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2 e+C7 AN ORDINANCE-.
.Assessing a portion of the;cost of improvement mi 21 in the City of Fort
Worth Texas, b4twe t th the Ut,Il linn and
its intersection with the line ofthe owners
of property abutting thereon, and their property.
BE IT ORDAIN EI) BY THE BOARD OF CONMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS, That;
WHEREAS,On the .x..,_day of .,.,WOVE'! i a,........, 19.. :1, the Board of Commissioners of
the said.City,directed the improvement of
tib with with its,Intersection with t1 xf
by rssisin , Mlfiik �rAdi�'�g,aricl'I+aving tine�tind;a��,
WHEREAS", In accordance with said resolution, specifications fear said work were:duly prepared
by the City Engineer,and adopted by the hoard of Comrraissioners; and,
WHEREAS, Bids for said improvements were dulyadvertised for, as required by the City Char-
ter; and,
WHEREAS, Said bidNvere received, opened and considered by the Board of Commissioners, and
the bid of the Texas�u" h .Company, a corporation,for the Improvement of the
vas accepted by said Board of Commissioners;and,
WHEREAS, T dTex itulitbic Company has entered into a contract with the City of Fort
Worth, as provide, the C r e,, for the improvement of said street,within the said limits by rais-
ing,grading, and filling th��, and by paving the same with;Bituldthic pavement upon a five-inch
grave concrete founda n nd,
WHEREAS, Tire s Compan b executed its bonds to the City of Fort'Worth for the construe
tion and maintenance thereof, i ��n ice with the said contract, and specifications, with surety as
required by the said Cit y Ch e which c tract and bonds with the surety thereof, have been duly
approved by the said Board , rnmi iciu0�and,
WHEREAS, Thereafter,the.City ., "oaf said City filed his written statement with the Board
of Commissioners concerning the s v�aainents, and the cast thereof, as provided by Section 8,
4,, the-Chir of the ,i �� statement was e � �by the 'Board, corrected and
approved; and,
WHEREAS,Thereafter the said Board dplution of date,the. . �tday of „
19._3-1#,find and declare the necessity of p4efng a portion of the cost of said improvements agonist
the owners of the property abutting tber, n,, nd their p arty, and did prescribe a hear of the said
owners,their attorneys, and agents,and fiU date Keay "or and did direct the said Secretary of the
said City to issue notice of the said hearing by ac�rtIaOment, as provided by the said City Charter,
and also by pasting said notices as provided then nd,'
WHEREAS, In accordance with the said resolution, n; ly Secretary did issue a notice iof the
said hearing to the said property owners by publication � ^
e ,or the time and in the manner pre
scribed by the City Charter, in The Star-Telegrann, paper of general circulation in the City of
Fort Worth,for five (a) consecutive days prior tote dd hearin l Id did also notify the said owners
of the said bearing by postinga copy of the said notice to eae AMW h ,at the„post office, In the City
of Fort Forth,Texas, more than ten days prior to the date prtl ar5`tng,and,
WHEREAS, The said hearing in accordance with thu44'rtion and notice was hold by the
Board of Commissioners on the 2 11 1,1 day of AMU d V _4 , at p o'clock a m„,
wh h timepd place ., . su,a,r �t 6 iota i . yfia ,m` s, ;.
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NOW,THEREFORE, Be it further ordained by the said Board of Commissioners, as follows,to-
Wit:
(1) That the benefits to each parcel of property of each owner hereinafter named in the en-
banced value of said property exceed in each case the amounts hereinafter assessed against such own-
ers and their property, and the said Board having considered the evidence and It appearing therefrom
that the strict application of the front foot rule or plan, whereby each owner is to be assessed in pro-
rt�� as the frontage of his property,is to the whole frontage unproved, would operate unjustly in
parnelular cases and that the apportionment and assessment hereinafter made will effect substantial
equ lift'anc3 justice between property owners, having in view benefits'received by and burdens im
posed upon such owners,and said apportioument is hereby adopted.
(2) That there is,and g�bpdl be,assessed against each of the owners of property hereinbelow
wed,and again,tae,severai parcels of property of said owners bereinbelow described as th r'pr
pro rata:part of the cost of thg,aaid improvements, the several sums of money, set opposite"tin nam
the said owners and tb ur property. 'The name of'-the said owners,and descriptlwit et,taedr
o f ca,h;and the tn�am rft in moray hereby assessed against each,one, and his property, be nagas
follows to-wit w,.. ��a�
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