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458O by Quinn AN ORDINANCE authorizing the submission to a vote of the electors of the City of Lakewood of an amendment to the Charter of the City of Lakewood providing for a limitation upon taxes levied without a vote of the people BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAK~.~OOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That there be submitted to the electors of the City of Lakewood at a special election to' be held~T~esday, November 2nd 1948, the followfng proposed amendment to the Charter of the oity of Lakewood: That ArtiCle XV of %he Charter of~ the City of Lakewood be amended and Supplemented by the enac~tment of new Section 31 of said Charter, reading, as follews~ -' "Section 31. Taxes may be levied without a vote of the people for the current operating expenses of the City during the year 1949 and each calendar year thereafter upon the tax duplicates for the year 194§ and each calendar year thereafter, but no such tax shall be levied at a rate exceeding by more than five and two-tenths (5.2) mills, the rate for such purposes_within the constitutional limitation allocated to the City on the 1938 tax duplicate._ - .... Except as above stated, all power totax shall be as defined and ltm~ted 'by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Ohio. This section shsll take effect and be in force fmmediately upon its adoptio: Section 2. That said proposed amendment shall be submitted by ballot to th: electors of the City of Lakewood at a special election to be held T~esday, November 2 1948 and if such proposed amendment is approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon~ it shall become a part of the Charter of the City of Lakewood, effective as of the date of the adoption thereof. ~ S~ctioni3. That the Clerk of the Council is hereby authorized and directed to certify a copy of this Ordinance to the Board of Elections of 0uyahoga Countyl Ohio~ immediately upon the passage of this ordinance, and to mail, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of such election, a copy of the proposed amendment to each elector whose name appears upon the poll or registration books of the last regular or general election held% in the City of Lakewood. Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and afte~ its passage at the earliest period allowed by law. Adopted: August 2~ 1~48 ~ ' Wm. R. Fa~r~rieve ~ ~ ~ \ President Approved: August 3~ 194 H.A. Rees Clerk A. I. Kauffman ~ayer