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An Ordinance amending Section 2 ind Section 3 of Or4ii :wAca
No. 29 passed Tuly the 9th, 1907, Entitled "An ordinance providing `for
V e construction of sidewalks and curbs along and' upon public
streets and through Nres in the City of Tort worth, and prescribing
ow same shall be done, and the manner of procedure with reference
thereto, and providing for the assessment of the expense of s.ach
cork and material ag .inst abutting property owners, and declaring
such expense to be a lien on abutting ?property."
BE IT ORDAI NFM A'.I THE BOARD OF C OM I S SI ONEH S 0? THE
CITY OF 'TORT WORTH:
Sec. 1. That Section 2 of Ordinance No. 29 passed, Tuly the
9th, 1907, Entitled "An Ordinance providing for the const action of
sidewalks and curbs along and upon public streets and throughPares
in the City of .,ort worth, and prescribing how same shall be done,
and the manner of procedure with reference thereto and providing
for the assessment of the expense of such work and material, art; 4i-
nst abn Ling property owners, and declaring ch expense -a be a
lien on abutting prapert-y" be and ti.e s _me is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
"Sec. 2, Vier the Board of Commissioners shall have con-
sidered the matter as .foresaido and shall have heard and +aeter-
mined all the protests, Cf any, and- sha 1 have fully determined s
aforesaid the necessity "tr s.:id improvements and wthether the lro-
perty will be enh-tnced n value and whe"ier -in a sum equal to VIM
cost of such improvements, and if not, the extent to which same
.will be enhanced in value, if at all, then the s tid Bof;� a v'.-I
have the power and '•e authorized, if they see fit so to do, to
pass an Order directing said property owners, respectively, to con-
str»ct said improvements or make s Ad r :pairs, as the case :-.v
be, in front of their respective properties, within thirty days from
said date, specifying the kind of material of which s.Ad side -?k
or rnirb should be Made and eons' rveted or of which s ,id r�._ airs
s.-,ould be made. "
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;<e it furVier ordained by ti-e Board of Commissioners of
the City of Tort 'orth:
b`ec.2. Thai Section 3 of said ordinance No. 29 be and the same
is '•ereby amended so as to read as follows:
" ec. 3, In the event any property owner, affected ', said
improvements or repairs, at the expir�Ltion of s Ad thirty days
from the date of said order mentioned in the preceeding section,
shall not have constructed said improvements or made the repairs
therein, in accordance with said order, then it shall be in the ppwem
of and is made the duty of the Board of nommissioners, after
notice in writing to s-yid owner or his agent, in person, or by
publication of such notice once each week for four weeks in the
oPfieial newspaper of the City, to direct the Pity Engineer to con-
struct said improvements or make the rep airs, or engage some
private contractor o construct or repair said improvements under
the supervision of the City lhgineer, and shall have the s;�ane
coas'.<::ated 4r epaired _in the manner and form required by the
"der, mad u� nn so doing the Poard of Commissioners shall levy,
assess and tax Vie cost of constricting . said improvements or mak-
ing said repairs in front of such property, against the otiirner
t er of and against the property itself, and shall declare the same
to be a lien upon such property, and t7:ereu )on the same shall be
and become a lien upon said property until such time as the said
owner-may pay or cause to be paid the cost of such improvements-
or repairs, as the case may be, with interest tl.ereon at the r ..te
6f ten per cent per annum, payable annua ly, from the conpletion of
said i-i - rrvem its until pr-zzrnent rC, Cl have been mane, v'd n4 1. dice
interest shall bear interest at ten per cent per annttzi, and the
cost of such construction or repairs shall, until the same have
b:en fully paid as hereinabove speci''ied, be and constitute a valid
indebtedness and liability against the owner of said .roperty, and
shall be secured as aFroesaid, by a lien upon his or her property
and any, assigne, purchaser or tr Ansferee hereof and shall be sub-
ject to suit in any court having jurisdiction thereof, and the said
lien shall be and remain in force and be subject to Qoreclosure in
any court of competent jurisdiction. "
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Sec. 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repelled.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in Force from �.nd
after its passage and public {lion ris required by law.
I hereby certify that the Foregoing ordinance was duly presented
and unanimously passed by the Board of Commissioners of the City
df Fort Worth at a session held September 29th, 1908.
C Secretary.
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