Ordinance No. 186ORDINANCE NO. 186
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION TO SERVE FOR
THE YEAR 1953; FIXING THE TIME OF THE FIRST MEETING OF SAID
BOARD AND AUTHORIZING SAID BOARD TO EXERCISE THE POWER AND
FULFILL THE DUTIES CONFERRED UPON IT BY THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF BAY TOWN.
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 each 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 BAYTOWN:
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:
1. H. G. Corneil
2. Carter Miller
3. Steele McDonald
Said board shall serve from and after the lst day of June, 1953, and as long there-
after 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 1953.
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 returned by the
City Assessor - Collector as in excess of the true value of said properties and to
. review, examine and, if necessary, revise the assessments as returned by the City
as fairly and as uniformly as possible. Said Board of Equalization shall have the
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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.
SECTION 3: The Board of Equalization shall hold its first meeting on the 1st
day of June, 19532 and thereafter shall reconvene and adjourn from time to time as
long as may be necessary in the premises.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the majority of the
members of the City Council of the City of Baytown this 28th day of May, 1953.
ATTEST:
Oliver, City Clerk
. Pruett., ayor,