§ 33-70. Final acceptance; certification of compliance and acceptance by board of equalization; certificate of city secretary.  


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  • After the tax rolls with certificate attached as provided herein have been returned by the city assessor and collector to the board of equalization, the board shall, if satisfied that the statements contained therein are true, prepare and sign, under oath, a certificate, to be written on the same sheet with or attached to the certificate of the assessor and collector, as follows:

    We, the undersigned members of the board of equalization for the City of Galveston for the current year, do certify:

    That in the performance of our duties as a board of equalization, we remained in session for at least ten (10) consecutive days, in the council chamber in the city hall of the City of Galveston, commencing at _____ on the _____ day of _______, A.D., 19___, and that the notice of said meeting hereto attached (here attach to the certificate a copy of the notice referred to in section 33-57), was duly published for at least three (3) days in the official paper of the City of Galveston, to-wit: the _______, and that our meetings were open to the public, and all persons rendering property for taxation to the city assessor and collector of taxes for said year, or interested in such property, were allowed to appear before us, and were fairly and impartially heard by us at said meetings touching the value of such property, and that we endeavored in all things to discharge our duties in the premises, fairly and impartially, to the best of our ability.

    We further certify that said board of equalization remained in session for at least ten (10) consecutive days as aforesaid, the said board of equalization adjourned its meetings from time to time to this day, to-wit: the _____ day of _______, 19___.

    We further certify that before making any changes in the value of any property rendered for assessment, we mailed a letter or postal card to the person or corporation rendering such property for taxation, notifying such person or corporation to appear before us at the place where our meetings were held, at a certain time designated in said notice, and that said notice was duly mailed at least ten (10) days prior to the time of any change being made in such valuation by us, and we have given all persons appearing before us in regard to the valuation of any property described in said rendered assessment roll, a full, fair and impartial hearing.

    And now, on this day, came on to be held for final consideration, acceptance and approval, by the board of equalization of the City of Galveston, of the tax rolls, to-wit: the rendered roll and unrendered roll, of the property rendered and unrendered for taxation in the City of Galveston, for municipal purposes, for the year 19___, and heretofore returned by the assessor and collector of taxes, to this board for inspection, examination, equalization, correction, acceptance and approval; said rendered roll being all property rendered for taxation and said unrendered roll being of property not rendered for taxation, and having now fully and completely inspected, examined and equalized said tax rolls, and corrected all errors therein, and determined the value of all property therein as required by law, after notice duly given to all persons concerned in or who rendered such property; it is therefore ordered, that said tax rolls, viz: the rendered roll and unrendered rolls, containing the assessment of property for taxation be, and the same are hereby accepted and approved, and the secretary of this board, be, and he is hereby ordered and directed to append to said rendered and unrendered roll of assessments of property his official certificate in form as follows:

    State of Texas, County of Galveston.

    I, _______, City Secretary of the City of Galveston, County and State aforesaid, and being also secretary of the board of equalization of said city, do hereby certify that the property rendered for taxation by the owners or agents thereof, for municipal purposes for the year 19___, was accepted and approved by the said board of equalization on the _____ day of _______, 19___.

    All of which appears of record in the proceedings of the board of equalization of the City of Galveston in Volume _____, pages _____ and _____ of the minutes of said board.

    IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set by hand and the seal of the City of Galveston, Texas, this _____ day of _______, A.D., 19___.

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    Secretary of the City of Galveston, acting as Secretary of the board of equalization of said city.

    WITNESS our hands this _____ day of _______, 19___.

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    Constituting the board of equalization of the City of Galveston.

(Code 1960, § 20-38)