Ordinance No. 867ORDINANCE NO. 867
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION TO SERVE FOR THE YEAR
1967; 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.
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 Equalization; said Charter also providing
that the Council shall fix the time of the first meeting of said Board of Equaliza-
tion, 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 • Charles L. Umholtz
2. Carter H. T'iller
3. Truman Cox
Said Board shall serve from and after the first day of June, 1967, and as long
thereafter as may be necessary to hear, review and determine the value and assess-
ment of all property, both real and personal, within the City of Baytown as said
assessments appear on the Tax Roll for the year 1967.
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 uniformly 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, 1967, 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 Council of the City of Baytown, on this, the 11th day of May, 1967.
Seaborn C ey, May
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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George Ch filer, City Attorney