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09-24-(~.35
All ORDINANCE BY THE CITY CO' ... X ISSIOB OF THE CITY OJ' LUBl\OCK, 'tEXAS,
AUTHdRIZIBG THE PURCHASE BY THE CI!Y OF LUBBOCK OJ' LAND OWNED BY K.a.
ABERI'ATHY AND WI:rE URS. )(OLLIE D. ABERNATHY AND LOCAT.ED IN SECTIOBS ONK
Alm S~VEB1'Y·8BVEJT IB BLOC% 4, LUBBOCK COtmTY1 TEX4SJ PROVIDING FOR Tlm
lSSUANCB Ol' FIVE FER Clll'l' (5~) IN'l'BRES'l' :BEARING WARRABTS IN PAYDJT'l' THERE•
FORI ABD LEVYING THE NECESSARY TAX TO PAY 'l'HE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL 0~
SAID WARRANTS AT MATURITY.
WHERli:AS, the C1 ty Commission of the C 1 ty of lAlbbock, Texas• has hereto-
tors determined the necessity and advisability of securing additional land
for purpose of parka, and hae considered competitive propositions as con•
templa ted in the City Charter; andt
~'REAS, the City Commission eonsidel'e that the beat propositi on
received was the proposition of u.G. Aberna thy and wife Krs. Mollie D.
Abema thy offering 332.6 acres of landt which eai d land is s1 tuat ed in
Sections One (1) and Seventy•seven (77Jt in Block A• Lubbock County,
Texas, lying northeast of the City of Lubbock, and being more particular]F
described by metes and bounds as follower
BEGIININO at the southwest corner of ~ectton lt Block A, Ce~tit1cate
26; Patent 33~, Lubbock County, Texas, for the southwest corner of this
tract1 Thence north along the west line ot said sec. lt Block A, a
distance of 4488•3 ft.; Thence N. 39 deg. 1~• E . ll82e6 tt.c Thence~.
46 degj 54• E. 175.0 ft.; Thence B. 52 deg. 29• R. 166.0 tt., thence ~.
22 4eg. 2a• E. 785t0 ft.; Thence x. 86 deg. 19* E. 123.0 ft,J Thence B.
27 deg. 24• E. 554.4 tt.J Thence s. 83 deg. 18' E. 477.0 ft.J Thence ~.
1 deg. 57' w, 1538.0 ft.; Thence ~. 7 deg. 10' E; 440.0 tt.; Thence B.
45 deg. 49 1 •-520.2 f~ Thence ~. 2& deg. 111 E. 275•' ft•l Thence ~.
40 deg. 42 1 W. 589.0 n., Thence a. 13 deg. 10 1 Ee ·540,0 ft•J Thence~.
23 deg.ll' E• 571.0 ft., Thence s. 29 deg. 41• E. 450•0 ft.J Thence s. 52 deg. 04' E. 324.0 ft•J Thence s. 29 d•g• 34' E. 212.0 ti.; Thence
s , 85 deg. 47' x. ?OO.o tt., Thence 1. 48 deg. •a• x. 520.0 tt.; Thence s. oO deg. I8t B. 364.3 ftel Thence s. 34 deg. 13• W. 1159.8 ft•t
Thence s. 130.0 tt. to the south line ot Sec. lt Blk. As Thence west
3895.0 tt. along the south line of Sec. 1, Blk. A, to the pla ce ot
beginning, containing 332.8 acres1 andt
WBERBAs •. eald K.G. Abernathy and wife are. Kollie D. Abernathy otter
thi e land to the City of Lubbock for and in cone1dera t1on of the a um of
Twenty~f6ur Thousand Nine Hundred Forty tive & Bo/100 (t24,945e00)
Dol lara, and agree to accept in pa1ftlent of said ~urcbase price '1\ventr•
four Thousand B1ne HUndred ~orty-five & Bo/100 '$24t945.00)Dollare
of legally issued warrants of the City of Lubbock• beartva interest at
the rate of five per centum (5~) per annum and maturing annual]J; andt
WHERE AS, the City Coi!IDission deems 1 t advisable and to the best
interest of the City to accept said offer:
BOW, TlmREFORE, BE IT ORDAIEED BY THE CITY COI4UISSIOB OF THE CITY
OJ LUBBOCK, TEXAS1
1. Tbat said offer -e and the same is hereby accepted and the
said land purchase d as the property of the City of Lubbockt Texaa.
2• That said sum of 24,945.00 is hereby made and declared to be
the lawtul debt of ea1d City of Lubbock, Texas, laid aum to be paid
to eaid v.a. Abernathy and wife Krs. Koll1e D. Abernathy in legally
issued warrants of said city•
3e That warrants ·of said City• to be called "CITY OF LUBBOCK
ABERBATHY PARK WARR ANTS, SERIES 1 OF 193rl", ellall be J..aaued in the sum
of Twenty-four Thousand Wine Hundred ~ort7-fiTe ant •o/100 ($24,945.00)
Dollara. ·
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4. That said warrants shall be numbeted from one (1) to twenty•
five (2~), 1nclus1.e, and shall be in the denomination of One Tbouean4 (tl.ooo,oo) Dollars each• except Warrant No. 2~ shall be in the denoml•
nation of Nine Hundred Forty-five (1945.00) Dollars, aggregatlns the
sum of Twenty-four Thousand Nine fiundred :rorty•five ($24,945.001
DOllars •
5. That they shall be dated Aug. 20th, 1935, and shall mature
and become due and payable serially a s tollowsa
WARRAm' NtJ.KBERS MATURITY DATES AKOtmTS
1 Aug. 20t 1936 tlooo.oo
2 Aug. 20t 1938 ~looo.oo
3 Aug• 20t 1936 looo.oo
4 Aug. ·20, 1931 .,ooo.oo
5 Aug. 20, 1938 e1ooo.oo
6 A.ug. 20, 1937 g1ooo.oo
7 Aug. 20• 193'1 1ooo.oo ·
8 Aug. 20• 1937 o1ooo.oo
9 Aug. 20, 1937 $1ooo.oo
10 Aug. 20, 1937 $1000.00 ·
ll Aug. 20, 1938 tlooo.oo
12 Aug. 20, 1938 :1ooo.oo
13 Aug. 201 1938 looo.oo
14 Aug. 20, 1938 tlooo.oo
l!S Aug. 20, 1938 elooo.oo
14 Aug. 20, l9S9 flooo.oo 17 Aug. 20• 1939 1ooo.oo
lt4 Aug. 20, :).939 tlooo.oo
19 Aug. 20, 1939 $1000.00
20 Aug. 20, 1939 $1000.00
21 Au g . 20, 1940 ~looo.oo
22 Aug. 20, 1940 looo.oo
23 Aug •. 20, 1940 $1000.00
24 Aug. 20, 1940 tlooo.oo
25 Aug. 20, 1940. t 945.00
· ~. · That said warrants shall bear intere.st at the rate o t fl ve
per c~ntum (5%) per annum from date until paldt payable annually Aug.
20th each year, which interest shall be evidenced by coupons attached
to each of said warrants. Past due interest shall bear interest at the
rate of five per centum (5%) per annum from maturity until paid.
?. Principal and interest of said warrante shall be paynble in
lawtul money of the United States of America upon presentation and
surrender of warrants or proper coupons at the Batlorial Ban~ of
Cammerce, New York Ctty• N.Y. Said warrants shall provide that in
the event of defaul t in the payment of principal or interest, and the
same is placalin the hand s of an attorney for collection, or if
col~ected byJauit or by legal proceedings of any kind, an additional
amount of ten per centwm (10~ on the principal and interest then due
shall be added as attorney's tees.
e. That aaid warrants may be redeemed by the City on any 1nteres~
paying date by payment of principal and accrued intereet• In the
event said warrants are called for redsaption, notice,~ereof sball be
given by the City Secretary of said City to the holders by publication in THE BOND B~R, published at 67 Pearl Street, New York City, New
York, at least thirty daya prior to the cla.te fixed for redemption, and
1! same ·are not presented for redemption, they shall cease to bear inter--
est from and after the date so fixed for redemption.
· 9. That said warrants shall be signed by the •ayor, countersigned
by the City Secretary and registered b.Y the C1~1 Treasurer, and the
seal of the City shall be impressed upon each ot said warrants.
Jaosimile signatures of the Kayor and ~ity Secretary may be lithographed
upon the interest coupons.
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10. The form of warrant shall be substantially a • follows a
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UNITED STATES OF AIIERiqA
STATE OF TKXAS
COUllTY OlP LUBBOCK
flOOO.OO
CXTY OF LUBBOCK ABERNATHY PARK WARRANTS,
SERIES 1 OF 193&
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the City of Lubbock, a municipal corporation
in the ~ounty of Lubbock, State of Texas, !a Justly indebted to K,G.
Abernathy and w1 f e Vrs. Mollie D. Abemathy, their assigns or bearer•
in the principal eum of
ONE THOUS AND DOLLARS
($1000.00), in lawfUl money of the United States of America, with
interest thereon from date hereof un~il paid, at the rate of five per
centum (5~ per annum, interest payable Aug. 20th, 1936, and annually
thereafter on the 20th day of August of each year1 past due interest
shall bear interest at the rate of five per centum {5%) per Ill num from
maturity until paid; both principal and interest payable at the •at1on£
Bank of Commerce, Be w York City, New York, upon presentation and
surrender o~ warrant or proper coupon; and the ~ity Treasurer or aald
Cit7 is hereby authorized, ordered and directed to pay M.G. Abernathy
and wife Mrs. Uollie D, Abernathy; their assigns or bearer, at
the a&ld bank, the said sum of One Thousand ($10oo.oo) Dollars, on the
20th day of A uguwt 19 • the 4a te o t maturity o t t b1s warrant, in
full settlement of theindebtednesa hereby evtdenoe4, from tbe •
Abernathy Park Warrant Fund• Series 1 of 193&•, ot said ~ity, levied,
aeseesed and created tor that purpose.
THE CITY o:r LUBBOCK reserves the option of rede•ing this warrant
on any interest p&J1ng <Sate, by paying principal and accrued in,ereet•
and in case same shall be called fo~ redemption notice thereof shall
be given the holder by publication in THE BOND BUYBR, publ1ehed at e?
Pearl Street, Bew York City• Bew York, at least thirty days prior to
the date so fixed tor redemption, and same shall oeaee to bear interest
from and after said d~te.
IT IS HEREBY especially agrell that if this warrant, or £W~Y interest
coupon hereto attached, 1a not paid at maturity, and the same is place4
in the banda of an attorney fQr collection after maturit7 thereof, or
suit 1e filed thereon, or collection made by legal proceed1n~ of any
kind, an additional amount of ten per centum (10~) on the principal
and interest then due shall be added as attorney's fees.
THIS WARRANT is one of a series of t wenty .. five warrants, numbered
conaeoutlvely from one (1) to t wenty-five (25), inclusive, in denomina•
tion of One Thous and (tlooo.oo) Dollars each1 except warrant Mo. 25 1a
in denomination of Nine Hundred Forty-five ('945.00) Dollars, aggresat•
ing the sum of Twenty-tour Th ousand ~1ne Hundred torty•tlve & Ko/100
($24,945.00) Dellars, issued for the purpose ot evidencing the indebted-
ness of the City of Lubbock to s a id u .a. Abernathy and wite Mrs. mollie
D. Abernathy, their assigns or bea rer, for land for additional parka
for the City of Lubbock, purchased by said City from said u.G.
Abernathy and wife Vra. Uollie D. 4bernathy• under and b y v irtue of the
Conatttution and laws of the State of Texas, and the ~1ty Charter of
the City of Lubbock, Texas, and in pursuance of an ordinance duly and
legally adopted by t h e City Commi seton of said ~ 1 ty Ell d recorded 1n the
Kinutes of said City Commission.
THE DATE of this warrant, in conformity with the ordinance above
mentioned, ie August 20, 19351 and it is hereb7 certified and recited
that ·all acts, conditione and things required to be done precedent •o
and in the issuance ot this warrant and the aeries ot which it te a
part, in order to make them legal, valid and binding obllgatlons of
aaid City, have been done and perfo~ed and have happened in regular
and due time, tor.m an4 manner, as required by law1 that the faith and
cre dit, and all of the resources of said City, are hereby irrevoca bly
pledged for the prompt payment of the principal and interest of theae
warrants at maturity' that due provision has been made for leVJing
and collecting annually by taxation an mmount sufficient to pay the
interest on these warrants as tt falls due, and to provide a sinking
fund for the final redemption of said warrants at matur1 t'YJ and that
the issue of wa rrants of which this 1a one• together with all other
1ndebt~dneea of eaid City, is within every debt and other limit pre-
scribed by the Const1,at1on and laws of the otate of Texaa, and by
the City Charter o~ .aid City.
IN WITNESS WH EREOF, the City Commission of the ~tty
Texas, hae caused the seal of said ~1ty to be hereto a
of Iubbookt
fix ed and tbia
the \; 1 tr warrant to be signed by the Kayor and oounte
Secretary, as of the date laat above writt
COUNTERS IGNEDI
~tl4~ C:y' Secreary;tJi()
Lubbock, frexas.
REGISTERED, thi s the --ll"'r
day of -------• 1035.
city T~asurer, City of
Lubbock• Texas
The form of interest coupon shall be substantially ae tollowet
Bo.
OB THE 20th day of August, 193_.
the City of lubbockt Texas, hereby promises to pay to a .G. Abernathy
and wife Mrs. Mollie D, Abernathy; their asaigne or bearer; at the
National Bank of ~ommeroe, Bew York City• ~ew York• the ~um of •itty
($50.-00) Dol.la.re, aaid aum being one year•e interest due that day on
City of Lubbock Abernathy Park 'Yarrant, Ser1ee l of 1935, Bo. ,
dated Aug, 2oth, 1935, to whtoh this cou s ched and is a part
thereof.
aUfee~
The following aae1gnments shall be printed on the back of ea14
warrants•
•It
ASS,GJIKDf
% hereby eertity ·tbat I have received the within principal warrant, and
the interest coupons thereto aanexed• trom the Ci'7 of Lubbock, Texae,
and, for value received, hereby traneter, a seiSDt sell and deliver,
without recourse, to all ri ght, title and
interest 1 have in ana to the same. and also the proportionate part of
the debt due me, with interest thereon, by said City, which is represent-
ed by the a mount called tor by this pr·inc1~al warrant and the 111 nexecl
coupons; and said · a hereby eubrQ.gate.d to all
claims, liens, rig ht or title, wti~'ther 1ft w or irf equ{tT• ·,n1oh ar•
or may be secured to me, and 1 hereby authorize him to collect the same
and give fUll receipt and acquittance thereof in m7 name.
I hereby assign, sell and deliver, without recourse, to bearer, all
right, title and interest I have in an d to the a bove mention~d warrant
and annexed coupons.
11. S&id warrants shall be executed and delivered to said M.G.
Abemathy and wlfe Mrs• •ollie D. Abernathy upon deliTerr by them to the
Ci tr of prop e r abstract and deed fit eaid land to the Ci tr of Lubbock•
12t IT IS FURTHER ORDAI NE D BY '!liE ClTY COUIU SSIOJl OlP THE CITY "JF
LU.BOCK, TEXA s. that a apec1.al fund, to be de s ignated "ABERNATHY P ARK
WARRABT FUND . SERIES 1 OF 1935•, shall be created and the p roa eeds from
all taxes levied, assessed and collected for or on account of th1a
series of warrants shall be credite d to said fund for the purpose of
JB1fDK" the int e rest on and. provid.ing the nee•ssa ry sinking fund tar
t he redemption ot said warrants a t maturity, and aai d fun d shall be use4
for no other purpoeea that to create said tuftd to pay the 1ntere•t on
said war•"'lnte and create a a inking tund sufficient to redeem them at
maturity, a tax of and at the rate of' four cents (4¢) on each i lOO.OO
valuation of all taxable property 1n said Ci tr• shall be annually levie4
on SQ d property and annually assessed and collected, or so much thereof
as shall be necessary, or in addition thereto as ma y be required, until
said warrants with interest thereon have been fully paidl and tb3 ea14
tax of to; r cents (4¢) 1e here now leYietl for th-e current year, and •o
lllUch thereof as shall be neceeeary, or in a d.di tiGn thereto a a JD9iV' be
required, is her• now levied for each succeeding year while said warrants
or any of t~em are outstanding , and the eame shall be annually assee s e4
and collected and a pplied to the purpose named.
Passed and approved first r e ading, this ~~~ day of ~~ 193e.
Passed and approved aeoond r e ading ~~ycAay o ~
A'l'1'EST1
?vo~-~ ct ty ecretar.,..