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CALLED FETING CITY COUNCIL HELD JANUARY 18th,1921.
�Present llay,�lHarding ,Iassie Stephens Wages, Absent Clerk IAS,
Ald Massie acted as Clerk,
The Aayor stated that'this meeting was called for the purpose of sending a Petition -
t o the Legislature to exempt the property owners of Fayetteville from taxation Nin
Raod District Number 4 of Washington County.
'Whereupon Ald Harding introduced the following Resolution and moved its -adoption,
towit:-
RESOLUTIOIT. j
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BE, IT RESOLVED BY THE CI'T'Y COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYLTTEVILLL,ARICARSAS:
That the Representatives and State Senator from Washington County,"Arkansas, be, and
they are hereby, respectfully urged and requested to pass a Bill at this Session of the
Legislature exempting all of the property within the corporate•limits of the City of
Fayetteville,Arkansas, from the operation of Act No. 529 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of the State of Arkansas, passed and approved March 28,1919, said Act being
known as an Act creating Road Improvement District No. 4 of Washington County,Arkansas.
Be -it further resolved, that this request is made of our Representatives and State
Senator, for the following reasons,to=wit:.11
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2. It burdens property in the City of Fayetteville to such an extent as to make much
needed local internal improvements almost impossible.
3. The assessement already placed upon the property in the City.of Fayetteville,
together with those contemplated and within the act of formation !virtually amounts
to confiscation of property. The tax payers of Fayetteville will be paying on
Improvement Districts already formed and the contemplated internal improvements about
100` of the assessed value of their property. The Streets of the City o£ Fayetteville,
are very much in need of being paved or permanently repaired, and if the tax payers
are to pay all of the -proposed $m improvements taxes, it will practically prohibit
for years to come, any internal improvements.
4. There should be some limit placed upon the power to levy taxes on property within
cities, for improvement purposes.
Passed and approved this 18th day of January,1921,
Attest:-
J.C.I.assie, .
Acting Clerk.
Approved:
J.I;I.Phillips. ,
N:ayor.
Ald'Ham Sec the motion to adopt this res8lution, vote was taken with the
following result,Ayes Ald Ambrose ,Ham ,Harding , Massie ,Stephens ,Vlage,s,Nayes none,Absent
and not voting none, Altleglb*m�wse.
The Mayor declared the Resolution duly adopted.
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put in a bill for the sum of $260.00 for extra expenses lin getting up the
various Improvement Districts of the City up todate, whereuponAld t'lages moved that
the account be allowed and Clerk draw warrant for same, which was duly sec by Ald
Ambrose, resulted in the following vote,Ayes Ald Ambrose , Ham ;Harding,i;assis.Stephens
,
Viages,Nayes none,Absent and not voting none, I:.Ta.yor declared the motion adopted.
Iio further business'coming up it was moved and carried to adjourne.
Approved:
Mayor .
Attest:
Acting Clerk,
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by
the
Road Improvement District No. 4. which includes
a special Legislative Act, without the consent,
City of Fayetteville.
the City of
or approval,
Fayetteville, was created
of the tax payers of
2. It burdens property in the City of Fayetteville to such an extent as to make much
needed local internal improvements almost impossible.
3. The assessement already placed upon the property in the City.of Fayetteville,
together with those contemplated and within the act of formation !virtually amounts
to confiscation of property. The tax payers of Fayetteville will be paying on
Improvement Districts already formed and the contemplated internal improvements about
100` of the assessed value of their property. The Streets of the City o£ Fayetteville,
are very much in need of being paved or permanently repaired, and if the tax payers
are to pay all of the -proposed $m improvements taxes, it will practically prohibit
for years to come, any internal improvements.
4. There should be some limit placed upon the power to levy taxes on property within
cities, for improvement purposes.
Passed and approved this 18th day of January,1921,
Attest:-
J.C.I.assie, .
Acting Clerk.
Approved:
J.I;I.Phillips. ,
N:ayor.
Ald'Ham Sec the motion to adopt this res8lution, vote was taken with the
following result,Ayes Ald Ambrose ,Ham ,Harding , Massie ,Stephens ,Vlage,s,Nayes none,Absent
and not voting none, Altleglb*m�wse.
The Mayor declared the Resolution duly adopted.
d,
put in a bill for the sum of $260.00 for extra expenses lin getting up the
various Improvement Districts of the City up todate, whereuponAld t'lages moved that
the account be allowed and Clerk draw warrant for same, which was duly sec by Ald
Ambrose, resulted in the following vote,Ayes Ald Ambrose , Ham ;Harding,i;assis.Stephens
,
Viages,Nayes none,Absent and not voting none, I:.Ta.yor declared the motion adopted.
Iio further business'coming up it was moved and carried to adjourne.
Approved:
Mayor .
Attest:
Acting Clerk,
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