000.00) Dollars each.
At a meeting of the said Board of 1%ounty Commissioners of the County
of Washington, in the State of �'ennsylvania, duly called and held at the
office of the said Board of County Commissioners at the Court House of the said
County of Washington, in the City of Washington, Pennsylvania, on the 5th day
of October, 1927, all of the members of said Board, to -wit: J. E. Johnston,
J. W. Walker and W. A. Barnes, being present, the following Resolution was,
on motion duly made and seconded, and adopted by the affirmative vote of all
of said members of said Board, to -wit:
WHEREAS, by proceedings had in the Uourt of quarter Sessions of said
71ashington County, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the Act
of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania* approved the llth
day of may, 1911, Pamphlet Laws page 244, and the amendments thereof and sup-
plements thereto, the improvement and construction of certain sections of
the main public roads in said County has been authorized, ordered and decreed.
WHEREAS,,the said Board of County Commissioners of said County pro-
pose to proceed, during the year 1927, to improve and construct the said roads
so authorized and directed to be improved and constructed as aforesaid, and
in order to provide for the funds to pay the cost of the said improvement
and construction of said roads, it is necessary to borrow upon bonds to be
issued by the said County the Bum of One Hundred Seventy-five Thousand
($175,000*00) Dollars, the funds now in the treasury of the said County, and
those to come in during the said year, from sources other than such borrowing,
not being sufficient to defray said cost.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of*Oounty Commissioners
of the said County of Washington, and State of Pennsylvania, that for the pur-
pose of providing funds to pay the cost of the improvement and construction
of the public roads and highways now constructed or to be constructed by said
County, so as aforesaid authorized, ordered and decreed, the said County do
borrow the sum of One Hundred Seventy-five Thousand 3175,000-00) Dollars,
and increase its indebtedness by the issue of one hundred seventy-five (175)
bonds in the denomination of One Thousand ($1000.00) Dollars each, to be
numbered from one to one hundred seventy-five (1 to 175). both inclusive, to
bear date the let day of -Lovember, 1927, and to bear interest at the -rate of
four and one-fourth (4j/fly.per cent, per annum., from their date, payable semi-
annually on the let days of May and November in each year, both principal
and interest payable, free of any taxes required to be paid or which may be
hereafter required to be paid under any law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
(except succession and inheritance taxes). the said County expressly agreeing
and assuming to pay the same.
The principal of the said bonds to mature as follows, to -wit:
Bonds
Numbered
Date
of
Maturity
AEgregate amount
1
to
5, both -inclusive
Nov.
1,
1943
$5,000-00
6
to
10,
both
inclusive
Nov.,1,
1944
5,000.00
11
to
15,
both
inclusive
Nov
1
1945
5,000.00
16
to
20
Both
inclusive
Nov:
1:
1946
5,000.00
21
to
25
Both
inclusive
nov.
1,
194
5,000-00
26
to
30
both
inclusive
Nov.
1,
1949
5,000-00
31
to
35
both
inclusive
Nov.
1,
1949
5,000.00
36
to
50
both
inclusive
Nov.
1,
1952
15,000.00
to
60,
both
inclusive
hov.
1,
1953
10,000.00
611 '
to
65
both
inclusive
11ov.
1,
1954
25,000.00
66
to
115
both
inclusive
Nov.
1
1955
30,000-00
116
to
145
both
inclusive
Nov.
1:.
1956
30,000-00
146
to
175
both
inclusive
ytov.
1,
1957
30,000-00
form: -
The said bonds and the coupons annexed thereto to be in the following
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MINUTE BOOK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
J. ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W. WALKER, W. A. BARNES, COMMISSIONERS
UNITED STATES OF AEERICA
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
ROAD IMPROMMINT BOND
1927
No.
$1,000.00
KNOW ALL ]MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the County of
Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania, for value received, acknowledges
itself to be indebted and promises to pay to bearer, or if registered,
to the registered holder hereof, the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dol-
lars in lawful money of the United States of America, on the first day of
November, 19 , with interest thereon at the rate of four and one-fourth
(412% ) per cent, -er annum payable semi-annually on the first days of Lay
and November in each year: both principal and interest.being payable, free
of any taxes required to be paid or which may be hereafter required to be
paid under any law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (except succession
and inheritance taxes); said County hereby expressly agreeing and assuming
to pay the same; the principal thereof being payable at the office of
the County Treasurer in the JJity of Washington, Washington County, Penngyl-
vania, and the interest at the same place, upon presentation and surrender
of the coupons annexed, as they severally become due.
This bond may be registered as to principal only upon the
bond registry book to be kept at the office of the County Commissioners
of Washington County, and by endorsement upon the back hereof by the Clerk
for the time being for the County Commissioners, after which no transfer
of this bond shall be made except by the registered holder or holders in
person, or by their duly authorized attorney, and such transfer shall be
notes upon the bond registry book kept at the office of the Oommissioners
of Washington County, and upon the back hereof, provided, however, that this
bond may be transferred to bearer, and negotiability thereby restored, and
shall continue subject to registrations or transfers to bearer, but no such
registration of principal shall effect the negotiability of the coupons
hereto annexed, whoch shall continue to be transferable by delivery only.
This bond may also be registered both as to principal and
interest, in which event the coupons hereto attached shall be detached and
immediately cancelled by the Clerk for the time being for the Uounty
Commissioners of Washington County, and such registration shall be noted
upon the registry book kept at the office of the County Commissioners
aforesaid, and upon the back hereof, and thereafter the semi-annual interest
shall be paid to the holder or holders hereof by check or warrant drawn
to the order of the registered holder or holders hereof, and mailed to his,
,,her, or their address, as the same appearz of record upon said bond registry
book.
This bond is one of a series of one hundred seventy-five (175)
bonds, of like date, tenor and effect, differing only as to maturity, amount-
ing in the aggregate to One Hundred Seventy-five Thousand M75,000-00) Dol-
lars, issued for the purpose of providing runds for the payment of the
cost of improving and constructing the public roads and highways in said
County, pursuant to the authority conferred by the Acts of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved day 11, 1911$
Pamphlet Laws page 244, and the Act of the General Assembly of the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania, approved the 20th day of April, 1974, 'Pamphlet
laws page 65, and Acts of the said General Assembly amendatory thereof and
supplemental thereto, and by virtue of a Resolution of the board of County
Commissioners of said County, adopted at a meeting thereof duly called and
held,, and entered upon the minutes. .
It is hereby certified and recited that all acts, conditions
and things
hings necessary to the validity of this bond, exist, have happened and
have been done; that every requirement of law affecting the validity
hereof has been duly complied with; that this bond is within every debt
and other limit prescribed by the constitution and laws of the State, and
that prior to the issuance thereof an annual tax has been levied in a sum
sufficient to pay the principal and interest of this series of bonds. The
fdith, credit and property of said County of Washington are hereby irrevoca-
bly pledged to the punctual payment of the principal and interest of this
bond in accordance with its terms.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County Commissioners of the County
of Washington have duly caused this bond to be issued and executed by
them in the name of the said County, and the corporate seal of the said
County to be hereunto affixed, attested by the Commissioners' Clerk; and
the coupons hereto annexed to be executed by the fac-simile signatures of the
said County Commissioners as of the first day of November, 1927-
Attest: J. E..Johnston
John G. Hall, J. W. Walker
Commissioners' Clerk. W. A. Barnes
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MINUTE BOOK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLV1ANIA
J. ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W. WALKER,' W. A. BARNES, GommissioNEsRS
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FORM OF COUPON
No.
21.25
The County of Washington., in the State of Pennsylvania, will pay to
bearer Twenty-one and 251100 dollars, free of any tax imposed under any law
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (except succession and inheritance taxes),
on the first day of , 19 , at the office of the County
Treasurer, Washington, Pennsylvania, being six months' interest that day due
on its Road Improvement Bond 1927 No. , dated November I, 1927.
J. E. Johnston
J. W. Talker
111. A. Barnes
County Commissioners.
FORM OF REGISTRATION -
Date of Name of
Registration Registered Owner
...........
'lerk of
County Commissioners
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an annual tax, beginning with the
year 1928, be and the same is hereby levied and assessed upon the proper sub-
jects of taxation within said County, to be applied solely to the payment of
the principal of said bonds at maturity and the interest and State taxes thereon
as the same shall become payable, (said annual tax is sufficient for the payment
of the interest and State taxes thereon and of the principal of said debt
within a period not exceeding thirty years, to -tit, within thirty (30) years
from. the date of increasing said debt), to be collected, for the following
years and in the following amounts, to -wit:
Year
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
193936
1939
1939
1940
1941
1942
194
1944
1945
1946
194
194�
1949
1950
1951
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
Amount
6,137.50
8,137.50
8,13?.50
.8,137.50
8,137.50
8,137.50
8,137.50
8,13?.50
8,137.50
8,137.50
8,137.50
8,137.50
8,13?-50
81137. 50
8,137.50
1),137.50
12,905.00
12,672.50
12,440.00
12,207.50
11,975.00
11`J742x5O
6,51o.00
6, 10.00
15:912.50
30,347.50
J4,185.00
32,790.00
31,395.00
MINUTE BOOK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
J. ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W. WALKER, W. A. BARNES, COMMISSIONERS
1,M BE IT FURTHER RESOLVER, that before any of said bonds
shall be issued, a Statement shall be prepared, executed and filed in the
office of the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Washington County,
as required by the aecond section of the aforesaid Act of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved,on the 20th day of
April, 1874, and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVER, that the notice be given by adver-
tisement for the sale of said bonds in accordance with the provisions
of the Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
approved the 6th day of July 1917, and the Acts amandatory thereof and
supplemental thereto, and that the same be sold to the highest responsi-
ble bidder after due public notice as required by said Act, provided that
no bid for said bonds at less than their par value shall be accepted.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE}, that said One Hundred Seventy Five
Thousand (175,000.00) Dollars of bonds, when duly prepared, signed and
sealed in the form above set forth, shall be delivered to the purchasers
hereof, as hereinabove provided, on payment of the purchase price thereof,
and the receipt of the Treasurer of the said County shall be to the pur-
chaser a full acquittance for the said purchase price, and the said pur-
chasers shall not be bound to see to the application of the proceeds thereof.
There being no further business before the Board, the meeting
was adjourned.
(Signed
HERS .
Office of the County Commissioners,
Washington, Pa., Oct. 11, 1927.
Commissioners in regular session, members present being Messrs.
Johnston, Walker and Barnes:
' Joint meeting with County Controller at 11:15 A. M. to open
bids for printing and delivering to office of County Commissioners approxi-
mately 80,000 official ballots and 20,000 specimen ballots for use at
Municipal Election of Nov. 8, 1927; present for County Commissioners,
kessrs. Johnston, Walker and Barnes; County Controller Underwood present;
bids from following concerns, accompanied by required certified check,
opened in presence of County Commissioners;
Ward Printing Company, $895.00
Derrick Publishing Co., 1275.00
Motion by Mr. Walker, seconded by stir. Barnes, that bid of Ward
Printing Company be accepted and contract awarded to said Company and that
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the County Controller return certified check to unsuccessful bidder.
Motion carried. There being no further business before the
Joint meeting, it was adjourned.
(Signed)
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