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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1947-351 ij :0 d 'I II ii' I. I I j, I '. j . e ORDINANCE NO. 351 ! I: COLLECTION 0,., AN AD VAl,OHEM TAX 'POB. 'I'HI!: YF~R 1947, OF AND I\T 'rug ., AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING '[i'()R 'rHE 1,EVY, ASSESSMENT AND il RATES OF $1.50 ON EACH $100.00 VALUATION Olil 'rAXARLE PHOPSHTY IN II THE CITY OF LA POHTE .FOR THE PURPOSE OF' PAYING THE Il'r-rEREST ON, 1,..1 AND A SINKING FUND FOR, THE REDEMP'rrON OF "CITY OF' LA PORTE "RE- 11 ! FUNDING BONDS, SERIES 193:5", "c ITY Olil LA POR'l'E SEWEH l'""'lHIDING BONDS, SERIES 1938", "CITY OF LA PORTE SEWER REFUNDING BONDS, SEF<IES lQ441t AND "CITY OF LA PORTg WATER SYSTEM REFU1\1DING BONDS, SERIES 1946," AND l70R PAYING CUHREN'f EXPENSES OF' SAID CITYa / BE IT ORDAINED BY 'fHE BOAHD OJ? COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY, OF LA PORTE, TEXAS; ;1 ;; tl Ii I. I, I; ,: , , q.ity of La Porte, Texas, on the 1st day of January of the year Section 1. The:re is hereby levied and shall be assessed I and collected for the year 1947 on all the taxable property in thel I I I 194V, an ad valorem tax of, and at the rate of, One and 50/100 Dollars ($1.50) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of taxable property in said City, estimated in lawful currency of the United States, for the purpose of paying the interest on, and a sinking fund for the redemption of, One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($148,000.00) "City of La Porte Refunding Bonds, Series, 1935'., Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($11,500.00) "City of La Porte Sewer Funding Bonds, Series 1938", Fifteen . Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) "City of La Porte Sewer Refunding I Bonds, Series 1944", Twenty-two Thousand Dollars ($22,000.00) "City of La Porte Water System Refuneing Bonds, Series 1946", and for paying current expenses of said City, and levied as follows, v\ to-wit: (a) There is hereby levied a tax of Fifteen cents (15t) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation of taxable pro- I perty in the City of La Porte for the year 1947, for the purpose I of paying the current interest on, and to provide the necessary ,. J I': sinking fund for, the Onp, Hundred ~orty-Eight Thousand Dollars I ($148,000000) "City of La Porte Refunding BondsR issued in the II I: !f year 1935, and the same shall be assessed and collected and ap- j; 11 h '~ I" ~ ~ e e -2- plied to the purpose named. , , j.! ji each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of taxable property 11 II , Il I] I: I; I~ I' :j I. (b) There is hereby levied a tax of One Cent (1~) on in the C1.ty of La Porte for the year 1947, for the purpose of pay- ing the current inter'eso on, and to provide the necessary sinking fund for, the Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($11,500.00) "City of La Porte Sewer Funding Bonds, Series 1935R, and the same shall be assessed and collected and applied to the purposes named.i (c) There is hereby levied a tax of Six Cents (6~) on ., ,I each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation of taxable property i j in the City of La Porte for the year 1947, for the purpose of pny- " I ing the current interest on, and to provide the necessary sinking i fund for, the Fifteen llhousand Dollar ($15,000.00) "'City of La I I Porte Sewer nefunding Bonds, Series 1941&1, and the same shall be assessed and collected and applied to the purpose named. (d) There is hereby levied a tax of Eight Cent (srt) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of taxable property in the City of La Porte for the year 1947, for the purpose of pay- ing tIle current interest any and to provide the necessary sink- ing fund for, the Twenty-two Thousand Dollars ($22,000.00) "City of La Porte Water System Refunding Bonds, Series 1946", and the same shall be assessed and collected and applied to the purpose named. (e) There is hereby levied a tax of One and 20/100 lara ($1.20) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation I ~ol-I of I I \/) taxable property in the City of La Porte for the year 1947, for the purpose of paying the various current expense of the City of La Porte for the year 1947, including street and bridge work and repairs, payment of salaries of officers and all other necessary current expenses of said Ci~y. Section 2. The foregoing levies and assessments are based on the valuation of all taxable property in the City of La Porte, on January I, 1947, amounting to the sum of Two Million I I Five Hundred Thirty-one Thousand Twenty-seven Dolla:rs 11 II !I H ($2,531,027.00). I j: I- ,I p, I I; , i1 welfare of said City require this tax levy for the year 1947 in I; J ~ r ,/ II e e -3- Sect ton 3. The fact that the best interest and general order that it may meet its obligations promptly constitutes and I creates an emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that the rules providing for Ordinances to be read at three several meetings be suspended and that this Ordinance be passed as, and take effect as, an emergency measure and such rules and pro- visions are accordingly suspended and this Ordinance is passed and shall take effect as an emergency measure and shall be in full force and effect immediately from and after its passage, and it is so ordained. :1 '. 'I A. D. 1947. .. , , Passed and approved this the 1st day of Dec. , La Porte, i I I I \') I I ~ Ii I I I I " e e I WHERE~3, heretofore, the Mayor of the City of La Porte I i prepared and submitted to the Board of Commissioners, at. its meet- I , i ing held on November la, 194r7, his proposed budget for the fiscal year, July 1, 1947 to June 30, 1948; and, WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners filed SUCll proposed budget with the Clerk of the City on the '12th day of November, 1947, and designated that a public hearing on such budget be held at the City Hall at 8:00 P. M. on December 1, 1947, and caused pnblic notice of such hearing to be made; and, WHEREAS, such puhlic hearing has been. held, it is there- fore, ordered by the Hoard of Commissioners 'l;hat the budget, a.s prepared and submitted by the Mayor, is hereby finally approved by the Board of Commissioners and it is hereby ordered that a true copy of such approved budget, together with a copy 0f this order, shall be filed in each of the offices of the Clerk of the City of ,I ; La Porte, the Countu Clerk of Harris County, Texas, and the State Comptroller at Austin, Texas. CET{!IIFICATE STATE OF TEXAS I I COUNTY OF HARRIS I I, J. E. MUldoon, Clerk of the City of La Porte, Harris County, r.rexas, do hereby certify that the above and forep;oing was du.ly made by the BOard of Commissioners of the City of La Porte and that the above is a true copy the minutes of said Board. of such order as it appears on rk ~~ 5?r~or~ \1\ at a meetins of such Board held on the 1st day of December, 1947, STATE OF TEXAS ~ I COUNTY OF HARRIS I Sworn to and subscribed before me by J. E. MUldoon, Clerk of the City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, who acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration . It -2- therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated. To. certify which witness my hand ~ and seal of office this the .L!.~ day of , A. D. 1947. ~ ' , /L./~ - --&::~~ ----- O' ry Public in and for Harris unty, 'fexaso I I I I I \. ,- ...........---...... - ........--....., e /..--- ....... e "--""'" e . . ORDINANCE NO. 351 AN QlIDINANCE PllOVIDING ~R THE LEVY, ASS:s.:SSMEWr AND COLLECTION OF AN AD VALOREM TAX FOR THE YEAR 1947, OF AND AT THE RATES OF $1.50 ON EACH $100.00 VALUATION OF TAXABLE PROp.~TY IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE FOR THE PU~POSE OF PAYING THE IN~EREST ON, AND A SINKING FUND FOR, THE REDEMPTION OF "CITY Oii' I,A POrtTE RE- FUNDING BONDS, SERIES 19313", "c ITY OF LA PORTE SEWER FUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1938\', "CITY OF LA PORTE SEWER REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1944t' AND "CITY OF LA PORTE WATER SYSTEM REFl'"NDING BONDS, SERIES 1946," AND WOR PAYING CURRENT EXPENSES OF SAID CITY. / BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF Cm~r.rISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LA PO:FI.TE; TEXAS; Section 1. There is hereby levied and shall be assessed and collected for the year 1947 on all the taxable prop~rty in the . ~ity of La Porte, Texas, on the 1st day of January of the year 194U, an ad valorem tax of, and at the rate of, One and 50/100 Dollars ($1.50) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of taxable property in said City, estimated in lawful currency of the United States, for the purpose of paying the interest on, and a sinking fund for the redemption of, One Hundred Forty-Eight" Thousand Dollars (~148,000.00) "City of La Porte Refunding Bonds, Series, 1935", Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($11,500.00) "City of La Porte Sewer Funding Bonds, Series 1938", Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) "City of La Porte Sewer Refunding Bonds, Series 1944~, Twenty-two Thousand Dollars ($22,000.00) "City of La Porte Water System Refuneing Bonds, Series 1946", and for paying current expenses of said City, and levied as follows, to-wit: (a) There is hereby levied a tax of Fifteen cents (15t) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation of taxable pro- perty in the City of La Porte for the year 1947, for the purpose of paying the current interest on, and to provide the necessary sinking fund for, the OnA Hund~ed ~orty-E1ght Thousand Dollars ($148,000.00) "City of La Porte Refunding Bondsu issued in the I . . ,~ e -2- year 1935, and the same shall be assessed and collected and ap- plied to the purpose named. ..- -....... (b) There is hereby levied a tax of One Cent (It) on each One IIundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of taxable property in the City of La Porte for the year 1947, for the purpose of pay- ing the current interesti on, and to provide the necessary sinking fund for, the Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars (tll,500.00) "City of La Porte Sewer Funding Bonds, Series 1938", and the same shall be assessed and collected and applied to the purposes named. (c) ,There is hereby levied a tax of Six Cents (6{t) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation of taxable property in the City of La Porte for the year 1947, for the purpose of pay- ing the current interest on, and to provide the necessary sinking fund tor, the Fitteen Thousand Dollar ($15,000.00) nCity of La Porte Sewer ~efunding Bonds, Series 1944", and the same shall be assessed and collected and applied to the purpose named. (d) There is hereby levied a tax of Eight Cent (8t) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of taxable property in the City of La Porte for the year 1947, for the purpose of pay ing the current interest ony and to provide the necessary sink- ing fund for, the Twenty-two Thousand Dollars ($22,000.00) "City of La Porte Water System Refunding Bonds, Series 1946.., and the same shall be assessed and collected and applied to the purpose - ~ .' named. (e) There is hereby levied a tax of One and 20/100 Dol- lars ($1.20) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of ...-........ taxable property in the City of La Porte for the year 1947, for the purpose of paying the various current expense of the City of La Porte for the year 1947, including street and bridge work and repairs, payment of salaries of officers and all other necessary current expenses of said City. Section 2. The foregoing levies and assessments are .- ---" based on the valuation ot all taxable property in the City of La Porte, on January 1, 1947, amounting to the sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thirty-one Thousand Twenty-seven Dollars ($2,531,027.00). /~ e ,r---...... .... e ",---... " e ,/--..... " e . . -3- Section 3. The fact that the best interest and general welfare of said City require this tax levy for the year 1947 in order that it may meet its obligations promptly constitutes and creates an emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that the ruies providing for Ordinances to be read at three several meetings be suspended and that this Ordinance be passed as, and take effect as, an emergency measure and such rules and pro- visions are accordingly suspended and this Ordinance is passed and shall take effect as an emergency measure and shall be in full force and effect immediately from and after its passage, and it is so ordained. Passed and approved this the Dec. 1st day of , A. D. 1947. . ----------.------ . ,~\ e" WHEREAS, heretofore, the Mayor of the City of La Porte prepared and submitted to the Board of Commissioners, at its meet- ing held on November 18, 1947, his proposed budget for the fiscal year, July 1, 1947 to June 30, 1948; and, WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners filed such proposed 'budget wit!l the Clerk of the City on the 12th day of November, 1947, and designated that a public hearing on such budget be held at the City Hall at 8:00 P. M. on December 1, 1947, and caused public notice of such hearing to be made; and, e WHEREAS, such public hearing has been held, it is there- fore, ordered by the Board of Commissioners that the budget, as prepared and submitted by the Mayor, is hereby finally approved by the Board of Commissioners and it is hereby ordered that a true copy of such approved budget, together with a copy ~f this order, shall be filed in each of the offices of the Clerk of the City of La Porte, the Countu Clerk of Harris County, Texas, and the State Comptroller at Austin, Texas. .....---...... , CE-=:tT I.F'ICATE STATE OF TEXAS I I COUNTY OF HARRIS I " / I, J. E. MUldoon, Clerk of the City of La Porte, Barris County, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing was duly made by the Board of Commissioners of the City of La Porte at a meeting of such B~ard held on the 1st day of December, 1947, e and that the above is a true co~y of the minutes of said Board. STATE OF TEXAS I I COUNTY OF lrARRIS I 1"\ Sworn to and subscribed' before me by J. E. Muldoon, Clerk of the City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, who acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration . .' /...--....... -- '\" " ~ -2- therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated. To~certify which witness my hand ~~ J and seal of office this the ~~ day of , A. D. 1947. e!-{~~ o ry ublio in and for Harris unty, Texas. ,/ --.., r '- '-. ~. e ~''''.- ,...-,\ ",'