Ordinance No. 49ORDINANCE NO. 49
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION TO
SERVE FOR THE YEAR 1949; FIXING THE TD E OF THE FIRST
FETING OF SAID BOARD AND AUTHORIZING SAID BOARD TO
EXERCISE THE POW E RS AND FULFILL THE DUTIES CONFERRED
UPON IT BY THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
WHEREAS, in Article VIII, Section 83 of the Charter of the City of
Baytown, it is provided that the City Council shall each year prior to
the 1st day of June appoint three residents of said city who shall be
qualified voters and real property owners, as the Board of Equalization,
said charter also providing that the council shall fix the time of the first
meeting of said Board of Equalization;
® NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOVGN:
Section 1. That the following named resident citizens of the City
of Baytown, each of whom is a qualified voter and a real property owner,
are hereby appointed as and shall constitute the Board of Equalization for
the current year, to wit:
Carter H. Miller
E. 7W. Buelow
Steele M. McDonald
Said board shall serve from and after the 1st day of June, 1949, and as
long thereafter as may be necessary to hear, review and determine the value
® and assessment of all property both real and personal within the City of
Baytown as said assessments appear on the tax roll for the year 1949-
Section 2. It shall be the duty of said board to hear and determine
the complaint of any persons that assessments of property as made and re-
turned by the City Assessor - Collector are in excess of the true value of
said properties and to review, examine and, if necessary, revise the assess-
ments as returned by the City Assessor - Collector to the end that all property
within the city shall be assessed as fairly and as uniformly as possible. Said
Board of Equalization shall have the authority and shall exercise all of the
powers and fulfill all of the duties granted and conferred upon it by the
express provisions of the Charter of the City of Baytown.
0 Section 3. The Board of Equalization shall hold its first meeting on
the lst day of June, 1919, and thereafter shall reconvene and adjourn from
time to time as long as may be necessary in the premises.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASziED by the affirmative vote of the majority
® of the members of the City Council of the City of Baytown this 20th day
of may, 1949.
ATTEST:
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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