Austin Property Tax Assessments Approved
• Property tax assessments for Austin's first ward were officially approved and confirmed for 1871 after no property owners filed appeals against the valuations.
• The city council convened as a special "Board of Appeal" to review real estate and personal property assessments, following procedures required by law.
• No objections were raised by property owners, allowing the assessments—which had already been approved by the mayor—to be quickly confirmed without dispute.
Full Transcript
73 City Council Room Austin, May 10, 1871. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Austin, according to a resolution passed at the last meeting of the City Council, met for the purpose of sitting as a Board of Appeal with reference to the assessments of the real and personal property situate and found in the first ward of the City. Roll called. Present: — Meßrs. S. Massie, President of the Board. Aldermen Meßrs. J. Brown, J. S. Carvey, E. J. Eggleston, Henry Bigirion, J. W. Robinson. Absent: — Meßrs. Adams, C. W. Whestend. There being no appeal from the property owners, as the law directs, the following resolution was offered and unanimously adopted, conforming the Board as approved by the mayor. On motion of Alderman Eggleston the Board of Appeal Adjourned sine Die. J. S. Gantz Recordr Pro.
21 Resolution approving and confirming the assessments of Real and personal property in the first ward of the City of Austin for the year 1871. Be it Resolved, by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Austin, sitting as a Board of Appeal, That the assessments made for the 1st Ward, as made by the Assessor and Collector for the year 1871, and approved by the Mayor, be approved and confirmed; there having been no objections filed as required by Law.