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("Re istrar" or "Paving Agent"). The Registrar is hereby charged with the responsibility of <br />authenticating the 2004 Bonds, and shall keep and maintain books for the registration and transfer <br />of the 2004 Bonds. The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements or <br />understandings with any institution serving as Registrar and Paying Agent as will enable the <br />institution to perform the services required of the Registrar and Paying Agent. The Controller is <br />authorized to pay such fees as the institution may charge for the services it provides as Registrar <br />and Paying Agent, and such fees may be paid as fiscal agency charges from the Sinking Fund <br />described herein to pay the principal of and interest on the 2004 Bonds. <br />The Registrar and Paying Agent may at any time resign as Registrar and Paying Agent by <br />giving thirty (30) days written notice to the City and by first-class mail to each registered owner <br />of the 2004 Bonds then outstanding, and such resignation will take effect at the end of such thirty <br />(30) days or upon the earlier appointment of a successor Registrar and Paying Agent by the City. <br />Such notice to the City may be served personally or be sent by registered mail. The Registrar and <br />Paying Agent may be removed at any time as Registrar and Paying Agent by the City, in which <br />event the City may appoint a successor Registrar and Paying Agent. The City shall notify each <br />registered owner of the 2004 Bonds then outstanding by first-class mail of the removal of the <br />Registrar and Paying Agent. Notices to registered owners of the 2004 Bonds shall be deemed to <br />be given when mailed by first-class mail to the addresses of such registered owners as they appear <br />on the bond register. Any predecessor Registrar and Paying Agent shall deliver all the 2004 <br />Bonds and cash in its possession and the bond register to the successor Registrar and Paying <br />Agent. At all times, the same entity shall serve as Registrar and as Paying Agent. <br />SECTION 6. Form of Bonds. <br />(a) The form and tenor of the 2004 Bonds shall be substantially as set forth in Exhibit <br />A, with all blanks to be filled in properly and all necessary additions and deletions to be made <br />prior to delivery thereof. <br />(b) The 2004 Bonds may, in compliance with all applicable laws, initially be issued <br />and held in book-entry form on the books of the central depository system, The Depository Trust <br />Company, its successors, or any successor central depository system appointed by the City from <br />time to time (the "Cleari~:g Age~tcy"), without physical distribution of 2004 Bonds to the <br />purchasers. The following provisions of this section apply in such event: <br />(1) One definitive 2004 Bond of each maturity shall be delivered to the <br />Clearing Agency (or its agent) and held in its custody. The City, the Registrar and the Paying <br />Agent may, in connection therewith, do or perform or cause to be done or performed any acts or <br />things not adverse to the rights of the holders of the 2004 Bonds as are necessary or appropriate to <br />accomplish or recognize such book-entry form 2004 Bonds. <br />(2) During any time that the 2004 Bonds remain and are held in book-entry <br />form on the books of a Clearing Agency: (1) any such 2004 Bond may be registered upon the <br />books kept by the Registrar in the name of such Clearing Agency, or any nominee thereof, <br />including Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company; (2) except as otherwise <br />described in the Continuing Disclosure Agreement described below, the Clearing Agency in <br />whose name such 2004 Bond is so registered shall be, and the City, the Registrar and the Paying <br />-7- <br />