HomeMy WebLinkAbout6702ORDINANCE NO. 6702
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF TAXATION OF PROPERTY FOR CITY
PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1944 FOR VARIOUS FUNDS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS:
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j 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 1944, 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 as may be required in the Funding Bond issue
of May lots 1925, and refunding issue of November let, 1935,
and refunding issue of November 1st, 1938, a tax of three
(3) mills for the year 1944 is hereby levied; and Ordinance
No. 3789 is hereby amended only insofar as to apply to levy
for the year 1944.
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 lot, 1929, a tax
of Ninety Hundredths (.90) of a mill for the year 1944 is
hereby levied.
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 lot, 1937, a tax of Seventy -five
Hundredths (.75) of a mill for the year 1944 is hereby levied;
and Ordinance No. 5 509 is hereby amended only insofar as to
apply to levy for the year 1944.
For the purpose of paying Bonds and Interest of the City of
Little Rock as may be required in the Library Annex Bond
issue of February lot, 193j, a tax of Five Hundredths (.05)
of a mill for the year 1944 is hereby levied.
For the purpose of paying Bonds and Interest of the City of
Little Rock as may be required in the Negro Park Bond issue
of February lot, 1937, a tax of Five Hundredths (.05) of A
mill for the year 1944 is hereby levied.
For the purpose of paying Bonds and Interest of the City of
Little Rock as may be required in the Airport Construction
Bond (Second) issue of October lot, 1940, a tax of One and
Five Hundredths (1.05) mills for the year 1944 is hereby
levied.
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 lot, 1940, a tax of Ten Hundredths
(.10) of a mill for the year 1944 is hereby levied.
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For the purpose of paying Bonds and Interest of the City of
Little Rock as may be required in the Fire Department
Construction Bond issue of March 1, 1941 (second issue), a
tax of Ten Hundredths (.10) of a mill for the year 1944 is
hereby levied.
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
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 One --half (j)-mill for the year 1944 is hereby
levied.
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, 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 amendatory thereto, a tax of
Seventy Hundredths (.70) of a mill for the year 1944 is hereby
levied.
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 for the year 1944 is hereby levied.
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 boobs of Pulaski County and collected with the other taxes
for the year 1944.
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, 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 6, 1944
ATTEST:
City ,clerk. --
APPROVED:
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Mayo