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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1946-324 e . I , I , I ' " i ORDINANCE NO. ~'" ---',. ,;,....-- e.,' AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY, ASSESSli!li:NT AND COL- i! LECTION OF AN AD VALORBi TAX FOR THE YEAR 1946, OF AND AT THE RATES 'I :1 OF ~1.50 ON EACH ~100.00 VALUATION OF TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE CITY " OF LA PORTE FOR TEE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE INTEREST ON, AKD A SINK- ING FU:ND FOR, THE RED~~PTION OF "CITY OF LA PORTE REFUKDDm BONDS, SERIES 1935", "CITY OF LA PORTE SEtplER FUNDING BONDS, S~ilIgS 1938" AND "CITY OF LA PqRTE SEWER REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1944" AND FOR PAYING CURRENT EXPENSES OF SAID CITY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TH~ CITY OF LA PORT~, ---- ..... e "..~ ~--"', e' e TEXAS: Section 1. There is hereby levied and shall be assessed and collected for the year 1946 on all the taxable property in the I ;!City of La Porte, Texas on the 1st day of January of the year 1946, :, II - 'ian ad valorem tax of, and at the rate of, One and 50/100 Dollars H :1 (~1.50) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of taxable: I' I :1 property in se,id City, estimated in lawful currency of the United [,States, fOD the purpose of paying the interest on, and a sinking II II fund f~r the r'edem.ptio~ of, One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Dol- I !Ilars (t;148,OOO.00) "City of La Porte Refunding Bonda, Series 1935",; :1 Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Dollar (till, 500.00) "City of La Porte. I' 'I :i Sewer Funding Bonds, Series 1938", Fifteen Thousand Dollar !' :~ (tl15,000.00) " City of La Porte Sewer Refunding Bonds, Series 1944"" I , and for paying current expenses of- said City, and levied as follows:, " to-wit: I, 'i :1 (a) There is hereby levied a tax of TwentY-ffive cents :' (25~) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of taxable " I property in tl'.:e City of La Porte for the yea!" 1946, fo!" the pu!"pose: of paying the current interest on, and to provide the necessary sirik- , ing fund for, the One Hundred fforty-Eight Thousand Dollar (':148,000.00) "City of La Porte Refunding Bonds" issued in the year, I 1935, and the same shall be assessed and collected and applied to i 'the purpose named. I (b) There is hereby levied a tax of Five Cents (5~) on ;i " e ...- -... - ~--~ e" .~ . e e . -2- , each One Hundred Dollar (~100.00) valuation , I , City of La Porte for the 1946, for I the year , I :; the current interest on, and to provide the of taxable property in! I I the purpose of paying ! I I necessary ~inking fundI : for, the Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Dollar ($ll,SOO.OO) "City of I ::La Porte Sewer Funding Bonds, Series 1938", and the same shall be ., ! assessed and collected and applied to the purpose named. ': :1 !! (c) There is hereby levied a tax of Ten C,ents (lOt) on '. '; each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of taxable property in. I :1 the City o~ La. Porte for the year 1946, for the purpose of paying . '; '1 the current interest on, and to provide the necessary sinking fund for, the Fifteen Thousand Dollar (~lS,OOO.OO) "City of La Porte , Sewer Refundir~ Bonds, Series 1944", and the same shall be assessed and collected and applied,to the purpose named. " 'I (d) There is hereby levied a tax of One and 10/100 Dol- ., , ~; lars ((?1.10) on each One Hundred Dollar (~~100.00) valuation of tax~ I .; :~ able property in the City of La Porte for the year 1946, for the ,I :. purpose of pa~'ing the various current expenses of the City of q iLa Porte for the year 1946, including street and bridge ~ork and i 'I repairs, payment of salaries of officers and all other necesoary .1 !; current expenses of said City. ,I I " :1 Ii ilbaaed on the valuation of all taxable property in the City of :, La Porte, on January 1, 1946, amounting to the sum. of One rl:illion I II Six Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty end SO/lOO ;/ Dollars ($1,674, 760.S0). !I Section 3. The fact that the best interest and general ilwelfare of said City require this tax levy for the year 1946 in I, : order that it may meet its obligations promptly constitutes and Section 2. The foregoing levies and assessments are I, ;'creates an emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that r, j; the rules providing for ordinances to be road at three several .1 1: ii m.eetings be suspended and that this ordinance be passed an, and II I:take effect as, an emergency measure and such rules and provisions : are ~ccordingly suspended and this ordinance is passed anu shall e . " I i '- -3- ;: take effect as an emergency measure and shall be in full:'orce and !i effect immediately from 8I1d after its passage, and it i.:; so ordained:. ;j Passed and approved this the oL3~day of Soptcmber, ~ .. D. 1946. \iA. ~ ,--~ ~~ Texas 'd 'I t1 :i " ;' ATTEST ~ :! 7Jvw,~ }/~. ii Secretary of the 01 ty of' L Porte, :1 Texas I'" ~; e if \i Ii il ;1 I! 'j II e il ;! " il II II I' I' I i i I I 1/ I, Ii ~ :1 ~ ! II II I, :! ~ .....-- - , "