Ordinance No. 748ORDINANCE NO. 748
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOtiRD OF EQUALIZATION
TO SERVE. FOR THE YEAR 1965; FIXING THE TIME OF
THE FIRST MEETING OF SAID BOARD AND AUTHORIZING
SAID BOARD TO EXERCISE THE M`iER AND FULFILL THE
DUTIES CONFERRED UPON IT BY THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN.
WHEREAS, in Article VII, Section 83 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 property owners, as the Board of Equaliza-
tion; 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 BAYT04IN:
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. R. H. Pruett
3. C. L. Umholtz
Said Board shall serve from and after the first day of June, 1965, and as
long thereafter 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
1965.
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 re-
turned by the City's 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 uni-
formly 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 express 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, 1965, 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 the City
ity
APPROVED:
George P ndler, City Attorney