HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 14-ZAN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE'PROVIDING FOR THE LEVYING,
ASSESSING AND COLLECTING OF.AD VALOREM AND OTHER
TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1954 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAY-
ING 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 IN-
TEREST -THEREON: PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF
OCCUPATION TAX, AND PROVIDING 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 collected for the year 1954,,for municipal purposes only,
an ad valorem tax of One Dollar and Seventy Cents ($l.70).on
each One Hundred -Dollars worth 'of property located within the
present city limits of The City of Beaumont, made taxable by
law, which said taxes when collected shall be for the purpose
hereinafter set forth as follows, to wit:
For the General Fund $1.26
For -the purpose of paying the
accruing interest and to provide
a sinking fund for the payment
of the entire bonded indebted- -
ness of The City of Beaumont .44
Section 2.
That there shall be and is hereby levied and there shall be
collected 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 amount so levied by the'State'of Texas, on each respective
occupation or calling in The City of Beaumont.
Section 3..
If any section, sub -section, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion
of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitii-
tional by any court of competent jurisdiction, .such section, sub-
section, -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 31st day of August,
A. D., 1954.
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