The Mayor and Council shall annually, on or before October 1, certify to the County Clerk, the several amounts which are shown by the assessment roll for the year, including all amounts due upon legal and valid bonds outstanding against such corporation. The certificate shall contain the percentage or number of mills on the dollars of tax levied for all city purposes on the taxable property within the corporation for the year ensuing, as shown by the assessment roll for the year, including all special assessments and other taxes authorized by law. The amount of other taxes which may be certified, assessed, and collected shall not exceed five mills on the dollar to defray the general and incidental expenses thereof, together with any special assessments or special taxes, or amounts which may be assessed as taxes according to law, and such sum as may be authorized by law for the payment of outstanding bonds and debts.
(Prior Code, § 35.40)