9661ORDINANCE NO. 9661
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF TAXATION OF PROPERTY
FOR CITY PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1954 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 1954 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 -Wag Street
Improvement Bonds, issue of February 1, 1953, a tax of two
and five tenths (2.5) 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 two (2) mills.
For the purpose of paying bonds and interest of the City
of Little Rock General Obligation City Library Bonds,
issue of February 1, 1954, a tax of five tenths (.5) of a
mill.
For the purpose of paying Policemen's Pensions, in accord-
ance with the provisions of.Amendment No. 31 to the Con-
stitution of the State of Arkansas, a tax of One (1) mill.
For the purpose of maintaining the City Library, in ac-
cordance 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 1954•
SECTION 3. Action under the terms of this ordinance is
immediately necessary if the public health program, policy and pro-
tection be not seriously curtailed, and as such curtailment would
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result in endangering the health, lives and property of the citizens
of Little Rock, and this ordinance being necessary for the public
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peace., health and safety of the citizens o, Little. Rock, an emergeney,
'3 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 11, 1954
ATTEST
City Clerk
APPROVED:
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Acting Mayor