HomeMy WebLinkAbout10855ORDINANCE NO. 10,855
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF TAXATION OF PROPERTY
FOR CITY PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1958 FOR VARIOUS FUNDS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS:
1 SECTION 1. That the rate of taxation on real and personal
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c property in the City of Little Rock for certain City purposes for
the year 1958 be and the same is hereby fixed and established and
o levied as follows:
For General purposes in order to carry on the affairs of
the City Government under Section 4, Article 12 of and Amend-
ment 10 to the Constitution of Arkansas 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 Im-
provement Bonds, issue of February 1, 1953, a tax of One
and Fifteen One- Hundredths (1.15) mills.
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 Ninety One- Hundredths (.90)
of a mill.
For the purpose of paying bonds and interest for the City of
Little Rock General Obligation Library Improvement Bonds,
issue of January 1, 1958, a tax of Two and Ninety -Five One -
Hundredths (2.95) mills.
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 paying Firemen's Pensions, in accordance
with the provisions of Amendment No. 31 to the Constitution of
the State of Arkansas, adopted November 5, 1940, and Act 16
of the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas
for the year 1941, a tax of Two Tenths (.2) of a 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
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taxes for the year 1958.
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, 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 6, 1958
ATTEST: �E / APPROVED; W
1' City Clerk