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ORDINANCE NO,
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AND ORDINANCE 'TO LEVY AN
ASSESSMENT UPON LOTS AND PIECES OF PROPERTY
ABUTTING BROADWAY FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH
THE WEST LINE OF MAIN STREET TO ITS INTERSECTION
14ITH THE EAST LINE OF JENNINGS AVENUE, FCR THE
PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVEMENT THERE-
OF, AND FIXING A LIEN ON EACH PARCEL OF SAID
PROPERTY, TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF THE ASSESS-
MENT THEREON, AND DECLARING SAID ASSESSMENTS A
PERSONAL LIABILITY AND CLAIM AGAINST THE SEVERAL
OWNERS OF THE SAID PROPERTY, AND PROVIDING FOR
THE COLLECTION AND ECFORCEMENT THEREOF.
BE IT. ORDAINED BY THE CITj COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
ti'BCT 0iV 1
THAT WHEREAS, the City Council_ of said City has by
resolution ordered the improvement of Broadway from its inter-
section with the West line of Main Street to its intersection
with the East line of Jennings Avenue
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in said City by lighting same with eleettic lights on orn _,r ntal
concrete standards; and
WHEREAS, an estimate of said work and specifications
therefore have been filed with the City Council by the City 'En-
gineer and approved by the Council; and
WHEREAS, after notice as required by the general laws
of the State of Texas, passed by the 38th Legislature, Chapter
IX and Ordinances of the said City, full and fair hearing has
been granted to the owners of property abutting upon said pro-
posed improvement at which hearing all contests to said assess-
ments and objections thereto, and the evidence with reference
thereto has been fully heard and considered by the Council4i and
the said Council has determined and adjudged the several amounts
which should be assessed against each owner of property and his
or her property and has determined and adjudged the equities
and rights of the several owners of the property interested; and
WHEREAS, the said Council has fully and fairly considered
and adjudged the respective benefits accruing to said several
owners and their property, by means of said improvements, and
has adjudged that in each assessment hereinafter made against
the several owners of property herein named and their property,
the benefits received by said respective pieces of lots of pro-
perty and their owners will exceed the respective amounts as-
sessed against the same in each case.,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS;
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SECTION II.
That there shall be and is hereby expressly assessed
against each of the several owners hereinafter named, and their
several lots or pieces of property owned by them respectively
hereinafter described, abutting on said proposed improvement,
the several sums hereinafter mentioned, and said several sums so
assessed are hereby declared to be a personal liability which
shall be discharged and paid, with interest and penalties, as
herein provided, by said several owners, and a lien is hereby
declared and fixed upon each of several lots or pieces of ground
to secure the payment of the sum assessed against the same,
with interest and penalties which may be enforced against said
premises and the owners thereof as hereinafter provided; the
said owners and the lots or pieces of ground owned by them re-
spectively and the amounts of the respective assessments hereby
made, against each owner and his property are named, described
and fixed as set forth in the attached table.
SECTION III.
That as said improvement is completed and in opera-
tion in front of each piece or parcel of ground., the City E.^
gineer shall inspect the same, and if he shall approve same, he
shall cgptify his said approval to the City Council, which may
accept or reject the same. Upon the acceptance of such work
in front of any piece or parcel of ground by the City Council
the amount assessed against the same and the owner thereof as
herein provided shall at once become payable by said/owner. Said
owner may, however, at his option, pay one-fifth of said assess-
ment when due in cash, one-fifth on or before one year from the
date when the first installment becomes due, one-fifth on or be-
fore two years from said date, one-fifth on or before three years
from said d;tte and one-fifth on or before four years from said
date, with interost on deferred payments from said date until paid
at the rate of .% per usual provision for attOr-
ney's fees in the event of default, and provision that if default
shall be made in the payment of any installment when due, then
the whole of said installments shall at once become due and col-
lectable.
SECTION IV.
That if the amount assessed against any particular
piece of land herein described and its owner, shill not be paid
within 30 days after becoming due, as specified in the preced-
ing section, there shall be added to said sum a penalty of ten
per cent (10%) of the amount thereof, which shall be secured and
collected in the some mau cr as :aid assessment.
SECTIM,
That Then said improvement shall be completed and in
operation in front of er y parcel. of lard herein mentioned, and
shall be approved by the City Engineer and said Council O.as
herein provided, if the amount assessed. aaa,inst said parcel and
the owner thereof shall. not be paid �n�r.ed-e.l.e Ly. the City TA'n-
gineer shall at once make out fne file wi Al. th. laity Cler, fo-
the use of the mayor a statement of the expense of the work
charged to such omne�7, and his property, the amount assess,c'_
against said owner and a fair description of: his property, bY..Iah
description may be by lot, block or plat number, or by reference
to the records, or in other maimer which will sufficiently identi-
fy the same. The said statemealz shall also state the (late when
the said amount assessed became due, and the amount of penalties
thereon, and da e when said penalties will accrue, and shall
state that interest is payable upon the &mount assessed at the
rate of 7`o per annnn from the date of said statement, and that
the amounts evidenced by said statement arc; payable and secured
by lien on said premises duly fixed by the City. Said statement
or certificate shall also recite that all legal prerequisites and
all things nechus€:ry -.,G the validity and entcrcibility of said
assessment and lien upon the said pa-cel of land, and of the
personal liability decland-agaimt- the owner thereof, have boon
done and performed in accordance ivith the general laws of the State
of Texas as passed by the 38th Legislature, Ghapter IY and the
Ordinances of the City, -vrhich recital shall be prima facie evidence
of the truth of the facts so recited) and shall without further
evidence be in dil`courta taken and accepted as true.
The said statement so prepared by the City Engineer
shall be signed by hIm and filed with `,.re City Clark fur tho use
of the Mayor.
Passed and wpproveu th^ a cf ,
A. D. 1927.
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ATTEST:
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Assessment for whiteway System on BROADWAY, from the East line
of Jennings avenue to the riest line of South Main Street - Fort
Worth, Texas,
ontact Awarded: -2 2• ,
Contractor: Eugene Ashe Electric Co.
Contmct Price: 83,_690.00
RATZ PER TO$AT,
A M E LOT BLK. AQDDI'TION FNTG. FNT. FT. COST
Mrs. Ethiel L. Burton_,
et vir, W.G.Burton- &
W. 52LI of i+ 2 SY1Tii, JONES &
DAGGETT 1071. ftl $1.78 $191,35
Mrs. M.A. Clarke,wif e ,
of Jas.Clark,se crate
estate------E.2�' 4,
all Lot 5 & W.122' 6 2 " 70 " " 124.60 '
Myra Peacock, ` inter-
est & Ella L.Peacock,
J interest(feme solad) ,
E. 422' Lot 6 & W.2017 2 " 62J " " 111.25 -
Broadway Presbyterian
Church, (trustees) Dr.
Jas.Anderson_, W.I.Ander-
son, J.M. Ellis, John
Dunn, W.B. Paddock, B.
S. Harrington, & K.W.
Christian----E.35' 7 &
all of 8 2 ° 92 „ 163,76
T.'r7. C onne l le e----- &
W. 21' of 4 4 " 94.2 it ,i 149.99
Mrs.Hattie E.Bell,
(widow)--E.29' of 4 R:
w. 42' of 5 4 " 71 „ „ 126.38
Alden Coffey & wife,
Maude Coffey--E.B' S,
all of Lot 6 & 7 4 1° 108 " " 192.24 1
Mrs. E.F. Bogert,
(widow)-------------12 5 50 ,i ,? 89,00
Mary F.Wallis,
(widow)------------11 5 „ 50 „ " 89.00 r
L.E.Callicotte-9 & 10 5 "' 100 '! ° 178.00 ,
Nellie Reagan,
(widow)-----8 & W.5'7 5 ii 55 n ,? 97,90 -
David Brown---E.53' .7 5 " 53 " " 9�+,34
Mrs. Pauline Rintleman,
(widow)------------ 4 2 DAGGETT'S 2nd,150 If " 267.00
Roy W, -Hanna-E.95' 12 " " 95 ° '! 169.10 --
Radford O.Braswell, _
(this tract subject to
right-of-way for alley
over E.10 ft.)--W. 1' 12 " " 81 " " 144.18
Estate of Geo,Monnig, _
decsd. , Mrs. Lura
Monnig Clapper, Corn-
Muni ty suz vo-r
E. 50' of----------20 f SMITH, JCTES &
DAGGETT 50 ° ° 89.00
W.E. Williams--E.5'18,
all Lot 19 & 37.13' 20 68 '� " 121.OIL-
Mary B.F. Wallis, _
(widow)---E.g-�' 17,
w.45' Lot 15 6 " 531' „ ° 95,2-
Marl B.F. Wallis,
(widow)---E.132' 1 &
w. 412' of 17 6 " 55 „ " 97.96
PAGE #2.
White ta.y System assessment for BROADWAY Contd.
RATE PER OTAL
X A ki E; LOT ELK. ADDITION FNTG. FNT.FT. COST
Congregation Beth-El,
Trustees, Dan Levy,
Henry Mack, H.B.Freec-
man----W.30'Lot 15,all
Lot 14 & E. 20' of 13 6 Sl:4:t H, JniiL'S
DAGGr;2'' 100 ft. $1.78 $ 178.00
Broadway S»edish Y.'Ji,
Church, Trustees: J.
W eeman, J.L.Johnson,
O.E.Martinscn, Hugo
Peterson, A.G. Illsing,
R.B. Jurseen, W.R.
Taylor & A. Bragg--7.
30+ Lot,13, all Lot 12,
& E.20' of 11 6 ' 100 " " 178.00
Broadway Baptist Church, _ -
Trustees: A.L.Hodn,
B.L.0 W.L. Smallwood,
Cummings, W.E.Connell,
Ben L.Scott, Jol:n
Farmer, & John. Homazn-
E. '1/2 Lot 8, all of c &
W. 20, of 10 6 95 „ it 169.lo
S. Nsumegen-------=---7 &
W. 1/2 of 8 6 75 i' n 133.50 ,
Mary Tancred, (Terre _
sole) No.94' of T.36'
-O:f- dot. 6 6 cr 36 r, n 64.08
Miss Mary E.Morrisen,
(feme sole)---;,.14 5 6 ;; 11T i± ii 24.92—
Miss Mary E.Morrison,
(f eme sole)--------- 4 6 50 " " 89.00 -
Mrs. Mary E. Austin,
(widow)------------- 3 6 50 n " 89.00
Hazel Walker Head,
et vir C.W.Head----- 2 &
E. 16, of 1 6 " 66 „ „ 117.49
Miss Martha.Scarbuck, _
Ofrs.Grnat Mason,ividow)
W.34' of No.100' of 1 6 j�+ " It60.52
TOTAL COST TO PROPERTY OWNERS - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,694.75
ORDINANCE
No. PO
Title ✓C1 S /�.'�r'Gyz.�y1,
Date s � `' /' "Pot
Filed ! Z — day of__' .
City Secretary