Ordinance No. 7220
ORDINANCE NO. 722
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
TO SERVE FOR THE YEAR 1%4; 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.
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WHEREAS, in Article VII, Section 63 of the Charter of the City of Baytown, it
is provided that the City Council shall each year, prior to the first day of June,
appoint three (3) residents of said City who shall be qualified voters and real pro-
perty 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, .
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. Carter H. Miller
24 R. H. Pruett
3. Dr,, Charles L. Umholtz
Said Board shall serve from and after the first day of June, 1964, and as lone 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 1964.
Section 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 uniform-
ly as possible. Said Board of Equalization shall have the authority and shall exercise
all the powers and fulfill all of the duties granted and conferred upon it by the ex-
press provisions of the Charter of the City of Baytown.
Section 3: The Board of Equalization shall hold its first meeting on the first
day of June, 1964, 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 City Coun-
cil of the City of Baytown, on this, the nth day of May, 1964.
C. L. L ggett, M.D., Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver,
APPROVED:
City Clerk
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Georg Chandler, City Attorney