Ordinance No. 593_.• •
ORDINANCE NO. 593
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
TO SERVE FOR THE YEAR 1960; 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 BAYTOWN.
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, ap-
point three residents of said 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, THERE-
FORE,
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. Carter H. Miller
2.1 A. Stewart
3.Harry Masse
Said Board shall serve from and after the 1st day of June, 1960, 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 1960.
Section 2: It shall be the duty of said Board to hear and determine the com-
plaint of any person 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 Asses-
sor- Collector to the end that all property within the City shall be assessed as fair-
ly and as uniformly as possible. Said Board of Equalization shall have the author-
ity 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, 1960, 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 a majority of the mem-
bers of the City Council of the City of Baytown on this the filth day of May, 1960.
R. H. Pruett, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk