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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD Or COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,'
TEXAS, That:
WHEREAS, On day ... .......... the Board of Commissioners of
the said Crty directed skis improvement ;of mi1414Y uT�ld £al��ir between its }ntersec
"tion with with'it$ intersection with
by raring, filling, grading, and paving the same, and,
WHEREAS, In accordance with said resolution, specifications for said work were duly prepared'
by the City Engineer, and adopted by the Board of Commissioners; and,`
WHEREAS, Rids for said improvements were duly advertised fox, as required by the City Char -,
ter; and,
WHEREAS, Said" ere received, opened and considered by the Board of Commissioners, and
the bid of the Texa , .. itufit Jc. Company, a corporation, for the improvement ` of the said portion of
said Street, was ce t I iy, said Board of Commissioners; and,
WHEREA'� s I'll" Terra , Bitulithic Company has entered into a contract with the City of Dort
Worth, as provid�'� �he Cll , for the improvement of said street,, within the said limits by rail -'
ing, grading, and falling th Ag , and by paving the same with Bitulithic pavement upon a five -Inch
gravel concrete found 6d, �
WIIEIIEAS, The lri Company "li executed its bonds to the City of Fort Worth for the construe-
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tion and maintenance thereof, in ar°ca a 4ce with the said contract, and specifications, with surety as
required by the said City Oka lrfr urhlclr contract and bonds with the surety thereof, have been duly
approved by the said Board n6�6armissionevr ; anc1,
WHEREAS, Thereafter, e City �f ,lase of said City filed his written statement with the Board
of Commissioners, concerning the saicl� apt o rents, and the cost thereof, as provided by Section 8,
Chapter 14, of the Charter of the ity * c - statement was considered by the Board, corrected and
approved, and,
SEAS, Thereafte r the said" ffoarrd did By v olution of dad, tIn r ,f z� „ray ail' u,
i���., frond and declare the neces ty of as eas�r a portion cr£ the ci�ar,t of said in�miviaim � agshist
the owners of the property abutting the 'in sand owner of street and steam railways thereon argil
their property and, did prescribe a heari� the saiat���aers, their attorneys, and agents, and fixed
a date therefor and did direct the said Set,Vetary o,£"tk)„ 'sand City to issue notice of the said, hearing
by advertisement, a as provided by the said Cate Cha,rt�er, a nd�,,also by posting said notices as provided
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WHEREAS, In accordance with the said resolution, q't P�. Secretary did issue a notice of the
said hearing to the said owners by publication them . ill, t e time and in the manner prescribed'
by the City Charter, in......,1., tf °..Y t.i': . ',„ ada� per of general circulation in the
City, of Fort Worth, for five (b) consecutive days pr r to the std ing, and slid also notify the said
owners of the said hearing by posting a'copy of the said notice��tki e� ° wthem, at the post office, in the
City of Fort Worth, Texas, more than ten days prior to th dips ao t4ie hearing, and,
WHEREAS, The said hearing in accordance with theN a; i tlutio notice was held by the
Board of Commissioners on the-- day Dui �I ...... , at q'cloek M ,
at which time and place
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owners, appeared to protest the said assessment and the benefits of said improvement conned with
the improvement of said portion of said street,'
wit.
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it further ordained by the said Board of Commissioner, as follows, to-
(1) That the benefits to each parcel of abutting property of each owner hereinafter named in the
enhanced value of said property exceed in each case the amounts hereinafter assessed aalst such
owners and their property, and the said Board ,having considered the evidence and it appears tyre -,
from that the strict application of the -front foot rule or plan, whereby '!each owner is to be assessed in
proportion as the frontage of his property is to the whole frontage improved, would rate unjustly
in particular cases and that the apportionment and assessment hereinafter made will e 1' sect substantial
equality and justice between property owners, 'having in view benefits received by and burdens im-
posed upon such owners,, and said apportionment is hereby adopted.
(2) That there, is, and shall be, assessed againsteadbof the owners of abutting propextyliereinbelow .
named,; and against the several parcels of property, of said owners heretnbelow describe as their proper
pro rata part of the cost of the said improvements, the several sums of money set op itw t% names
of the said owners and their property. The name of the said owners; and, d riptlox of,the prop4r
af a.rh nnrl the kntal arrimmf in m n h eb ` ed t
V ey er y asses again each cvne, and his property, being ax.