HomeMy WebLinkAbout9682ORDINANCE NO. 9682
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF TAXATION OF PROPERTY
FOR CITY PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1954 FOR VARIOUS FUNDS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 9661
PASSED OCTOBER 11, 1954s DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; 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 1954 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 for General Obligation Rights -of -Way
Street Improvement Bonds, issue of February 1, 1953, a
tax of one and eight tenths (1.8) 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 seven tenths
(1.7) mills.
For the purpose of paying bonds and interest of the City
of Little Rock General Obligation City Library bonds,
issue of February, 1, 1954, a tax of five tenths ( .5) of
a mill.
For the purpose of paying bonds and interest of the City
of Little Rock as may be required for bonds approved at
the General Election held November 2, 1954, for the pur-
pose of acquiring sites for and equipping garbage dis-
posal plants, -a tax of three tenths ( .3) of a mill.
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 2, 1954, for the pur-
pose of developing and improv in the Little Rock Municipal
Airport, a tax of seven tenths T.7) of a mill.
For the purpose of paying Policemen's Pensions, in ac-
cordance 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 maintaining the City Library, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of Amendment No. 30 to the
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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 taxes
for the year 1954.
SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 9661 of the Ordinances of the
City of Little Rock, passed October 11, 1954, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. Action under the terms of this ordinance is
immediately necessary if the public health program, policy and pro-
tection 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: November 8, 1954
ATTEST:
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APPROVED:
City Clerk Acting Mayor