Ordinance No. 758ORDINANCE NO. 758
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE RATE AND TAX LEVY FOR THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR LANDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 1966, UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN
SAID CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CHARTER PROVISIONS
AND ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY; AND REPEALING ALL ORDI-
NANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1: There shall be and is hereby levied and shall be assessed
and collected for the year ending September 30, 1966, an ad valorem tax of
One and 41/100 Dollars on each One Hundred Dollars worth of property located
within the present City limits of the City of Baytown, made taxable by law,
which said taxes, when collected, shall be apportioned among funds and de-
partments of Cty Government of the City of Baytown and for the purposes here-
inafter set forth as follows:
For the General Fund $0.96
For the purpose of paying the
accruing interest and to provide
a sinking fund for the payment
of the bonded indebtedness
of the City of Baytown. $0.45
Section 2: The ad valorem tax rate of One and 41 /100 Dollars ($1.41),
as set forth in Section 1, is hereby levied and shall be assessed and
collected on only Fifty (50%) percent of each One Hundred Dollars worth of
property located within Baytown, as valued by the Equalization Board for the
City of Baytown and made taxable by law.
Section 3: The City Tax Assessor and Collector of the City of Baytown
is hereby directed to assess, extend and enter upon the Tax Rolls of the City
of Baytown, Texas, for the current year, the amounts and rates herein levied,
and to keep a current account of same, and when so collected, the same to be
deposited in the depository of the City of Baytown, to be distributed in
accordance with this ordinance.
Section 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are expressly repealed.
READ, ADOPTED and APPROVED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, at a regular meeting held at
City Hall on September 23, 1965.
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
George Chatfdler, City Attorney