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Min 03/08/1926, ? C Wichita Falls, Texas. Basement City Nat'l Bank Bldg. March 8, 1926. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas met in regular session on the above date with the following members present: R. E. Shepherd, Mayor Oral Jones, 4 P. B. Curd, 4 Aldermen J. H. Patton, ¢ Frank Queisser,Q T. E. McBroom, City Clerk W. F. George, City Attorney. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. ---------------------- The hearing with reference to paving Indiana Avenue from 13th. Street to the Wichita Valley Railway Tracks and Oak Street from n'ichita Valley Railway Tracks to Mississippi Street was called and after hearing no protests the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman Patton that the following resolution be adopted, and the City Engineer be instructed to revise the assess- ments for paving Indiana.Avenue reducing the width from sixty feet to forty feet. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton and Queisser Nays; Aldermen Curd and Jones. There being a tie vote the Mayor announced that he would vote "Yea" making a majority in favor of the adoption. Form 8-Indiana- 13th. to Ps.V.Ry.Tracks RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING 17ITH REFERFNCE TO IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSP,IFNTS THERFFOR ON A PORTION OF INDIANA AVENUE IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. WHEREAS, by resolution passed and adopted on the loth. day of August 1925 it was ordered that Indiana Avenue from its intersec- tion with the north property line of Thirteenth Street to its inter- section with the Wichita Valley Railway Company Tracks, be improved in the manner set forth in the said resolution; and thereafter contract was let and entered into with the Plains Paving Company for the mak- ing and construction of such improvements; and thereafter the City Engineer filed roll or statement showing thereon the various parcels of property abutting upon said street, with the names of the owners thereof, as far as known, and showing the amounts to be assessed against each parcel, and showing other matters and things; and such statement having been examined and approved, it was by resolution ordered that hearing be given to all owners of abutting property and to all others interested and a time and place was fixed therefor; and at said time and place, towit; The day of 1926 at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, in the Council ham er in the City Nationai Bank Building in P� the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, said hearing was duly had and held, notice of the time and place thereof and of such hearing having been theretofore given in due and proper manner and for the length of time as was proper; and at said hearing the following protests were made, to -wit: ( No protests ) And all parites desiring themselves to be heard, their agents, representatives and attorneys, were fully and fairly heard, and evidence intorduced and considered; and the Board of Aldermen having heard the evidence and having considered same, and having heard and considered all protests and objections, made, whether here- in enumerated or not, is of the opinion that -all protests and objec- tions should be over -ruled, and that said hearing should be closed; and all errors and other matters requiring corrections or rectifications having been corrected or rectified: THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF. THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: I. All protests and objections, whether herein enumerated or not, be, and the same are hereby overruled. II. The Board of Aldermen from the evidence finds that in each and every case the property abutting upon the said improvements will be enhanced in value by means of such improvements, in a sum in excess of the amount proposed to be assessed against it therefor; and further finds that the apportionment of the cost of the said improvements made and applied and shown on the Engineerts roll or statement is substan- tially in proportion to the benefits received by means of the improve- ments, and that such apportionment is ,just and equitable, and results insubstantial justice and equality between the various parcels of proper ty and the owners thereof, considering burdens imposed and benefits received. That the said hearing be, and it is hereby closed, and it is ordered that each parcel of property abutting upon the said im- provements and the owners of such property be assessed in the sums shown on the said roll or statement opposite the description of the respective parcels under the column "Total Assessment" and itemized in the colums preceeding such column; and it is directed that ordinance levying such assessments in accordance with the terms and provisions of the proceedings of the City with reference to said improvements and in accordance with the law and charter be prepared . IV. The Board of Aldermen further finds that the sums assessed against the respective parcels of propertydo not exceed the amount or proportion authorized by charter and provided by the proceed- ings of the City; and further finds all other matters and things nec- essary and prerequisite to this resolution and to such assessments. w This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 8th, day of March, 1926, ---------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 721. Moved by Alderman Patton that Ordinance No. 721 be passed on its first reading. following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Patton, Curd, Queisser Nays; None. ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FORA PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF INDIANA AVENUE IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY ANDTHE OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND FOR THE ISSU- ANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES. be adopted. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. N ' Form 8-Oak W.V. Ry. Tracks to Mississippi. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING WITH REFERENCE TO IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMEN-T$ THEREFOR ON A PORTION OF OAK STREET IN IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEX4S WHEREAS, by resolution passed and adopted on the loth, day of August 1925 it was ordered that Oak Street from its intersection with the Wichita Valley Railway Company Tracks to its intersection with the West Property Line of Mississippi Street, be improved in the manner set forth in the. said resolution; and thereafter contract was let and entered into with the Plains Paving Company for the, making and con- struction of such improvements; and thereafter the City Engineer filed roll or statement showing thereon the various parcels of property abutting upon said street, with the names of the owners thereof, as far as known and showing the amounts to be assessed against each parcel, and showing other matters and things; and such statement having been examined and approved, it was by resolution ordered that hearing be given to all owners of abutting property and to all others interested and a time and place was fixed therefor; and at said time and place, to -wit; The #_" day of 1926, at 7;30 otclock P. M. in the Counci am er in the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, said hearing was duly had and held, notice of the time and place thereof and of such hearing having been there- tofore given in due and proper manner and for the length of time as was proper; and at said hearing the following protests were made; There were no protests. And all parties desiring themselves to be heard, their agents, representatives and attorneys, were fully and fairly heard, and evidence was introduced and considered; and the Board of Aldermen having heard the evidence and having considered same, and having heard r and considered all protests and objections made, whether herein enumerated or not, is of the opinion that all protests and objections should be over -ruled, and that said hearing should be closed; and all errors and other matters requiring corrections or rectifications having been corrected and rectified; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: I. All protests and objections, whether herein neumerated or not, be, and the same are hereby overruled. II. The Board of Aldermen from the evidence finds that in each and every case the property abutting upon the said improvements will be enhanced in value by means of such improvements, in a sum in excess of the amount proposed to be assessed against it therefor; and further finds that the apportionment of the cost of the said improvements made and applied and shown on the Engineers roll or statement is substan- tially in proportion to the benefits received by means of the improve- ments, and that such apportionment is just and equitable, and results in substantial justice and equality between the various parcels of property and the owners thereof, considering burdens imposed and ben- efits received. III. That the said hearing be, and it is hereby closed, and it is ordered that each parcel of property abutting upon the said improvements and the owners of such property be.assessed in the sums shown on the said roll or statement opposite the description of the respective parcels under the column "Total Assessment" and itemized in the colums preceed- Ing such column; and it is directed that ordinance levying such assess- ments in accordance with the terms and provisions of the proceedings of the City with reference to said improvements and in accordance with the law and charter be prepared. IV. The Board of Aldermen further finds that the sums assessed against the respective parcels of property do not exceed the amount or proportion authorized by charter and provided by the proceedings ofthe City; and further finds all other matters and things necessary and pre- requisite to this resolution and to such assessments. V. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 8th, day of March 1926. ----------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 722 ORDI14ANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR A PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF OAK STREET IN THE CITY OF V WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEF? AGAINST \; ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE OTHERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES. Moved by Alderman Curd that Ordinance No. 722 be pass- ed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Curd, Patton, Queisser Nays; None. -------------------- Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolutions be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Curd, Jones, Patton, Queisser Nays; None, Form 10-Indiana From Thirteenth RESOLUTION. to W.V. Ry. Tracks RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF INDIANA AVENUE IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAME; APPROVING THE CONTRACTORIS BONDS THEREFOR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE CITYIS PORTION OF THE COST THEREOF. WHEREAS, a contract in writing between the City of Wichita Falls, Texas and the Plains Paving Company for the improvement of Indiana Avenue from its intersection with north property line of Thirteenth Street to its intersection with Wichita Valley Ry. Company Tracks, together with the construction and maintenance bonds, required thereby, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval; and l°]HEREAS, the bid of Plains Paving Company for the mak- ing and construction of the improvements provided for in the said con- tracts, has after due advertisement and notice been made and upon the opening of the bids said contract was awarded to said Plains Paving Company, and WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in said con- tract to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT I. s There be and is hereby set aside and appropriated out of the funds available for that purpose, the sum of Seven -Hundred Eighty _" and 03/100 (1780.03) to pay and defray all that portion of the cost of improving said portion of Indiana Avenue, to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls. II. The said contract and the construction and maintenance bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract in the name of the City. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED AND PASSED this Sth. day of March, 1926. Form 10-Oak W.V.Ry.Tracks /- to Miss. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF OAK STREET IN THE CITY OF Yi'ICHITA FALLS; AUTHORIZING THE 14AYOR TO SIGN SAME; APPROVING THE CON- TRACTOR S BONDS THEREFOR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE CITYTS PORTION OF THE COST THEREOF. 71THEREAS,,a contract in writing between the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Plains Paving Company for -the improvement of Oak Street from its intersection with Wichita Valley Railway Tracks to its intersection with the West Property Line of Mississippi Street, together with the construction and maintenance bonds, required there- by, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval; and WHER,AS, the bid of Plains Paving Company for the making and construction of the improvements provided for in the said contracts, has after due advertisement and notice, been made and upon the opening of the bids said contract was awarded to said Plains Paving Company; and Whereas, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in said contract to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; I. There be and is hereby set aside and appropriated out of the funds available for that purpose, the sum of Three Hundred Forty -Three and 44/100 ($343.44) to pay and defray all that portion of the cost of improving said portion of Oak Street, to be paid for by the 'City of Wichita Falls. II. - The said contract and the construction and maintenance bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract in the name of the City III. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED AND PASSED this Sth, day of March, 1926. Moved by Alderman Queisser that the building inspector be authorized to issue permit to A. Frederich for the construction of a business building at 2224 Holliday Street. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried. ---------------------- Moved by Alderman Jones that the building inspector be authorized to issue permit to H. B. Van Emden for the construc- tion of a brick business building on Lot 15, Block 5, Sibley -Taylor Addition. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. 4 5 Moved by Alderman Jones that the application for a permit to construct a Weberts Root Beer stand on the Southwest corner of 9th, and Denver Streets be received and the City Clerk be instructed to advertise for a public hearing with reference thereto in accordance with the ordinances governing such matter* said hearing to be held at 7;30 o'clock P. M. March 22, 1926 in the Council Chamber in the Base- ment of the City National Bank Building. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. ------------------------ Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution be adopted. following note; Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. Form 1- Sidewalks on Adams St. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF SIDE:"'ALKS ON ADAMS STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, STATING THE NATURE OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS ,ANDTHR METHOD BY THICH IT IS PROPOSED THAT PAYMENT BE MADE THEREFOR, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO HAVE, PLANS, PROFILES, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS PREPARED. BE IT, AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; I. It is necessary that Sidewalks abutting the East side of Block 160 on Adams Street, be improved by raising, grading, filling paving same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and that same be improved with one of the following materials, to -wit: n, (a) One -course concrete 'd-) e.§448 glt llthi II. The City Engineer is hereby directed to have plans, profiles, specifications and estimates embracing the foregoing materials and plans of improvement prepared, and to file same with the Board of Aldermen, the City Engineer being so directed, there being no City Manager. III. The said improvements shall be paid for in the follow- ing manner, towit: The benefited and abutting property and the owners thereof shall be assessed and pay for all of the cost of installing curbs and gutters and not exceeding 98 per cent of the remaining cost of such improvements, and the City of Wichita Falls, shall pay the remainder. The sums payable by the benefited property and the owners thereof shall be payable in six (6) equal installments, the first of which shall be due and payable upon the date of completion and acceptance by the City of such improvements; the second shall be due and payable on or before one (1) year from said date of completion and acceptaneel the third shall be due and payable on or before two (2) years from said date of completion and acceptance; the fourth shall be due and payable on or before three (3) years from said date of comple- tion and acceptance; the fifth shall be due and payable on or before four (4) years from said date of completion and acceptance and the sixth shall be due and payable on or before five (5) years from said date of completion and acceptance by the City of such improvements. The entire amount of such sums shall bear interest from the date of said completion and acceptance and until paid at the rate of eight per cent (8%) per annum, payable annually, but such property and the owners thereof shall have the privilege of paying any or all of such installments at any time before maturity, and the failure to pay any installments upon maturity thereof shall at the option of the owner and holder of the certificate of special assessment, issued in evidence thereof, mature the entire amount then unpaid; and the sums pay- able by the respective lots or parcels of land or property abutting upon said improvement, and benefited thereby, shall be assessed against such jIots or parcels and against the owners thereof, and shall be a personal pliability of such owner and a first and prior lien and charge against such property, superior to all other liens, claims and charges and de- mands of whatsoever kind excepting only State, County and Municipal taxes, No assessment shall be levied against any lot or parcel of land, or the owner thereof in excess of the special benefits to such lot or parcel of land in enhanced value thereof by means of such improvement, ,and no assessment shall be levied until after the notice and hearing as �provided in the Charter and Laws in force and effect in this City, and in the ordinance and proceedings of the Board.gf Aldermen applicable thereto, IV, Upon the completion and acceptance of such improvements,, if same shall have been performed by contract, then certificates in evidence of the assessments levied against the respective lots or parcels of - property, and the owners thereof, shall be issued to the contractor or party performing and executing the work of such improvements and con- taining recitals lawful and properly applicable thereto and the said im- provements shall be executed, and the said matters filed, said notice and hearing ordered given, and ordinance levying the assessment and any other matters with reference to said improvement shall be done and performed in the manner and form provided by the Charter and Laws in force and effect in this City, and the proceedings, ordinances and resolutions of the Board of Aldermen. V. This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 8th, day of March A. D. 1926 Form No. 2-Engineerts Letter submitting plans, profiles, specifications and estimates, ,TO THE HONORABLE P.IAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF',,ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. In compliance with the resolution of the Board od Aldermen ,with reference to the improvement of sidewalks abutting the East side of ,Block 160 on Adams Street, I have prepared and hand you herewith plans, profiles, specifications, and estimates of the proposed improvements, the (same embraces and different materials, plans and methods of improvement set forth and specified in the said resolution, (Signed) F. M. Rugeley City Engineer. adopted, Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution be ing vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the follow - Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. Form 4-Sidewalks RESOLUTION, Adams Street. RESOLUTION APFROVING AND ADOPTING PLANS, PROFILES, SPECI- FICATIONS AND ESTIMAT7S OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF SIDETA?KS ABUTTING THE EAST SIDE OF BLOCK 160 ON ADAMS STREET, IN THE CITY OF 7lICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, .AND DIRECT- ING THE CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE MP.KING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS, i P r',7 4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERI:4EN OF THE CITY OF TICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; WHEREAS, by resolution passed on the 2nd. day of Nov. A. D. 1925 the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, de- clared the necessity of improving sidewalks abutting the East side of Block 160 on Adams Street, by raising, grading, filling same, and paving sAme and installing concrete curbs and gutters with the materials and in the manners and methods stated in the said resolution, and gave the method by which it was proposed that payment be made there6or, and directing the City Engineer to have plans, profiles, specifications and estimates of the proposed im- provement prepared, and WHEREAS, the said City Engineer has prepared such plans, profiles, specifications, and estimates and has filed same with the Board of Aldermen, and the same have been examined and inspected and corrected where necessary. I. That the said plans, proviles, specifications and esti- mates, be and the same are hereby adopted and approved as those under, by, and in accordance with which the said improvements shall be made and con- structed. II. That the City Clerk be and he is hereby directed to advertise for competitive bids for the making and constructing of the said improvements, in the manner, and for the length of time, and in the form required and provided for by the City Charter and laws in force and in effect at this time, and by the ordinances and proceedings of this Board and such bids will be rece'ved until and shall be opened on the 22 b day of 2V�—A. D. 192r at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, and all bids shall e made in e orm and manner, and accompanied by a certified check and by the guarantee as is provided and required by and in the said specifications. III. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from s and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED, this Sth. day of March A. D. 1926. -------------------------- Moved by Alderman Jones that action on bids for the extension of the White Way Lighting System on Indiana Avenue be deferred until 7:30 P. M. March 15, 1926. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried. -------------------------- i Moved by Alderman Patton that the bill of the White Transfer Company in the amount of $55.00 covering storage and moving of furniture in the brick house recently removed out of Front Street be approved and allowed. f Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. -------------------------- Alderman Jones presented a Resolution and moved its adoption. The Motion was seconded by Alderman Curd. The Motion carrying the adoption of the Resolution prevailed by the following vote: Ayes; Aldermen Jones, Clifford, Queisser, Patton, Curd + Noes; None. The resolution is a follows: RESOLUTION. APPROVING ESTIC?ATE NO. 1 OF L. E. WHITHAM AND COMP 'j AND AUTHORIZING DELIVERY OF CITY OF VICHITA FALLS, \. TEXAS, PARK IMPROVFMFNT "TARRANTS, SERIES 1925-A, TO THE CONTRACTOR. WHERF/':S, the Aldermen have heretofore, on December 1925, made a contract with L. E. Whitham and Company, contractor, for purpose of certain improvements on the roadway abutting and serving Municipal Park, in accordance with plans and specifications made a part of the contract, and provided for the payment of approximately $20,000.00 for said improvements, and WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen on December 21, 1925, arranged for the issuance of $20,000.00 of 5 1/2% interest -bearing time warrants to be delivered to said Contractors; and 1"HEREAS, L. E. 191hitham and Company, contractor, has pre- sented its first estimate based on unit prices in words and figures as follows: CITY OF WICHITA FALLS ENGINEERING DEPT. March 4, 1926 MUNICIPAL PARK PAVING. �' estimate for L. E. Whitham and Company, Contractors, for widening cunicipal Park Road for period ending March, 4, 1926. A- 41 (� 866.7 Sq. yds. pavement $2.80 $13626.76 7,123.6 Ft. Monolithic curbing @ 0.35 2,,493.26 5,676.7 sq. yds. fine grading @ 0.07 397.37 Aipount payable ............... §16,517.39 Approved F. M. Rugsley uIr"r 7-ngineer WHEREAS, said pavement covered by said first estimate has been inspected by the Board of Aldermen of said City and found to be in accordance with the specifications adopted by said City, and to be well worth the sum of $16,517.39 the amount provided in said first estimate, and said Board of Aldermen has accepted the pavement covered by said estimate for and in behalf of said City of Wichita Falls; and Whereas, said estimate herein set out has been fuly audited by said Board of Aldermen and found to be correct; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF TICHITA FALLS, TEXAS;' That said estimate covering said improvem6nts completed and accepted, aggregating the sum of $16,517.39, which has been pre- sented by L. E. Whitham and Company, contractor, be, and the same is hereby allowed. That, in accordance with said contract between the City of Wichita Falls and L. E. Whitham and Company, contractor, there shall be executed and delivered to said Contractor City of Wichita Falls Park Improvements Warrants, Series 1925-A, Numbers 1 to 16, Incl. in the denomination of $1,000.00 each, aggregating $16,000.00 dated December 15, 1925, bearing interest at the rate of five and one half per cent (5 1/2%) per annum, evidencing the indebtedness of said City to said contractor. That the said City of Wichita Falls, Texas has received full value and consideration for said warrants numbered as set out above, and the contractor has in all respects fully complied with all of his duties under said contract. The Mayor, City Secretary, Treasurer and members of the Board of Aldermen are hereby directed to execute such certificates and affidavits as are necessary or convenient to reflect the validity of the warrants delivered hereunder. APPROVED this the Sth, day of March, 1926. ATTEST: W. E. McBroom City Clerk,W1_cHita Falls, Texas. R. E. 2 3hherd CjtT g4n Mayor, . hita Falls, Tex. l ORDINANCE NO. 697 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 4, 6,9 , and 14 OF ORDINANCE NO. 538, AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR, REGULATING THE WAY AND MANNER IN WHICH ELECTRIC WIRES AND APPARATUS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE GENERAL INSPECTION OF SUCH WORK; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSES AND PERMITS; PROVIDING THE FEES TO BE CHARGED FOE DOING SUCH WORK; PROVIDING FOR INSPECTION OF OLD HOUSE WIRING; DEFIN- ING TERMS; REPEALING ORDINANCES NOS. 109 AND 227, AND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES." WHICH SAID ORDINANCE 3FAS HERETOFORE ADOPTED BY SAID BOARD OF ALDER- MEN ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEPBBER, A. D. 1924 Moved by Alderman Curd that Ordinance No. 697 be pass- ed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Patton, Curd, Queisser Nays; None. ORDINANCE NO. 723 AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE NAME OF THAT PORTION OF AVENUE "M" WHICH LIES BETWEEN l"JENONAH AVENUE AND GRANT STREET TO CUMBERLAND AVENUE; AND CHANGING THE NAME OF AVENUE "N", WHICH LIES BETWEEN WENONAH AVE. AND GRANT STREET, TO HOLLI''!OOD AVENUE; CHANGING THE NAI91E OF THAT PORTION OF AVENUE "0% GFHICH LIES BE- tWEEN WENONAH AVENUE AND GRANT STREET, TO MIAMIA AVE. Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 723 be passed on its c. _-cad t reading and be adopted as read. following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the Yeas: Aldermen Patton Curd, Jones, Queisser, Nays; None The Public Hearing with"reference to the amendment of the W.Falls Trac- tion Co, franchise was called and after hearing no protests the follow- ing motin was put in order'!MbV'�fl-15rAldBPlbsli-gu"6isser that the hearing be closed; Motion seconded byy gqlderman Jogeess and carried. ORDINAPCE N�. / U AN ORDINANCE GIVING AND GRANTING TO THE ?r'tICHITA FALLS TRACTION COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND LESSEES, THE RIGHT TO EXTEND, CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A STANDARD GAUGE CAR LINE OR LINES ON, OVER, ACROSS AND UPON THE FOLLO:;'ING DESCRIBED AND NAMED STREETS IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, TO -WIT; BEGINNING AT A POINT WHERE CRITTENDEN STREET INTERSECTS WITH BROOK AVENUE AND NORTH FIFTH STREET, THENCE IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION ALONG BROOK AVENUE TO THE INTERSEC- TION OF NORTH TENTH AND NORTH BROOK AND TO THE INTER - SECTION OF THE PRESENT LINE. PROVIDING THAT SAID TRACKS SHALL BE LAID IN CONFORMITY WITH THE FRANCHISE HERETOFORE GRANTED TO J. A. KEI:7P AND FRANK KELL ON THE 27th. DAY OF JANUARY, 1909, AND ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND THE PROVISIONS AND CONDI- TIONS OF SAID FRANCHISE AND APAENDIt4ENTS THERETO ARE EXPRESSLY MADE APPLICABLE TO THIS ORDINANCE, EXCEPT, H0vrFVER, AS OTHE.RTM1ISF PROCIDED IN THIS ORDINANCE. Moved by Alderman Jones that Ordinance No. 701 be pass- ed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. r. �i6�8t3Y4xg�SLSi€��BxIS�x}4�$SiFx�2534��x#i4�x$sas# �� . ---------------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 704 ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT POR PART OF THE COST OF IM- PROVING A PORTION OF BAF27ISE STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COL- LECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Curd that Ordinance No. 704 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. ing vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow - Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser. Nays; None. ----------------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 705 ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROV- ING A PORTION OF PARK STREET IN THE CITY OF '+'ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 705 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. ing vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow - Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. ------------------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 706 ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR A PART OF THE COST OF IM- PROVING A PORTION OF YALE AVENUE IN THE CITY OF 17ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE OIVNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COL- LECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGN- ABLE CERTIFICATES. Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 706 be passed on its third and final reading and, be adopted as read. note; Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser. Nays; None. ORDINANCE NO. 707 ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROV- ING A PORTION OF AVENUE M IN THE CITY OF 17ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE 07WERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESS- MENTS, AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGABLE CERTIFICATES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. e. , 4 Moved by Alderman Jones that Ordinance No. 107 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nags; None: --------- --- --- ORDINANCE NO. 708 ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF LAKE STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY ANDTHE OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AND FOR THE ISSUANCEI OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 708 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Pays; None. -------------------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 709 ORDINANCE ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF KEMP BOULEVARD BETWEEN THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "H" AND THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "0"; DESIGI- NATING THE MATERIALS AND METHODS OF IMPROVEMENT, AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF BY CONTRACT AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVE- MENTS. LEVYING ASSESSMENT THEREOF, AND FIXING THE TERMS AND TIMPS OF PAYMENTS, ANDTHE RATE OF INTEREST THEREON, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES. Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 709 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Patton, Curd, Queisser Nays; None. ------------------------------ ORDINANCE NO. 719 AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND ANNEXING THAT PORTION OF THE CHILDERS ADDITION '.�'HICH LIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FAILS. Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 719 be passed on its second reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. ------------------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 720. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 577 ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FOR ONE YEAR BEGINVING APRIL 1, 1925 AND ENDING MARCH 31, 1926". MMD�4"di Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 720 be r passed on its second reading. ing vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow - Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Weisser Nays; None. adopted. Moved by Alderman Weisser that the following resolution be vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Weisser Nays; None. Form 5- 6th. Polk -Sunset Drive RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO MAKE AND FILE RE- PORT WITH THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN SHOPPING ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF SIXTH STREET FROM EAST PROPERTY LINE OF POLK STREET TO EAST CURB LINE OF SUNSET DRIVE. BE, IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Sixth Street from East Property Line of Polk Street to East Curb Line of Sunset Drive by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and pavement with foundation and has caused advertisements to be made for bids for the making and construction of said improve- ments to be made and bids therefor have been taken, and said Board has determined to make the same in the manner described and with one course reinforced concrete as shown in the specifications adopted therefor. NOT THEREFORE,: I. The City Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance with provisions of Section 108 of the City Charter, to make and file a report with the Board of Aldermen showing thereon the estimated total cost of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the City, the proportion thereof to be assessed against the abutting property, and the owners of land abutting thereon and ben- efited thereby, and the owners thereof, the rate per lineal foot pro- posed to be assessed for curb, and the amount to be assessed, in each case, for curb, the estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot, the rate per front foot of property proposed to be assessed for improvement other than curb, the total amount proposed to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land and the owners therof, and such report may show other matters or things and shall show the es- timated amount of damages, if any, to each pi*ce or parcel of property and the owners thereof, which will be sustained by reason of said im- provements. Such report shall in all respects comply with the resolution and other proceedings of this Board with reference to the proposed impro% ment of said portion of said street. II. This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. Passed and approved this the 8th. day of March, A. D. 1926. Form 6-Engineer's Report Sixth St. from Polk St. to Sun Set Drive To The Mayor And Board Of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: Wichita Falls, Texas. March 8, 1926 I had you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Sixth Street from the East Property Line of Polk Street to the East curb line of Sunset Drive showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be $__sjC j j _ The estimated amount payalbe by the City for this improvement will be The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be $4 q �y 4 The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is �P ,-',�o�_ The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is HAf�n/ Theestimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is 1511 ei+N per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is ,ry y per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one -course reinforced concrete pavement all in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. M. Rugeley City Eng need Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following resolu- tion be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Curd, Patton, Queisser Nays; None. Form 7- Sixth St. Polk -Sunset Drive RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSES'NENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF SIXTH STREET FROM THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF POLK STREET TO THE EAST CURB LINE OF SUNSET DRIVE; FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER:,EN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Sixth Street from the East Property Line of Polk Street to the East Curb Line of Sunset Drive and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the cost of cons ting curbs along said portion of said street, and not ex- ceeding Ninet 9$,j per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as determined a t e hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed ag- ainst the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corredted: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 8th, day of March 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners pro- posed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock on the 8th. day of March 1926, and at which hear- ing and at said time and place the owners of said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner inter- ested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, of the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter, And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued .from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the onner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy assessments against each such peace or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolu- tions, and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall presecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpor- ations, estates and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error. irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantially the following form, to -wit: "TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON SIXTH STREET FROM THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF POLK STREET TO THE EAST CURB LINE OF SUNSET DRIVE AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of Sixth Street from the East Property Line of Polk Street to the East Curb Line of Sunset Drive by raising, grading, and filling same and installing concrete curbs and �al�,"o II'�d'�YrW:7��N""'1 IIPII gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete and assessing a por- tion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof. On the aid day of lVjq-fi A. D. 1926, in the Council Chamber in the City Nationa San Buildin-g—Tirt e City of Wichita Falls, at 7;30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said im- provements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel. of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is ,(j e The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is $ Cq 1L The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is 4 p,//a per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is $6,/era per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise con- nected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the benefits there- for, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolu tion of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 8th. day of March, A. D. 1926 (Signed) W. E. McBroom city Clerk_ And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the,date set for said hearing not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at 1P1ichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 8th. day of March A. D. 1926. ------------------------------- be adopted. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Patton, Curd, Queisser Nays; None Form 5-Sunset 6th, to 7th. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO MAKE AND I-ILE REPORT I?JITH THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN SH07ING ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVE11ENT OF A PORTION OF SUNSET DRIVE FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF 6TH. STREET TO THE S8U+FF-6tTP{8 Geni+�•-- LINE OF 7TH. STREET. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF T'ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; i0VHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of 1.17ichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement f unset Drive from the South Property Line of 6th. Street to the Line of 7th. Street by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and pavement with foundation and has caused advertisements to be made for bids for the making and construc- tion of said improvements to be made and bids Therefor have been taken, and said Board has determined to make the same in the manner described and with one -course reinforced concrete as shown in the specifications adopted therefor. NOW THEREFORE: I. The City Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance with the provisions of Section 108 of the City Charter, to make and file a report with the Board of Aldermen showing thereon the estimated total cost of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the City, the proportion thereof to be assessed against the abutting property, and the owners of land abutting thereon and benefited there- by, and the owners thereof, the rate per lineal foot proposed to be assessed for curb, and the amount to be assessed, in each case, for curb, the estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot, the rate per front foot of property proposed to be assessed for improvement other than curb, the total amount proposed to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land and the owners there- of, and such report may show other matters or things and shall show the estimated amount of damages, if any, to each piece or parcel of property, and the owners thereof, which will be sustained by reason of said improvements. Such report shall in all respects comply with the resolution and other proceedings of this Board with reference to the proposed improvement of said portion of said street. II. This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 8th, day of March A. D. 1926 Form 6-Engineer's Letter -Sunset r'ichita Falls, Texas. 6th. to 7th. March 8, 1926 To The Mayor And Board Of Aldermen, of the 'City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: -- I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Sun et Drive from the South Property Line of 6th. Street to the SZE Line of 7th. Street showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costd of the improvement will be L7d3, f6 The estimated amount payable by the City for this improve- ment will be $ Tic! zT' The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be curb is 4The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of �, yG0 The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is $ n'AW." a The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is $,L&,vjj5 per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of vurb isper front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one -course reinforced concrete pavement all in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F, M. Rugeley i y Engineer. "qw Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; figgrmen Jones, Cad, Patton, Queisser Form No. 7-Sunset 6th, to 7th. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR TFE IMPROVEMENT OF SUNSET DRIVE OPT' RiE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF 6TH. STRFFT TO THE B LINE OF 7TH. STREET; FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY O!UERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF V'ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; THAT, WHEREAS, The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvemen of Sunset Drive from the South Property Line of 6th. Street to the =&6fib Line of 7th. St. and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the cost of cons F c ing curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding Ninet�) per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as determi ed at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected; E1 That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 8th. day of March 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Buil44ng in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7: 30 P. M. o'clock on t W day of "(1A� 1926, and at which hearing and at said time and plac the owners offfs—aid property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner interest- ed either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their prop- erty in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to dam- ages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvements contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof or method or manner of paying for same. II. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be con- tinued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said im- provements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mis- takes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceed- ing with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordi- nance, make and levy assessments against each such peiee or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments when -levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpor- ations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substan- tially the following form, to -wit; "TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON SUNSET DRIVE FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LIVE OF 6TH. STREET TO THE S R$�®oJor LINE OF 7th. STREET AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of Sunset Drive from the South Property Line of 6th. Street to the Sew--4Sb Line of 7th. Street by raising, grading, and filling same and install- ing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. On the day of �A. D. 1926, in the Council Chamber in the Gity a tonal Bank u d ng in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 P. M. O'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land andthe owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and from con- tract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost -hereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is i /» 7 The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is $ /. The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is $ 4-4e A/ per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the pro- ceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the Bth, day of March A. D. 1926. (Signed) W. E. MCBroom. Ci y G erk. And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Tichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether of not such notice by letter be re- ceived or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS Bth, day of March A. D. 1926 Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by alderman Curd and carried by the - following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. Form 5-Polk Bullington-loth. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO MAKE AND FILE REPORT WITH THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN SHOINING ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF POLK STREET FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF BULLINGTON STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF LOTH STREET. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of 'Fichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered -the improvement of Polk Street from the South Property Line of Bullington Street to the North Prop- erty line of 10th. Street by raising, grading and filling same and in- stalling concrete curbs And gutters and pavdment with foundation and has caused advertisement to be made for bids for the making and con- struction of said improvements to be made and bids therefor have been taken, and said Board has determined to make the same in the manner described and with one -course reinforced concrete pavement as shown in the specifications adopted therefor. NO"' THEREFORE: I. The City Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance with provisions of Section 108 of the City Charter, to make and file a report with the Board of Aldermen showing thereon the estimated total cost of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the City, the proportion thereof to be assessed against the abutting property, and the owners of land abutting thereon and benefited thereby, and the owners thereof, the rate per lineal foot proposed to be assess- ed for curb, and the amount to be assessed, in each case, for curb, the estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot, the rate per front foot of property proposed to be assessed for improvement other than curb, the total amount proposed to be assessed ✓' against each lot or parcel of land and the owwers thereof, and such report may show other matters or things and shall show the estimated amount of damages, if any, to each piece or parcel of property, and the owners thereof, which will be sustained by reason of said improvements, Such report shall in all respects comply with the resolution and other proceedings of this Board with reference to the propsed improvement of said portion of said street. passage. II. This resolution shall take effect from andafter its PASSED AND APPROVED this the 8th, day of March, A. D. 1926. Form 6-Engineer's letter Polk from Bullington to loth. St. Wichita Falls, Texas. March 8, 1926. To The Mayor And Board Of Aldermen of the City Of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: -- I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Polk Street from the South Property Line of Bullington Street to the North Property Line of loth. Street showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body. As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be $4-Zdd-� /�_F_ 9/8.-/b The estimated amount payable by the City for this Improvement will be The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be $ Ito W 7JZ. po The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb i s $ ©. -4 e The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is 1� per front foot. The estimated cost to be t9aypd against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is $tea per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one -course reinforc- ed concrete pavement, in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. — 1Respectfully submitted, Signed F. M. Rugeley City Engineer. adopted. Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution be Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the follow- ing vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, @ueisser Nays; None. Form 7- Polk Bullington to loth. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF POLK STREET FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF BULLING - TON STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF LOTH. STREET; FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Polk Street from the South Property Line of Bullington Street to the North Property Line of loth. Street and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due adver- tisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the cost of cons s�ict�ing curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding Ninet 9 ) per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as determined at the hearing hereinafter men- tioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 8th. day of March, 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7;30 P. M. o'clock on the 8th, day of March 1926, and at which hearing and at said time and place the owners of said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner interested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property,shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of of paying for same. That any claim for damages shall be -made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of prop- erty and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of cIM1l said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalid- ities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments thereofr, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy assessments against each such piece or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpor- ations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the elvying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or assert- ing any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantially the following form, to -wit; "TO THE 0111NERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON POLK STREET FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF BULLINGTON STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF LOTH. STREET AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of 'lichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of Polk Street from the South Property Line of Bullington Street to the North Property Line of loth. Street by raising, grading, and filling same and install- ing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constreutiog such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. On the day of Aft A. D. 1926, in the Council Chamber in the City National Bank �g in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objec- tions, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. /Sr- yiB. uL0 The estimated cost of the said improvement is is la, Pz j The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is a p_,Z0 per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount the assessment again '1p ty owners and their property for pavement t and excavation is �P per front foot. - All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the pro- ceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place, Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 8th, day of March A. D. 1926 (Signed) W. E. McBroom City Clerk. P I ZI 1 And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a.registered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 8th, day of March A. D. 1926. ---------------------------- Moved by Alderman.Curd that thr following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. Form 5- 7th. St., Polk -Sunset RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO MAKE AND FILE REPORT VIITH THE BOARD OF ALDFRPPEN SHOWING ESTIVATED COST OF IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF SEVENTH STREET FROM THE EAST CURB LINE OF POLK STREET TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF SUNSET DRIVE. BR IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF f LDERMFN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: 7HERF.AS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Seventh Street from the East Curb Line of Polk Street to the East Property Line of Sunset Drive by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and pavement with foundation and has caused advertisements to be made for bids for the making and construction of said improvements to be made and bids therefor have been taken, and said Board has determined to make the same in the manner described and with one -course reinforced concrete pavement as shown in the specifications adopted therefor. NOW THEREFORE: The City Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance with provisions of Section 108 of the City Charter, to make and file a report with the Board of Aldermen showing thereon the estimated total cost of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the City the proportion thereof to be assessed against the abutting property, andthe owners thereof, the rate per lineal foot proposed to be assessed for curb, and the amount to be assessed, in each case, for curb, the estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot, the rate per front foot of property proposed to be assessed for improvement other than curb the total amount proposed to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof, and such report may show other matters or things'and shall show the estimated amount of damages, if any, to each piece or parcel of property, and the owners thereof, which will be sustained by reason of said improvements. Such report shall in all respects comply with the resolution and other proceedings of this Board with reference to the proposed improvement of said portion of said street. II. This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. 1926. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 8th. day of March A. D. Form No. 6- 7th. Engineer's Letter Wichita Falls, Texas. March 8, 1926 To The Mayor And Boar Of Aldermen of the _ City Of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: -- I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving SeventhStreet from the East Curb Line of Polk to the East Property Line of Sunset Drive showing the amount to be assess- ed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be 3 J-- X"'""-'— The estimated amount payable by the City for this improvement will be The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be $ 3jZ5o./D The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is $ O.(-zo 0 The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pave- ment per front foot iso The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is $,r.7zJ. f per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one -course reinforced concrete pavement all in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. M- Rugeley City Engineer. Moved by Alderman Curd that tle following resolution be adopted. ing vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow - Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. Form No. 7- 7th. Polk -Sunset Drive RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF SEVENTH STREET FROM THE EAST CURB LINE OF POLK STREET TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF SUNSET DRIVE, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY 01NERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE{. BE IT RESOLVED BY -THE BOARD OF ALDER.".EN OF THE CITY OF'WICHIrA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, !NHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Seventh Street from the East Curb Line of Polk Street to the East Property Line of Sunset Drive and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructin rbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding Ninett�per cent of the remaining cost of said improvement, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of -the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected; I. That said report for the City Engineer filed on the 8th. day of March 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. O'clock on the 8th. day of March 1926, and at which hearing and at said time and place the owners of said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner interested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract thereofr, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means o9 sais improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason Of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceed- ings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same. III. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter, And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of prop- erty and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidi- ties &n any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy assessments against each such peace or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpora- tions, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all R' others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantially the p following form, to -wit; 7 " TO THE OITNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON SEVENTH STREET FRO14 THE EAST CURB LINE OF POLK STREET TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF SUNSET DRIVE AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvi§ment of Seventh Street from the East Curb Line of Polk Street to the East Property Line of Sunset Drive by raising, grading, and filling same and installing con- crete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said strret and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. On the day of iY/a„ A. D. 1926 in the Council Chamber in the City Nam%a Bank Buull(Trng�in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages result- ing from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the s aid improvements is kz_3_,fJ — The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is 1a The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is m, Z,y per front foot. —Z—� All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents, or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, or, the Sth, day of March A. D. 1926. (Signed) IN. E. McBroom City Clerk. And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk_ shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be re- ceived or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 8th, day of March, A. D. 1926. sr� be adopted. following vote: Form 5-Elizabeth Spivey Addt, to Holliday Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution Motion seconded by AldermanCurd and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, .Tones, Queisser Nays; None. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO MAKE AND FILE REPORT WITH THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN SHOWING ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROV7VENT OF A PORTION OF ELIZABETH STREET FROM WEST DINE OF -LOTS 1, BLOCK 6, SPIVEY ADDITION TO TEST CURB LINE OF HOLLIDAY STREET. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Elizabeth Street from West Line of Lotl, Block 6, Spivey Addition to West Curb Line of Holliday Street by raising, grading, and filling same and installing con- crete curbs and gutters and pavement with foundation and has caused ad- vertisements to be made for bids for the making and construction of said improvements to be made and bids therefor have been taken, and said Board has determined to make the same in the manner described and with one - course reinforced concrete as shown in the specifications adopted therefor. NOW THEREFORE: I The City Engineer is hereby directed in accordance with provisions of Section 108 of the City Charter, to make and file a report with the Board of Aldermen showing thereon the estimated total cost of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the City, the proportion thereof to be assessed against the abutting property, and the owners of land abutting thereon and benefited thereby, and the owners thereof, the rate per lineal foot proposed to be assessed for curb, and the amount to be assessed, in each case, for curb, the es- timated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot, the rate per front foot of property proposed to be assessed for improve- ment other than curb, the total amount proposed to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof, and such report may show other matters or things and shall show the estimated amount of damages, if any, to each piece or parcel of property, and the owners thereof, which will be sustained by reason of said improvements. Such report shall in all respects comply with the resolution and other proceedings of this Board with reference to the proposed improvements of said portion of said street. II. This resolution shall take effect from and after is passage. 1926. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 8th, day of March, A. D. Form No. 6-Engineer's Letter Elizabeth from Spivey Addt to Holliday Street. To The Mayor And Board Of Aldermen of the City Of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: - - Wichita Falls, Texas. March 8, 1926. I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Elizabeth Street from West Line of Lot 1, Block 6, Spivey Addt. to West Curb Line Holliday Street showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be .} 3gis.ryq t The estimated amount payable by the City for this improve- ment will be $ yGS.S� The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be $ �,�S-u7,71 The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is ,_za r-, The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pave- ment is of,,,, per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is �p �,s3 4,f3 per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exvlusive of curb is t-�,3 per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing' in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one -course rein- forced concrete pavement all in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with ,your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. M, Rugeley city gineer. Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the follow- ing vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. Form 7- Elizabeth Spivey Addt, to Holliday St. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ELIZABETH STREET FROM WEST LINE OF LOT 1, BLOCK 6, SPIVEY ADDITION TO TEST CURB LINE OF HOILIDAY STREET: FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY 01'rNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY :HE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; THAT, "`HEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls has heretofore ordered the improvement of Elizabeth Street from West Line of Lot 1, Block 6, Spivey Addition to West Curb Line Of Holliday Street and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoptiong of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been determined .that -all of the cost of constru tang curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding Ninet3 9Q) per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board od Aldermen his report and es- timate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be as- sessed against -each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter, and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected; I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 8th. day of March 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to all the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock on the 8th. day of March 1926, and at which hearing and at said time and place the owners of said property, or any of the4i, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner interested either in said prop- erty or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with / reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners there of resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments there- of, or method or manner of paying for same. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shallset forth the matter and things in the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing andfrom the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of,property and against the owner thereof, and will de- termine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with refernee to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and leby assessments against each such piece or parcel of proper- ty and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions and other proveedings of this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpor- ations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantially the following form, to -wit; "TO THE ONWERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON ELIZABETH STREET FROM WEST LINE LOT 1 , BLOCK 6, SPIVEY ADDITION TO TEST CURB LINE OF HOLLIDAY STRE',T ANDTO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED" Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of Elizabeth Street from ?Nest Line of Lotl, Block 6, Spivey Addition to West Curb Line of Holliday Street by raising, grading, and filling same and installing con- crete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof. On the day of �� �e A. D. 1926, in the Council Chamber In the City Nationalank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, at 7;30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages re- sulint from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form con- tract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is $ 3 d/3.z 9 The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is $.��v. f The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and escavation is $ u s �93per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations, or estares; their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the bene- fits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom or the proceedings con- nected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said ,time and_ place. _ Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the Sth, day of March, A. D. 1926. (Signed) W. F. PHcBroom City C eri k. And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the firmb of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Yichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumula- tive of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether ob not any other notice be given or whether or not such nbtice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS Bth.�day"of March, A. D. 1926. Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the follow- ing vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. Form 10- Kemp Blvd. Ave. H to Ave. 0 RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, contract in writing between the City of Ylichita Falls and 'Nest Texas Construction Company, for the improvement of the 'i following street in said City, to-tvit; Kemp Blvd. from the South Property Line of Avenue "H" to the South Property Line of Avenue "0". together with construction bonds and maintenance bonds required thereby, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval; and, WHEREAS, the Bid of West Texas Construction Company for the making and construction of the improvement provided for in the said contracts, has after due advertisement and notice, been made and upon the opening of the bids said contract was awarded to the said Company; and, Y,IHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in the said con- tract to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls; Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, and that there be and is hereby set aside and appropriated out of the funds available for that purpose, the sum of $ to pay and defray all that portion of the cost of improving saU portion of to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls; - — The said contract and the construction bond and main- tenance bond, be and the same are herebyapproved and adopted , and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract, in the name of the City. its passage. That this resolution shall take effect from and after Approved and passed this 8th, day. of March 1926. Form 11-Kemp Blvd. from Ave H to Ave 0 RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, contracts in writing between the West Texas Construction Company and the City of Wichita Falls, for the performing of all work of excavation in connection with the improvement of Kemp Blvd, from the South Property Line of Avenue "H" to the South Property Line of Avenue "0" and binding the City of Wichita Falls, for the prices named therein, and upon the terms therein set forth, to do and perform all work of excavation upon said street, as is provided in the contract, being one contract for said street, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval; and WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable to enter into said con- tracts upon the terms set forth therein, and for the compensation therein provided, Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls: I. That the City of Wichita Falls do enter into contracts with the West Texas Construction Company, binding the City to do and perform all'the work of excavation shown in said contract, and on said street, at and for the prices and for the terms therein stipulated and set forth. 2. That said contract is hereby approved and adopted and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and sign the said con- tract in the name of the City. 3. its passage. That this resolution shall take effect from and after Passed and approved this 8th, day of March, 1926. ---------------------------- A£1 Engineerts Letter Onaway Trail Wichita Falls, Texas. March 8, 1926. Hon. Mayor & Board of Aldermen, Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: This certifies that the Plains Paving Company has completed - the paving and otherwise improving Onaway Trail from its intersection with West Property Line of Santa Fe Avenue to its intersection with Center Line of Alley between Wenonah Avenue and Santa Fe Street in accordance with the plans -and specifications therefor and I hereby recommend the acceptance of the above described work Respectfully, F. M. Rugeley Cit Rgineer. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Weisser Nays; None. Onaway Trail RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK OF PAVING AND OTHER"VISE IM- PROVING A PORTION OF ONAWAY TRAIL AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATES. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT WHEREAS, the City Engineer has certified that the paving and otherwise improving Onaway Trail from its intersection with the West Property Line of Santa Fe Avenue to its intersection with the Center Line of Alley between Wenonah Avenue and Santa Fe Street, has been completed by the Plains Paving Company in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor and the said City Engineer recommends the acceptance of the said work by the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WI CHITA FALLS, TEXAS. THAT said paving and other improvements be and the same are hereby accepted by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Mayor he and is hereby authorized and directed to execute Special Assessment certificates evidencing the indebtedness of the owners of the Property abutting on said portion of street, in the name of the City of Wichita Falls, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest same and to impress the Seal of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and to deliver said Special Assessment Certificates to the Plains Paving Company, and set forth in the contract, for the above named improvements, all in accordance with the ordinances and resolutions hteretofore adopt- ed and passed by the City of Wichita Falls, with reference to the above described improvements. PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th. day of March 1926. ----------------------------- Moved by Alderman Patton that the sewer department be author- ized to construct the following extension of sewer lines. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. i Alley North of Front St. & East of Lee Street --Mrs. Montgomery 485 feet of sewer $368.00 1 manhole 60.00 (5 houses served) 0428.00 Jalonic-Dallas Lateral 800 ft. sewer ,480.00 2 manholes 130.00 (11 houses served) 4610.00 Dallas -Ft. Worth Lateral 2400 ft. of sewer 31560.00 4 manholes 260.00 (25 houses served) §1820.00 Blks. 29, 30, 31, 32 J. A. Kemp Addition. 2800 ft. of sewer $1820.00 6 manholes 390.00 (23 houses served) 02210.00 Blks. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Sunset Heights & N. side of 5th. St, from 200 1 V1. of Van Buren & Taylor 3900 Ft. of sewer $2340.00 10 manholes 550.00 02890.00 { 11 houeses served) Woodrow Ave, sewer 900 ft. of sewer $585.00 2 manholes 120.00 { 3 houses served) . 00 ------------------------------- Moved by Alderman Jones that the water department be authorized to install a fire plug at the inter -section of Wilson and Bridwell Streets at a cost of $125.00 Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried. Moved by Alderman Curd that the water department be author- ized to construct 220 feet of 2 inch galvanized iron line on 23rd. Street running West from Holly Drive to serve three houses at an approximate cost of $84.30. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried ----------------------------- adopted. Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution be � following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. RESOLUTION. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, The tax assessor of said City be authorized and instructed to assess property within the City Limits subject to advorlem taxation of said City for the year of 1926 on the basis of 66 2/3 per sent of true assessed value. Approved and Passed this the 8th. day of March, 1926. Moved by Alderman Curd that a deed offered by the Wichita Falls Traction Company conveying to the City for street purposes that part of Kemp Blvd lying between Avenue L and Wichita Valley Right"4 Way be rejected. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. Moved by Alderman Queisser that the Mayor be authorized to sign a contract with Bert King covering the construction of water lines to his addition after certain changes have been made which will meet with the approval of the water department. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. u u � ------------------------- Moved by Alderman Curd that Commissioner Patton be author- ized to rent the City Dump grounds to A. R. Sheffield for the year 1926 for a consideration of one-fourth of theddttgfyraised on said land. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. --------------------------- E Moved by Alderman Jones that the sewer department be author- ized to purchase 5 and 9/10 acres of land from P. P. Langford at a cost of $750.00 per acre and 4 and 3/10 acres of land.£rom J. A. Kemp at a cost of $300.00 per acre to be used as as a' site - for the new sewerage disposal Plant. j Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Jones, Queisser Nays; Alderman Curd. --------------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 724 AN ORDINANCE TO CLOSE, VACATE AND ABANDON BOTH ALLEYS IN BLOCK 77 OF THE ORIGINAL TOTINSITE OF THE CITY OF TICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND RESERVING UNTO THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS THE RIGHT TO ENTER SAID ALLEY IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT OR MAINTAIAi SEINER LINES, ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES, TELEPHONE WIRES, GAS LINE AND V!ATER LINE. Moved by Alderman Curd that Ordinance No. 724 be passed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow- ing vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. ---------------------------- Moved by Alderman Patton that the City Clerk be instructed to advertise for bids for the construction of an Amphi-theatre in the Bellevue Park in accordance with plans and specifications which have been presented and approved by the Board of Aldermen on this date. said°bids to be received at 7:30 P. M. March ',M926. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. ---------------------------- The Board of Aldermen then adjourned. Read and approved this the 15th. day of March, 1926. ATTEST: Mayor 0-amity uleric