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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3950 E w z ORDINANCE NO. 3950 AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL HOME RULE ELECTION IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1958, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY, FOR ADOPTION OR REJEC- TION, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, INCLUDING IN SAID PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AN AMENDMENT AUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL TO LEVY A TAX, TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RETIREMENT OF CERTAIN DEBTS, GENERAL MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS, DEFERRED MAIN- TENANCE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, ON ALL SALARIES, WAGES, COMMIISSIONS AND OTHER COMPENSATION EARNED BY RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; ON ALL SALARIES, WAGES, COMMISSIONS AND OTHER COMPENSATION EARNED BY NON-RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH FOR WORK DONE OR SERVICES PERFORMED OR REN- DERED IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; ON THE NET PROFITS EARNED ON ALL BUSINESSES, PROFESSIONS OR OTHER ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; ON THE NET PROFITS EARNED ON ALL BUSINESSES, PROFESSIONS OR OTHER ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH BY NON-RESIDENTS; AND ON THE NET PROFITS EARNED BY ALL CORPORATIONS HAVING AN OFFICE OR PLACE OF BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AS A RESULT OF WORK DONE OR SERVICES PERFORMED OR RENDERED IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, AND PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE TAX, AND AN AMENDMENT PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE TAX LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO AD VALOREM TAXES AS NOW PROVIDED IN THE CHARTER OF SAID CITY; DESIGNA- TING THE PLACES AT WHICH SAID ELECTION IS TO BE HELD; AP- POINTING PRESIDING OFFICERS THEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, on Friday, the 15th day of August, 1958, an ordinance was duly passed by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, giving due notice, in strict compliance with the statutes of the State of Texas and the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, of its intention to pass an ordi- nance providing for the submission to the qualified voters of the said City of Fort Worth of proposed amendments to the existing charter; and, WHEREAS, the notice of intention to submit such charter amendments was duly given by publication in the Fort Worth Press, a newspaper published daily except Saturday in the City of Fort Worth and the official newspaper of said City, which notice was published for ten (10) days, he date of the first publication thereof being not less than twenty (20) days next preceding the date of this ordinance; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, in the exercise of the discretion reposed in it by the Constitution and the laws of this State • y relating`to the amendment of the city charters by cities having more than five thousand inhabitants, deems it wise and expedient to submit the proposed amendments to the existing charter of said City, hereinafter set forth, at a special election to be held in said City on Tuesday, the 18th day of November, 1958; arid; WHEREAS, it appears that no regular municipal election will be held in said City within the time specified in Article 1166 of Vernon's Civil Statutes after the passage of this ordinance; NOW, THEREFORE) BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That a special election be held in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday, the 18th day of November, 1958, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said City, for adoption or rejection, the following proposed amendments to the existing charter of the City of Fort Worth: AMENDMENT I. Shall Chapter XXV of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended by adding thereto Section 37, reading as follows: The City Council is authorized each year, when adopting the appropriation ordinance, to levy a tax, to provide funds for the purposes of the retirement of certain debts, general municipal operations, de- ferred maintenance and capital improvements, on all salaries, wages, commissions and other compensation earned by residents of the City of Fort Worth; on all salaries, wages, commissions and other compensation earned by non-residents of the City of Fort Worth for work done or services performed or rendered in the City of Fort Worth; on the net profits earned on all businesses, professions or other activities conducted by residents of the City of Fort Worth; on the net profits earned on all businesses, professions or other activities conducted in the City of Fort Worth by non-residents; and on the net profits earned by all corporations having an office or place of business in the City of Fort Worth as the result of work done or services performed or rendered in the City of Fort Worth; to require the filing of returns and the fur- nishing of information by employers and all those sub- ject to said tax; to impose on employers the duty of collecting the tax at the source and paying the same to the City of Fort Worth; to provide for the admini- stration, collection and enforcement of said tax; to authorize the imposition of penalties for the violation of the ordinance creating the tax; to provide that said tax shall not exceed the rate of one per cent (1%); and to provide that not less than fifty per cent (5()%) of the above tax paid by the property owner shall be allowed as a credit on all ad valorem taxes paid by the taxpayer on property located in the City of Fort Worth? AMENDMENT II. Shall Section 23, Chapter XXVIII of the existing Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended, and after being amended, read as follows: Each year when the City Council adopts the appropriation ordinance and determines the amount of,the tax levy for general municipal purposes, it shall never levy a tax for all municipal purposes in excess of Two and 20/100 Dollars ($2.20) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of property subject to taxation situated within the City of Fort Worth? SECTION 2. That the polling places and presiding officers of said election shall be, respectively, as follows: w w w .. •< SECTION 3. That said election shall be held in the manner and within the hours prescribed for general elections by the laws of the State of Texas so far as they may be practicable, and all persons qualified to vote in said City under the laws of this State regulating general elections shall be allowed to vote. SECTION 4. That it shall be the duty of the City Secretary to prepare the offi- cial ballot, on which official ballot shall appear the proposed amendments set out in Section 1 of this ordinance, and after each of said proposed Amend- ments shall be printed the words "Yes," "No," in order that the voter may vote "Yes" or "No" on each of said proposed amendments. SECTION 5. That all voters desiring to vote for the adoption of any of the pro- posed amendments shall permit to remain on their ballot, with respect to each proposed amendment which they desire to have adopted, the word "Yes"; and those opposed shall permit to remain on their ballot, with respect to each amendment which they desire to have rejected, the word "No." SECTION 6. That the City Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article 1170 of Vernon's Civil Statutes, mail a copy of each of the proposed amendments to every qualified voter in the City of Fort Worth as appears from the rolls of the Tax Collector of Tarrant County, Texas, for the year ending January 31, 1958. SECTION 7. That a copy of this ordinance shall be sufficient notice of said election, and thirty (30) days' notice of the time and places of holding the said election shall be given by publication of such notice in the offi- cial newspaper of said City each week for four (4) weeks, the date of the first publication being not less than thirty (30) full days prior to the date of the election. SECTION 8. That each proposed amendment as is set forth hereinabove, if approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting upon said amendment, shall become a part of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth as soon as an offi- cial order and ordinance has been entered on the records of said City by the governing body thereof, declaring the same adopted. SECTION 9. The fact that the present Charter of said City is inadequate and the importance of the proposed charter amendments creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity for the immediate taking effect of this ordi- nance, and it is hereby ordained that this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage. Mayor of the City of Fort Worth, Texas ATTEST: City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas APPROVED AS TO FFOR�M AND LEGALITY: � City Atforney oT the City of Fort Worth, Texas Precinct Location Judge 1 Fire Hall - 2nd and Commerce Rev. J. C. Darden 2 Courthouse Basement - West End Mrs. Zoe Rankin 3 Fire Hall - 16th and Jones Gist M. Thompson 4 Fire Hall - Texas and Cherry Streets Mrs. R. H. McLemore 5 East Van Zandt School 615 Missouri Avenue Mrs. D. G. Helman 6 Fire Hall - Tucker and South Bryan Miss Ella Bideker 7 Ernest Parker Junior High School 1015 South Jennings Mrs. T. M. Smith 8 Magnolia Avenue Christian Church 950 West Magnolia Earl Wheeler 9 Courthouse Basement - East End Mrs. Henry Hagemeire 10 Fire Hall - 1525 East Hattie Mrs. A. B. Nichols 11 Fire Hall - 3401 Avenue I Mrs. J. W. Simmons 12 East Handley Elementary School 3127 Chilton Mrs. J. H. Ragland 14 South Fort Worth Elementary School 900 West Fogg Street Mrs. Clay Walker 15 Brooklyn Heights Elementary School 3800 Valentine. Mrs. J. A. Hughes 16 Thomas Place Elementary School 4150 Lafayette James .$; White 17 W. J. Turner Elementary School 3001 Azle Avenue Mrs. Rosa Maco 19 Perfecto Cleaners - Rear 108 North Riverside Drive Mrs. Ed Martin 48 Greines Furniture Store 1332 North Main Mrs. Hattie Leftwich 49 0. E. Kimmons Furniture Store 124 West Exchange Mrs. Russell Babcock 50 Washington Heights Elementary School 3300 North Houston Mrs. W. W. Farmer 51 Diamond Hill Elementary School 2901 Hutchinson Mrs. J. A. Stephenson 53 Fire Hall - 431 Fulton Street Mrs. Johnnie House 54 Jack Collier's Drug Store Summit & Pennsylvania Avenue Miss A. E. Bahan 55 Petersmith School - 715 West Second Mrs. J. B. Derden 56 Greater New Hope Baptist Church 1515 Kennedy Sidney Whitaker 57 Paul Rathgeber & Company 1415 Summit Mrs. John G. Sims 58 New Bethel Church - 1035 East Annie Lela A. Cox 59 Antioch Missionary Baptist Church 1063 East Rosedale Jerry Banks 60 Park Place Fire Hall 1616 Park Place Mrs. R. B. Smith 61 Perkins Grocery Store - 1259 E. Peach Mrs. AnnaBelle Groves 62 E. M. Daggett School - 2315 College Ave. Mrs. Aileen L. Brown 64 W. Van Zandt Elementary School 1200 University Drive Kenneth Henderson 66 Unitarian Church - East Sunday School Room - 2800 Purington Mrs. T. J. Stowers 67 Denver Avenue Elementary School 1412 Denver Avenue Mrs. W. E. Bellamy 68 Rosen Heights Baptist Church - Scott Hall - 2506 Roosevelt R. H. Bogard 70 Harris Nurses Home - 1250 W. Rosedale Tom Wilkinson 71 Fire Hall - 1601 Lipscomb Mrs. Joe D. Calloway 73 Rising Star Baptist Church - 1333 Evans H. H. Monroe 74 D. McRae Elementary School 3316 Avenue N Mrs. Viva Neel 75 Wm. James Junior High School 1101 Nashville Mrs. Ed Sorrels 76 Lilly B. Clayton School 2000 Park Place George Merrill 77 Fire Hall - 2804 Lipscomb Mrs. I. C. Wilkes 78 Travis Avenue Baptist Church 3038 Travis Avenue Mrs. George O'Brien 79 Worth Drug Store - 2250 Evans Ave. Mrs. J. H. Waters 80 R. Vickery Elementary School 1905 East Vickery Mrs. Lena B. Reynolds 81 Alice E. Carlson Elementary School 3320 West Cantey Mrs. Hyman Deckler 82 Fire Hall - 1100 Eagle Drive Mrs. Ora McAdams 83 Oaklawn School - 3220 Hardeman Mrs. Charlotte Pernell 84 Hemphill Presbyterian Church 1701 Hemphill Mrs. Clarence Farmer 85 Rosemont Junior High School 1600 Prince Street Mrs. Lucille Murray 86 Fire Hall - 1908 Carleton Mrs. P. F. Middleton 87 Z.O.O.F. Hall - 1900 Gould Mrs. Felix Harrison 88 Sagamore Hill School - 701 Hughes St. Mrs. F. W. VanBuren 89 Morningside Elementary School 2601 Evans Avenue Mrs. F. L. Bass 90 Lakeview Baptist Church 2010 Yuma Clyde Davenport 91 The Beachcomber - Lake Worth Mrs. 0. D. Carroll 92 Boy Scout House - North Fort Worth Christian Church - 25th & Chestnut W. P. Higgins 94 Arlington Heights Elementary School 5100 El Campo Mrs. Helen Billingsley 95 Tillery Grocery and Market 2202 Forest Park Blvd. Mrs. Owen Jones 96 E. M. Daggett Junior High School 1108 Carlock D. E. Wheeler 97 George C. Clarke School 3300 South Henderson Mrs. E. B. Lewis 98 S. S. Dillow School 4000 Avenue N Mrs. H. L. Taylor 99 Handley High School 2925 Haynie Mrs. J. P. Parker 93 Springdale Elementary School & 3207 Hollis Mrs. C. R. Albrecht 101 103 North H1 Mount Elementary School 3801 West Seventh Street Mrs. W. B. Renfro 104 Fire Station - 4700 Wichita Mrs. James Kuykendall 105 Fire Hall - Meadowbrook & Oakland Mrs. Mary Epperly 106 Village Creek School Bowman Springs Road & Carey Mrs. Arthur Longguth 107 Memorial Christian Church 805 W. Dickson Mrs. C. T. Hefley 108 Fire Hall - University & Berry Mrs. Orville Frye 109 Oakhurst School - 2700 Yucca Mrs. R. E. Duke 110 Fire Hall - 1905 Belmont Mrs. J. H. Hallmark 113 Huffman's Camp - Lake Worth Mrs. C. C. Witt 116 Wilson, Patterson & Associates 601 Bailey Ralph M. Hester 117 Bluebonnet Elementary School 3201 South Hills Drive Mrs. Roy Douglas 118 Ridglea Methodist Church 6036 Locke Mrs. Clyde Baker 119 Riverside Elementary School 901 Baurline Mrs. T. M. Cunningham 120 Como Elementary School 4000 Horne W. H. Wilburn 122 Grace Baptist Church Annex 2560 Dodge Avenue Mrs. J. E. Nelson 123 H. V. Helbing Elementary School 3524 North Crump Mrs. Fred Daniel 124 Mrs. George Kuykendall's Residence 2315 Goldenrod - Garage H. T. Bibb 125 Trinity Baptist Church 620 Churchill Road Mrs. J. W. Laird 126 John T. White School John T. White Road W. S. McClellan 127 Dunbar School - 1601 Liberty J. G. McDonald 129 Ridglea Country Club Foyer 3700 Bernie Anderson Avenue James R. Leeton 130 Charlie Hilliard's Residence 3801 En Canto - Garage William D. Morris 132 Eastland Elementary School 4016 Eastland Mrs. Donald L. Allie 133 South Hills Elementary School 3009 Bilglade H. K. Hall 134 Westcliff Elementary School 4300 Clay Claude D. Dickerson 135 Alta Mere Baptist Church 3200 Ramona H. A. Worlow 136 Wycliff Elementary School 4920 Dilworth Sam H. Latimer 137 Crestwood Elementary School 3600 White Settlement Road E. L. Thompson 142 Bruce C. Shulkey School 5500 Whitman Paul C. Cook 146 Meadowbrook Cumberland Presbyterian Church - 5320 Norma Mrs. Lewis C. Alvis 149 Glen Park Elementary School 3601 Pecos Mrs. V. F. Cates 151 Church of Latter Day Saints 5140 Malinda Lane North C. L. Bridge ORDINANCE No._ S � Title 1 Adopted Final Adopts n - Publishedr Filed ay of __r:.-r , 19 City Secretary P.Q.No.4943-A