Authorizing the Issuance of Revenue Bonds re: improvements to the Waterworks, not to exceed Twenty-Two Million Five hundred thousand dollars (22,500,000); including the issuance of notes in anticipation of Bonds.

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satisfactory to them. In the event any such bond shall have matured, instead of issuing a duplicate bond, the City and the Registrar may, upon receiving indemnity satisfactory to them, pay the same without surrender thereof. The City and the Registrar may charge the owner of such 1997 Bond with their reasonable fees and expenses in this connection. Any 1997 Bond issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed an original, substitute contractual obligation of the City, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed 1997 Bond shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Ordinance, equally and proportionately with any and all other 1997 Bonds issued hereunder. SECTION 5. Registrar~nd.paying~gent. The Fiscal Officer is hereby authorized to appoint a qualified financial institution to serve as Registrar and Paying Agent for the 1997 Bonds (together with any successor, the "Registrar" or "Paying Agent"). The Registrar is hereby charged with the responsibility of authenticating the 1997 Bonds, and shall keep and maintain the Registration Record at its office. The Fiscal Officer is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements or understandings with such institution as will enable the institution to perform the services required of a Registrar and Paying Agent. The Fiscal Officer is further authorized to pay such fees and the institution may charge for the services its provides as Registrar and Paying Agent and such fees may be paid from the Sinking Fund established to pay the principal of and interest on the 1997 Bonds as fiscal agency charges. The Registrar and Paying Agent may at any time resign as Registrar and Paying Agent by giving thirty (30) days written notice to the City and by first-class mail to each registered owner of the 1997 Bonds then outstanding, and such resignation will take effect at the end of such thirty (30) days or upon the earlier appointment of a successor Registrar and Paying Agent by the City. Such notice to the City may be served personally or sent by first-class or registered mail. The Registrar and Paying Agent may be removed at any time as Registrar and Paying Agent by the City, in which event the City may appoint a successor Registrar and Paying Agent. The City shall notify each registered owner of the 1997 Bonds then outstanding by first- class mail of the removal of the Registrar and Paying Agent. Notices to the registered owners of the 1997 Bonds shall be deemed to be given when mailed by first-class mail to the addresses of such registered owners as they appear on the Registration Record. Any predecessor Registrar and Paying Agent shall deliver all the 1997 Bonds, cash or investments related thereto in its possession and the Registration Record to the successor Registrar and Paying Agent. As to the BANS, the Fiscal Officer shall serve as Registrar and Paying Agent and is hereby charged with the duties of Registrar and Paying Agent. SECTION 6. Terms~Redemption. The 1997 Bonds may be made redeemable at the option of the City on thirty (30) days' notice, in whole or in part, in any order of maturities selected by the City and by lot within a maturity, on dates and with premiums and other terms substantially as set forth in the form of 1997 Bonds in Section 9, as finally determined by the Executive and Fiscal Officer with the advice of the City's financial advisor, as evidenced by delivery of the executed initial issue of the 1997 Bonds to the Registrar for authentication. -5-