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AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEVYING FIVE MILLS, ONE -HALF
MILL, ONE -HALF MILL, AND FIVE MILLS, TOTALING ELEVEN MILLS TAX
AGAINST PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS; FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUS-
PENDING THREE AND ONE -.HALF MILLS TAX FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
BONDS FOR THE YEAR 1970; FOR THE PURPOSE OF EFFECTING CERTIFICA-
TION TO THE COUNTY CLERK OF PULASKI COUNTY OF THE TAX LEVIED;
PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to meet current obligations and
expenses of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas (called "City "),
to levy upon all real and personal property within the City, a
tax of five (5) mills-to be collected with the taxes collected in
the year 1971; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 172, dated May 19, 1966, was passed
by the City Council of the City and called for a special election
to determine the question of levying a tax of one -half (1/2) mill
on all real and personal property within the City for the purpose
of establishing and funding a Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund;
and an election was subsequently held at which the qualified elec-
tors of the City voted in favor of that tax to be collected with
the taxes collected in the year 1971; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 172, dated May 19, 1966, was passed
by the City Council of the City, and called for a special election
to determine the question of levying a tax of one -half (1/2) mill
on all real and personal property within the City for the purpose
of establishing and funding a Policemen's Pension and. Relief Fund;
and an election was subsequently held at which the qualified elec-
tors of the City voted in favor of that tax to be collected with
the taxes collected in the year 1971; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 179, dated August 18, 1965, was passed
by the City Council of the City authorizing the issuance of Indus-
trial Development Bonds, under Amendment No. 1 of the Constitu-
tion of the State of Arkansas, levying a tax sufficient to pay the
principal of and interest on these Industrial Development Bonds;
and finding that a levy of three and one -half (3 -1/2) mills would
be sufficient to pay those sums; and, whereas, it will not be nec-
essary to levy any tax upon the real and personal property assessed
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during the year 1970 and to be collected during the year 1971 for
the payment of these Industrial Development Bonds; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No, 196, dated November 2, 1967, was passed
by the City Council of the City and called for a special election
to determine the question of issuing bonds (called "Combined Bonds ")
for the purpose of the acquisition of a site for and the construc-
tion and equipment of a city library,for the acquisition of a site
for and the construction and equipment of buildings for the hous-
ing of fire fighting apparatus, for the purchase of fire fighting
apparatus, for purchasing and improving a city park (including the
construction and equipment of a community recreational center and
swimming pool, with appropriate fixtures and appurtenances), and
for the refunding of the hospital bonds; and an election was sub-
sequently held at which the qualified electors of the City voted
in favor of that tax to be collected with the taxes collected in
the year 1971; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary, in order to pay the Combined Bonds,
with interest thereon, to levy, upon all real and personal proper-
ty within the City, a special tax of five (5) mills, in lieu of
the tax to pay the hospital bonds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF JACKSONVITJF, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That a tax of eleven (11) mills on each dollar
of assessed valuation of all real and personal property within
the City, be and hereby is levied by the City Council of the City
to be collected with the taxes collected in the year 1971 for the
purpose of general revenues, the Combined Bonds, establishing and
funding Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund, and establishing and
funding Policemen's Pension and Relief Fund.
Section 2. That the tax of three and one -half (3-1/2) mills
on each dollar of assessed valuation of all real and personal pro-
perty within the City for the purpose of paying the principal of
and interest on Industrial Development Bonds under Amendment No.
49 of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, be and that tax
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is suspended for the year 1970 and shall not be collected in the
year 1971.
Section 3. That a certified copy of this Ordinance be delivered
by the City Clerk of the City of Jacksonvillb, Arkansas, to the
County Clerk of Pulaski County, Arkansas, whose duty it shall be
to extend said eleven (11) mills tax against all real and personal
property assessments made against properties within the corporate
limits of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas.
Section 4. That it is hereby ascertained and declared to be
essential to the operation of the City, and to the health, safety
and welfare of its inhabitants, that the rate of taxation set out
above in this Ordinance be levied and certified to the County Clerk
of Pulaski County immediately, in order that it may be extended on
the tax book of Pulaski County for collection in the year 1971.
It is, therefore, declared that an emergency exists and this Ordi-
nance shall be in force and take effect immediately upon its pass-
age.
PASSED: , 1970.
APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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STATE OF ARKANSAS )
Certificate
COUNTY OF PULASKI )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Jacksonville,
Arkansas, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, correct
and compared copy of Ordinance No. , passed by the City
Council and approved by the Mayor of the City of Jacksonville,
Arkansas, on the day of . , 1970, and
that the same now appears of record in my office in Ordinance Book
No. , page
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the City of Jacksonvilb, Arkansas, this - day of
, 1970.
City Clerk
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