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AN ORDINANCE 9a7
ASSESSING A PORTION OF THE COST OF IMPROVETIENT ON
JENNINGS AVENUE IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS,
BETWEEN ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF
RAILROAD AVENUE, AND ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTH
LINE OF TERRELL AVENUE, AGAINST OWNERS OF STREET
AND STEAM RAILWAYS AND THEIR PROPERTY.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF CCUMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS; That,
Whereas, heretofore, the Boardof Commissioners of the
said City, directed the improvement of Jennings Avenue, be-
tween its intersection with the South line of Railroad Avenue,
and its intersection with the North line of Terrell Avenue,
by raising, filling, grading, and paving the same; and
Whereas, in accordance with said resolution, specifi-
cations for said work were duly prepared by the City Engineer,
and adopted by the Board of Commissioners; and
Whereas, bids for said improvementswere duly advertised
for, as required by the City Charter; and
Whereas, said bids were received, opened and considered
by the Board of Commissioners, and the bid of General Construc-
tion Company, for the improvement of the said portion of said
Street, was accepted by said Board of Commissioners; and
,rhereas, the said General Construction Company has
entered into a contract with the City of Fort Worth, as pro-
vided by the Charter, for the improvement of said Street, within
the said limits, by raising, grading and filling the same and
by paving the same with
pavement with foundation
and
Whereas, the said Contractor has executed bonds to the
city of Fort Worth for the construction and maintenance there-
of, in accordance with the said contract, and specifications;
with surety as required by the said City charter, which con-
tract and bonds with the surety thereof, have been duly ap-
proved by the said Board of Commissioners; and
Whereas, thereafter, the City Engineer of said City
filed his written statement with the Board of Commissioners
concerning the said improvements and the cost thereof, as pro-
vided by Section 8, Chapter 14, of the Charter of the City,
which statement was considered by the Board, corrected and
approved; and,
Whereas, thereafter, the said Board did by resolution
find and declare the necessity of assessing a portion of the
cost of said improvements against the owners of the property
abutting thereon, and owners of street and steam railways there-
on and their property, and did prescribe a hearing of the said
owners, their attorneys, and a ents and_ f.Lxad a dgte_ therefox
and did direct the said Secretary of the said City to issue
notice of the said hearing by advertisement, as provided by
the said City Charter, and also by posting said notices as
provided therein; and
Whereas, in accordance with the said resolution, the
City Secretary did issue a notice of the said hearing to the
said owners and all interested parties by publication thereof,
for the time and in the manner prescribed by the City Charter,
in the Fort worth Record, a daily paper of general circulation
in the City of Fort Worth. for five (5) consecutive days prior
to the said hearing, and did also notify the said owners of
the said hearing by posting a copy of the said notice to each
of them, at the post office, in the City of Fort ;,orth, Texas,
more than ten days prior to the date of the hearing; and
Whereas, the said hearing in accordance with the
said resolution and notice was held by the Board of Commissioners
on the 5th day of June, 1923, at O'Clock M,
at which time and place
owners, appeared to protest the said assessment and the benefits
of said improvements connected with the improvement of said
portion of said street,
NOW, TIEREF01M, Be it further adjudged and ordained
by the said Board of Commissioners, as follows, to-wit:
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That the cost of said improvement in accordance with
the t eMIL—of_t1*....vpA4,.-c ontrs ,-b.stween -the
and eighteen inches on the outside thereof of the Northern
Texas Traction Company, a Street Railway Company, occupying
the said Street, is hereby ascertained and determined to be the
sum of 0 t and to secure the payment of the said
sum a special tag in said amount is hereby levied upon and
against the roadbed, rails, ties, franchises, fixtures and
property of said Street Railway Company, as prescribed by the
Charter of the City, which tag shall be a lien against the said
1property of the said Street Railway Company, superior to all
other liens or claims or titles whatever, except lawful ad valorem
taxes, which tax shall become delinquent if not paid in full
thin thirty days after the completion and acceptance of said
Improvement by the city, and if the tag shall not then be paid
he same shall be enforced either by sale do the said premises
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the manner as near as possible as provided by the sale of
property by the City of Fort ,forth for ad valorem taxes, or the
same may be enforced in any court having jurisdiction. That
said assessment hag been d"armined to be just, equitable
and legal, after the hearing to said company herein referred
to.
2.
That this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its
pass4ge.
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City Secretary