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ORDINANCE NO. 626
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AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
TO SERVE FOR THE YEAR 1961; FIXING THE TIME OF
THE FIRST RTMING OF SAID B"11D 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 lst day of June,
appoint three residents of said City who shall be qualified voters and real proper-
ty owners, as the Board of Equalization, said Charter also providing that the Coun-
cil shall fix the time of the first meeting of said Hoard 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. Harry F. Massey
2. Roy Elms
3. Carter H. Miller
Said Board shall serve from and after the 1st day of June, 1961, 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 assessment.
appear on the tax roll for the year 1961.
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 re-
view, 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 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, 1961, and thereafter shall convene 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
members of the City Council of the City of Baytown, on this the 25th day of Play,
1961.
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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Al Cl ton, mayor