ORD NO 13-2005 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. 3 -2005
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A TAX FOR THE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL
PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 2005 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 2004, 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, for the year 2005 for general municipal purposes.
SECTION 2: The rate of all real and personal property in the City of Van Buren,
Arkansas, for the year of 2004, 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 7 day of April, 1942, (1 mill) and the 8 day of
November, 1994, (.4 mill), be, and the 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 2005, 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 this 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 of the year 2005
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 20 DAY OF JUNE, 2005.
MAYORI'OH R
ATTESTED:
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CITY CLERK TREASURER