Ordinance No. 3640 • •0
ORDINANCE NO. .3 (Q4
® AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE'RATE AND TAX LEVY FOR THE CITY OF
BAYTOM,. TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
1957, *QPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY OF BAYT019N,
TEXAS, IN CONFORMITY .WITH THE LA US OF TEXAS AND THE CHAR-
TER PROVISIONS AND THE ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY; AND 'RE-
PEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYT016N, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That there shall be and is hereby levied and shall be assessed
and collected for the year ending September 30, 1957, an ad valorem tax of One and
Seventy- Two /One Hundred ($1.72) Dollars on each One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars worth
of property located within the present city limits of the City of Baytown, made tax-
able by law, which said taxes when collected shall be apportioned among the funds and
departments of City Government of the City of Baytown and for the purpose hereinafter
• set forth as follows, to -wit:
For the General Fund $1.50
For the purpose of paying the accuring
interest and to provide a sinking fund
for the payment of the bonded indebted-
ness of the City of Baytown .22
SECTION 2: The ad valorem tax rate of One and Seventy - Two /One Hundred
($1'.72) Dollars as set forth in Section 1, above, is hereby levied and shall be asses-
sed and collected on only Fifty (50 %) per cent of Each One Hundred ($100.00) 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 asses, extend and enter upon the tax rolls of the City of Baytown.
Texas, for; the current year, the amounts and rates herein levied, and 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
expressly repealed.
'BEAD, 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 13th day of September, 1956.
R. H. Pruett, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk