Ordinance No. 85ORDINANCE NO. 85
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION SO AS TO FILL A VACANCY IN SAID BOARD
WHICH WAS CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF ONE OF THE
THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION; AND
AUTHORIZING THIS NEW MEMBER TO EXERCISE THE POWERS
AND FULFILL THE DUTIES CONFERRED UPON HIM BY THE
CHARTER-OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, SAID POWERS AND
DUTIES ARE TO BE EXERCISED AND FULFILLED IN CON-
JUNCTION WITH THE TWO REMAINING MEMBERS.
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 lst day of June
appoint three residents of said City who shall be qualified voters and real prop-
erty 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;
and
WHEREAS, said Council did satisfy the dictates of the above Charter pro-
visions; and
WHEREAS, one member of the Board of Equalization has resigned; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Baytown is of the opinion that this
vacancy should be filled in fairness to the property owners of said city;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
SECTION 1: THAT the following named resident citizen of the City of Baytown,
who is a qualified voter and a real property owner, is hereby appointed as and
shall constitute a member of the Board of Equalization to serve for the remainder
of -the current appointive year, to wit:
r^ H. E. BRUNSON
Said board member shall serve from and after the 29th day of August, 1950, 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 1950.
SECTION 2: It shall be the duty of said board member, in conjunction with
the other two board members, to hear and determine the complaint of any person or
persons that assessments of property as made and returned by the City Assessor -
Collector are in excess of the true value of said properties and to review, examine,
and, if necessary, revise the assessments 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 member shall, in conjunction with the other two board
members, have the authority and shall exercise all of the pourers and fulfill all
of the .duties granted and conferred upon him by the express provisions of the
Charter of the City of Baytown. ~
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
members of the City Council of the City of Baytown this 29th day of August, 1950.
A. Ward, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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