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Min 04/12/1926Wichita Falls, Texas. Basement City National Bank Bldg., April 12, 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 N. M. Clifford,D Oral Jones, Q P. B. Curd, Q Aldermen J. H. Patton, 4 Frank Queisser,0 W. E. McBroom, City Clerk Al.aE. George, City Attorney The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. ---------------------------------- Moved by Alderman Curd that the Plat and Dedication of the S 1/2 of Block 8, Westmoreland Addition, presented by W. R. Anderson be accepted and approved. IPiotion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. ---------------------------------- Moved by Alderman Jones that the City pay $300.00 toward the cost of remaping the City and School District by John A. Donald, State Land Surveyor. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser -ind carried. --------------------------------- Moved by Alderman Curd that the petition of Master Plumbers for an increase in license fees from $10.00 to $200.00 be referred to Commissioner Patton for his recommendation. Motion seconded by Alderman Clifford and carried. -------------------------------- Moved by Alderman Patton that the City Attorney be in- structed to draft Ordinance amending the present plumbing ordinance to provide for -an increase in the annual fee charged for Master Plumbers license from $10.00 to $100.00. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd. and carried. -------------------------------- Moved by Alderman Clifford that the building inspector be authorized to issue permit to the Magnolia Petroleum Company for the construction of a filling station on Block 36, Jalonic Addition; being 1701 Holliday Street. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. -------------------------------- Moved by Alderman Clifford that the Mayor be authorized to sign a Quit Claim Deed to clear title as to delinquent tax sale of Lots Numbered 1 to 7, inclusive, Block'49, Original Townsite. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. --'- ---------- � Moved by Alderman Patton that the followingresolution be adopted, u on Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following vote: I Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Clifford, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. RESOLUTION. !,1iHEREAS, the North Texas State Hospital, acting by and through the State Board of Control, its duly authorized representative, under the laws of the State of Texas, desires to construct a sanitary sewer line from a point on Speedway Avenue approximately 100 feet west of the west line of the property now held and owned by the 6,ichita Falls Golf and Country Club in said city, and running a southwesterly direction to the North Texas State Hospital, and f^ WHEREAS, the unsanitary condition now existing in the vicinity of the municipal golf club grounds, as well as all the prop- erty adjacent to Holliday Creek throughout the cite limits of said City due to the inadequate sewerage disposal facilities and creating a menace to the health of the inhabitants within the described area, Therefore, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, that authority be and is hereby granted the State Board of Control to connect a sanitary sewer line from the North Texas State Hospital with the sanitary sewer system in the City of Wichita Falls, and provided further that the connection is to be made without charge to the State of Texas, or the Board of Control, and shall remain in full force and effect for a period of ninety-nine years, conditioned however, upon the terms that the City of Wichita Falls, shall have full control over said sanitary sewer line from the north line of the State Hospital lands to the point of connection in said City, and further provided herein that the City of 'Nichita Falls shall have the right to make such other connections with said sanitary sewer line as it may see fit; and it is further provided herein that the North Texas State Hospital will make no other connections with said sanitary sewer line other than the buildings used in connection with its hos- pitals, without the consent of the City of 'Wichita Falls. The City of 1"Jichita Falls agrees to maintain that portion of said sanitary sewer line which lies between the north line of the State Hospital land to the point of connection in said City in the same manner as it maintains its general sanitary sewer "system. - --------------------------------- a Droved by Alderman Clifford that R. L. Yates be authorized to widen the street, for a distance of 80 feet, on the Northeast corner of 9th. Street and Broad Street by setting back the curb approx- imately 8 feet. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. ------------------------------------ The hearing with reference to granting a permit for the construction of a brick business building at 1914 Polk Street was called and after hearing no protests the following motion was put in- Sorder. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the hearing be closed. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. ------------------------------------ Moved by Alderman Clifford that the building inspector be authorized to grant a permit to Morse, Peeler and Vernon for the construction of a business building at the corner of Avenue J and \_ ,; Polk Street being No. 1914 Polk. -I Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried. ------------------------------- Engineers letter :N accepting sidewalks Holliday 15ichita Falls, Texas April 12, 1926 Hon. Mayor and City Commissioners, Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: This is to certify that the pavement on the sidewalks on the East Side of Holliday Street, between Thirteenth and Four- teenth Street, has been completed by L. E. Whitham, in accordance with the Plans and Specifications therefor heretofore filed with your Honorable body. I, therefore, recommend that this pavement be accepted. Respectfully, (Signed) F. M. Rugeley Ci 3' engineer. Roved by -Alderman Clifford that the following resolu- tion be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton? and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Clifford, Jones, Curd, Queisser Nays; None. Form 14- Accepting Sidewalks�;Hol1idag RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE. IMPROVEMENTS ON SIDEWALKS ON THE EAST SIDE OF HOI IDAY STREET, BETIPEEN THIRTEEAiTH AND FOURTEENTH STREET AND DIRECTING THE ?MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEVIED AGAINST THE VARIOUS LOTS OR TRACTS OF LANTD AN*HE 0'°rNERS THEREOF ABUTTING UPON SAID PORTION OF SAID STREET. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, -9IIEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of TITichita Falls has heretofore ordered that the Sidewalks on the East side of Holliday Street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Street be improved by raising grading, and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving same and after due notice and hearing, special assessments were levied against the various lots and tracts of land and the owners there. of abutting upon the said portion of said street, and contract for the making and construction of the said improvements was entered into with L. E. Whitham and Company VIHEREAS, the L. E. Whitham and Company has fully per- formed its said contract and the said improvements have been made and constructed in accordance with the said contract and the specifications therefor, and to the entire satisfaction of this Board; I. That the said improvements on said portion of said street, be and the same are hereby accepted and L. E. Whitham and Company W and the sureties on its construction bond are hereby released of any further obligation for or on account of the contract or bond for the making and constructing of said improvements, C II. That this resolution does not and shall not in any wise effect the bond of the said company for the maintenance of the said improvements, but such maintenance bond shall and does remain in full force and effect. III. That the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby P M4 `4, • ;49 authorized, instructed and directed to issue to L. E. 14hitham and. Company certificates of special assessmen, in evidence of the various assessments levied against the respective lot or parcels of land abutting upon said portion of said street, and the owners thereof, and against i which special assessment has been levied, reciting the description of I such property, the amount of the assessment against same the owner there- of, the terms of payment thereof, the rate of interest, the date of com- pletion and acceptance of the said improvements, the lien of the said assessment and the personal obligation and liability of the owner of the property, and reciting that all proceeding with reference to making such improvements have been regularly had in accordance with the Law, the Charter of said City, the terms of the certificate, and that all prere- quisites to the fixing of a lien and claim of personal liability evidenced by the certificates have been performed and containing other appropriate and pertinent recitals, and in accordance with the contract with the said company and the law in force in the City, and the proceedings of this Board. IV. This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. 1926. PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 12th. day of April A. D. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the City Treasurer be authorized and instructed to call for redemption out of the available sinking fund, as of June 1st. 1926, Street Improvement Bonds series 4, X Dated June 1, 1916- optional June 1, 1926 numbered 1 to 12, inclusive, in the denomination of 0500.00, amounting to $6,000.00. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the bill of the Seagrave Corporation for .$12,250.00 covering the cost of one 750 gallon triple combined pumping chemical and hose car' be approved and allowed and the City Clerk be instructed to draw warrant to cover. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. ORDINANCE NO. 738 SPECIAL ORDINA_CF. AKENDING ORDINA?ICE NO. 710 LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF' IMPROVING A PORTION OF AVENUE "0" IN THE CI Y OF t!'ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AND FOR TIiR. ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Clifford that Ordinance No. 738 be passed on its first reading. following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Clifford, Queisser Nays; None. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the rules requiring Ordinances to be passed on three sep rate days be suspended n emergency declared. o•n3 6 �, Q �:0, following vote; Motion seconded. by Alderman Patton and carried by Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Clifford, Jones, Queisser Nays; ;None. Moved by Alderman Clifford that Ordinance No. 738 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow- ing vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Clifford, Jones, Queisser �. Nays; None. ------------------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 739 SPECIAL ORDINANCE AMTENDING ORDINANCE NO. 707 LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR A PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF AVENUE "M" IN THE CITY OF I"-ICEITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIX- ING A CHARGE -AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY ANDTHE 011NERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFI- CATES, -AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Clifford that Ordinance No. 739 be pass- ed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and 'carried by the follow- ing vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Jones, Curd, Clifford, Queisser Nays; None. J ------------------------------- Moved by Alderman Clifford that the rules requiring ordi- nances to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emer- gency declared. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Jones, Clifford, Curd, Queisser k Nays; None. b ------------------------------- i Moved by Alderman Clifford that Ordinance No. 739 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, Clifford, Queisser Nays; None. --------------------------------- Moved by Alderman Clifford that the bill of L. E. Whitham and Company for patching the Eleventh Street Alley between Alma and Brook, in the amount of $"150.27, less 5% discount, be approved and allowed out of the street fund. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. ------------------------------- Moved by Alderman Queisser that the bill of L. E. 111hitham and Company for constructing drive -ways, side walks and approach at �\ the Gidding Street and Avenue "H" Fire Station in the amount of $632.44 be approved and allowed. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. -------------------------------- Moved by Alderman Clifford that the bill for re -paving the street at the intersection of Avenue "C" and Buchanan Street be re- ferred to the Street Commissioner for approval. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. --------------------------------- Ehgine,�rls Letter 9th. St. Wichita Falls, Texas. April 12, 1.926 Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: r� This certifies that the Plains Paving Company has completed the paving and otherwise improving .of Ninth Street from its intersection with the East Property Line of Tilden Street to its intersection with the East Curb line of Hays Street in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor and I hereby recommend the acceptance of the above described work. Respectfully, (Signed) F. ?J. Rugele y i y ng neer, Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following resolu- tion be adopted. following vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Clifford, Jones, Queisser IQays; None. Form \� RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION ACCE=TING THE VIORK OF PAVING AND OTHER7ISE IMPROVING A PORTION 01 NINTH STREET AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SPECIAL ASSES&MENT CER- TIFICATES. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER'.EN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT. WHEREAS, the City Engineer has certified that the pav- ing and otherwise improving of Ninth Street from its intersection with the East Property Line of Tilden Street to its intersection with the East curb line of Hays Street, has been completed by the Plains Paving Company in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor and t the said City Engineer recommends the acceptance of the said work by the City. NOT, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER- MEN, OF THE CITY OF "ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT said paving and other improvements be and the same are hereby accepted by the City of T"ichita Falls, Texas, and the Mayor, be 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 V,ichita 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 as set forth in the contract, for the above named improvements, all in accordance with the ordinances and resolutions heretofore adopted and passed by the City of !"ichita Falls, with re- ference to the above described improvements. PASSED AND APPROVED this 12th. day of April 1926. i Form 6- Engineerls Letter -Ave. "R" 7"ichita Falls, Texas. April 12, 1926. Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Tlichita Fa.Ils, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Avenue "R" from its intersection with the pavement on Grant Street to its intersection with the East Curb Line of Fairview Boulevard, showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body. As is shown on this report the estimated total cost of the improvement will be 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 $. /y 41,f�lv . The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof for curb will be $ O,S-- per front foot. The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements other than curb will be front foot. The total estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof will be $ per front foot. The estimated damage is nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs and gutters and two inch sheet asphalt (Willite Process) pavement on five inch plain concrete, foundation, all in accordance with the specifications therefor heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. I1,',Ru8ele7 Ulty Engj er. Form No. 7-Avenue "RIt Grant -Fairview adopted. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following resolution be vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curdx Clifford, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINE11F AS TO THE COST OF ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF AVENUE "R" ; FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPER- TY 01"-"NERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE A'OTICE THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERT,.fEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; 'WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Vichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Avenue "R" from its intersection with the Pavement on Grant Street to its intersection with the East Curb Line of Fairview Boulevard 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 -rd it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portions of said street, and not exceeding ninety-eight per cent of the remaining cost of said improvement, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the proper- ty abutting thereon, and against the property owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of laid improvement; 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 the estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property, and the owner thereof, and showing other matters and things required by law andthe City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected; I. THAT a hearing will be given to the owners of property 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 same shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, at 7:30 o'clock P. M., on the day of 192_, and at which hearing and at said time 7 anpiecethe OTE75rso ' 'said property, or any of the, their agents or attorneys or any one else in any way interested either in the said property or in said improvements, or in any 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 the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their said property in enhanced value by means of said improvement, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof, resulting front or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matter or thing in any wise incident ob connected with the said improvement, contract, proceedings or assessment therefor, or the method or manner of paying for same. II. THAT any claim for damages sha'l 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 and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard shall have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly Imaard 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 such lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of each lot or parcel of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceedings with reference to the making or construction of said Improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, levy and make assessments against each such piece or parcel of property and against the ormers thereof in the pro- portion 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 line. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal there- from shall prosecute an appeal in any Court having jurisdiction with twenty (20) days from the date of such hearing is closed and final assessment is levied, and 'hereafter, and all persons, firms, corpor- ations, estates and other parties, shall, after the expiration of the twenty 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 inter ested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the City, which notice shall be in substantially the following form, to-tiiit: "TO THE O"NERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON AVENUE "R" BETIPEEN GRANT STREFT PAVED.E,,T AND FAIRVIMC BOULFVARD ?ND ALL OTHERS I11TERSTED". 16 NOTICE is hereby given of the intention of the city to pro- ceed with the improvement of Avenue "R" from its intersection with the Pavement on Grant Street to its intersection with the East curb line of Fairview Boulevard by raising, grading and filling same and install- ing concrete curbs and gutters where adequate curbs and gutters are not now installed, and paving with Two inch Sheet Asphalt (Will ite Process) pavement on five inch plain concrete foundation, 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 parcels of property benefited by means of such improve- ments and the owners of such lots or parcels of property; and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and parcels of property assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. On the y/s day of ,7 e 192 (�, in the Council Chamber in the City Na ional Ban Building lding in tfie City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 73o 11clock, P. Y., all such owners and their agents or attorneys, or any other persons or parties desiring to be heard, will be fairly 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 lot or parcel of property and the owners thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and are open to inspection, The estimated cost of said improvement is 1 9 9G�rG The estimated amount to be assessed against the property owners is .perliyt, 46 The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is $ 0-5- per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment a ainst property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is S,y3 S.13 per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations or estimates, their agents, or attorneys, desiring to be heard in the matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor the benefits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board at said time and place, HONE .in accordance with Resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the i2.S day of 9or. 1924 City Clerk AND said notice shall be published in said newspaper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the day of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mail- ed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of said notice, such letter to be deposited inthe Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be re- ceived or sent. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 12th, day of April, A. D. 1926 --------------------------------- _�` Engineer's Letter Tichita Falls, Texas. Avenue "S" April 12, 1926 Grant -Fairview Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Wichita Falls, Texas.u,,. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of im- proving Avenue "S" from: its intersection with the pavement on Grant Street to its intersection with the east curb line of Fairview Boule- vard, showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body. k v�D i, As is shown on this report the estimated total cost of the improvement will be The estimated amount payable by the City for this im- provement will be /rCa,ri The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abut- ting property will be $1.7 The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof for curb will be per front foot. The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements other than curb will be y ,r- g7on[ per front foot. The total estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof will be $4_u7 per front foot. The estimated damage is nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs and gutters and two inch sheet asphalt (Willite Process) pavement on five inch plain concrete foundation, all in accordance with the specifications therefor heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Form No. 7-Ave. "S" Grant -Boulevard. Respectfully Submitted, F. 1 . Rugeley Gity Engineer. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPPOVING THF, REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO THE COST OF ASSESSMENT'S FOR THE IMPROVEME NT OF A PORTION OF AVENUE "S" FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY O'''NERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DI- RECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF, AND PRE- SCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF U'I CHI TA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, INHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Avenue "S" from its intersection with the Pavement on Grant Street to its inter- section with the east curb line of Fairview Boulevard and has received estimates, plans and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids -oere received and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portions of said street, and not ex- ceeding ninety-eight per cent of the remaining cost of said improve- ment, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the property owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvement; 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 the estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property, 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; UP THAT a hearing will be given to the owners of property proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said Street, and to all others interested, and same shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the Basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, at 7:30 o'clock P. V. , on the day of 192 and at which hearing qnd at said time and place the owners o said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys or any one else in any way interested either in the said property or in said improve- ments, or in any 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 the owners thereof, and as to the bene- fits to their said property in enhanced value by means of said improve. ment, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof, re- sulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matter or thing in any wise incident or connected with the said improvement, contract, proceedings or assessment therefor, or the 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 pro- vided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter, And other claims or matters may be presented either<arally or in writ- ing, and at such hearing all claims, protests and objections whatso- ever will be passed upon by the Board, and said hearing may be contin- ued from time to time until all desiring to be hoard shall 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 such lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the en- hanced value of each lot or parcel of property by means of said im- provements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceedings with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assess- ments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, levy and make assessments against each such peice 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 an appeal in any Court having jurisdiction with twenty (20) days from the date of such hearing is closed and final assessment is levied, and thereafter, and all persons, firms, corporations, estates and other parties shall after the.expiration of the twenty days from the elvying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting 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 publish- ed in the official newspaper of the City, which notice shall be in substantially the following form, to -wit; "TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON AVENUE "S" BET17EEN PAVEMENT ON GRANT STREET AND FAIRVIEW BOULE- VARD AND ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". NOTICE is hereby given of tjie intention of the City to proceed with the improvement of Avenue "S" from its intersection with the Pavement on Grant Street to its intersection with the East Curb line of Fairview Boulevard by raising, grading, and fill- ing same and installing concrete curbs and gutters where adequate curbs and gutters are not now installed, and paving with Two Inch Sheet Asphalt (Willite Process) pavement on five inch plain concrete foundation, and assessing a portion of the cost of making and con- structipg.such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and parcels of property benefited by means of such improvements and the owners of such lots or parcels of property; and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and parcels of proper- ty assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners there- of.. On the day of 192 in the Council Chamber in the City Na-ional Bank BuTTRng in the City of 117ichita Falls, Texas, at o'clock, P. M., all such owners and their agents or attorneys, or any other persons or parties desiring to be heard will be fairly 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 lot or parcel of property and the owners thereof, are on file in the ofice of the City Clerk and are open to inspection. The estimated cost of said improvement is $i9, The estimated amount to be assessed against the property owners is $ 1-7, 913.c0 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 9 0 o G per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations or estimates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in the matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor the benefits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceed- ings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board 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 12th, day of April, 1926. di y Clerk AND said notice shall be published in said news- paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the day of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cuase 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 letter to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by adver- tisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. 1926. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 12th, day of April, No. 6-Avenue "T" Fairview -Garfield Wichita Falls, Texas. April 12, 1926. Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen; I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Avenue "T" from its intersection with the East Curb Line of Fairview Boulevard to its intersection with the East Curb Line of Garfield Street, showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and by the Proceed- ings of your Honorable Body. As is shown on this report the estimated total cost of the improvement will be $'y,"— The estimated amount payable by the City for this improvement will be g49,7,r The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be $ iz,vo�490 The estimated amount proposed to be assessed agai: the abutting property and the owners thereof for curb will be $ o.so per front foot. The estimated amount proposed to be assessed agaii the abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements other the curb will be ti> L,1 27y/ per front foot. The total estimated amount proposed to be assesses against the abutting property and the owners thereof will. be 4 ( fe 87 9/ per front foot. The estimated damage is nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs and gutters and two inch sheet asphalt (Willite Process) pavement on five inch concrete foundation, all in accordance with the specifi- cations therefor heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) City Engineer. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Clifford, Queisser Nays; None. Form 7- Avenue "T" Fairview -Garfield RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO THE COST OF ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IMPROVE- MENT OF A PORTION OF AVENUE "T" , FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTER- ested, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THERE- OF, AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; WrHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Avenue "T" from its intersection with the East curb line of Fairview Boulevard to its intersection with the East Curb Line of Garfield Street 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 constructing curbs along said portions of said street, and not exceeing ninety-eight 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 property owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will. be benefited by means of said improvement; 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 the estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property, 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 a hearing will be given to the owners of property proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and same shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, at 7:30 o'clock P. 1M., on the day of 192 , and at which hearing and at said —and place the o,.rvnprs of saidpropertyor any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any way interested either in the said property or in said improvements, or in any 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 the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their said property in enhanced value by means of said improvement, 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 matter or thing in any wise incident or connected with the said improvement, contract, proceedings or assessment therefor, or the 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, and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard shall 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 such lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of each lot or parcel of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceedings with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, levy and make 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 an appeal in any Court having jurisdiction with twenty (20) days from the date of such hearing is closed and final assessment is levied, and thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpora- tions, estates and other parties shall after the expiration of the twenty 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 City, which notice shall be in substantially the following form, to -wit: " TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON AVENUE "T" BETWEEN FAIRVIMV BOULFVARD AND GARFIELD STREET AND ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". NOTICE is hereby given of the intention of the City to proceed with the improvement of Avenue "I" from its intersection with the East Curb Line of Fairview Boulevard to its intersection with the East Curb Line'of Garfield Street by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters where adequate curbs and gutters are not now installed, and paving with two inch sheet asphalt (Willite Process) pavement on five inch plain concrete foundation, and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvement against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and parcels of property benefited by means of such improvements and the owners of such lots or parcels of property; and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and parcels of property assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. On the day of 192 in the Council Chamber in the City National Ban, _BU_1-T_d_i_n_g_1n theCityof ITichita Falls, Texas, at O'clock, P. 1A., all such owners and their agents or attorneys, or a_ny­75EKer persons or parties desiring to be heard will be fairly 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 lot or parcel of property and the owners thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and are open to inspection. The estimated cost of said improvement is owners is W I?- The estimated amount to be assess ed against the property The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is $ o.X- per lineal foot of curb, and, The estimated amount of the assessmentapinst property owners and their property for pavement and excavation i.per front foot. ALL persors, firms, corporations or estimates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in th matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessr..ent therefor the benefits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board at said time and place. DONE in accordance with Resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 12th, day of April, 1926. f� (Signed) C y C erk. AND said notice shall be published in said newspaper not less than three times, •ind the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for said hearing, not touting the day of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cuase 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 letter to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 12th, day of April, 1926. -------------------------------- Form No. 6-Engineer's Letter -Fairview Wichita Falls, Texas. April 12, 1926 Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen I I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Fairview Boulevard froT its intersection with the South Property Line of York Street to its intersection with the North prop- erty line of Lexington Street, showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and Iby the proceedings of your Honorable Body. I As is shown on this report the estimated total cost of the improvement will be 5 y 54 The estimated amount payable by the City for this improve- ment will be _e The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be z ��s .d s The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof for curb will be § ;per front foot. The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements other than curb will be $ per front foot. The total estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof will be "y 7. aGst oo� per front foot. The estimated damage is nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs and (gutters and two inch sheet asphalt (Willite Process) pavement on five inch plain concrete foundation, all in accordance with the specifica- jtions therefor heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. ¢I. Rugeley Clay Engineer. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following resolution be adopted. ing vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the follow - Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Clifford, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. Form 7-Fairview York -Lexington RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO THE COST 01+ ASSESSVENTS FOR THE IMPROVE- MENT OF 4 PORTION OF FAIRVIEW BOUL77VARD; FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A H7ARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OSUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER.'EF OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, WHERE4S, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Fairview Boulevard from its intersection with the south property line of York Street to its intersection with the North Property Line of Lexington Street 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 constructing curbs along said portions of said street, and not exceeding ninety-eight per cent of the remaining cost of said improvement, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mention- ed, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon, and against the property owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvement; and the City Engineer has made qnd filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements, and the estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property, 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 a hearing will be given to the owners of property proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said Street, and to all others interested, and same shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the base- ment of the City National Bank Building in the City of Tichita Falls at 7:30 P. M. o'clock on the day of 192 and at which hearing and at said time and place THe -owners of sal property, or any of the, their agents or attorneys or any one else ky in any way interested either in the said property or in said improve- ments, or in any 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 the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their said property in enhanced value bN means of said improvement, 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 matter or thing in any wise incident or connected with the said improvement, contract, proceedings or assez-ment therefor, or the 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, and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard shall 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 de- termine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and Will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each such lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of each lot or parcel of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceedings with reference to the making or construction of said improve- ments, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, levy and make 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. l After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal there- from shall prosecute an appeal in any Court having jurisdiction with twenty (20) days from the date of such hearing is closed and final assessment is levied, and thereafter , and all persons, firms, corpor- ations, estates and other parties shall, after the expiration of the twenty 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 news- paper of the City, which notice shall be in substantially the following form, to -wit; "TO THE O'"NERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON FAIRVIEW BO"UiEVARD BET'tEEN YORK STREET AND LEXINGTON STREET AND ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". NOTICE is hereby given of the intention of the City to pro- ceed with the improvement of Fairview Boulevard from its intersection with the south property line of York Street to its intersection with the north property line of Lexington Street by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters where adequate curbs and gutters are not now installed, and paving with two inch sheet asphalt (Willite Process) pavement on five inch plain concrete foundation, and assessing a portion of the cost of making and con- structing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and parcels of property benefited by means of such improvements and the owners of such lots or parcels of property; and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and parcels of property assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. On the 2 c z;6 day of 61�--� 192 4 in the Council Chamber in the City Neal Bankuilding in the City of Wichita .Falls, Texas, at 7.-. o'clock, P. M., all such owners and their agents or attorneys, or any other persons or parties desiring to be heard, will be fairly 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 lot or parcel of property and the owners thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and are open to inspection. The estimated cost of said improvement is I The estimated amount to be assessed against the property owners is ky,'/8 _ 3-,-- The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is 0.3"3 yper lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is ,per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations or estimates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in the matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor the benefits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board at said time and place. Done in accordance with the Resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of '.".'ichita Falls, Texas, on the 17,W day of �— 1�2 4 yCitClerk A D said notice shall be published in said newspaper not less than times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the day 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 letter to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficent whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 12th, day of April, 1926. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following resolutions be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Clifford, Jones, Queisser Nays: None. Form 5- Kemp-Ave I- RESOLUTION. Giddings. RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO MAKE AND FILE REPORT WITH THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN SHOTING ESTI- MATED COST OF IMPROVEE",ENT OF KEMP BOULEVARD from its intersection with the South property line of Avenue "Q" to its intersection with the North Right-of-way of Wichita Valley Railway Property AVENUE "I", from its intersection with the West Curb Line of Giddings Street to its intersection with the East Curb Line of Bell Street. GIDDINGS STREET, from the intersection with the North Curb Line of Avenue "J" to its intersection with the South Property Line of Avenue "H". BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, TH.',T; WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore orderedthe improvement of the above'streets. by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete -curbs and gutters, and pavement with foundation, and has caused advertisement for bids for the making and construction of the said improvements, to be made and bids therefor have been taken, and said Board has deter- mined to make the same in the said manner and with the Warrenite- Bitulithic Pavement, and concrete foundation, as shown in specifica- tions adopted therefor. up The City Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance with provisions of Section 108 of the City Cliarter, to make and file a re- port with the Board of Aldermen showing thereon the estimated cost of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the City, the proportion to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners of land abutting thereon and benefited thereby, and the owner thereof, the rate per lineal foot proposed to be assessed for curb and the amount to be assessed in each case for curb, and rate per front foot of property proposed to be assessed for excavation, for pavement, and the rate for paving, and the total amount proposed to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof, and such report may show any other matters or things, and shall show the estimated amount of damages, if any, to each piece or parcel of property, and the owner thereof, which will be sustained by reason of said improvements. Such report shall in all respects co — ply with the provisions of the City Charter and with Chapter II of Title 22 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Texas o" 1911, and in all respects comply with the resolutions and other proceedings of this Board with reference to the proposed improvement of said portion of said streets. II. This resoltLtion shall take efi-ect from and after its passage. Form 6-Engineer's Letter -Kemp Wichita Falls, Texas, April 12, 1926. To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of The City of "lichita Palls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Kemp Boulevard from its intersection with the South property Line of Avenue "Q" to its intersection with the North Eight -of -way of Wichita Valley Railway Property, and 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 amount payable by the City for this improvement will be will be e estimated amount payable by the owners of property The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is $_Uy_0 Th estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement is A per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners Cor pavement, including base, is $P_jjy&q_per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed. against property owners, exclusive of the cost of curb, isP' 1_j,0 per front foot. The estimated damage is nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs and gutters and Warrentie-Bitulithic Pavement on Concrete foundation, all in accordance with the specifications therefor heretofore filed with this Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) 4,T"�O-Ugeley City RE, be adopted. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following resolution following vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried, by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Clifford, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. Form7-Kemp Blvd. ,, Ave Q"-W.V. R/w RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIVATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER A°' TO TITE COIT AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IMPROVE- MENT OF KEMP BOULEVARD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "Q" TO ITS INTERSECTION 71TH THE NORTH - RIGHT -OF -"'AY OF ""ICHITA VALTvY RAILMAY PROPERTY; FIXING A TI*+E AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY O)"NERS AND OTHER INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RE!10LVED BY THE BOARD OF il-LDER'IEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, '11HEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Kemp Boulevard from its inter - ,section with the south property line of Avenue "Q" to its intersection !with the north right-of-way of Wichita Valley Railway and has received estimates, plans and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same ind after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received and it has been determined that all of the cost of con- structing curbs along said portioh of said street, and not exceeding ninety-eight per cent of the remaining cost of such improvement, as de- termined 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 improvement; and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improve- ment, and the 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 a hearing shall be given to the owners of property proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and same shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in'the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 o'clock P. M., on the JL/�� day of WQU . A. D. 1926, and at which hearing and at said time an place the o,;ners of said property or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner interested either in the 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 said property in enhanced value by means of said improvement and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvement, or as to any other matter or thing in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvement, contract, proceedings or assessment therefor, or the 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, and said hearing may be continued from timm 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 improvement, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of proper- tyand the owner thereof, the enhanced value of each lot or parcel of property by means of said improvement, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any pro- ceeding with reference to the making or construction of said improve- ments, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy assessments against each such poice 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 and provided by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings of this Board. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute an appeal to any Court having Jurisdiction within 20 days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied, and not hereafter, and all persons, firms, corporations, estates and other parties, shall after the expiration of twenty days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and stopped from 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 City, which notice shall be in substantially the following form to -wit: "TO THE 01PNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTIPG ON KEMP BOULEVARD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "Q" TO ITS INTERSECTION '4'ITH THE NORTH RIGHT - Of -WAY AND ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the city to proceed with the improvement of Kemp Boulevard by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with Tarrentie-Bitulithic Pavement on Concrete foundation, and all lots and land abutting on said street and all lots and land benefited by means Of the said improvement, and ouch 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 2tJ#_ dayf A. D. 1926 in the Council Cham- ber in the City Nar!6nal Bank Bul d' g in the City of Wichita Falls, at 7:30 O'clock P. M. all such owne and their agents or attorneys, or any other persons or parties desiring to be heard, 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 improvement will be determined andthe amounts to be assessed. against each such lot or parcel of land the owner thereof will be de- termined and an assessment therefor will be levied. and and specifications for the improvement, and form of contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, and estimated amount of assessment against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is _IV 1, 35 The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is Q per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations'or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in anywise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the bene- fits thereof, the damages resulting threfrom, or the proceedgins connected therewith, shall beand appear before said Board at said time and place. Done in accordance with resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the day of A.D. 1926. City C er . 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 days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the day of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name qppears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said noticep such letter to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be re- ceived or sent. Passed and approved this 12th, day of April A. D. 1926. ------------------------- Form 6-Fngineerts letter Avenue "I" Wichita Falls, Texas. April 12, 1926 To The Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen of The City of 17,-ichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report ind estimate of the cost of im- proving Avenue "I" from its intersection with the West Curb Line of Giddings Street to its intersection with the East Curb Line of Bell Street and 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 amount payable by the City for this improvement will be 4_31L, U_ The estimated amount payable by the owners of prop- erty will be The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is $-0,YD The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement is yN_%Fdw,q_ per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, including base, is $ 5-A931 per front foot; The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners, exclusive of the cost of curb, is $5,um per front foot; The estimated damages is nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs and gutters and Warrenite-Bitulithic Pavement on Concrete foundation, all in accordance with the specifications therefor h-retofore filed with this Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, S;g�ti7od q FUgiAtPeley Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following reso- lution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Clifford, Queisser Nays; None. Form No. 7-Ave. "Iff Giddings -Bell RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE' REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO THE COST AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF AVENUE "I" FROM ITS lNTFRSECTION WITH THYMST CURB LINE OF GIDDINGS STREET TO TTS INTER- SECTION 7ITH THE EAST CURB LINE OF BELL STREET, FIX- ING A TIMv AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY O-NERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE TFFREOF, AND PRESCRIBING PRE FORM OF SUCH FOTICE. BE IT R7_TSOLVFD BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF' THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; WH'jREP,S, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls has heretofore ordered the improvement of Avenue "I" from its intersection with the West Curb Line of Giddings Street to its int- ersection with the East Curb Line of Bell Street, 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 constructing curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding ninety eight per cent of the remaining cost of such improvement, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the oviners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvement; and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvement, and the estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, andthe owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and tne City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: I. That a hearing shall be given to the owners of proper- ty proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the prop- erty abutting on said portion of said street, andto all others in- terested, and same shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Buildin _n the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 P. I,. O'clock on the Pk day of W�A.D 1926, and at which hearing and at said time and P ace the owners of said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner interested either in the said propetty or in said improvements or in the manner or method of making and constructing ;4* d 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 said property in enhanced value by means of said improvement, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvement, or as to any other matter or thing in anywise incident to or connected with the said improvement, contract, proceedings or assessment therefor, or the 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, and said haring may be eonti&d 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 owners thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvement, and will de- termine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of prop- erty and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of each lot or parcel of property by means of said improvement, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any pro- ceeding with reference .o the making or construction of said improve- ments, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will ther eafter, by oridnance, 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 and provided by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings of this Board. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal there- from shall prosecute an appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within 20 days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corporations, estates and other parties shall, after the expiration of twenty days from the levy- ing of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped from 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 City, which notice shall be in substantially the following form, to -wit; "TO THE 0V'NERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING AVENUE "I" FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE WEST CURB LINE OF GIDnINGS STREET TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE EAST CURB LINE OF BELT. STREET AND ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City to pro- ceed with the improvement of Avenue "I" by raising, grading and fill- ing same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with Warrenite-Bitulithic Pavement and Concrete foundation, and all lots and land abutting on said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvement, 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 f% day of A. D. 1926 in the Council Chamber in the City Nationa Bank Bui ng in the City of Tiehita Falls,at t, 7;30 P. Id. o(clock all such owners and their agents or attorneys, or any other persons or parties desiring to be heard, 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 improvement will be determinedand the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof will be determined and as assessment therefor will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvement, and form of contact and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, and estimated amount of assessment against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. 4=1,947. 59 The estimated cost of the said improvement is owners is �l r�u ,91The estimated amount to be assessed against property 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 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 thereof, the damages resulting therefrom, or the pro- ceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board at saidtime and place. Done in accordance with resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the /z � day of A. D. 192 i City Clerk. And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than Threetimes, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the day or 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 letter to be deposited in the Post Office at Tichita Falls, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertise- ment, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or rot such notice by letter be received or sent, A. D. 1926. Passed and approved this 12 day of April Form 6-Engineer}s letter Giddings St. 11lichita Falls, Texas, April 12, 1926. To The Honorable 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 Giddings Street from its intersection with the North Curb Line of Avenue "J" to its intersection with the South Property Line of Avenue "H" and 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 amount payable by the City for this improvement will be v The estimated amount payable by the owners of property will be $ G zQ O$ The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is 0•40 Th—�"—�-e�st�imated amount to be assessed for excatation for pavement is V� per front foot; 9 The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, including base, is v per front foot;. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners, exclusive of the cost of curb, is ;pL LL 9r per front foot; The estimated damage is nothing in any case./ This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs and gutters and CTarrenite-Bitulithic Pavement on Concrete foundation, all in accordance with the specifications therefor hereto- fore filed with this Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed)F. M. Rugeley City Engineer. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following resolu- tion be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Clifford, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. Form No. 7-Giddings Avenue "J"-Avenue "H" RESOLUTION. I RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO THE COST AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IMPROVE- MENT OF GIDDINGS STREET FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTH CURB LINE OF AVENUE "J" TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "H", FIXING A TIME AND PLACE 'Oft A HEARING TO PROPERTY 017IERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTINTG THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BF IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS THAT, "'HEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of ,"tichita Falls has heretofore ordered the improvement of Giddings Street from its intersection with the North Curb Line of Avenue "J" bo its inter- section with the South Property Line of Avenue "H" 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 constructing curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceed- ing ninety-.'_'-' per cent of the remaining cost of such 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 improvement and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvement, and the 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 pro- ceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected; I. That a hearing shall be given to the owners of property proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and same shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 o' clock'P. it. on the day of ®S .T&A. D. 1926, and at which hearing and at said time an p ace the owners of said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner in terested either in the said property or in -said improvements or in the manner or method or 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 improvement and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to. be sustained by reason of said improvement, or as to any othermatter or thing in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvement, contract, proceedings or assessment therefor,, or the method or manner of paying for same. II. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the mattt�rs 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 pass- ed upon by the Board, and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard.have 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 onwer thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvement, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of each lot or parcel of property by means of said improvement, 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 therafter, by ordinance, make and let7 assesssments against each such peice or parcel of prop- erty and against the owners thereofin the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required and provided by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings of this Board. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to ap- peal therefrom shall prosecute an appeal to any Court having jurisdic- tion within 20 days from the date such hearingis closed and final assessment levied, and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, cor- porations, estates, and other parties shall, after the expiration of twenty days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped from 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 City, which notice shall be in substantially the following form, to -wit; "TO THE OVINERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING GIDDINGS STREET FROM ITS INTERSECTION ""ITH 'HE NORTH CURB LINE OF AVENUE "J" TO ITS INTERSECTION ;�ITH THE SOUTH PROP- ERTY LINE OF AVENUE "H" AND ALL OT!iFRS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intnetion of the City to proceed with the improvement of Giddings Street by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs end gutters and paving with 17arrenite-Bitulithic Pavement on Concrete foundation, and all lots and land abutting on said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvement, and such assessments, .hen 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 It / g*- _ day ofO&JA, A. D. 1926, in the Council Chamber in the City National- B­an`k BuildTn-gin the City of "'ichita Falls at 7:30 o'clock P. M. all such owners and their agents or attorneys, or any other persons or parties desiring to be heard, 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 improvement will be determined andthe amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof will be determined and an assessment therefor will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvement, a"Ad form of contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, and estimated amount of assessment against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is sJj01_XJ owners is The estimated amount to be assessed against property The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against 4property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is .01im _yer front foot. All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in anywise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor the benefits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board at said time and place. G Done in accordance with resolution of the_aoard of Ala of the City of t":ichita Falls, Texas, on the of ,e,rmten _day A. D. 1926. c ]� City Clerk And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than threetimes, and the first of said publications shall appear g not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the day 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 letter to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, P but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by ad- vertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not sunh notice by letter bo received or sent. ryry Passed and approved this the 12th, day of April, 1926 ----------------------------- Idoved by Alderman Jones that the petition for the closing of alley in Block 84A in Highland Addition be received and the City Clerk be instructed to publish notice of hearing to be held at 7:30 o'clock P. M. April 26, 1926 in the Council Chamber in the Basement of the City National Bank Building for the purpose of hear- ing protests. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried. ------------------------------ The Finance Commissioner presented the following P report on financial affairs of the Wichita General Hospital for q the month of March 1926. h i A � Cash Balance '•I 1926 $3, 344.91 Receipts 7,768,69 Disbursements 7,924.46 Balance April lst.1.926 3,18e.94 -------------------------------- The returns of the general city election held on Tuesday, April 6th, were canvassed after which the following motion was put in order: tion be adopted, Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolu- 'Notion seconded by Alderman Clifford and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Clifford, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. RESOLUTION. THAT, THEREAS, at a regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the City of TVichita Falls, Texas, held at its regular meeting place in the Basement of the City National Bank Building in said City on the 12th. day of April, 1926, at which a quorum was present, came on to be considered the returns of the City Election held on the 6th. day of April, 1926 for the purpose of election of a Mayor and two Aldermen for the C9:t7 of Wichita Falls, and tFJ RFAS, it appearing after canvassing the returns of said election that it was duly and legally held in all respects, that were cast at said election 1320_votes, and, that For Mayor ---City Hall Box X. E. Shepherd, received 172 votes For Aldermen City Hall Box. P. B. Curd Received votes 164 Roscoe Station it " 70 J. rat. Junt it " 98 Court House No. 1 For Mayor R. E. Shephered, Received 921 Votes R. E. Huff Aldermen B. A. Station Received 2 Votes J. W. Hunt if 585 " Roscoe Station " 345 ti F. M. Copeland " 1 it Court House No. 2 For Mayor R. E. Shepherd , Received 274 Votes For Aldermen P. B. Curd , Received 265 Votes .T. W. Hunt " 166 Votes Roscoe Station it 105 Votes And it appearing chat R. E. Shepherd received the greatest'number of votes cast at said election for Mayor, that P. B. Curd received the greatest number of votes cast at said election for Alderman Place No. 1 and �1. W. Hunt received. the greatest number of votes cast at said elcticn for Alderman Place No. 2, Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wfichita Falls, Texas, in regular session asseeinbled, that R. E. Shepherd, was duly and legally elected Mayor of the City of Wichita Falls, at said election and that P. B. Curd was duly elected Alderman PlqWNo. 1 of said. C'ty at said election and that J. W. Hunt was duly elected Alderman Place No. 2, of said City at said election and that said election was in all respects legally held in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, the Charter and Ordinances of said City. -------------------------- Mayor R. E. Shepherd, Alderman Curd and Alderman Hunt then took the oath of office and resumed their seats at the Council table. Alderman Clifford retired with the best wishes of the Board. -------------------------- Moved by Alderman Jones that the City Clerk be instructed to advertise for bids for contract to audit the City's books for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 1925 and ending march 31, 1926; said bids to be received at 7:30 P. M. April 26, 1926. 'Motion seconded, by Alderman Curd and carried. --------------------------- The Mayor• presented to the Board of its approval the annual budget for the fiscal year beginning April, 1, 1926 and ending March 31, 1927. After careful consideration and examina- tion the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman Jones that the budget be approved. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried. i A r � ORDINANCE NO. 740. ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OVERNMENT OP' THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGIN- ING APRIL 1, 1926 AND END- ING MARCH 31, 1927 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. f I Moved by Alderman Jones that Ordinance No. 740 be passed on its first reading. ` Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the follow- ing vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Clifford, Queisser Nays; None. ---------------------------- Moved by Alderman Curd that the rules requiring ordinances to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency de- clared. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Clifford, Queisser Nays; None. ----------------------------- I:4oved by Alderman Curd that Ordinance No. 740 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; i Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Clifford, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. ----------------------------- Moved by Alderman Queisser that the City Clerk be instructed to advertise for bids for the construction of a one story brick building to be used as a firestation. Said building to be con- structed on the East sixty (60) feet of Lot 13 and 14, Block 36, Original Townsite. Said bids to be received at 7:30 P. MI. o'clock April 26, 1926 in the Council Chamber in the Basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of V!ichita Falls, Texas. i Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. ----------------------------- Tthe Board of Aldermen then adjourned. Read and approved this the 19th, day of April, 1926. ATTEST;MqtNjor V�tZ!trl!V 44 City -Clerk ffi' 1I i �� � 4