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. . o R DIN A N C E '\' O. .,.) I', 'i...... 1'. ~.'\. .~ OF THE CITY OF I..A PORTE, TEXAS. / I An ordinance provid.1'ng for tne levy" assessment and collecti~n of an ad valorem tax for the year 1926 of and at tne rate of Dollar and ,Fifty Cents ($1.50) on the l1undred Dolla.rs & No/lOO ($100.00) valu~tion of taxable property in such city for current expenses and for the purpose of paying for bonda for water works system and other improvements witnin tne city c1' La Por'te" and for tIle c()ns'~ruction end improvements of roads" bridges and streets of the city of La Porte within its-limits. BE IT ORDAINED BY 'l'H.I!: CITY COUNCIL OF TIil!: t..ITY OJ:!' LA PORTE, 'fEXAS; ',I.'here i 8 hereby levied and sna.ll be aSEl essed and collected for the year 1926 on all the taxable property in tne city 01 La Porte" Texas" on t he Is t day of Janua.ry of tIle year, 1926, an a.d valorem tax of and at tl1erate o:t' Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) on 'the tlundred Dollars & NO/100 (~~lOO.OO) valuation of taxable property in said ci ty J estimated in' lawf~l currency of the Uni tea S1;ates, for current expenses and for 'the purpose of pa.ying for bonds issued for tne construction of water works system in tile Cit). at' La Porte, and for toe payment of warrants neretofore issued for the payment of a f1re engine ane\. nose. There nas already been levied a tax of Forty Cen'ts' ($.40) on the hundred Dollars & N0/100 ($100.00) to provide for the I payment of water works b~n~: and this ordinance merely re-affirma the assessment of such Forty Cents ($.40) levy on tne Hundred Dollars & NO/100 ($100.00) valuation to take care of said water works bondQ; there shall also be levied for the year 1926, 'Sixteen Cents ($.16) on the rtundred Dollars & No/lOa ($100.00) valuation to taKe care Of tne warrants heretofore issued for the pa.yment of fire engine and hose warrants; said amounts of Forty cents (~O) ana Sixteen Cents ($.16) to be set aside as a sinking fund to protect tne indebtedness incurred and for which said assessments have been made. the remainder of said One Dollar & 50/100 ($1.50) levy, same being Ninety-four Cents ($~94) on the Hundred Dollars & NO/lOb ", ~ ($100.00), shall be set,as1de for the various current rl;::~'i} .'il j;' ,,; :.' ~!:;,:.,' , 'd~" i:" '(i.';;~" ',. ::' ~..: '; > '" ',,> " expens~s oj;' , ."