United States of America
State of Kansas
County of Doniphan

CITY OF TROY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the City of Troy, in the County of Doniphan, State of Kansas, acknowledges itself to be indebted and for value received hereby promises to pay to the bearer the sum of

ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS

in lawful money of the United States of America, on the first day of May, 19___ with interest thereon from the date hereof at the rate of four and one-half (4½) per cent per annum payable semi-annually on the first day of November and May in each year after the date hereof, until said principal sum shall have been paid, upon presentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached bearing the facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Clerk of said City, as said coupons severally become due. Both principal and interest of this bond being payable at the office of the State Treasurer of the State of Kansas, at Topeka, Kansas, and the said City of Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas, is held and firmly bound by these presents and the full faith, credit and resources of said City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment of said principal and interest at maturity.

This bond is one of a series of Twenty-three bonds of like date, tenor and amount, excepting maturity, aggregating Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars issued by the City of Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas, for the purpose of providing funds for the construction of a sewerage disposal system for the City of Troy and its inhabitants by authority of and in full compliance with the laws of the State of Kansas, including Chapter 10 and Chapter 22-621 of the Laws of Kansas, 1929, and all amendments thereto and in full compliance with the provisions, restrictions and limitations of the constitution and laws of the State of Kansas, and ordinances of said city proceeding duly and legally passed by the governing body of said city.

And it is hereby declared and certified that all acts, conditions and things required to be done or to exist precedent to and in the issuance of this bond have been properly done and performed and do exist in due and regular form and manner as required by the constitution and laws of the State of Kansas; and that the total indebtedness of said City, including this series of bonds, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said City of Troy, in the State of Kansas, by its Mayor and Councilmen, has caused this bond to be signed by the Mayor and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed, attested by the City Clerk, and the coupons attached hereto to be signed with the facsimile signatures of said officers, and this bond to be dated this first day of May, 1930.

Mayor

ATTEST:

City Clerk

Note: The scan appears to read “Twenty-three bonds” in the bond form, although the preceding page lists bond numbers through 25 and states an aggregate amount of $25,000. I have preserved what appears on this scanned page rather than silently correcting it.