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?.-. ? -2- -- ? the debt charges on the Notes, the principal amount of the Notes shall bear interest at a different rate or rates not to exceed 10% per year from the maturity date until the City pays or makes provision to pay that principal amount. The rate or rates of interest on the Notes shall be determined by the Director of Finance in the certificate awarding the Notes in accordance with Section 6 of this ordinance. Section 4. The debt charges on the Notes shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America, or in Federal Reserve funds of the United States of America if so requested by the original purchaser, and shall be payable, without deduction for services of the City's paying agent, at the main office of National City Bank, Cleveland, Ohio, or at the principal office of a bank or trust company requested by the original purchaser of the Notes, provided that such request shall be approved by the Director of Finance after determining that the payment at that bank or trust company will not endanger the funds or securities of the City and that proper procedures and safeguards are available for that purpose (the Paying Agent). The Notes shall be dated the date of issuance and shall mature not earlier than six months and not more than nine months from the date of issuance, as set forth in the certificate awarding the Notes described in Section 6 of this ordinance and in accordance with the Director of Finance's determination of the best interests of and financial advantage to the City and its taxpayers and conditions then existing in the financial markets; provided that the Director of Finance may, if it is determined to be necessary or advisable to the sale of the Notes, establish a maturity date that is up to seven days less than six months from the date of issuance by setting forth that maturity date in the certificate of award. If agreed to by the original purchaser, the Notes shall be prepayable without penalty or premium at the option of the City at any time prior to maturity as provided in this ordinance. Prepayment prior to maturity shall be made by deposit with the Paying Agent of the principal amount of the Notes together with interest accrued thereon to the date of prepayment. The City's right of prepayment shall be exercised by mailing a notice of prepayment, stating the date of prepayment and the name and address of the Paying Agent, by certified or registered mail to the original purchaser of the Notes not less than seven days prior to the date of that deposit, unless that notice is waived by the original purchaser of the Notes. If money for prepayment is on deposit with the Paying Agent on the specified prepayment date following the giving of that notice (unless the requirement of that notice is waived as stated above), interest on the principal amount prepaid shall cease to accrue on the prepayment date, and upon the request of the Director of Finance the original purchaser of the Notes shall arrange for the delivery of the Notes at the designated office of the Paying Agent for prepayment and surrender and cancellation. Section 5. The Notes shall be signed by the Mayor and Director of Finance, in the name of the City and in their official capacities, provided that one of those signatures may be a facsimile. The Notes shall be issued in the denominations and numbers as requested by the original purchaser and approved by the Director of Finance, provided that the entire principal amount may be re resented by a single note. In addition, the Notes may be issued (i) in the denominations of ?100,000 each or (ii) in any denomination that is the sum of $100,000 and $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and, if so issued, are not exchangeable for other Notes in denominations less than $100,000. The Notes shall not have coupons attached, shall be numbered as determined by the Director of Finance and shall express upon their faces the purpose, in summary terms, for which they are issued and that they are issued pursuant to this Ordinance. Section 6. The Notes shall be sold at not less than par at private sale by the Director of Finance in accordance with law and the provisions of this ordinance. The Director of Finance shall sign the certificate of award referred to in Sections 3 and 4 evidencing that sale, cause the Notes to be prepared, and have the Notes signed and delivered, together with a true transcript of proceedings with reference to the issuance of the Notes if requested by the original purchaser, to the original purchaser upon payment of the purchase price. The Mayor, the Director of Finance, the Clerk of Council and other City officials, as appropriate, are each authorized and directed to sign any transcript certificates, financial statements and other