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ORDINANCE NO. Z
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE, LEVY AND COLLECTION
OF AN ANNUAL DIRECT AD VALOREM TAX ON ALL PROPERTY,
REAL, PERSONAL AND MIXED, SITUATED WITHIN THE TER-
RITORIAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT 'NORTH, TEXAS,
AND ALL. PERSONAL PROPERTY OTi= IN SAID CITY OF FORT
MORTH, TEXAS, ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, A. D.
1945, EXCEPT SUCH PROPERTY AS MAY BE EXEMPT FROM
TAXATION BY THE CONSTITUTION AND LAMPS OF THE STATE
OF TEXAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION I.
There is hereby levied and shall be collected, as provided by law,
an annual direct special ad valorem tax for the year 1945 for the support
and maintenance of a free Public Library in the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
of three cents (30) on every One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation on all
property, real, personal and mixed, situated in and all personal property
owned in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, on the first day of January, A. D.
1945, liable under the law to taxation and not exempt therefrom by the
Constitution and laws of the State of Texas.
SECTION II.
There is also hereby levied and there shall be collected, as provided
by law, an annual direct special ad valorem tax for the year 1945, for the
use and benefit of the Park Fund of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, of nine
cents (9f) on every One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation on all property,
real, personal and mixed, situated in and all personal property owned in the
City of Fort Worth, Texas, on the first day of January, A. D. 1945, liable ,
under the law to taxation and not exempt therefrom by the Constitution and
laws of the State of Texas, which levy, in the aggregate sum of nine cents
(90). as aforesaid, shall be and is hereby apportioned:
For Park operation, maintenance and upkeep, 9 cents.
SECTION III.
There is also hereby levied and there shall be collected, as provided
by law, an annual direct special ad valorem tax for the year 1945, for the
use and benefit of the Recreation Fund of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, of
two cents (20) on every One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation on all prop-
erty, real, personal and mixed, situated in and all personal property owned
in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, on the first day of January, A. D. 1945,
liable under the law to taxation and not exempt therefrom by the Constitu—
tion and laws of the State of Texas, which levy, in the aggregate sum of
two cents (2¢), as aforesaid, shall be and is hereby apportioned:
For Recreation operation, maintenance, upkeep and to pay
interest on Recreation notes and warrants, 2 cents.
The Commissioner of Accounts shall transfer from current
tax collections the sum of $5,600.00 to pay interest and
set up a Sinking Fund on notes and warrants. After this
amount has been transferred to Recreation Interest and Sink—
ing Fund, the remaining current tax collections will revert
to the Recreation General Fund, as well as all delinquent
taxes collected for prior years.
SECTION IV.
That there is also hereby levied and there shall be collected, as
provided by law, an annual direct special ad valorem tax for the year 1945,
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for General Fund operations and for servicing of General Fund obligations
outstanding of the said City of Fort Worth, of 1.56 dollars on every One
Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation on all property, real, personal and mixed,
situated in and all personal property owned in the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
on the first day of January, A. D. 1945, liable under the law to taxation
and not exempt therefrom by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas.
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The Commissioner of Accounts shall pay each week to the Interest and Sink-
ing Fund forty-five per cent (45%) of the current taxes collected for Gen-
eral Fund operations and debt service until $943,270.00 has been paid to
the Interest and Sinking Fund, after which all of said collections will re-
main in the General Fund. In this way the General Fund will absorb any In-
terest and Sinking Fund delinquencies and in consideration of which will re-
ceive all delinquent tax collections the entire year. The servicing of Gen=
eral Fund obligations outstanding shall be and is hereby apportioned for the
use and benefit of the said several series of bonds of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, as follows, respectively:
SECTION V.
That these special tax levies, which are hereinbefore made, to pro-
vide for the payment of interest and to create a sinking fund or to dis-
charge and pay principal and interest on any obligations due or owing by
the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are not to be taken as in addition to levies
for the same purpose in the respective ordinances authorizing and creating
such obligations, but the levies hereinbefore made are made pursuant to and
for the purpose of carrying out and complying with the provisions of said
prior ordinances, and ad valorem taxes herein are levied upon all taxable
property, real, personal and mixed, situated in and all personal property
owned in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as assessed, valued and described in
the assessment tax rolls and the tax books of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
for the year 1945, and any supplemental assessments thereof, as the same
have been or shall be presented to the City Council of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas, by the Assessor and Collector of Taxes of said City of Fort
Worth, Texas.
SECTION VI.
That the taxes herein levied and authorized and required to be col-
lected shall be and become due and payable in two equal installments. The
first installment, which amount shall be fifty per cent (50%) of the total
sum of the taxes due and payable for the current year, shall be due and pay-
able on the first day of October, A. D. 1945, and the second installment,
which amount shall be the remaining fifty per cent (50%) of the total sum
due and payable in taxes for the current year, shall become due and payable
on the first day of April, A. D. 1946,
SECTION VII.
The first installment of taxes required to be paid by virtue of this
ordinance for the current year shall become delinquent on the first day of
December, A. D. 1945, and the second installment of taxes required to be
paid by virtue of this ordinance for the current year shall become de—
linquent on the first day of June, A. D. 1946.
SECTION VIII.
Should any taxpayer permit his taxes to become delinquent, that is
to say, should fail or refuse to pay the first installment, said install—
ment being fifty per cent (50%) of the total amount of taxes due for the
current year, bOfore the first day of December, A. D. 1945, as above speei—
fied, then and in that event, the second installment shall also immediately
become due and delinquent and a penalty shall attach to the payment of such
taxes at the rate of one per cent (1%) per month, or fraction thereof, for
each month thereafter; and should any taxpayer pay the first installment of
his taxes as hereinabove provided, but should permit the second installment
of his taxes to become delinquent, that is to say, should fail or refuse to
pay said second installment before the first day of June, A. D. 1946, as
above specified, then the penalty shall attach to the payment of the second
installment at the rate of one per cent (1%) per month, or fraction thereof,
on each month thereafter.
SECTION IX.
That said penalty of one per cent (1%) per month shall be added to
said taxes in the event the payment thereof should become delinquent as
above set forth and said penalty shall attach on the first day of each month
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thereafter, until the taxes shall have been paid, which penalty shall be
and become a part of said taxes and be payable as such; and provided fur-
ther that in the event of the publication of the delinquent tax lists, or
if suit is brought to recover such taxes and penalties and the delinquent
taxpayer shall be subject to the payment of said taxes, penalties and costs,
and the same shall be and become a lien upon the property of such taxpayer,
as prescribed by the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the laws
of the State of Texas, the said taxes with penalties and costs shall be and
become and they are hereby made a paramount lien to all other liens whatso-
ever on the property on which said taxes are levied.
SECTION X.
Should any part, portion, section or part of a section of this or-
dinance be declared invalid or inoperative or void for any reason by a
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision, opinion or judgment shall
in no way affect the remaining portions, parts, sections or parts of sec-
tions of this ordinance, which provision shall be, remain and continue to be
in full force and effect.
SECTION XI.
That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and ef-
fect from and after the date of its passage as provided by law.
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City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
SEF.7>;S DFSCBIPTICK BOND NUMB GFAD TOT& I�f
36 Storm Sewers 1- 100 5,100.00 .274
37 General Funding 1- 200 8,500.00 '4550
38 Street Improvement 1- 90 3,400.00 .1820
39 Light Extension 1- 50 1,700.00 .0910
39A Municipals 1-1000 57,850.00 3.0960
(41 Street Improvement 1- 381 25,625.00 1.3710
(41. Street Improvement 382- 800 20,950.00 1.1210
(42 Light Extension 1- 119 72800.00 .4170
(42 Light Extension 120- 250 6,550.00 .3510
(43 Fire Improvement 1- 96 62462.50 .346�
(43 Fire Improvement 97- 200 5,200.00 .278#
44 Municipals 1-1250 582750.00 3.11,1,¢
46 Street Improvement 1- 500 26,915.00 1.440¢
47 Incinerators 1- 71 4,475.00 .2410
48 Parks 1- 100 52767.50 .3080
49 Recreation 1- 100 5,767.50 .308¢
50 City-County Hospital 14- 18 1,112.50 .059t
46 Street Improvement 501-1000 27,230.00 1.457¢
48 Parks 101- 200 5,835.00 .3124
49 Recreation 101- 170 3,890.00 .208#
46 Street Improvement 1001-1600 32,533.75 1.7410 z
48 Parks 201- 500 17,223.75 .9220
(46 Street Improvement 1693-2013 252415.00 1.3590
(46 Street Improvement 2011-2200 7,480.00 .4010
52 Street Improvement 1- 700 36,015.00 1.9270
55 Lake Worth Bridge 1- 150 8,590.00 .4590
52 Street Improvement 701-1500 44,500.00 2.3820
55 Lake Worth Bridge 151- 250 5062.50 .2980
51 ' Arterial Thoroughfares 1- 250 14,143.75 .7560
56 Street Improvement 1- 150 8,486.25 .4540
57 Fire Protection 1- 250 142143.75 .7560
58 Airport 1- 150 8,486.25 .4540
51 Arterial Thoroughfares 251- 550 16,530.00 .8840
56 Street Improvement 151- 800 35,815.00 1.916f
57 Fire Protection 251- 500 132775.00 .7370
58 Airport 151- 400 132775.00 .7370
56 Street Improvement 801-1400 33,330.00 1.7830
58 Airport 441- 500 5,555.00 .2970
56 Street Improvement 1401-1455 2,591.25 .1390
51 Arterial Thoroughfares 551- 600 4,520.00 .241¢
59 Refunding 1- 778 77,920.00 4.1690
51 Arterial Thoroughfares 601- 800 12,722.50 .6810
56 Street Improvement 1456--1575 7,347.50 .3930
62 Pleasure Grounds, Parks & Plgds. 1- 688 38,332.50 2.0520
(64 Pleasure Grounds, Parks & Plgds. 1- 189 11,882.50 .6360
(64 Pleasure Grounds, Parks & Plgds. 190- 250 1,982.50 .106�
56 Street Improvement 1576-1915 20,605.00 1.1020
-- Refunding Bonds (Due in Feb.) 11- 53 11,220.00 .bolo
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SERIES DESCRIPTICR BOND NUMBERS GRAND TOTAL LEVY
65 City-County Hospital 1- 138 7,518.75 .402¢
66 City Hall and Jail 1- 275 15,075.00 .8070
67 Library 1- 220 8,518.75 .4550
(56 Street Improvement 1916-1950 5,750.00 .308¢
(56 Street Improvement 1951-1965 300.00 .0160
(56 Street Improvement 1966-2000 612.50 .0320
(68 Airport 1- 390 37,900.00 2.0280
(68 Airport 391-1000 13,725.00 .7340
(69 Street Improvement 1- 133 13,350.00 .7140
(69 Street Improvement 134- 340 4,657.50 .249¢
(70 Garage & Repair Shop 1, 63 6,100.00 .3270
(70 Garage & Repair Shop 64- 160 2,182.50 .1160
(69 Street Improvement 341- 455 8,990.00 .481¢
(69 Street Improvement 456- 565 1,925.00 .1030
(72 Marine Creek Drainage & Overflow 1— 102 7,760.00 .416f
(72 Marine Creek Drainage & Overflow 103— 200 1,715.00 .091¢
TOTAL $955,443.75 51.1190