HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 62-ZAN -ORDINANCE
ENTITLED -AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR .THE -LEVYING,
ASSESSING AND COLLECTING .OF .AD VALOREM. AND OTHER
TAXES FOR THE YEAR 195.5 FOR THE'PURPQSE OF PAYING
THE GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES OF- THE" "CITY, :OF .
BEAUMONT;: AND:. PROVIDING' A--SINKING..FUND TO MEET" THE
PAYMENT OF ALL BONDED` INDEBTEDNESS OF'.THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT AND -THE PAYMENT OF ACCRUING INTEREST
THEREON;°PROVIDING FOR.THE-PAYMENT.OF OCCUPATION-'
TAX, .AND PROVID ING_' A ' SAVINGS-- CLAUSE,,'.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY, OF-BEAUMONT, TEXAS;
Section 1=
That there shall, be and is hereby -levied and shall be .assessed
and ..col,lected for .th-ei. year 1955, for municipal- .purposes only, an
ad valorem- ,tax .of One Dollar. and Seventy two Cents "01.72) on
each. One Hundred Dollars worth .of property located, within the
..present_ city- himits-. of' The` City. of Beaumont., "made -taxable by' "law;"
which -said taxes -when collected shall be. for the purpose here
inafter .-set-'f:orth as follows, , to wit
For- the ' General Fund $1--26..
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.:For the purpose of_ -paying the'
accruing " interest and to-prov.i::.d
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a sinking: fund- for the payment
eindebtedness-
-of
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of the 'entire bonded indebtedness
of The City' -of - Beaumont '- • 4.6
Section 2
That there shall,_be-'nd=is hereby -levied and" -there shall be col
lected- on' ,all- occupations .,and callings on which an occupational"
tax is., levied by,_the',State of -Texas, a sum:. equal to. one half. -of
- " the. mount s,o levied by the, State. of -Texas-, -on: each -respective..
occupation" ,or ,.calling, in The:_City of Bea'uiont ::.._
`Section 3.
If any- section, subsection, sentence;. 'dl'ause--phrase, or portion
of -t'his Ordinance is 'fo:r any reason ,held invalid or' unconstitution-
al by,, any .court .of competent 'jurisdiction, such section,, subsection,
sentence, ' clause,. -phrase, or portion "shall be deemed `a separate,
distinct _"and independent .provision .and ;-such holding; shall not
affect the. validity of the" remaining .portions thereof
PASSED -.by the`City Council this 3: day of t�A.D.
1955
Mayor _