ORD NO 18-1985 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
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ORDINANCE NO. �D -1985
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A TAX FOR THE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1985
FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION MULTIPLE PURPOSE
IMPROVEMENT BONDS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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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 1985, 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 2.3 mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all real property
subject to taxation in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, and 3.4 mills for all personal
property subject to taxation in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, for the year 1985,
for general municipal purposes.
SECTION 2. The rate of all real and personal property in the City of Van Buren, Ark-
ansas, for the year 1985, 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 Election held on the 7th day of April, 1942, be, and the same is hereby affixed
at one (1) mill on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all real and personal pro-
perty subject to taxation in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, for the year 1985, for
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 value of
taxable property."
SECTION 3. The rate of all real and personal property in the City of Van Buren, Ark-
ansas, for the year 1985, for the purpose of meeting the bond maturities and interest
on the bond issue, authorized by Special Election on the 9th day of October, 1979, for
the purpose of overlaying, sealing and general improvements to streets within the
corporate limits of the City be, and the same is hereby affixed at 2.3 mills on the
dollar of the assessed valuation of all real property subject to taxation in the City
of Van Buren, Arkansas, and 3.4 mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all
personal property subject to taxation in the City of Van Buren, Arkasnas, for the year
1985.
SECTION 4. 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 1985, and cause the
same to be extended upon the tax books and collected as required by law.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance being immediately necessary to obtain revenue to pay ex-
penses 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 16th DAY OF September 19 85
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MAYOR
ATTESTED:
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