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Appendix A · Charter Ordinances

Charter Ordinance No. 9

2 sections

A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF TOWANDA, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 79-1953 RELATING TO TAX LEVIES FOR THE LIBRARY FUND, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

Section 1.​

The City of Towanda, by virtue of the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and makes inapplicable to it K.S.A. 79-1953, which applies to this city but which is not uniformly applicable to all cities.

Section 2.​

The governing body of the City of Towanda is hereby authorized and empowered to levy taxes in each year for the library fund at a rate not to exceed 2½ mills of the assessed tangible valuation of the city.

(6-8-1988)