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WHEREAS, residents of incorporated cities and towns who constitute
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only 31.2% of the population of Arkansas, are shown by surveys of the
State Highway Department to be paying 57.6% of the motor vehicle
registration fees, 62,9% of the gasoline tax and 64.8% of miscellaneous
highway revenues, and
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WIEREAS,\municipal streets bear 26.2% of the total vehicular traffic
in Arkansas as\compared with only 15.6% on county roads, and
WHEREAS, none of the gasoline tax has been used to maintain muni-
cipal streets while county roads received $1,227,451 during the year
1939-1940, and
WHEREAS, city and town revenues in recent years have declined while
the demands for municipal services have increased thereby creating an
acute financial problem for cities and towns.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVE) that we, the City Council of Paye4 l„le
in expressing the sentiments of the motor vehicle owners and citizens of
the City, Waal Fayetteville , do hereby memorialize the Governor
and members of the 1941 General Assembly to;remedy this unfair dis-
tribution of the gasoline tax receipts by making available to cities
and towns, through a city tiurnback, a part of the gasoline tax revenues
which their own residents are already paying -- these funds to be used
r improvement and maintenance of municipal streets.
( wember 1940
'ate o 12, 1
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Mayor