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ORDINANCE N0. 7800
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF TAXATION OF PROPERTY FOR
CITY PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1948 FQR VARIOUS FUNDS OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK; DECLARING AY., 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 1949, 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 uXd.er 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 as may be required in the Funding Bond
issue of May lst, 1925, and refunding issue of November
1st2 1935, and refunding issue of November lst, 1939, a
tax of three (3) mills; and Ordinance No. 3789 is hereby
amended only insofar as to apply to levy for the year 1948.
For the purpose of paying Bonds and Interest of the City
of Little Rock as may be required in the Airport, Fire
Equipment and Hospital Annex Bond Issue of November lst,
1929, a tax of Eighty Hundreths (.80) of a mill.
For the purpose of paying Bonds and Interest of the City
of Little Rock as may be required in the Municipal
Auditorium Bond issue of February lst, 1937, and Municipal
Auditorium 2% Refunding Bond issue of August 1, 1945, a
tax of One and Sixty Hundreths (1.60) milli and Ordinance
No. 5509 and Ordinance No. 6813 are hereby amended only
insofar as to apply to levy for the year 1949.
For the purpose of paying Bonds and Interest of the City of
Little Rock as may be required in the 11% Airport Refunding
Bond issue of March 1, 1945, a tax of One and Ten Hundreths
(1.10) mills; and Ordinance No. 6762 is hereby amended only
insofar as to apply to levy for the year 1948.
For the purpose of paying Bonds and Interest of the City of
Little Rock as may be required in the Fair Park Improvement
Bond Issue of October lat. 1940, a tax of Ten Hundreths
(.10) of a mill.
For the purpose of paying Firemen's Pensions, in accord-
ance with the provisions of Amendment No. 31 to the
Constitution of the State of Arkansas, adopted November
5, 1940, and Act 14 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
the State of Arkansas for the year 1941 and the acts
amendatory thereto, a tax of Sixty Hundreths (.60) of a
mill.
For the purpose of paying Policemen's Pensions, in accord-
ance 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 and the acts
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amendatory thereto, a tax of One (1) mill.
For the purpose of maintaining the City Library, in
accordance with the provisions of an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Arkansas, adopted November
5, 1940, 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 1948.
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 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, therefore
an emergency 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, 1948
ATTEST:
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Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor