Ordinance No. 1,402ORDINANCE NO.1402
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION TO SERVE FOR THE YEAR
1973;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 saidCity who shall be qualified votersand
real property owners,as the Board of Equalization;said Charter also providing
that the Council shall fix the timeof the first meeting ofsaid Board of Equali
zation;NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1:That the following named resident citizens of the City of Baytown,
eachof 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.TED KLOESEL
2.TRUITT SMITH
3.ABE ROSENZWEIG
Said Board shall serve from and after the first day of June,1973,and as long there
after as may be necessary to hear,review and determine the value and assessment of
all property,both real and personal,within the Cityof Baytown as said appear on
the Tax Roll for the year 1973.
Section 2:It shall be the duty of said Board to hear and determine the com
plaint of anyperson that assessments of property,as made and returned by the City
Tax 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 as
sessed 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
1ST day ofJune,1973,at 1:30 o'clock_g_.m.,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 Council
of the City of Baytown on this24th day of May ,1973.
TOM GENTRY,Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER,City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RIJHARDSON,City Attorney
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