Columbia Specific Purposes [of Bonds] ordinance (Charter § 47)

Some of the purposes, hereby specifically authorized, for which the bonds of the city may be issued, sold, pledged or disposed of on the credit of the city, or solely upon the credit of specific property owned by the city, or solely upon the credit of income derived from property used in connection with any public utility owned or operated by the city, or upon any two (2) or more such credits, shall be:

1. The acquiring of land; the purchase, construction, reconstruction, repairs and improvement upon or extension of the following: water systems, including lakes and reservoirs; public sewers, sewage disposal plants; buildings and equipment for the police and fire departments; other public buildings and equipment therefor; facilities and equipment for the collection or disposal of garbage and refuse; bridges, viaducts, subways, tunnels, railroads, street railroads, bus lines; terminals for bus, air and railroad travel and their equipment; warehouses, public market facilities, airports, and equipment therefor; street lighting systems, gas or electric utility systems, heating and power plants, telephone and telegraph systems, facilities for radio broadcasting and reception; off-street parking facilities, or any other public utility or equipment therefor; public housing, hospitals, orphan homes, industrial schools, jails, workhouses, and other charitable, correctional or penal institutions and equipment therefor; golf courses, swimming pools and other recreational facilities and their equipment; parks, parkways, streets, boulevards, grounds or any other public improvement.

2. The paying, refunding or renewing of any bonds issued by the city, whether general obligation bonds or revenue bonds, and the establishment of a local improvement fund to be used for the purpose of paying cash for local improvements, such fund to be replenished from time to time by the payment into it of the proceeds of special assessments made on account of such local improvements. The foregoing enumeration shall not be construed to limit any general provision of this charter authorizing the city to borrow money or issue and dispose of bonds, and such general provisions shall be construed according to the full force and effect of their language, as if no specific purposes had been mentioned; and the authority to issue such bonds for any purpose aforesaid is cumulative and shall not be construed to impair any authority to make any public improvements under any provision of this charter or of any law.