Ordinance No. 157ORDINANCE NO. 157
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE TAX RATE AND TAX LEVY FOR THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, (f9553,' UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID
CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE LAWS OF
TEXAS AND THE CHARTER PROVISIONS AND THE ORDINANCES OF
SAID CITY; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.-
SECTION 1: That there shall be and is hereby levied and shall be assessed and
collected for the year ending September 30, an ad valorem tax of One Dollar and
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Seventy -Trio Cents ('$1.72) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) worth of property located
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within the present city limits of the City of Baytown, made taxable by law, which said
taxes when collected shall be apportioned among the funds and departments of Coity
government of the city of Baytown and for the purposes hereinafter set forth as
follows, to -wit:
is For the General Fund
For the purpose of paying the
accruing interest and to provide
a sinking fund for the payment
of the bonded indebtedness of the
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SECTION 2: The ad valorem tax rate of One Dollar and Seventy -Two Cents ($1.72),
as set forth in Section 1, above, is hereby levied and shall be assessed and collected
on only Fifty (50 %) per cent of each One Hundred ($100) Dollars worth of property
located within Baytown as valued by the Equalization Board for the City of Baytown, and
made taxable by law.
SECTION 3: The City Tax Assessor and Collector of the City of Baytown is hereby
• directed to assess, extend and enter upon the tax rolls of the City of Baytown, Texas,
for the current taxable year,l the amounts and rates herein levied, and to keep a correct
account of same, and when so collected, the same to be deposited in the depository of
the City of Baytown, to be distributed in accordance with this ordinance.
SECTION 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are ex-
press 4 repealed.
READ, ADOPTED, and APPROVED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the City
Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, at a regular meeting held at the City Hall on
the 25th day of September, A. D., 1952. ,
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I, EDNA OLIVER, the duly appointed, qualified and acting City Clerk of the City
of Baytown, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy
of Ordinance No. 157, duly passed by the City Counci of Baytown.