8752ORDINANCE NO. 8752
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF TAXATION OF
PROPERTY FOR CITY PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1951 FOR
VARIOUS FUNDS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK; DECLARING
AN MIERGENCY; 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 1951, 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 18 �4,
there is hereby levied a tax of Five (5) mills.
For the purpose of paying Bonds and Interest
of the City of Little Rock as may be required
in the Airport,.Fire Equipment and Hospital
Annex Bond Issue of November 1st, 1929, a tax
of Eighty Hundredths (.80) of a mill.
For the purpose of paying Bonds and Interest
of the City of Little Rock as may be required
in the Fair Park Improvement Bond Issue of
October lst, 1940, a tax of Ten Hundredths (.10)
of a mill.
For the purpose of paying Bonds and Interest of
the City of Little Rock as may be required in
the Park Improvement Bond Issue of March 1, 1949.,
a tax of Three and Ninety One- hundredths (3.90)
mills; and Ordinance No. 7922 is hereby amended
only insofar as to apply to the levy for the year
1951.
For the purpose of paying Policemants Pensions,
in accordance with the provisions of Amendment
No. 31 to the Constitution of the State of Arkan-
sas, adopted November 5, 1940, and Act 16 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of the State of
Arkansas, for the year 1941 and the acts amendatory
thereto, a tax of One (1) mill.
For the purpose of maintaining the City Library,
in accordance with the provisions of an amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas,
adopted November 5, 1940, 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 taxbooks of Pulaski County and collected with the other
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taxes for the year 1951.
SECTION 3. Action under the terms of this ordinance
is immediately necessary if the public health program, policy
and protection be not seriously ca and such curtailment
would result in endangering the health, lives and property of
the citizens of Little Rock, and this ordinance being necessary
for the public peace, health and safety ,of the citizens of
Little Rock, therefore an emergency 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, 1951
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor