21-03-18. Form and contents of bonds

21-03-18. Form and contents of bonds Every municipal bond must be a negotiable instrument payable to bearer, or to bearer or the registered owner, with or without interest coupons attached, interest to be payable annually or semiannually at the rate or rates specified in the accepted bid for the purchase of said bonds. Each bond must specify the time and place for payment of the principal and interest, and must be numbered consecutively with the other bonds of the same issue, which must begin with number one and continue upward, or if so directed by the governing body, must begin with any other number and continue upward. Each bond must bear upon its face a name indicative of the purpose of the issue specified in said initial resolution and must contain a certificate or recital of any direct, annual, irrepealable tax which has been levied by the municipality upon all the taxable property therein, together with any other tax or source of revenue which the municipality may be authorized to impose or pledge and any annual or periodic payments or distributions appropriated or allocated by the legislative assembly, sufficient to pay the interest when it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such bond at maturity, and may contain any other statement of fact not in conflict with said initial resolution. The entire issue may be composed of a bond or bonds of a single denomination or of two or more denominations.