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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1767 ` r ORDINANCE N0. 1'(o AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FCR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF AN ANNUAL DIRECT AD VALOREM TAX ON ALL PROPERTY, REAL, PERSON- AL AND MTXED, SITUATED WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AND ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED IN SAID CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON THE FIRST DAY OF TAN- UARY, A. D. 1933, EXCEPT SUCH PROPERTY AS MAY BE MMIPT FROM TAXATION BY THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF n1E 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 1933 for the support and maintenance of a free Public Library in the City of Port Worth of three cents (30) on every $100.00 valuation on all property,real, person- al and mixed, situated in and all personal property owned in the City of Fort Worth on the first day of January, A. D. 1933, liable under the law t0 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 provid- ed by law, an annual, direct, special, ad valorem tax for the year 1933, for the use and benefit of the Park Fund of the City of Fort Worth of nine cents (90) on every $100.00 valuation on all property,real, personal and mixed, sit- uated in and all personal property owned in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, on the first day of January, A. D. 1933, 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 (9¢) as aforesaid, shall be and is hereby apportioned: For park operation, maintenance and upkeep .08459 dollars; r For the benefit of notes issued to the West Texas Construo- Lion Company for the improvement of Forest Park, as recited in Ordinance Nos. 1036 and 1055, .00285 dollars. The original amount of these notes was $52,000.00 and of which there is now outstanding and unpaid $17,000.00; 1 r For the benefit of notes issued to W. J. Bailey for the purchase of certain lands for park purposes, levy .00054 dollars. The original amount of these notes was $8,207.00 and of which there is now outstanding and unpaid $5,586.30;r- For the benefit of notes issued to W. T. Bailey for the purchase of certain lands for park purposes, levy .00167 dollars. The original amount of these notes was $191074.00 of which there is now outstanding and unpaid $17,166.60;,,,// For the benefit of notes issued to Greenwood Cemetery Associa- tion for the purchase of certain lands for park purposes, levy .00022 dollars. The original amount of these notes 2,480.00 and of which there is now outstanding and unpaid $2,232.0 ; and For the benefit of notes issued to Greenwood Cemetery Associa- tion for the purchase of certain lands for park purposes, levy .00013 dollars. The original amount of these notes was $1,500.00 and of which there is now outstanding and unpaid $1,350.00.y, 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 1933, for the use and benefit of the Recreation Fund of the City of Fort Worth, of two cents (2¢) on every $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-4f January, 3._D. 1933, 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 two cents (20) as aforesaid, shall be and is hereby apportioned: For Recreation operation., maintenance and upkeep .01585 dollars; For the use and benefit of Recreation Funding Warrants, dated May 15, 1923, as recided in Ordinance No. 923, .00295 dollars. The original amount of which was $59,900.00, of which amount �,980-,8--of this series of notes are outstanding and unpaid; and V. . •... For the use and benefit of a note issued to the Park Depart- ment of the City of Fort Worth for Z. Boaz Golf Course, levy .00120 dollars. The oAginal amount of which was $15,000.00, of which amount $13,500.00 of this note is outstanding and unpaid. SECTION 17. 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 1933, for the interest and sinking fund upon the existing bonded in- debtedness of the said City of Fort Worth, of .63225 dollars on every $100.00 valuation on all property, real, personal and mixed, situated in and all personal property owned in the City of Fort Worth on the first day of January, A. D. 1933, liable under the law to taxation and not exempt therefrom by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, which levy, 4I""f in the aggregate sum of .63225 dollars as aforesaid, shall be and is hereby apportioned for the use and benefit of the said several series of bonds of the City of Fort Worth as follows, respectively: t SERIES DATE MATURITY II9913ST ORIGINAL AMOUNT TAX NO DFISCRIPTION ISSUED DATES ROTE S/A AMOUM OUTSTANDING I TY 6 Sewers 5- 1-1890 5- 1-1940 5 % $ 125,000. $ 44,000. .00175 1 Refunding 7- 1-1901 7- 1-1941 4 600,000. 448,000. .01527 2 Refunding 7- 1-1901 7- 1-1941 4 149,000. 132,000. .-00450 11 N. Ft. Worth Impvt. 5- 1-1909 5- 1-1949 100,000. 100,000; .00369 13 Fire Halls 9- 1-1909 9- 1-1949 65,000. 65:000. .00240 14 Street Improvement 9- 1-1909 9- 1-1949 135,000. 135,000. .00498 15 Electric Lights 9- 1-1909 9- 1-1949 25,000. 25,000. .00092 16 Sewers 9- 1-1909 9- 1-1949 150,000. 144,000. .00532 -- Poly Sewrre 2- 1-1913 2- 1-1953 5 15,000. 15,000. .00060 19 Improvements 4-13-1910 4-13-1950 4* 100,000. 99,000. .00366 20 Fire Halls 4- 1-1911 4- 1-1951 5 95,000. 95,000. .00378 22 Storm Sewers 4- 1-1911 4- 1-1951 5 120,000. 118,000. .00469 23 Electric Lights 4- 1-19U 4- 1-1951 5 50,000. 50,000. .00199 24 Street Improvement 4- 1-1911 4- 1-1951 5 165,000. 162,000. .00644 26 Hospital 4- 1-1911 4- 1-1951 5 20,000. 20,000. .00080 33 Sewerage Disposal 6- 1-1919 6- 1-1929-59 5 725,000. 468,000. .02352 35 Sanitary Sewers 6- 1-1919 6- 1-1929-59 5 325,000. 208,000. .01045 36 Storm Sewers 6- 1-1919 6- 1-1929-59 5 100,000. 78,000. .00392 37 General Funding 6- 1-1919 6- 1-1929-59 5 200,000. 130,000. .00653 36 Street Improvement 6- 1-1919 6- 1-1929-59 5 90,000. 52,000. .00261 39 Light Extension 6- 1-1919 6- 1-1929-59 5 50,000. 26,000. .00131 -- Municipals 7- 1-1922 7- 1-1923-62 5 1,000,000. 882,000. .03302 40 Sewers 1- 1-1923 1- 1-1928-42 Al. 330,000. 216,000. .01774 41 Street Improvement 1- 1-1923 1- 1-1928-51 4 581,000. 320,000. .01485 41 Street Improvement 1- 1-1923 1- 1-1952-63 5 419,000. 419,000. .01190 42 Light Extension 1- 1-1923 1- 1-1928-51 4* 119,000. 101,000. .00480 42 Light Extension 1- 1-1923 1- 1-1952-63 5 131,000. 131,000. .00372 43 Fire Improvement 1- 1-1923 1- 1-1928-51 4r 96,000. 79,000. .00369 43 Fire Improvement 1- 1-1923 1- 1-1952-63 5 104,000. 1014000. .00295 44 Municipals 2- 1-1924 1- 1-1929-64 5 1,250,000. 1,063,000. .03963 45 Sanitary Sewers 1- 1-1926 1- 1-1949-66 750,000. 750,000. .02876 46 Street Improvement 1- 1-1926 1- 1-1931-66 500,000. 461,000. .01901 47 Incinerators 1- 1-1926 1- 1-1931-66 71,000. 68,000. .00229 48 Park 1- 1-1926 1- 1-1931-66 100,000. 94,000. .00351 49 Recreation 1- 1-1926 1- 1-1931-66 100,000. 94,000. .00351 50 City County Hospil. 1- 1-1926 1- 1-1931-48 18,000. 15,000. .00094 45 Sanitary Sewers 7- 1-1926 7- 1-1931-48 248,000. 209,000. .01273 46 Street Improvement 7- 1-1926 7- 1-1931-66 500,000. 461,000. .01917 48 Park 7- 1-1926 7- 1-1931-66 100,000. 94,000. .00354 49 Recreation 7- 1-1926 7- 1-1931-66 70,000. 66,000. .00282 45 Sanitary Sewers 2- 1-1927 2- 1-1956-57 204,000. 204,000. .00724 46 Street Improvement 2- 1-1927 2- 1-1932-67 600,000. 570,000. .02211 48 Park 2- 1-1927 2- 1-1932-67 300,000. 288,000. .01029 45 Sanitary Sewers 9- 1-1927 9- 1-1932-37 104,000. 70,000. .01135 45 Sanitary Sewers 9- 1-1927 9- 1-1938-42 96,000. 96,000. .00245 46 Street Improvement 9- 1-1927 9- 1-1932-37 92,000. 62,000. .01059 46 Street Improvement 9- 1-1927 9- 1-1938-56 1 321,000. 321,000. .00821 46 Street Improvement 9- 1-1927 9- 1-1957-67 4 187,000. 187,000. .00425 52 Street Improvement 5- 1-1928 5- 1-1933-68 700*000. 6$8y000. .02453 53 Sewerage Disposal 5- 1-1928 5- 1-1933-68 600,000. 588,000. .02102 55 Lake Worth Bridge 5- 1-1925 5- 1-1933-68 150,000. 147,000. .00525 52 Street Improvement 3- 1-1929 3- 1-1934-69 800,000. 800,000. .03047 53 Sewerage Disposal 3- 1-1929 3- 1-1934-89 500,000. 500,000. .01904 55 Lake Worth Bridge 3- 1-1929 3- 1-1934-69 100,000. 100,000. .00381 51 Arterial Th-fares 11-1-1929 11-1-1934-69 250,000. 250,000. .00959 56 Street Improvement 11-1-1929 11-1-1934-69 150,000. 150,000. .00575 57 Fire Protection 11-1-1929 11-1-1934-69 250,000. 250,000. .00959 58 Air Port 11-1-1929 11-1-1934-69 150,000. 150,000. .00575 51 Arterial Th-Pares 6- 1-1930 6- 1-1935-70 300,000. 300,000. .01108 56 Street Improvement 6- 1-1930 6- 1-1935-70 650,000. 650,000. .02401 57 Fire Protection 6- 1-1930 6- 1-1935-70 250,000. 250,000. .00923 58 Air port 6- 1-1930 6- 1-1935-70 250,000. 250,000. .00923 56 Street Improvement 2- 1-1931 2- 1-1936-71 41 600,000. 600,000. .02217 58 Air port 2- 1 1931 2- 1-1936-71 4 100,000. 100,000. .00369 56 Street Improvement 2- 1-1932 2- 1-1937-72 100,000. 100,000. •00384 $15,910,000. $.63225 SECTION P. 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 1933, for general and all such other purposes (besides those herein- before enumerated), as are authorized by law and by the Charter of said City of Fort Worth, of .91775 dollars on every $100.00 valuation on all property, real, personal and mixed, situated in and all personal property owned in said City of Fort Worth on the first day of January, A. D. 1933, liable under the law to taxation and not exempt therefrom by the Consti- tution or laws of the State of Texas. SECTION VI. That these special tax levies, which are hereinbefore made, to provide 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 Korth, are not to be taken as in addition to levies for the same purpose made in the respective ordinances authorizing and oreat- ing 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 tax- able property, real, personal and mixed, situated in and all personal prop- erty owned in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as assessed, valued and de- scribed in the assessment tax rolls and the tax books of the City of Fort Worth, for the year 1933, and any supplemental assessments thereof, as the same have been or shall be presented to the City Council of the City of Fort north by the Assessor and Collector of Taxes of said City of Fort Worth. SECTION VIIe That the taxes herein levied and authorized and required to be collected shall be and become due and payable in two equal installments. The first installment, which amount shall be fifty per cent 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. 1933, and the second installment, which amount shall be the renaining fifty per cent of the total sum due and payable in taxes for the current year, shall become due and payable on the the first day of April, A. De 1934. SECTION VIII 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, As D. 1933, and the second installment of taxes required to be paid by virtue of this ordinance for the current year shall become delinquent on the first day of June, L. D. 1934. SECTION I%. 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 of the total amount of taxes due for the current year, before the first day of December, A. D. 1933, as above specified, 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 per month, or fraction thereof, for each month there- after; 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. 1934, as above specified, then the penalty shall attach to the payment of the second installment at the rate of one per cent per month, or fraction thereof, on each month thereafter. SECTION Y. That said penalty of one per cent 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 there- after 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 further 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 sub- jeot to the payment of said taxes, penalties and costs, and the same shall be and become a lien upon the property of such taxpayers, as prescribed by the Charter of the City of Fort Worth 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 whatsoever on the property on which said tax- es are levied. SECTION Me Should any part, portion, section or part of a section of this ordinance 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 provisions shall be, remain and continue to be in full force and effect. SECTION XII. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage as provided by law. Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary-Treasurer APPROVED AS TO FOEM AND LEGALITY: Oity Jttorney ORDINANCE No. Title r Date Filed - day.o. 19-- -- -- City Secretary