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AN ORDINANCE LEV!ING A TAX UPON ALL PROPERTY SUBJECT 'ro
TAXATION WI'l'BIN THE CITY OF LUBEDCK, 'l'EXAS, FOR 'l'BE SUP-
PORT OF THB OI'l'I FOR THE YEAR 1~1, APPORTIONmG SAID
LEVY AMONG TBE VARIOUS FUNDS AND ITEH3 FOR WHICH REwvEND'Iln'QIIIP
MtST BE RAISED, lEVYING AN OCCUP.A!r!ON TAX UPON ALL OCCU-
PATIONS TAL\BIJ!: AND !'IXmG THE TIME IN wm:CH SAID TADS
BE PAID, ASSESSING PINAL'l'f AHD mrmms-r lOR THE 110R PAY•
MB:NT OJ' SUCH TAXES Wl'l'HIN THE TID SET, Alm DBCI.ARJNG AN
DtiRGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY ·THE CITY CODISSIOB OF THE CrrY 07
LUBBOCK, TEXAS:
SECTION .1: There shall be levied and assessed upon all ·
property ' subject to taxation within the City of Lubbock,
Texas, 'tQr the year 1941, the sum of $1.10 per tlOO.OO
valuation thereof'; and the same shall be applied to the
various tunds in the roll owing manner:
Interest and Sinking l!'und 89~
-General J'unc1 15~
: Board o't. Cit:r Development Fund 05¢.
SBCTIOlf 2: All advalorem taxes shall be paid . before the
.first day ot J'ebruV)", 1942, and taxes not paid bY. that
date s.I:Bll have to said taxes added the sum of 1~ penal\y
and bear interest trom .said date at 6~ and thereafter such
tees and costs shall be added as provided tor State and
Count1 Taxes.
SECTION 3: There is levied upon all occupations taxable
one-balt (1/2) the sum charged by the State ot Texas tor
pursuing such occupation.
SECTION 4: The f'aot that the time for the payment ot 1941
taxes as provided by law has passed and City taxes are now
due, and the turtber tact that the tax rate tor the City ot
Lubbock bas not been fixed tor the year 1941, and the fur-
ther tact that mny citizens and property owners are now
ready to pay their taxes, but are unable to do so because
ot tbe tailure ot the City Commission to set said tax rate
at an earlier date, and the turther tact that the City ot
Lubbock is in need of funds with which to carry on its
municipal government, creates an emergency and an imperative
public necessity • which facts make it 1mperat1 ve that this
Ordinance be passed as an emergency measure, and the pro-
visions ot the City Charter prohibiting the passage of an
Ordinance on the day it is introduced, is bereb,y waived,
and this Ordinance shall take effect from and atter the date
ot its--passage, and 1 t is so ordered•
Passed and ·approved this the .:b~ day ot ~ ,
A. D. 1941. ---')"' ~<
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