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RESOLUTION NO. 1748
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE EFFORTS OF THOSE WORKING IN BEHALF OF INCREASING
SALARIES OF TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY PROVIDING REVENUES THROUGH
READJUSTMENTS IN PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, In the past the teachers in the Little Rock Public
School System have exhibited the greatest loyalty to their profession
and to the other citizens of the City of Little Rock by performing their
duties cheerfully and with great ability and are deserving of public
appreciation and a fair and equitable salary scale; and,
WHEREAS, The income available to the Little Rock Public School
Board is not sufficient to maintain a pay schedule for qualified teachers
commensurate with their qualifications and ability; and,
WHEREAS, The income of the Little Rock Public School District
is derived principally from taxes on real and personal property within the
district, and the values placed on real and personal property for tax assess-
ment purposes in most instances are disproportionately low in relation to
actual values and there exists inequities in the assessments on both real
and personal property; and,
4iihREAS, The officials in charge of the assessment of real and
personal property in the Little hock School District are able and honest men
and every confidence is due them, but they have inherited a condition brought
about by the greatest depression in history, being followed by the second
World War with attendant effects on values and prices, and it has in the
past been impossible to make definite and drastic and at the same time fair
changes in the basis of tax assessments due to unpredictable events; and,
WHEREAS, These officials deserve the wholehearted cooperation
of the general public in an effort to equalize and adjust as speedily as
possible the tax assessments in a manner fair to all property owners; and,
WHEREAS, The Parent-Teachers Association of the Little Rock Public
-- School District has and is directing its energies toward the correction of
the unfortunate situation which exists, and is to be commended:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the City Council of the City of
Little Rock in regular session assembled this 19th day of May, 1947, that
it is the opinion of this body that an emergency exists and that every effort
should be extended by the representatives of the City of Little Rock to co-
operate with other officials and public-spirited groups and individuals
so that the aforementioned tax situation in the Little Rock Public School
District may be remedied immediately and permanently.
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ADOPTED: Aay 19 , 1947.
APPROVED: ,P19I/ ,GG.
Mayor
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