O-2017-3666 Certificate of Obligation, Series 2017

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accordance with this Section shall be valid and effective and shall discharge the liability of the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar upon such Certificate to the extent of the sums paid. Section 3.8: Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Paying Agent/Registrar is hereby appointed the registrar for the Certificates. So long as any Certificate remains Outstanding, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall keep the Register at its office in Houston, Texas, in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall provide for the registration and transfer of the Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Ordinance. Each Certificate shall be transferable only upon the presentation and surrender thereof at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar, accompanied by an assignment duly executed by the Registered Owner or his authorized representative in form satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar. Upon due presentation of any Certificate for transfer, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, within seventy-two (72) hours after such presentation, a new Certificate or Certificates, registered in the name of the transferee or transferees, in authorized denominations and of the same maturity and aggregate principal amount and bearing interest at the same rate as the Certificate or Certificates so presented and surrendered. All Certificates shall be exchangeable upon the presentation and surrender thereof at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar for a Certificate or Certificates of the same maturity and interest rate and in any authorized denomination, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the Certificate or Certificates presented for exchange. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall be and is hereby authorized to authenticate and deliver exchange Certificates in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Each Certificate delivered by the Paying Agent/Registrar in accordance with this Section shall be entitled to the benefits and security of this Ordinance to the same extent as the Certificate or Certificates in lieu of which such Certificate is delivered. All Certificates issued in transfer or exchange shall be delivered to the Registered Owners thereof at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar or sent by United States mail, first class,postage prepaid. The City or the Paying Agent/Registrar may require the Registered Owner of any Certificate to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with the transfer or exchange of such Certificate. Any fee or charge of the Paying Agent/Registrar for such transfer or exchange shall be paid by the City. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall not be required to transfer or exchange any Certificate called for redemption in whole or in part during the forty-five (45) day period immediately prior to the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to the transfer or exchange by the Registered Owner of the unredeemed portion of a Certificate called for redemption in part. Section 3.9: Book-Entry Only System. (a) The definitive Certificates shall be initially issued in the form of a separate single fully registered Certificate for each of the 6 HOU:3746876.1