Publication of notice - Execution of bonds and interest coupons. Bonds issued under this act shall be authorized and the details thereof fixed by resolution, or ordinance, as the case may be, of the governing body of any county, city, town, township, board of education, school district, or other municipal corporation issuing such bonds. Said ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of said bonds and fixing the details thereof shall not, however, be passed or enacted until notice of the intention to fund said special assessments, interest or penalties, shall have been given by one publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in said municipality, which said notice shall briefly state the kind of special assessments, interest or penalties to be funded, the aggregate amount of such special assessments, interest or penalties, and the time and place of the meeting at which said funding will be authorized. Such notice shall be published not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date set therein for the authorization. The resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds may be adopted at the time designated in such notice, or on the date set in such notice, the governing body may adjourn to a later date and such resolution or ordinance may be adopted at said adjourned meeting without further notice. Bonds issued under this act, by any county, shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, and attested by the county clerk, under the seal of the county. Bonds issued by any city shall be signed by the mayor, and attested by the city clerk, under the seal of the city. Bonds issued by any towns shall be signed by the president of the board of trustees, and attested by the town clerk, under the seal of the town. Bonds issued by any township shall be signed by the trustee, attested by the township clerk, and countersigned by the township treasurer; provided, however, where any township has any such outstanding special assessments, interest or penalties as may be sought to be funded under this act, and where township form of government has been abolished, such bonds may be authorized to be issued by the board of county commissioners and in such cases such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners of the county in which such township is located, who shall sign and act in the places of the trustee or the president of the board of directors of such township, and in such cases, such bonds shall be attested by the county clerk, and countersigned by the county treasurer, acting and signing in the places of the clerk or treasurer, respectively, of the board of directors of such township. Bonds issued by the board of education of any city or town shall be signed by the president, and attested by the clerk of the board, under the seal of such board. Bonds issued by any school district shall be signed by the director, attested by the clerk, and countersigned by the treasurer of such school district board. Such bonds and interest may be made payable at such place as may be designated, and they shall contain a recital that they are issued under this act. All such bonds shall be designated "SPECIAL ASSESSMENT RETIREMENT BONDS OF 19____". Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of facsimile signatures or seals as provided in the Registered Public Obligations Act of Oklahoma.
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