10316ORDINANCE NO. 10016
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF TAXATION OF PROPERTY FOR CITY
PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1956 FOR VARIOUS FUNDS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. That the rate of taxation on real and personal
property in the City of Little Rock for certain City purposes for the
year 1956 be and the same is hereby fixed and established and levied
as follows:
For General purposes in order to carry on the affairs of
the City Government under Section 4, Article 12, of the
Constitution of 1874, there is hereby levied a tax of Five
(5) mills.
For the purpose of paying bonds and interest of the City of
Little Rock for General Obligation Rights -of -Way Street
Improvement Bonds, issue of February 1, 1953, a tax of Three
(3) mills.
For the purpose of paying bonds and interest of the City of
Little Rock for Fire Apparatus and Fire Station Bonds, issue
of February 1, 1953, a tax of One (1) mill.
For the purpose of paying bonds and interest of the City of
Little Rock General Obligation Garbage Disposal Plant Bonds,
issue of February 1, 1955, a tax of Three Tenths (.3) of a
mill.
For the purpose of paying bonds and interest for the,City of
Little Rock General Obligation Municipal Airport Bonds, issue
of January 31, 1955, a tax of Seven Tenths (.7) of a mill.
For the purpose of paying Policemen's Pensions, in accordance
with the provisions of Amendment No. 31 to the Constitution of
the State of Arkansas, a tax of One (1) mill.
For the purpose of maintaining the City Library, in accordance
with the provisions of Amendment No. 30 to the Constitution of
the State of Arkansas, a tax of One (1) mill.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a
certified copy of this ordinance to the County Clerk of Pulaski County
to the end that the taxes herein recited may be extended on the tax
books of Pulaski County and collected with the other taxes for the year
1956.
SECTION 3. Action under the terms of this ordinance is
immediately necessary if the public health program, policy and protection
be not seriously curtailed, and as such curtailment would result in
endangering the health, lives and property of the citizens of Little Rock,
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and this ordinance being necessary for the public peace, health and
safety of the citizens of Little Rock, an emergency, therefore, is
hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after the date of its passage.
PASSED: October 8, 1956
ATTEST:
City Clerk.
APPROVED: