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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF' TSE CIS
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION
THAT WHEREAS, th0 City CO11.11cil of said City has by
resolution orderec.'. the :;_rr4provement o. Daiiinger Street from
the south line of .iia Grande Avenue to the north line e f
Penn:syivania Avenue,
In said City by lighting same with electkic lights Q11
,c(onomta standaraai, and
WHEREAS, an estimate of said work �,nd 3PCC',_-f1r,,at101.0,
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 Councilri and
I h j'ti,&gb1d'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 to said several
owners and their property, by raoans of said improvements, and
has adjudged that in each assessment hereinafter rrade against
the several owners of property herein named and their property,
the benefits received by said respective pieces of Iota of pro-
perty and their owners will exceed the respective amounts -is-
seszed against the, s&,me,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTERR ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FCRT WORTH, TEXU;
SECTION II.
.'hat there shall be and is hereby exprQssly -assossca
gainst 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 Przis 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 sura assessed against the same,
with interest and penalties which nay be enforced against said
premises and the owners thereof as hereinafter provided; the
said owners and the lots or pi6,ces of ground owned by them ro-
spectivoly 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 Ill.
That as said. ini-crovement is completed and in opera-
tion. in front of each piece or parcel of ground, the City
gineer shall inspect the same, and if he shall approve same, he
shall cartify, his said approval to the City Council, which may
accept or reject the same. Upon the acceptance of such aork
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 oiiiiner. 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 ,cr be-
fore two years from said date, one—fifth on or before three years
from said &ite and ono-fifth on or before four years from said
date, with intGx�;st on doferred payments from said date until paid
at the rate of 7% per annum, with the usual -Provision for attor-
ney's fees in the ovcint of default, 7nd provision that if default
shall be made in the paTiaont of any installment when due, then
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the whole of 32. d installments shall at once becomes due and ool-
lectable.
S-In"ClITION F7.
That if the amount assessed against any particular
piece of land heroin described Paid its owner, shall not be paid
within 30 days PfLjz b&_- Old Ill,( dao, a.j Eqp ;c fled ir, tfc pr,,cod-
ing section, there shall be added: to said sum a penalty of ten
per cont (10%) of the rmoant thereof, which shall be secured an6.
collected in the s-nao tiiaru.VIIr .,.s SOIAd assessnont.
That v�hon said b,,-i coi-apleted and in
operation in front of ,)r.y prrcel of L-r.d heroin mentioned, --nd
shall be approved by the City ^nd said 0 ounc i 1 ,. a P.
herein provided, if the maoi:.nt assosse6 aTc.irst said parcel an(!
the owner thereof sh^ll not, be p�aid the City 2T,-
gineer shall at once mc,ke or.t -nO, fJilo t'�c ',,)--'ty Cler'4 Arrc
the use of the mayor a statement of the expense of the work
charged to such c7�,nelr, and his T)l'Oper'q, the amount assesse-
against said owner and, a fair description of his property, -11 :;-,
description may be by lot, block or plat number, or by reL-r,-.--nc8
to the records, or in other maiLlier which will sufficiently identi-
s,a 4 L ,
s Lal-ejf�ejj�-
fy the same. The snall 41so sta-'6e I�hc- date wh' n
the said amount assessed became due, and the amount of penalties
thereon, and date when said pen,-!ties will accrue, and shall
state that interest is payable upon the amount assessed at the
rate of 7% per 4nmim from the date of statement, and that
the amounts ovidenced by said statement arc) payable and secured
by lien on said premises duly fixed by the City. Si.id statement
or certificate shall also recite that all legal prerequisites 2nd
all things neco-asnry -,-.o t validity and enfcrcilbility of said
assessment and lien upon the said parccl Of lczid) and of the
personal liability declared against the oiTner thereof, have boon
done -nd perfonao(I iii accorLm.3e with the gcneral 1;aws of the Stat -
of Texas as passed by the 38th Legislature, Ch.-pter IX and tho
Ordinances of the City, rhich recital shalt be prima frocie evidence
of the truth of the facts so recited, and shall without further
evidence be in a,11 courts '.L ken ;-,ad accep Lod las trac.
?he s^.id statement so prepared by the City -Engincor
shall be signed by him and filed witi"i the City Clerk for the use
of the mayor.
Passet Pnd. upprove,'I of
A. D. 1927.
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