HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 509 ORDINAITCE 170. J ,�,�
An Ordinance declaring all delinquent taxes, I all
cost and penalty thereon, levied on account of and for the benefit
of the General Fund for the City of Fort Worth for the year 1913
and all years prior theretq,a surplus fund, and designating
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and fixing the purpose n for which said fund is created and the
application to be made thereof.
BB IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMLISSIONIMS OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH:
SEC. I. All delinquent taxes due the City of Fort Worth
and levied on account of and for the benefit of the general
fund for said City for the year 1913 and all prior years there-
to, be and the same is hereby declared to be a surplus fund,
which as the same are collected shall be by the Tre-.surer
of the City of Fort Worth kept in a separate fund in the
manner and for the purpose hereinafter design-ted.
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SEC. 2. All costt,and penalties now accrued and to
accrue on deliiquen t taxes for the year 1913 and all years
prior thereto, be and the same is hereby declared to be
a surplus farad, and when collected shall be by the
Collector of the City of Fort Worth deposited in the fund
herein provided for and shall be expended only for the pur-
poses herein stated.
taxes
SEC. 3. From the proceeds of delinquent/cost s end
penalties provided in sections one and two hereof, there is
hereby-created a fund d"lared to be ^ surplus, and when
such funds are collected and turned over to the Treasurer
for the City of Fort Worth, the same shall be kept separate
from all other funds , and shall be designated as the
"Conduit Line Fund. "
SEC. 4. The money and funds hereW created and set
aside shall be appropriated exclusively to the following
purposesto-wit: Whereas, the question of supplying adequR to
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water supply for the City of Fort ``forth for domestic and for fire
figlting purposes, is of vital importance q.nd imperatively necessary
for the public peace, health and safety of the citizens of the
City of Fort Worth; and whereas the said City is now threathe:fed
with a serious shortage in the water supply for said City for
all purposes, and whereas, the-City has ^t this time n, completed
Lake and large Reservoir wherein is impounded a, large volume
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of water a.vaila.ble for/water supply for said City, and whereas,
there is an uncompleted p-rt of a conduit line feet
in length necessary in order to bring the water from s,^il.
Reservoir to the Filter. Plant end Pumping; Station in the
City of Fort Worth, and whereas without the completion of said
conduit line, the said City is in imminent and serious dancer
of a. water famine and a consequent loss of property and a.
general impairment of the health of the citizens of the City
of Fort 'orth, it is therefore, expressly ordered that the
fund hereby created shall be y the Board of Commissioners
appropri-ted and used for the completion of said conduit
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line, to the end and for the purpose nnd. for the reasons
her inbefore stated, and the City Auditor is 'iereby di-
rected -o draw warrants on said fund, and the City
Tre,-surer is directed o pay such warrants, only and
for the sole purpose of paying for the uncompleted portion
of said conduit line, and such warrants to be drawn and �^
paid only hen estim-tes are made and approved for such
improvement by the Board of Commissioners of the City of
Fort
Sec. 5. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an
urgency measure necessary in the ordinary course of the ^,ity's
affairs, and measure imperatively necessary for the iirnnedi^te
preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the
citizens oC the City of Fort Worth, and shall be in force
and effect from and aftt-i its pass ge, and all ordinances in
conflict ,erewith are hereby repealed.
Approved s to Form.
Corporation G'ounsel.
2 hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was duly
presented and unanimously passed and adopted by the Board of Com-
missioners of the City of Fort Worth at a Specially Called ses-
aion of said Board held Monday May 9th, A. D. 1916.
City Secretary.