Ordinance No. 683ORDINANC6_NO. 683
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOARD OF EQUALIZA-
TION TO SERVE FOR THE YEAR 1%3, FIXING THE
TIME OF THE FIRST MEETING OF SAID BOARD AND
AUTHORIZING SAID BOARD TO EXERCISE THE LOWER
AND FULFILL THE LIUTIES CONFERRED UPON IT BY
THE CHARTER OF THE CM 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 property owners, as the Board of Equalization, said Charter also pro-
viding 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 here-
by appointed as and shall constitute the Board of Equalization for the current
year, to -wit:
1. R. H. Pruett
2. Carter H. Miller
3. David Clark
Said board shall serve from and after the 1st day of June, 1963, and as long
thereafter as may be necessary to hear, review and determine the value and assess-
ments of all property, both real and personal, within the City of Baytown as
said assessments appear on the tax roll for the year 1963.
Sectiow 2: it shall be the duty of said Board to hear and determine the
complaint 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 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 Char-
ter of the City of Baytown.
Section-$: The Board of Equalization shall hold its first meeting on the
1st day of June, 1963, 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 23rd day of May,
1963.
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Dr. C. L. (Lee) Liggett, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
George Chandler, City Attorney