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cause, the assessor eolleetor shall aseertain the amount and 'value of such property and assess the same as he belie";es to be the true and full value thereof; and sueh assessment shall be as valid and binding as if such property had been rendered by the owner thereof. Seetion 86. Board of Equalization; appointment; qualifications. The eity couneil shall eaeh year prior to the first day of June appoint three residents, who shall be qualified voters and real property owners, as the board of equalization. Sueh board shall ehoose from its membership a ehairman. The eity tax assessor eolleetor shall be ex offieio secretary of the board; provided the eity tax assessor eollector, with the eonsent of the eity eouneil, may designate some other offieer or employee of the eity to act in his stead. .L\ majority of said board shall eonstitute a quorum for the transaetion of business. l\fembers of the board while serving shall reeeive sueh compensation as may be provided for them by the eity eouneil. Seetion 87. Board of Equalization; publie hearings; notiee to owner. At the same meeting that the eouneil appoints the board of equalization, it shall by ordinanee fix the time of the first meeting of the board, whieh shall be on the first day of June or as soon thereafter as practieable. After sueh first meeting, the board may reconvene and adjourn from time to time, and as long thereafter as may be neeessary it shall hear and determine the eomplaint of any persons in relation to the assessment roll, provided said board shall be finally adjoined by the last day of said month. 'Vherever said board shall find it their duty to raise the value of any property appearing on the tax lists or tax reeords of the eity, it shall, after having examined sueh lists and reeords and eorreeted all errors appearing therein, adjourn to a day not less than ten nor more than fifteen days from the date of adjournment, and shall eause the seeretary of said board to give written notice to the owner of such property or to the person rendering same of the time to ,",/hieh said board had adjourned, and that sueh owner or person rendering said property may at that time appear and show eause why the value of said property should not be raised. Sueh notice may be served by depositing the same, property addressed, and postage paid, in the city post office. Seetion 88. Board of Equalization; power and duties. It shall be the duty of such board to examine and, if necessary, revise the assessments as returned by the city assessor eolleetor, to the end that all 25 ,.-.., '"'T ..,,, r---~" "-