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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 969 R� AN ORDINANCE LEVYING CORRECTED ASSESSMENTS AGAINST PREMISES OF FAIRMOUNT LAND COMPANY ABUTTING ON FOREST PARK BOULEVARD FOR A PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING SAID BOULEVARD FROM ITS INTFRSECTION WITH THE NORTH LINE OF HARV ARD STREET TO A POINT 1085.2 FEET SOUTH OF PARR PLACE AVENUE WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, after proper preliminary proceedings did by ordinw a page d N tlti"IOth Hay of April, 1923, levy assessments against premises fronting on Forest Park Boulevard, in which ordinance assessments were levied against premises in University Place Addition to Fort Wortb, Texas describing property according to map or plat of said Addition recorded in Vol. 163, Page 621 of the deed records of Tarrant County, Texas; and, WHEREAS, a replat has been made of said Addition and such replat or new plat is recorded in Vol. 204-A, Page 112 of the plat records of Tarrant County, Texas, and Fairmount Land Company, the owner of said promises, and West Texas Construction Company, the owner of said assessments, have entered into contract concerning same and have requested that assessments be levied against said premises according to the said replat as herein provided. The descriptions and assessments against such promisee in said ordinance of April 10th, 1923, being as follows; to-wits N A X E LOT BLOCK FNTNG AVOUNT Fairmount Land Company 48 44 157.5 936.60 Fairmount Land Company 1 44 157.5 936.60 Fairmount Land Company 48 43 157.5 936,60 Fairmount Land Company 1 43 157.5 936.60 Fairmount Land Company 35 44 162.5 966.33 Fairmount Land Company 40 40 1645 966.33 Fairmount Land Company 48 39 162.5 966.33 Fairmount Land Company 1 39 178.8 1063,26 Fairmount Land Company 1 39 28.5 169.48 Fairmount Land Company 2 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 3 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 4 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 5 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 6 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 7 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 8 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 9 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 10 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 11 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 12 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 13 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 14 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 15 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 16 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 17 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company l8 39 25 148,67 Fairmount Land Company 1? 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 20 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 21 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 22 39 25 148,67 F airmount Land Company 23 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 24 39 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 25 38 25 148.61 Fairmount Land Company 26 38 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 27 38 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 28 38 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 29 38 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 30 38 . 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 31 38 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 1 38 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 2 38 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 3 38 25 148.67 #2 Fairmount Land Company 4 38 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 5 38 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 6 38 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 7 38 25 148.67 Fairmount Land Company 8 38 50 297.33 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF CMBLISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: u That in lieu and in aubetitution-d-the .asssasmeati h�,.itihofore specifically mentioned and levied by said ordinance of April loth, 1923, there is and shall be assessed against Fairmount Land Company, the owner of the premises hersinbelow described, and against the several parcels of property hereinbelow described, as their pro•rata part of the cost of improving the said portion of Forest Park Boulevard, tMreeveral sums of money set opposite the descriptions of the respective parcels of property, the descriptions of such property, and the total amount in money hereby assessed against each parcel being as follows; to-wit; LOT BLOC$ FRONTING Ago= 10 42 140 680.68 9 42 80 475,73 8 42 60 356.80 1 42 60 356,80 6 42 60 356.80 5 42 60 356.80 4 42 60 356.80 3 42 60 356080 2 42 60 356,80 1 42 60 356.80 14 41 60 356.80 15 41 60 356.80 16 41 60 356.80 17 41 60 356.80 18 41 60 356.80 19 41 60 356.80 20 41 60 356.80 21 41 60 356.80 22 41 60 356.80 23 41 60 356.80 1 41 146.3 870.00 1 41 90 535a 20 2 41 8o 475.73 3 41 90 535,20 1 40 90 535.20 2 40 80 415.73 3 40 90 535,20 1 39 90 402.82 2 39 8o 359.48 3 39 90 40482 1 38 63 314.64 2 38 6o.5 359.11 That the amounts set opposite each parcel of property is hereby assessed against such parcel and declared to be a personal liability of the owner thereof and secured by a lien upon the said property superior to all other lie" claims and titles, except lawful taxes. That the amounts payable and assessed against said property and the owner thereof shall be payable as follows; to-wit: In three equal installments, one payable thirty days after date of completion of said work and its acceptance by the City, one within one year and one within two years from said date of acceptance, provided that said owners shall have the right to discharge any installment before maturity by payment thereof with accrued interest. That default in the payment of any installment of principal or interest upon said assessments when due as herein provided shall, at the option of said contractor, or other legal owner and holder of said assessments, at once mature the whole amount thereof, both principal and interest, which shall at once become collectible without notice. II. That the said assessments shall bear interest from the data of the said completion and acceptance at the rate of eight per cent per annum, payable annually, and if not paid when due the said assessments and claims of personal liability shall be enforced, either by the sale of such property by the officer and in the manner, as far as applicable, as sales are authorised to be made for the non-payment of City Taxes as prescribed by the City Charter and general laws, or by suit to enf ores the said claim of personal liability or lien in any court having, jurisdiction. III. That the Cit# shall issue to the said contractor for the said improvement assignable certificates against the owners of said property, and against their said property, whiehcsiidzeihiilieates shall declare the said sums to be due and payable in installments as herein provided after completion and acceptance ff said work, and shall be payable to the said contractor, and shall state the amount due from each property owner, and hereby assessed against his property, and the rate of interest thereon, herein fixed it eight per cent per annum, and each certificate shall recite and declare the fact that the same is secured by a lien against the property of such owner, and personal liability of the owner, and shall describe such property by number and block, or such other description as may identify the same with reference to any other fact recited, and bathe name Of the owner.-and if the owner is not known, or if the property is owned by an estate, it will be sufficient to so state the fart. Said certificates shall provide that if the amount therein declared or any installment of principal or interest thereof shall not be paid when due, that the whole amount thereof shall be collectibll with accrued interest, and with court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees, if same have been incurred, 4and shall recite the proceedings with reference to ouch improvements as have been made in compliance with the terms thereof and the charter of the City of Fort Worth, and that all prerequisites to the fixing of the liens and personal liability, evidenced by such certificates, have been performed. Said certificates shall be executed by the Mayor and attested b} the City Secretary with the corporate seal. Said certificates shall provide that the same shall be payable to the Tax Collector of the City, who shall issue his receipt for payment thereon, which shall be evidence of ouch payment, on any demand for same by virtue of the said certificate, or any independent contract to pay the Same, entered into by the owner of property therein described and shall provide that the Tax Collector shall deposit all sums received by him on said certificates with the City Treasurer and the said City Treasurer shall keep the same in a separate fund, which fund is hereby designated as the FOREST PARK BOULEVARD CERTIFICATE FUND NO. _3 and that whenever any payment may be made to the Tax Gollector upon such certificate, it shall be his duty on presentation by the said: contractor, or the holder thereof, to endorse said payment thereon, and the contractor or holder of such certificate, shall be entitled to receive from the City Treasurer the-amount to paid upon presentation of the said certificate, credited with the amount paid thereon, and that said endorsements and credits shall be the Treasurerlu warrant for making such payment to the said contractor and that such payment by the Treasurer shall also be receipted for by the said holder in writirg to the said Treasurer, or by the surrender of said certificate when the principal thereof, together with accrued interest and cost of collection, shall be paid in full. That said certificates may be issued with coupons thereto attached evidencing the several installments of principal and interest thereof, which coupons shall be executed and attested by the Mayor and the City Secretary as are said certificates under the terms hereof, but the signatures of the said Mayon and City Secretary attached to said coupons may be faceimili signatures stamped, ergreved or printed thereon. Upon payment of any installment evidenced by a coupon, such coupon shall be credited by the City Tax Collector and surrendered to the City Treasurer as herein provided. i Such certificates shall also recite that the City of Fort Worth shall not be liable for the payment thereof, or for any interest thereon, or for the cost of collecting and enforcing came, but that the said company or holder thereof, shall have the right to collect ouch certificates as therein provided by the terms of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, and that the said City, of Fort' Worth shall, whenever demanded by the said company, or holder of said certificates'. fully exercise its charter poser to enforce the-lien securing the said ceriificats, and collect the same, but shall not be liable in any manner. for failure to so collect the lien thereof. IV. The certif irate s by this ordinance ordered to be issued shall be in lieu and in otbstitution of the certificates heretofore issued by the City in- evidence of aaedsements against the same promises by difference descriptions and authorized by the ordinance of April loth, 1923. Zxcept as to those assessments by thin ordinance specifically changed, the asseesmenPts levied by the said ordinance of April loth, 1923, are in no wine, affected, changed or impaired. ve That this ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage. Passed and approved this the Mt day of .19 23. sly Mayor, City of Fort Worth. A'fTESTi City Secretary, City of Fort Worth.