46-197. Bonds; form; contents.

The bonds shall be each of the denomination of not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars, negotiable in form, executed in the name of the district, and signed by the president and secretary, and the seal of the district shall be affixed thereto. They shall be numbered consecutively as issued and bear date at the time of their issue. Coupons for the interest shall be attached to each bond, signed by the president and secretary. The bonds shall express on their face that they were issued by the authority of Chapter 46, article 1. Each bond shall be made payable at the given time for its entire amount, and the bonds shall be issued in series only, each series being payable at the expiration of a certain number of years.

Source:Laws 1895, c. 70, § 13, p. 280; Laws 1903, c. 122, § 1, p. 623; Laws 1909, c. 155, § 2, p. 563; Laws 1911, c. 160, § 1, p. 531; R.S.1913, § 3469; C.S.1922, § 2869; C.S.1929, § 46-113; R.S.1943, § 46-197; Laws 1995, LB 589, § 9.

Annotations

Bonds issued in violation of requirement that they shall be signed by president and secretary and have seal affixed are void, and payment of interest does not ratify them. Paxton Irr. Dist. v. Conway, 94 Neb. 205, 142 N.W. 797 (1913).