Ordinance No. 559.'' 4
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AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE RATE AND TAX LEVY FOR THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR END11% SEPTEt-
BER 30, 1960, UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY OF
BAYTOS',!N, TEXAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF TEXAS AND THE CHARTER PROVISIONS AND ORDINANCES OF
SAID CITY; AM REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDI-
NANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTO!%1N, TEXAS:
Section 1: That there shall be and is hereby levied and shall be assessed
and collected for the year ending.September 30., 1960, 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-
0 able by law, which said taxes when collected shall be apportioned among funds and
departments of City Government of the City of Baytown and for the purpose hereinaf-
ter set forth, as follows, to -wit:
For the General Fund: $ 1.3E
For the purpose of paying the accruing
interest and to provide a sinking fund
for the payment of the bonded indebted-
ness of the City of Baytown: .39
Total: $ 1.72
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 assessed
and collected on only Fifty (50 %) Percent 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 assess, extend and enter upon the Tax Rolls of the City of Bay-
town, 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 de-
pository of the City of Baytown, to be distributed in accordance with this ordinance
Section 9: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
expressly repealed.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 September 29, 1959.
ATTEST:
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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R. H. Pruett, Mayor