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ORDINANCE NO. 10,685
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF TAXATION OF PROPERTY FOR
CITY PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1957 FOR VARIOUS FUNDS OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 10,634; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE OT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 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 1957 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 - -&y atreet
Improvement Bonds, issue of February 1, 195.-, —a tax of One
and Fifty -five Hundredths (1.55) 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 One and Ninety Hundredths
(1.90) mills.
For the purpose of paying bonds and interest of the City of
Little Rock General Obligation Garbage Disposal Plant Bonds,
issue of February 1, 1955, a tax of One Tenth (.1) mill.
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 Seven Tenths (.7) of a :Hill.
For the purpose of paying bonds and interest for the City of
Little Rock as may be required for Bonds approved at the
General Election held November 5, 1957 for the purpose of
improving and enlarging the Little Rock Public Library, a tax
of Seventy -five Hundredths (.75) of a mill.
For the purpose of paying Policezents 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
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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 1957•
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: December 2, 1957
ATTEST:
A
City Clerk
APPROVED: /
Mayor