ORD NO 08-2004 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANASAS
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ORDINANCE NO. 0 -2004
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A TAX FOR THE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL
PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 2004 AND FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
BE IT ORDANIED 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
X11, 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 2004, 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 2004, 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 2004
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 21 DAY OF JUNE 2004.
MAYO JOHN
ATT STE
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CITY CLERK- TREASURER