ORD NO 21-1984 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. 1984
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A TAX FOR THE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1984
FUR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION MULTIPLE PURPOSE
IMPROVEMENT BONDS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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 1984, 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 3.8 mills for all personal
property subject to taxation in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, for the year 1984,
for general municipal purposes.
SECTION 2. The rate of all real and personal property in the City of Van Buren, Arkan-
sas, for the year 1984, 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 property subject to
taxation in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, for the year 1984, for Library maintenance
purposes, subject to the provision of Act No. 848 of 1981, the sane 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, Arkansas,
for the year 1984, 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 3.8 mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all personal property
subject to taxation in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, for the year 1984.
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 sane in the general levy for the year 1984, and cause the
sane 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 17th DAY OF September 19 84
MAYOR L
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CITY CLERK- TREASURER
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