MINUTE BOOK No. 17, CITY OF OXFORD

MINUTE BOOK No. 17, CITY OF OXFORD453(SI'2S4K-TOM L. KETCHINGS co., NATCHEZRESOLUTIONWHEREAS, House Bill 3 of the 195B Session of the Mississippi Legislature requires theState Tax Commission to prepare and adopt, by minute record, on or before the fifteenth day ofApril of each year an assessment schedule of motor vehicles; andWHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 24 of the aforesaid House Bill 3 for the year195B only, the State Tax Commission is authorized, in its discretion, to pass an order postponingfor not more than ninety (90) days the time for the preparation of the aforesaid assessmentschedule, the time for forwarding same to the Presidents of various Boards of Supervisors, ~orsor other presiding officers of the various municipallties, the time for consideration of same bythese respective boards and the time for filing objections to the same b.Y L~ affected .atorvehicle owner, and that in cases where any municipali ty elects to prepare its tool independentschedule such postponment shall also apply to its acts and duties; andWHEREAS, the State Tax Commission did by its Order of May B, 195B, appearing in MinuteBook 5, at pages 17 and IB, postpone for ninety (90) days from the 25th day of April, 195B, thetime for forwarding the aforesaid schedule, also po~tponing for ninety (90) days the time ferconsideration of same by the Boards of Supervisors and municipal boards, also the time for filingobjections by ~ affected motor vehicle owner, and postponing for a!lfke period the time foraction b,y muhicipalities desiring to prepare their own schedules; and~EREAS, the State Tax Commission has now prepared the aforesaid assessment scheduleand adopted same by its Order entered in Minute Book 5, at pages 25 to lBo, both inclUSive, onthe 26th day of June, 195B; andWHEREAS, the State Tax Commission has furnished the various Boards of Supervisors andmunicipal boards of the various municipalities, and Pi rticularly the Mayor and Board of Aldermenof Oxford, Mississippi, with a certified copy of said schecule; andWHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of .Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, have, inaccordance with Section 11 of House Bill 3 of the 195B regular session of the Mississippi Legislatureexamined and considered the motor vehicle assessment schedule adopted by the MiSSissippiState Tax Commission and desire to adopt same, and to cause notice thereof'to be given in accordancewith the requirements of the aforesaid House Bill 3, and that a time be set for enminationof said schedule b,y any interested taxpayer and that a time also be set for said taxpayers, desiringto do so, to file objections thereto, in writing, as required by the aforesaid House Bill 3:IT IS, THEREFORE, HEREBY RESOLVED and ORDERED, as follows, to-wit:(1) The assessment schedule for motor vehicles prepared and adopted by the State TaxCommission on the 26th day of June, 195B by md.nute record appearing in Minute Book 5, at pages25 to lBO, both inclusive, of the minutes of the aforesaid State Tax Commission, is hereby adoptedas the motor vehicle assessment schedule for the City of Oxford, MiSSissippi, and the City:Clerkof the City of Oxford, MiSSissippi, is hereby ordered and directed to give notice thereof bynewspaper publication in the Oxford Eagle, a newspaper having general circulation in the City ofOxford, Mississippi.(2) That such motor vehicle assessment schedule is now reaqy and open for inspectionam examination by any interested taxpayer and that wi thin a period of fifteen days atter suchpublication, to-wit, on the 29th day of August, 195B, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Oxford,MissiSSippi, shall reconvene in adjourned meeting to hear and take action on any complaint fUed,in writing, objecting to and petitioning for a specified reduction of ~ portion or portions of theassessment schedule affecting the complainant directly, and that the said Mayor and Board ofAldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, shall continue in session from day to day until allsuch objections and petitions have been heard and action has been taken thereoh.(3) That any person objecting to any portion or portions of the atoresaid motor vehicleassessment schedule affecting him or her directly shall file a written objection and claim foradjustment, in triplicate, with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, MiSSissippi,on forms designated therefor by the State Tax Commission. The aforesaid objecting motor vehicleowner shall set forth therein, in detail, the grounds for his objection and claim for adjustmentwith a full and complete identifying description of such motor vehicle.The above and foregoing Resolution having been first reduced to writi~ and read) wasadopted at its regular August, 195B, meeting b,y the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City ofOxford, Mississippi, first, section, and then as a whole.