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REGULAR MEETING
<br />REGULAR MEETING (Cont.)
<br />PETITIONS (Cont.)
<br />Petition requesting issuance of bonds (Cont.)
<br />OCTOBER 11, 1971
<br />" That she is duly elected, qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, and that the petition requesting the issuance of bonds of said City is an amount not
<br />exceeding One Million Six Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($1,630,000) for the purpose of pro-
<br />curing funds to be applied on the cost of the improvement of the City owned property known as
<br />the Morris Civic Auditorium, 'including but not limited to the installation of heating, ventila-
<br />ting and air - conditioning equipment; the acquisition, improvement and development of land as a
<br />site for a civic center within an area bounded by Michigan Street, Wayne Street, LaSalle Street
<br />and the St. Joseph River; the construction of streets, curbs, sidewalks, and sewers, including
<br />the acquisition of any necessary land, easements and rights -of -way in connection therewith with-
<br />in an area North of Lincolnway West, West of Bendix Drive, and South of the Northern Indiana
<br />Toll Road, all within the City of South Bend, Indiana; and, to the extent of funds remaining,
<br />the acquisition of land as a site for and the construction and equipment of a fire station; to-
<br />gether with the expenses in connection with all of the foregoing including engineering, archi-
<br />tectural, appraisal, abstracting, title insurance, and legal fees, and the expenses and legal
<br />fees incidental to the issuance of said bonds, is in her custody and possession.
<br />That said petition consists of twenty -two counter -parts each counter =part having attached
<br />thereto the affidavit of the person circulating said counter -part; that said petition is signed
<br />by six hundred thirty -six owners of taxable real estate, as shown more particularly by the
<br />certificate of the Auditor of St. Joseph County attached hereto.
<br />That attached hereto are full, true and correct copies of counter -parts No. 1 and No. 2,
<br />and the verifying affidavits pertaining thereto, and that said two counter -parts are signed by
<br />more than fifty owners of taxable real estate located in the City of South Bend, as shown more
<br />particularly by said Auditor's certificate; that counter -parts No. 3 to 22 are identical in form
<br />and substance to the two counter -parts attached hereto except as to the names and addresses of
<br />the signers thereof.
<br />/s/ Kathryn L. Blough
<br />Kathryn L. Blough, City Clerk
<br />Subscribed ans sworn to before me this 11th day of October-, 19 71 .
<br />/s/ Arthur W. Frisk
<br />Notary Public
<br />My Commission expires:
<br />"March 6, 1973 if
<br />Councilman Grounds made a motion that the affidavit be accepted and placed on file, seconded
<br />by Councilman Gerald C. Reinke. Motion carried.
<br />The following Auditor's Certificate verifying the 22 counterparts for proposed bond ordinance
<br />was read by F. J. Nimtz:
<br />AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE
<br />"STATE OF INDIANA ) SS:
<br />ST. JOSEPH COUNTY )
<br />I, Stephen M. Egyhazi, the duly elected, qualified and acting Auditor of St. Joseph County,
<br />Indiana, do hereby certify that I have examined the twenty -two counter -parts of a petition
<br />addressed to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana requesting said Council to
<br />authorize and issue bonds of said City in an amount not to exceed One Million Six Hundred Thirty
<br />Thousand Dollars ($1,630,000) for the purpose of procuring funds to be applied on the cost of
<br />the improvement of the City owned property known as the Morris Civic Auditorium, including but
<br />not limited to the installation of heating, ventilating and air- conditioning equipment; the
<br />acquisition, improvement and development of land as a site for a civic center within an area
<br />bounded by Michigan Street, Wayne Street, LaSalle Street and the St. Joseph River; the con-
<br />struction of streets, curbs, sidewalks, and sewers, including the acquisition of any necessary
<br />land, easements and rights -of -way in connection therewith within an area North of Lincolnway
<br />West, West of Bendix Drive, and South of the Northern Indiana Toll Road, all within the City of
<br />South Bend, Indiana; and, to the extent of funds remaining, the acquisition of land as a site
<br />for and the construction and equipment of a fire station; together with the expenses in con-
<br />nection with all of the foregoing including engineering, architectural, appraisal, abstracting,
<br />title insurance, and legal fees, and the expenses and legal fees incidental to the issuance of
<br />said bonds, which counter -parts of said petition so examined by me are attached to this cer-
<br />tificate.
<br />I further certify that I have checked the signatures on the counter -parts of said petition
<br />with the tax records in my office; that all of the counter -parts of said petition are verified
<br />by the affidavits of owners of taxable real estate located within the corporate limits of the
<br />City of South Bend, Indiana and that said petition is signed by six hundred thirty -six owners
<br />of taxable real estate located within the corporate limits of said City as shown more parti-
<br />cularly by the following computation:
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