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AN ORDINANCE
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THEREFOR AND THE RESPECTIVE OWNERS THEREOF A PART OF THE COST
OF THE IMPROVEMENT ON---Twenty-third Street,_ ftgq_tAst
property line of North Main Street to West line of
Marine Creek ---- IN THE CITY OF FOR T WORTH UNDER THE CON-
TRACT BETWEEN SAID CITY AND ROACH -MANII'GAN PAVING
COMPANY THEREFOR,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH;
SECTION 1 . The said city heretofore duly entered
into a contract with the Roach-Manftgan Va}ing Compan7 to
improve---TVMV--thirc1- S reet., !nM_ea.e.t._ op.Prty lin af_
North_l in trrQgt_t_Q_we soli n� _2f .Marina Creek
and all of
the official proceedings prescribed by the charter and ordinanc-
es of said city have heretofore been duly and regularly taken
and enacted by the said city to enable it to levy, assess and
charge the part of the cost of the said improvements required
by the said contract to be paid by the property abutting there-
on and its owners, and each and every notice and hearing Prov-i4iz-
ed for by the charter and ordinances of said city in that re-
spect has been given and had.
SECTION 2. The Board of Commissioners of said �
City adopted in making the apportionments and assessments
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hereinafter stated such rule of apportionment as would
effect substantial equality and justice between the sever-
al property ownerstVffected, having in view the benefits
received and burdens imposed on such owners respectively for
the reason that in the opinion of the said Board of assess-
ment of the cost of the said improvement against the pro-
perty abutti?T. upon said iri)provement, and' i'U s ownur•s in the
proportion of the frontage of the property of each owner to
the whole frontage of property to be improved, and in ac-
cordance with the front foot rule -jM rule-jplan Mould in the
opinion of the Board operate unjustly in particular cases ;
and in the assessments hereinafter recited on part of such
cost assessed against any owner of his property is in excess
of the special benefits thereto in enhanced value thereof
arising from improvement.
SECTION 3 . The said Board of Commissioners after
having given the notice and afforded the hearing provided
for in the charter of said city in respect to such assess-
ments , duly inquired into, determined and adjudged all ques-
tions relating to the said assessment and to the regularity
of the said improvement proceedings and the amount and validi-
ty of the assessment and charge of personal liability against
the persons and property hereinafter recited, and determined
that the said assessment and charges of personal liability
hereinafter recited are legal, equitable and valid.
SECTION 4. There is hereby assessed, charged and
levied against the several owners of property hereinafter
named, and against the respective lots , tracts or parcels
of property owned by them respectively described opposite
their names , abutting on that part of the said highway to be
improved as aforesaid, the amount set opposite the names of
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the property owners and the property owned by them respec-
tively, to pay their just share of the cost of the said
improvement as the same hes been and is determined and adjust-
ed by said Board, that is to say:
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SECTION 5 . A lien is hereby created and fixed
against each and every lot, tract or parcel of land above
described, superior to all the liens , claims or titles except
lawful taxes, to secure the payment of the amount assessed
and charged a.gairis L vie same as aforesaid, together with
interest and costs of collection including a reasonable
attorney' s fee when incurred, and the respective owners of
the said tracts of land are hereby declared to be personally
liable for the payment of the amount asseseed against them,
and the respective lots , tracts , or parcels of land owned
by them and hereinbefore described, as aforesaid; and the
amount so assessed and charged shall be payable as follows:
one-third within thirty days after the completion and accep-
tance of the work by the city; one-third in one year, and one
third in two years after such date. All deferred payments,
if no default is made in the payment of all installments
when due, shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent
per annum; but if default is made in the payment of any in-
stallment when due, then the uripaid installments shall bear
interest from date at the rate of eight per cent per annum,
Any owner shall have the right to discharge any installment
before maturity by paying same with accrued interest to the
date of payment. Such deferred payments to be+. evidenced by
improvement certificates to be issued by the said city pay-
able to the said Roach-Manigan, constituting a personal
liability against the respective property owners whose lands
are assessed as aforsaid, and be secured by the lien here-
in created and fixed against the respective lots or tracts
of land; and the said improvement certificates shall be issued
and be collectible in the manner and form prescribed by the
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and ordinances of the City of Fort Worth.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect
from and after its passage. I hereby certify that the above
and fore going ordinance was duly
APPROVED TO FORM presented and unanimously passed and
adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the City of Fort Worth at a session
(!G° of said Board held Tuesday June llth,
4Z76ity Attorney. _ 1912.
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City Secretary.