ORD NO 29-1996 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
11. ORDINANCE NO. L a. —1996
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A TAX FOR THE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1996, 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
1996, 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 1996, for general municipal purposes.
SECTION 2: The rate of all real and personal property in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas,
for the year 1996, 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 1996, 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 1996, 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 19TH DAY OF AUGUST 19 96
l 1 MAYOR
ATTESTED:
CITY LERK— TREASURER