The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-06-16
AN ORDINANCE

To provide for the levy, assessment
and collection of taxes, for defraying ex-
penses of city government for street and
bridge purposes, and to pay the interest
on, and to create a sinking fund of the
bonded Indebtedness of said city of
Brownsville, for the year 1905.
Be it ordained by tie ctr council ct
tie city Of Br070nS0iAe.
That there shall be, and now hereby is
levied, and shall be assessed and collect
ed the following taxes for theyear A. D.
1905, as follows, towit:
Section For the purpose of defray-
ing the current expenses of the city gov
ernment of the said city of Brownsville,
for the year a. D. 1905, there is now
hereby levied an advalorem tax Of TWEEN
ty FIVE ESQ cents on the one hundred
$4,000 dollar cash value thereof, es-
timated in lawful currency ofthese Unit
ed States, which said cash value shall be
estimated in the manner prescribed by
the laws of this State, and the ordinances
Of this city, on all property, real, per
sonal, or mixed, situated in said city Of
Brownsville, in the county of Cameron
and State of Texas, not especially ex-
empted from taxation blythe laws of this
State made and provided, on the first
% day of January of the year A. D. 1905
and on all property sent out of said city
prior to said first % day of January, a.
D. 1905, for the purpose of evading the
payment Of taxes thereon, and after
wards returned to said city
Section For the purpose of in
proving and keeping in repair the roads,
streets and bridges, within the city limits
Of said city of Brownsville county Of
Cameron and State Of Texas, there shall
be, and now hereby is, levied an annual
tax of fifteen 15cl cents on the one hun
dred 200 COZ dollar cash. value thereof,
estimated in lawful currency of the Unit
ed States, which said cash value shall
be estimated in the manner prescribed
by the laws of this state, and the or
dinances Of this city, ON all property,
real, personal, or mixed, situated i'll said
city of Brownsville, not especially eX-
enpted from taxation BY the laws of this
State made and provided, on the first
u day of January, of the year A. D.
1905, and Oh all property sent out of said
city prior to said first % day of January,
a. D. 1905, for the purpose of evading
the payment Of taxes thereon, and after
wards returned to said city
Section 3.-For the purpose Of paving
the interest on. and creating q sinking
fund for the payment of the bonded in
debtedness of the said city of Browns
Vile. of the issue of 1889. created for the
purpose of erecting school building,
etc. there shall be, and now hereby is,
levied an advalorem tax of twenty-five
Csc cents on the one hundred $1,000
dollar cash value thereof, estimated III
lawful currency Of the United States,
which said cash value shall be estimated
in the manner prescribed by the laws Of
this State and the ordinances of this CITY,
on all property, real, personal, or mixed,
situated in said city of Brownsville lin
the county of Cameron, and State of
Texas, not especially exempted from
taxation by the laws OF this State made
and provided, on the first ~ day Of
January, a. D. 1905, and Oh all property
sent out of said city prior TO said first
Cd day of January, A. d. 1908, for the
purpose of eyading the payment Of taxes
thereon, and afterwards returned to said
city
Section An of the aforesaid taxes,
so levied, shall be paid in lawful cur
reucy OF the United States only.
Section 5.-All such taxes, as herein
before levied. shall become due and pay
able on the first ID day of October, A.
D. 1905.
Section 6.-rhat all taxes. as herein