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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2712 ORDINANCE NO. -Z 71 e2. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS IV AND V OF ORDINANCE NO. 2707, BEING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NEGOTIABLE COUPON BONDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TERAS, AMOUNTING TO THE PRINCIPAL SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000.00), IN ADDITION TO THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000.00) WORTH OF SAID BONDS HERETOFOXE ISSUED OUT OF AN AUTHORIZED ISSUE OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.00), AND BEING KNOWN AS SERIES 76 AND DESIGNATED AS "PLAYGROUND AND RECREATION PARK BONDS," TO BE ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING, ACQUIRING AND IMPROVING THE PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION PARKS OF SAID CITY, BY CHANGING THE TAX LEVY IN SAID SECTIONS FROM .1167 CENTS TO .1489 CENTS ON THE ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR VALUATION; REPEALING THE SECTIONS IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PRO- VIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EF- FECT FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF ITS PASSAGE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Sections IV and V of Ordinance No. 2707, passed and adopted by the City Council on the 14th day of September, A. D. 1949, be amended, and, after being so amended, they shall read as follows: SECTION IV. That for the purpose of paying the interest of said bonds, as well as the various installments of principal, as the same shall respectively mature, there is hereby levied for the year 1949 and for each succeeding year thereafter so long as the same may be necessary, to provide for the interest and annual installments of principal of said bonds, on all property in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, liable to taxation, a straight ad valorem tax of .1489 cents on the one hundred dollar valuation of said property, or so much thereof as may be necessary, or in addition thereto as may be required, and if at any time the amount of said tax shall not be sufficient to provide for the interest and annual installments of principal, it shall be the duty of the City Council to so increase said rate that an amount shall be realized from said tax suf- ficient to meet the requirements aforesaid for interest and annual installments of principal of said bonds; and it is hereby promised and agreed that such increase of tax shall be made, if required for the purposes named, as often as it may be necessary. There shall be assessed and collected annually a sufficient sum to pay the interest on such bonds and to create a sinking fund of at least two per- centum (2%) of the principal debt herein authorized. SECTION V. That it shall be the duty of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and its successors, and of the government of the City of Fort Worth, in levying taxes for general purposes for the said City for the year 1949 and for every successive year during the life of said bonded indebtedness or any part thereof, to include in such levy the special tax of .1489 cents on the one hundred dollar property valuation, or so much thereof as may be requisite and necessary, or in addition thereto as may be required, provided for in the next preceding section of this ordinance, and said special tax shall on no account whatever be dis- placed therefrom. SECTION 2, That Sections IV and V of Ordinance No. 2707 are hereby expressly repealed, but all other sections and provisions of said ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and ef- fect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. Mayor of the City of Fort Worth, Texas ATTEST: City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney of the City of Fort Worth, Texas