Ordinance No. 420U
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ORDINANCE NO, 420
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
TO SERVE FOR THE YEAR 1957; FIXING THE TD E 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 BAYTOWN,
`ffiEREAS, 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 provides 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)
(2)
(3)
Carter H. Miller
Harry F. Massey
Robert Kerr
Said board shall serve from and after the 1st day of June, 1957, 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 assess-
ments appear on the tax roll for the year 1957.
Section 2: It shall be the duty of said Board to hear and determine the com-
plaint of any 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 Tax 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
ti 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
%, day of June, 1957, 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 theCity Council of the City of Baytown, on this the 23rd day
of May, 1957.
ATTEST:
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Edna liver, City Clerk
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'R, A. Pruett, Mayor
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