ORD NO 18-1997 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. —1997
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A TAX FOR THE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1997, AND
FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The rate of all real and personal property in Van Buren, Arkansas, for the year
1997, for general municipal purposes under the authority of Section 4, Article XII, of the
Constitution of 1874, of the State of Arkansas, be, and the same is hereby affixed at 2
mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all real property subject to taxation in
the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, and 2 mills for all personal property subject to taxation
in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, for the year 1997, for general municipal purposes.
SECTION 2: The rate of all real and personal property in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas,
for the year 1997, for the maintenance of a City Public Library, under the authority of a
vote of the people of the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, and the City General Elections held
on the 7th day of April, 1942, (1 Mill) and the 8th day of November, 1994(.4'Mill), be, and
same is hereby affixed at 1.4 Mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all real and
personal property subject to taxation in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, for the year 1997,
for the Library maintenance purposes, subject to the provision of Act No. 848 of 1981, the
same being "adjustment or rollback of tax rates due to increase in aggregate valuation of
taxable property
SECTION 3: A certified copy of the Ordinance shall be filed in the office of the County
Clerk of Crawford County, Arkansas, in order that the Quorum Court of Crawford County,
Arkansas, may include the same in the general levy for the year 1997, and cause the same
to be extended upon the tax books and collected as required by law.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance being immediately necessary to obtain revenue to pay expenses
of the City Government for the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, and necessary in providing for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, an emergency is declared
to exist and this Ordinance shall be, take effect and be in force after its passage and
publication.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 21St DAY OF July ,19 97
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