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ORDINANCE #_5Z53#
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE TRANSMISSION AND SALE
OF ELECTRIC POWER AND CURRENT WITHIN THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK TO BE A PRIVILEGE; FIXING A.LICRNSF
THEREFOR; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, AR14NSAs
SECTION 1. The business'of transmitting and selling
electric current and /or power is declared to be a privilege and
it is further declared that all persons, firms, and /or corporatio
so engaged shall pay an annual license tax for the privilege of
engaging in the sale and transmission of electric power and /or
current in the City of Little Rack, Arkansas.
SECTION 2. There is hereby levied as an annual li-
cense tax for said privilege the sum of MV7 Thousand Dol-
lars ($2-6,,000.00) which shall be due and payable annually, begin-
ning in the year 1939.
SECTION 3. Any person, firm, or corporation engaging
'in or carrying on the business herein specified without paying
said tax within Thirty (30),days after notice by the City Collec-
tor that said tax is due shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less
than Five Hundred Dollars ( 500.00)_nor more than One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00); and each day that such operation continues
after payment is due and remains unpaid, shall constitute a sepa-
rate offense.
SECTION 4. In view of the depleted condition of the
finances of the City necessitating curtailment"
and health protection, and the fact that the business of trans-
mitting and selling electric power and current is now being en-
gaged in without the payment of a reasonable tax for the privilege
an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED: J a ,12, 939.
APPROV
ATTEST: . Mayor
�.i y Clerk