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INITIATED ORDINANCE NO. 6175
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE - CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK TO ANNUALLY LEVY A TAX OF NOT UORE
THAN ONE MILL ON THE ASSESSED VALVE OF THE REAL AND PERSONAL
PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PENSIONS
TO RETIRED FIREMEN, AND PENSIONS TO WIDOWS AND MINOR CHILDREN
OF DECEASED PIREUEN -AND' WID0 AND._UINOR CHILDREN OF DECEASED
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Thee City Council of the City of Little
Rock shall,. on or before the time fixed by law for levying
county taxes, make out.and certify.to the County Clerk the
rate of taxation levied by the City of Little Rock on the real
and personal property within the City, not to exceed one mill
on the dollar of the assessed value, for the purpose of paying
pensions to retired firemen, and pensions to widows and minor
children of deceased firemen, and widows and minor children of
deasaoed retired firemen, as provided by law. The Council shall
Make the rate of taxation, not to exceed one mill on the dollar
of the assessed value of the real and personal property within
the City of Little Rock, sufficient to raise and provide such
amount of money as the Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension
and Relief Fund certifies to the Council will be required to pay
pensions to retired firemen, and pensions to widows and minor
children of deceased firemen and widows and minor children of
decreased retired firemen, for the following year. If the amount
certified to the Council by said Board of Trustees is more than a
: fvy of one mill will produce, the Council shall make the full
levy of one mill.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its approval by the . people of the City of
Little Rock.
PASSED BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE PEOPLE IN CITY GENERAL. ELECTION
HELD IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, APRIL 1, 1941.