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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 52 ORDINANCE NO . An ordinance amending Sectl-j 1 10 o, © ­ '_°ia.rce N--, . ' Passed the 4day of 10F'�A.D01907 entitled"An ordinance providing f or the lefv and collection of an annual, direct ad valorem tax on all property, real, personal and mixed, within the tsrfitorial limits of th- City of Fory Worth,excepting such property as may he exempt from taxation under the Constitution and laws of the State o-f Texaa,and pro, Idlnr, for the jgvy and collection of a poll tax of 0ne($1.00)Dollar of and from every male person .residing in said City of Fort Worth ovQr the age of V!,enty-one years and under the age of sixty years,except such persons as may be ex- empt therefrom under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas . " B BF IT QRDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH:- t�"_ '*That Section 10 of Ordinance No.IA—,passed theU�ay of A.D.1907, entitled an ordinance "providing for the levy and collection of an annual., direct ad valorem tax on all property, real, personal and mixed, within the territorial limits of the City of Fort Worth, excepting such property as may be exempt frgm taxation under the Con- stitution and laws of the State of Texas,arid providing for the levy and collection of a poll tax of One($1.00)Dollar of and from every male . person residing in said City of Fort Worth over the age of twenty-one years and under the age of sixty years, except such persons as may be exempt th-_-refrom under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: `Section 10. That January 31,1908 is hereby fixed as the final day upon which payment of the taxes herein levi-ed and provided for may be made without the accrual of penalties,and on and after the first .day of Feb-ruary,A.D.1908# all suo- taxes i�c t pa_jd upon any property or by any persen,firrn,association of persons, ,point stock company or corpor- ation liable therefor,shall be deemed delinquent and sha,ll rave added thereto a penalty of One ( 1%)per cent per month or part of month for the full amount of such unpaid taxes for the time same shall remain un- Aaid,which said penalty shall bar and become a part of said tax and paid ° l -2- as suchiand provided further, that in the event of publication of delin- quent tax list, pr if ,suit be br tag .t, ithr one or both,the delin- quent tax-per aye r a �bA, err � become liable therefore _ ere wvtt and such tax-payer gnd his prepertjy shall bear the expense of such advertisement and court costo as prescribed by law." /!\ Sec. 2/ That this ordinance shall take effect and he in force fray, and after its passa.re as prescribed by laiv. I Lereh:r certify that the above and forerni-nr ordinance was pres- ented and unahirously paf3Fed by the 130ard of commissioners of the. City- of Fort Wort3°:, at a session .held, , ovember _`- art,,