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Ord 1135 9/25/1933 r ORDINANCE NO. l AN ORDINANCE LEVYING, ASSESSING, AND FIXING THE RATE OF TAXATION IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FOR THE YEAR A. D. 19339 AND OF THE STATE T EOOF�TEEXASNAND TAX HE CHARTE ALL R AANDIORDiNA.NCES TAXABLE OFSAID TIME LAWS OF E CITY, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FAILS: SECTION 1. There shall be levied, assessed, and collected for the year A. D. 1933 an ad valorem tax of sixty ((560) cents lin each $100.00 of the assessed value of all property mits of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, subject to taxation under the charter of said City for the purpose of paying the current expenses and constructing improvements in and for said City. Said tax to be levied, assessed, collected, and deposited into what is known am the General Fund. SECTION 2. There shall be levied, assessed, and collected te for the year A. D. 1933 an ad valorem tax of fifteen (15¢) each $100.00 of the assessed value of all property within the limits of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, subject to taxation under the Charter of said City for the purpose of laying out, opening, con- structing, repairing, and improving the roads, bridges, and streets within the limits of said City, and for the further purpose of pay- ing the interest and principal of funding warrants theretofore legally issued against the Street Fund. Said tax to be levied, assessed, collected, and deposited in what is known as the StreetFund. SECTION 3. There shall be levied, assessed, and collected for the year A. D. 1933 an ad valorem tax of twelve (12f) cents on each $100,00 of the assessed value of all property within the limits of said city subject to taxation under the Charter of said City for the purpose of maintaining, improving, and beautifying the public parks, playgrounds, and cemeteries of said City, and for the further purpose of paying the interest and principal of the funding warrants heretofore legally issued against the Park Fund. Said tax to be levied, assessed, collected, and deposited in what is known as the Park Fund, SECTION 4. There shall be "Levied, assessed, and collected for the year A. D. 1933 an ad valorem tax of three (3¢) cents on each $100.00 of the assessed value of all property within the limits of said City subject to taxation under the Charter of saidCy for orathe purpose of maintaining, improving, and operating public ry in and for said City. Said tax to be levied, assessed, collected, and deposited in what is know as the Library Fund, SECTION 5. There shall be levied, assessed, and collected for the year A. D. 1933 an ad valorem tax of fifty (50f) cents on each $100.00 of the assessed value of all property within the limits of said City subject to taxation under the Charter of said City for the purpose of paying interest on, and creating a Sinking Fund for re- demption thereof of the hereinafter described bonds which have been heretofore legally issued for the purposes hereinafter set forth. V. P ,r $ 10000.00 Street Paving Series 11, Wbx maturing Brune 1, 1949, dated Tune 1, 1909. 18,000.00 Street Improvement Series 1 5%, maturing February 10, 1951, dated February 109 19il. maturin 259000,00 Refunding Street Improvement Seri es 3, 4 os g serially 1 to 25 years, dated November 19 1925, 569000,00 Street Improvement Series 51 5%, dated March 159 19199 maturing Mar©h 159 1959. 1 to 50 years maturity, 849000,00 Street Improvement Series 70 4 , dated December 15 , 1925. 142,000.00 Street Improvement Series 89 4ifo, maturing serially 1 to 40 years, dated November 15, 1926, 1929000.00 Refunding Series B, 51jifo, maturing serially 1 to 25 years, dated May 19 1924. 65,000.00 Refunding Street Improvement Series B-11 Off, maturing serially 1 to 25 years, dated November 11 1925. 1,000.00 Sanitary Sewer Series 2, 5%, dated October 159 19089 maturing October 15, 1948. 3309000.00 Sanitary Sewer Series 5, 4f j, maturing serially 1 to 40 years, dated December 15 , 1925, 939000.00 Sanitary Sewer Series 6, 4 , maturing serially 1 to 40 years, dated November 153, 1926. 329,000.00 Refunding Series G. 5 , maturing serially 1 to 25 years, dated May 11 1924, 196,000.00 Refunding Series G-19 W. dated November 1, 1925 , maturing serially 1 to 25 years,, dated May 1, 1924, 1579000,00 Refunding Storm Sewer Series A, 5�, maturing serially 1 to 25 years. dated November 1, 30,000.00 Refunding Storm Sewer Series A-1, 4%, 1925, maturing serially 1 to 25 years. 610000.00 Public Building of 1925, 4�, maturing serially 1 to 30 years, dated December 15, 1925 . serially 1 to 40 470,000.00 Public Buildings of 19269 41Kf, maturing years, dated November 159 1926. 1 1914 maturing May 1, 9,500.00 Hospital Series 1, 5f, dated May , , 1954. 2710000.00 Hospital Series F, 512fo, dated May 1, 1924, maturing serially 1 to 25 years. 249 000.00 Refunding Series F-1, Q%, maturing serially 1 to 25 years, dated November 19 1925 . 9,000.00 Refunding Series D, 5�, maturing serially 1 to 25 years, dated May 1, 1925. 39000.00 Refunding Series D-1, 4 , maturing serially 1 to 25 years, dated November i, 1925. 52,000.00 Refunding Series 1, maturing ser(ally 1 to 25 years, dated February 15, 1928, 2509000.00 Refunding Series 2, maturing serially 5 to 25- years , dated November 19 1928. 20,500.00 Refunding Series 3, maturing serially 1 to 11 years, dated November 19 1932. 99000.00 Refunding Series 49 maturing serially 1 to 9 years, dated November 11 1932., 99000.00 Refunding Series 5, maturing serially 1 to 9 years, dated November 15, 1932. 15,000.00 Refunding Series 6, maturing serially 1 to 8 years, dated December 159 1932. 22000,00 Refunding Series 7, maturing serially 1 to 2 years, dated February 159 1933, SECTION 6. There shall be levied, assessed and collected from every person, firm, corporation, company, or association of per- sons, following or pursuing any occupation taxable under the laws of the State of Texas and the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls, one half of the amount payable to the State under the laws of the State of Texas„ for following or pursuing said occupation. Any person, firm, corporation, or association of persons, who shall follow or pur- sue any occupation, calling, or profession, or do any act taxable under the provisions of the State laws, or who shall represent as agent, any person, firm, corporation, company, or association of persons, following any occupation so taxed, without having paid the tax required by law, shall upon conviction in the Corporation Court or any court having jurisdiction hereof, be fined in any sum not less than the tax due nor more than double said amount, and any one prosecuted for the violation of said law shall have the right to have his case dismissed upon the payment of the tax and the accrued costs. SECTION -7, The fact that taxes for the year A. D. 1933 will become due and payable on October 1, 1933, creates an emergency requiring that the rules providing that all ordinances shall be passed on three separate days be suspended and said rules are hereby suspended, and this ordinance is passed as an emergency measure and shall become effective immediately after its passage and approval as provided by law. PASSED AND APPROVED this - day of , 1933. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk