Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-26
AN ORDINANCE

Levylng and providing for the assess
ment and collection of Taxes, to defray
the current expenses Of the City of
Brownsville, Texas, for the improvement
or roads, bridges and streets of said City,
chase of public buildings, water works,
electric lights, streets, sewers and other
permanent improvements within the
limits of said City for the fiscal year
1912, and providing for six per rent in
terest per annum, and a penalty of ten
per cent of all delinquent taxes,
Be it ordained by the City Council of the
City Of Brownsville, Texas:
SECTION FIRST: That on each and
every One Hundred ($1OO.OO) Dollars,
cash value, in lawful currency of the
United States thereof estimated in the
manner prescribed by. the laws of the
State and the Ordinances of this City,
there is hereby levied and there shall
be assessed and collected for the year
1912, on all property, real, personal or
mixed, situated on all property owned
in the City of Brownsville, County Of
Cameron, State of Texas, on the first
(1st) day of January, A. ID. 1912, and
on all property sent out of the City of
Brownsville, Texas, prior to said first
day of January of 1912, for the purpose
OF evading the payment of the taxes
thereon, and afterward returned to the
City, except so much thereof as may be
expressly exempted from taxation by
tho constitution onI In xrc of thu C<,<n
and Ordinances of the City, the follow
ing taxes, tO-wit:
LIST. For the purpose of defraying the
current expenses of the said City Of
Brownsville, Texas, for the fiscal year.
1912, an advalorem tax of Sixty-two and
Five-tenths 1928 cents on the One Hun
dred ($1OO.O0) Dollars.
md: For the improvement of roads,
streets and bridges of said City of
Brownsville, within the limits thereof.
an adyalOrem tax of Fifteen (15c) cents
on the One Hundred ($lO0.OO) DOllars.
3rd: For the erection. construction or
purchase of public buildings, water
works. electric lights, within the limits
thereof, an advalOrem tax of Twenty-Five
(25c) cents OH the One Hundred ($1OO.OO) |
Dollars.
SECTION SECONDS: That all of said
taxes hereby levied and which shall be
assessed and collected, aforesaid, shall
be paid in lawful money of the United
States.
SECTION THIRD: That all such
taxes hereby levied shall become due
and payable on the LIST day of May, A. d.
1913.
SECTION FOURTH: That all said
taxes hereby levied and which shall be
assessed and collected under and by vir-
tue of this Ordinance, shall be paid on
or before the 31st day of May, A. D..
1913, and a penalty OF ten per centum
shall accrue on the entire amount of all
such taxes which are not paid by the LIST
day of June, A. d. 1913, which said pen
atty shall be paid when the taxes upon
which same have accrued are paid.
SECTION FIFTH: The Tax Assessor
and Collector of this City shall assess
and collect all taxes levied and collected
by this ordinance and AN interest and
penalties which may accrue thereon and
the said Tax Assessor and COLLECTOR of
this City shall collect all. said interest
and penalties which may have accrued on
said Taxes at the same time that such
Taxes are collected by him.
ALL ORDINANCES. or parts of Ord
~inances. in any manner in conflict with
this ordinance, are hereby repealed.
Passed at a regular session Of the City
Council on April q, 1919.
A.B. COLE,
Mayor.
CRISANTO v1LLARREAL.
city Secretary.