trict that have not, at the time of the passage of this act, been authorized by the vote of not less than two-thirds of the qualified electors in said district voting at an election held for the purpose of voting upon the question of the issuance of such bonds, or any bonds which have been sold for less than their par value. ACT 5181. An act to legalize bonds heretofore issued and sold, or to be issued and sold, by municipal improvement districts where authority for such issuance has already been given by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the electors of such districts voting upon the question of incurring such indebtedness. § 1. [Approved May 8, 1923. Stats. 1923, p. 272.] See prior act and following act. Validating municipal improvement district bonds. § 2. Exceptions. § 1. Validating municipal improvement district bonds. In all cases where the legislative branch of any municipality in this state has called an election under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide for the formation of districts within municipalities for the acquisition or construction of public improvements, works, and public utilities; for the issuance, sale and payment of bonds of such districts to meet the cost of such improvements; and for the acquisition or construction of such improvements," approved April 20, 1915, or under said act as amended, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of any municipal improvement district formed in such municipality the question whether an indebtedness shall be incurred for any of the purposes authorized by said act, and where at such election not less than two-thirds of all the voters voting thereat shall have voted in favor of incurring such indebtedness, and the mode of creating such indebtedness has been by the proposed issuance of the bonds of such municipal improvement district, the power to issue such bonds and all the acts and proceedings of such municipality leading up to and including the issuance and sale or the proposed issuance and sale of such bonds are hereby legalized, ratified, confirmed and declared valid to all intents and purposes; and all such bonds, sold either before or after the passage of this act for not less than their par value are hereby legalized and declared to be legal and valid obligations of and against such municipal improvement district of the municipality so issuing and selling the same, and the faith and credit of such municipal improvement district of such municipality is hereby pledged for the prompt payment and redemption of the principal and interest of said bonds. § 2. Exceptions. This act shall not operate to legalize any bonds of any municipal improvement district of a municipality that have not, at the time of the passage of this act, been authorized by the vote of not less than two-thirds of the qualified electors of such municipal improvement district voting at any such election, or any bonds which have been sold for less than their par value. § 1. where an elec for the or cons therein; to meet struction pose of ment dis debtedne act, and voters vo debtednes the propo district, th of such m or the pro ratified, co all such bo not less th legal and district of faith and nicipality is of the prin §2. Exce any municip at the time not less than provement di have been sol ACT 5183. [Appr 1. Public as § 2. Resolution Publicat ACT 5182. An act to legalize bonds heretofore issued and sold, or to be issued and sold, by municipal improvement districts where authority for such issuance has already been given by a vote of not less than twothirds of the electors of such districts voting upon the question of incurring such indebtedness. [Approved May 7, 1919. Stats. 1919, p. 331. In effect July 22, 1919.] See two prior acts. § 1. Municipal improvement district bonds legalized. § 2. Exception. § 1. Municipal improvement district bonds legalized. In all cases where the legislative branch of any municipality in this state has called an election under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide for the formation of districts within municipalities for the acquisition or construction of public improvements, works and public utilities therein; for the issuance, sale and payment of bonds of such districts to meet the cost of such improvements; and for the acquisition or construction of such improvements," approved April 20, 1915, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of any municipal improvement district formed in such municipality the question whether an indebtedness shall be incurred for any of the purposes authorized by said act, and where at such election not less than two-thirds of all the voters voting thereat shall have voted in favor of incurring such indebtedness, and the mode of creating such indebtedness has been by the proposed issuance of the bonds of such municipal improvement district, the power to issue such bonds and all the acts and proceedings of such municipality leading up to and including the issuance and sale or the proposed issuance and sale of such bonds are hereby legalized, ratified, confirmed and declared valid to all intents and purposes; and all such bonds, sold either before or after the passage of this act for not less than their par value are hereby legalized and declared to be legal and valid obligations of and against such municipal improvement district of the municiplity so issuing and selling the same, and the faith and credit of such municipal improvement district of such municipality is hereby pledged for the prompt payment and redemption of the principal and interest of said bonds. § 2. Exception. This act shall not operate to legalize any bonds of any municipal improvement district of a municipality that have not, at the time of the passage of this act, been authorized by the vote of not less than two-thirds of the qualified electors of such municipal improvement district voting at any such election, or any bonds which have been sold for less than their par value. ACT 5183. An act authorizing cities, towns, and municipal corporations to establish and maintain public assembly or convention halls, and to incur indebtedness for such improvements. § 1. § 2. [Approved March 25, 1903. Stats. 1903, p. 412.] Public assembly hall. Resolution of intention. Special bond election may be called. 7. 8. Proceeds. Tax levy. Application of moneys derived from use of hall. § 9. Employment of architects, etc. Contracts. § 10. Act takes effect when. § 1. Public assembly hall. Any city, town, or municipal corporation in this state may acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all necessary land whereon to construct, and may construct and maintain thereon, a public assembly or convention hall, and may incur indebtedness, as hereinafter provided, to pay the cost of such improvement. § 2. Resolution of intention. Special bond election may be called. Publication. Whenever the legislative body of any city, town or municipal corporation, shall, by resolution passed by a vote of a majority of its members, determine that the public interest or necessity demands the acquisition of the necessary land whereon to construct, and the construction or completion thereon, of a public assembly or convention hall, the cost of which will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the municipality it may at any subsequent meeting of such body, by an ordinance, passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members, call a special election, and submit to the qualified voters of said municipality, the proposition of incurring a debt for the purpose set forth in said resolution. The ordinance calling such special election shall recite the object and purpose for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the proposed improvement, the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred therefor, and the rate of interest to be paid on said indebtedness; and shall fix the date on which such special election will be held, the manner of holding such election, and of voting for or against such proposition; and in all other particulars not recited in said ordinance, such election shall be held as provided by law for holding municipal elections in such municipality. Such ordinance shall be published once a day for a period of five days in a daily newspaper published in said municipality, or once a week for three successive weeks in a weekly newspaper published in said municipality. No other notice of such election need be given. § 3. Two-thirds vote prevails. It shall require the votes of twothirds of all the voters voting at such special election to authorize the issuance of the bonds herein provided for. § 4. Limitation of indebtedness. No city, town, or municipal corporation shall incur an indebtedness under the provisions of this act, which together with all other indebtedness of said city, town, or municipal corporation, shall, in the aggregate, exceed fifteen per cent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property in said city, town or municipal corporation. § 5. Issue and sale of bonds. All bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall be issued, sold, and made payable, in the man to all Jected taxes a ment of § 8. becoming and second § 9. Em of any city issued for vention hal to appoint dents, and a of such pub work. All e assembly or rials therefor lative body 0 in one or mo sealed proposa ner and form prescribed for the issue, sale, and payment of municipal bonds, by an act entitled, "An act authorizing the incurring of indebtedness by cities, towns, and municipal corporations for municipal improvements, and regulating the acquisition, construction, or completion thereof," which became a law, under the provisions of the constitution, without the governor's approval, February 25, 1901. § 6. Proceeds. The proceeds of the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall be placed in the municipal treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as the public hall fund, and shall be applied, exclusively, to the purpose and object mentioned in the ordinance. §7. Tax levy. The legislative body of said municipality shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy, and in the manner for such general tax levy provided, levy and collect, annually, each year until said bonds are paid, a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest and the part of the principal of such bonds, that shall become due before the time for fixing the next general tax levy, and is not at the time of fixing such annual tax levy, otherwise provided for by funds then in the treasury and set apart for that purpose. The taxes herein required to be levied and collected shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for municipal purposes, and shall be collected at the same time, and in the same manner as other municipal taxes are collected, and be used for no other purpose than the payment of said bonds and accruing interest. § 8. Application of moneys derived from use of hall. All moneys derived from the use or hire of such assembly or convention hall shall be deposited in the treasury of the municipality to the credit of said public hall fund, and shall be applied, exclusively, to the following purposes, to wit: First-For the necessary expenses of conducting, maintaining, and insuring such hall, and of making all improvements and repairs thereof. Second-For the payment of installments of interest or principal becoming due on said bonds until the whole of said bonded indebtedness shall have been paid. Third-Any surplus remaining after providing for the purposes, first and second above specified, may be appropriated and used for general municipal purposes. § 9. Employment of architects, etc. Contracts. The legislative body of any city, town, or municipal corporation wherein bonds have been issued for the construction or completion of a public assembly or convention hall, under the provisions of this act, shall have the power to appoint and employ all needful architects, engineers, superintendents, and agents, to prepare plans for the construction or completion of such public assembly or convention hall, and to superintend such work. All contracts for the construction or completion of such public assembly or convention hall, or for the furnishing of labor or materials therefor, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder. The legis lative body of the municipality shall advertise for at least ten days in one or more newspapers published in such municipality, inviting sealed proposals for the construction or completion of said improvement, or for the furnishing of labor and materials therefor before any contracts shall be made. The said legislative body shall have the right to acquire from the successful bidder, such bonds as they may deem best to insure the faithful performance of his contract. They shall also have the right to reject any and all bids. Said legislative body shall have power to appoint such officers, or agents, and to make and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the management, control, letting, and use of such public assembly or convention hall; provided, however, that in cities, towns, or municipal corporations, operating under a charter, heretofore or hereafter framed under section 8 of article 11 of the constitution, and providing for a board of public works, all matters and things required in this section to be done and performed by the legislative body of the municipality, shall be done and performed by said board of public works; provided, further, that in cities, towns, or municipal corporations not having such board of public works, the legislative body may, by ordinance, appoint a commission to select the site for said hall, to have charge and supervision of its construction, and to manage and control the letting and use thereof, and may, by ordinance, prescribe and regulate the powers and duties of said commission. § 10. Act takes effect when. This act shall take effect immediately. ACT 5184. An act to provide for the formation of districts within municipalities for the acquisition or construction of public improvements, works and public utilities therein; for the issuance, sale and payment of bonds of such districts to meet the cost of such improvements; and for the acquisition or construction of such improvements. [Approved April 20, 1915. Stats. 1915, p. 99.] Amended 1919, p. 670. § 1. Municipal improvement district. § 2. Petition for election. Ordinance of intention. What ordinance Protests. Modification of boundaries. Jurisdiction deemed ac- Election. § 4. § 5. Bond question submitted. Rate of interest. § 6. § 7. Bonds. How payable. Denomination. Interest coupons. § 8. Sale of bonds. § 1. Construction. Title amended. An act to provide for the formation of districts within municipalities for the acquisition or construction of public improvements, works and public utilities; for the issuance, sale and payment of bonds of such districts to meet the cost of such improvements, and for the acquisition or construction of such improvements. [Amendment approved May 16, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 670.] The body of the act was amended as follows: § 1. Municipal improvement district. Any portion of a municipality incorporated under the laws of this state may be formed into a municipal impr repre whic - impr thori and s proce 1919; § 2. shall cent posed a gene acquire bounda of the may ad said pro provide district of such ordinan or modi extent Said ord 1. An municipa 2. A g proposed 3. An public uti 4. That in said d thereof th bonds of improveme terior bour diately con improvemen of such cit extent of t 5. A date ment approv §3. 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