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Min 04/19/1926'Fichita Falls, Texas. Basement City National Bank Bldg., April 19, 1926. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls met in regular session on the above date with the following members present: R. E. Shepherd, Mayor Frank Queisser,� P. B. Curd, Q J. W. Hunt, Q Aldermen f J. H. Patton, Oral Jones, Q W. E. McBroom, City Clerk i W. E. George, City Attorney. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. ----------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 741 AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE NAME OF THAT PORTION OF SIXTH STREET 771HICH LIES BETWEEN SUNSET DRIVE AND FILMORE STREET TO TALUNAR LANE AND .ALSO CHANGING THE NAME OF THAT PORTION OF SEVENTH STREET WHICH LIES BET"EEN VAN BUREN STREET AND FIL.'TORE STREET TO ROBERTS AVENUE. Moved by Alderman Patton that Ordinance No. 741 be passed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; �I Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Queisser and Hunt Nays; None. ---------------------- yl Moved by Alderman Curd that the petition of the Pioneer d Refining Company for a permit t`o construct and operate a brick filling station at 2514 loth. Street be received and a public hearing be held in the Council Chamber for the purpose of hearing protests at 7:30 P. M., May 3rd. 1926. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. i I ---------------------- N The hearing with reference to the application of the Panhandle Refining Company for a permit to construct and operate a filling station at the corner of Avenue "H" and Giddings Street was called and after hearing no protests the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman Queisser that the hearing be closed. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. ---------------------- �� Moved by Alderman Queisser that the building inspector be authorized to issue a permit to the Panhandle Refining Company for the construction of a filling station at the corner of Avenue "H' and Giddings Street. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. ----------------------- Moved by Alderman Jones the the building inspector be authorized to issue a permit to 1". A. Redwine for the construction of a building at 2104 Jasper Street to be used as a grocery store. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and. carried. -Is Moved by Alderman Jones that the petition for a permit to erect a laundry building at 2114 Jasper Street be received and a pub- lic hearing be held in the Council Chamber at 7:30 P. M., May 3rd. 1926 for the prupose of hearing protests. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. ------------------------- Moved by Alderman Patton that the City Clerk be authorized to draw warrant for y25,000.00 payable to Wichita Falls Independence School District to cover the cost of eight (8) lots on Florence Stone Boulevard to be used as a Park instead of 4�24,000.00 as previously instructed. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. -------------------------- Moved by Alderman (Neisser that Joe Long and Associates, be authorized to set back curb within eight (8) feet of their build- ing located at the intersection of Hays Street and Seymour Road. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. ------------------------- The hearing to property owners with reference to paving Harrison Street from 7th. to 10th. Streets was called and after hear- ing protests the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; "Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None, Form 8-Harrison 7th. to 10th. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING WITH' REFERENCE TO IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS THEREFOR ON A PORTION OF HARRISON STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALTS, TEXAS. WHEREAS, by resolution passed and adopted on the 28th day of December, 1925, it was ordered that Harrison Street from its inter- section with the South Curb line of Seventh Street to its intersection with the North Property Line of Tenth Street, be improved in the manner set forth in the said resolution; and thereafter contract was let and entered into with the Plains Paving Company for the making and construction of such improvements; and thereafter the City Engineer filed roll or statement showing thereon the various parcels of property abutting upon said street, with the names of the owners thereof, as far as known, and showing the amounts to be assessed against each par- cel, and showing other matters and things; and such statement having been examined and approved, it was by resolution ordered that hearing be given to all owners of abutting property and to all others inter- ested and a time and place was fixed therefor; and at said time and place, to -wit, the 19th. day of April, 1926, at 7:30 o'clock, P. in the Council Chamber in the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, said hearing was duly had and held, notice of the time and place thereof and of such hearing having been theretofore given in due and proper manner and for the length of time as was proper and at said hearing the following protests were made, to -wit; W. H. Dougherty, fronting 150 feet. And all parties desiring themselves to be heard, their agents, representatives and attorneys, were fully and fairly heard, and evidence was introduced and considered ; and the Board of Alder- men having heard the evidence and having considered same, and having heard and considered all protests and objections made, whether herein enumerated or not, is of the opinion that all protests and objections should be overruled, and that said hearing should be closed; and all errors and other matters requiring, corrections or rectification having been corrected and rectified: THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF."WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: I. All protests and objections, whether herein enumerated or not, be, and the samre are hereby overruled. II, The Board of Aldermen from the evidence finds that in each and every case the property abutting upon the said improvements will be enhanced in value by means of such improvements, in a sum in excess of the amount proposed to be assessed against it therefor; and further finds that the apportionment of the cost of the said improvements made and applied and shown on the Engineer's roll or statement is sub- stantially in proportion to the benefits received by means of the improvements, and that such apportionment is just and equitable, and results in substantial justice and equality between the various par- cels of property and the owners thereof, considering burdens imposed and benefits received. III. That the said hearing, be, and it is hereby closed, and it is ordered that each parcel of property abutting upon the said improve- ments and the owners of such property be assessed in the sums shown on the said roll or statement opposite the description of the respective parcels under the column "Total Assessment" and itemized in the colums preceeding such column; and it is directed that ordinance levying such assessments in accordance with the terms and provisions of the proceedings of the City with reference to said improvements and in accordance with the law and charter be prepared. IV. The Board of Aldermen further finds that the sums assessed against the respective parcels of property do not exceed the amount or proportion authorized by charter and provided by the proceedings of the City; and further finds allother matters and things necessary and prerequisite to this resolution and to such assessments. V. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 19th. day of April, 1926. ----------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 742 ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR A PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF HARRISON STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE 017NERS THEREOF$ PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES. Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 742 be passed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. ------------------- Moved by Alderman Curd ghat the rules requiring ordinances to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency de- clared. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the follow ing vote; Yeas; Aldermen Hunt, Queisser, Curd, Jones, Patton. Nays; None. Moved by Alderman Curd that Ordinance No. 742 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Hunt, Curd, Jones, Patton, Queisser Nays; None. Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 10-Harrison 7th. to 10th. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT "OR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF HARRISON STREET IN TT47 CITY OF WICHITA FALLS; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN S-ME; APPROVING THE CON- TRACTORIS BONDS THEREFOR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE CITYIS PORTION OF THE COST THEREOF. WHEREAS, a contract in writing between the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Plains Paving Company for the improvement of Harrison Street from its intersection with South Curb Line of Seventh Street to its intersection with the North Property Line of Tenth Street, together with the construction and maintenance bonds, required thereby, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval; and WFEREEAS, the bid of Plains laving Company for the making and construction of the improvements provided for in the said contracts, has after due advertisement and notice, been made and upon the opening of the bids said contract was awarded to slid Plains Paving Company; and WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in said con- tract to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls; THEREFORE; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERI'EN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; THAT I. There be and is hereby set aside ­,nd appropriated out of the funds available for that purpose, the sum of Eight Hundred eighty seven and 04/100 (,a887.04) to pay and defray all that portion of the cost of improving said portion of Harrison Street, to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls. II. The said contract and the construction and maintenance bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract in the name of the City. This resolution shall take effect -and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED AND PASSED this the 19th, day of April, 1926. The hearing with reference to paving Eighteenth Street from Broad to Chester was called and after hearing no protests the following motion. was put in order. Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 8- 18th. Broad -Chester RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING TO PROPERTY O"NERS iaND OTHERS INTERESTED 11'ITH REGARD TO IMPROVERiENT OF 16th. STREET FROM THE EFST PROPERTY LIFE OF BROAD STREET TO THE VEST CURB LINE OF CHESTER STREET, AND DETERMINING AMOUNTS OF ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ABUTTING LOTS AND PARCELS OF PROPERTY AND THE OCTNERS THEREOF. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ;,LDFR.IEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FAILS, TEXAS, THAT: Y�HEREAS, the said Board of Aldermen has heretofore order- ed that, 18th. Street from the %Vest Property Line of Broad Street to the %"est Curb Line of Chester Street, in said City be improved by rais- ing, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one course reinforced concrete, and NEREAS, by resolution of the Board of Aldermen passed and approved on the 31st, day of August 1925, it was ordered that a hearing to all owners of property abutting on said portion of said Street above mentioned and to all others interested, be held in the Council Chamber of said Board in the City Natl. Bank Building in_said.City at 7:30 P. M. on the 19th, day of April 1926, and that due notice thereof be given to said parties, and WHEREAS, in accordance withh said resolution due notice of the time and place and object of such hearing was given and such hearing was duly held, and whereas all parties, their agents and attorneys, and all others desiring to be heard, have been fully and fairly heard, and there were no protests. THEREFORE, BY IT RESOLVED BY THE 5.^.In BOARD OF ALDER EN, I. THAT, all protests and objections, whether therein spec- ifically mentioned or not, be aipd the same are hereby over ruled in whole and in part. That the Board of Aldermen finds from the evidence presented thereto that no property will be damaged by means of, or as a result of, an7 of such proposed improvements. It is further declared that the just and proper rule of apportionment of the cost of said improvement is that reported in estimates, statements and reports of the City Engineer filed on the 31st, day of August 1926, and hereto- fore approved by the Board, and that by such plans and rules equality and justice will exist between the various lots and parcels of land shown to be affected thereby, and the respective owners thereof, and the Board further finds that each for or parcel of land abutting on ssid portion of said Street will be benefited in enhanced value by means of such improvements thereon ir. an amount in excess of the por- tion of costs to be assessed against same as shown by said estimates and reports of the City Engineer. II. THAT said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels of land and against the owners thereof, and the City Attorney is here- by directed to prepare and present detail form of assessment Ordinance levying such assessments in accordance with the Charter and Laws in force in this City and in accordance with the Ordinances, and other proceedings applicable.thereto. That said hearing be and is hereby closed as to all parties and as to all said improvements. III. THAT this resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 19th. day of -pril, 1926 i1 ORDINANCE NO. 743 ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PART OF,THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF 18th. STREET IPI THE CITY OF l":ICHI1'A FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE OTNERS THEREOF,` PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATE'S, AND DECLARING AN EP,IERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 743 be passed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Jones, Curd, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. --------------------------- Moved by Alderman Hunt that the rules requiring Ordinances to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency declared. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd., Jones, Hurt, Queisser Nays; None, --------------------------- Moved by Alderman Jones that Ordinance No. 743 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. -------------------------- be adopted. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolutions following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Curd, Patton, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 10-18th _EESOLUTIQN._ Broad -Chester WHFRE�S, contract in writing between City of Wichita Falls and L. E. Whitham and Company for the improvement of the follow- ing street in said City to -wit: 18th. Street from the West Property Line of Broad Street to the West Curb Line of Chester together with contraction bonds and maintenance bonds required thereby, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval; and, "HFRFAS, the Bid of L. E. 17hitham and Company for the making and construction of the improvement provided for in said contracts, has after due advertisement and notice, been made and upon opening of the said Bids, said contract was awarded to the said Company, and WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in the said contract to be paid by the City of !,Iichita Falls: THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, that theire be and is hereby set aside and appropriated out of the funds available for that purpose, the sum of to pay and defray all that portion of the cost of improving said portion of 18th. Street, from the West Property Line of Broad Street to the West Curb Line of C Chester Street. To be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls: The said contract and the construction bond and maintenance bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract, in the name of the City. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its passage, Approved and passed this 19th. day of April 1926. Form 11-18th. Broad -Chester RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, contracts in writing between L. E. Whitham and Company and the City of Wichita Falls, for performing of all work Pof excavation in connection with the improvement of 18th. Street from the West Property Line of Broad Street to the West Curb Line of Chester Street, for the prices named therein and upon the terms therein set forth binding the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, to do and perform all work of excavation upon said street, as is provided in the contract, being one contract for said street are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval, and, WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable to enter into said contract upon the terms set forth therein, and for the compensation therein pro- vided, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas; I. That the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, do enter into con- tracts with L. E. Whitham and Compan^ binding the City to do and per- form all the work of excavation shown in said contract, and on said street, at ind.for the prices and for the terms therein stipulated and set forth. II. V That the said contract is hereby approved and adopted and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and sign the said contract in the name of the City. III. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. Passed and approved this 19th, day of April A. D. 1926 -------------------------- The hearing with reference to paving a portion of Clark Street was called and after hearing protests the following motion was put in order. adopted. Proved by Alderman Patton that the following resolution be Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the follow- ing vote; Form 8- Clark 12th.-llth. RESOLUTION. I RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING TO PROPERTYOWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED "ITT1 REGARD TO II,4PROVEMENT OF CLARK STREET FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF 12th. STREET TO THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 11, AUSTIN SURVEY and DETERMINING A16OUNTS OF ASSESSMIENTS AGAINST ABUTTING LOTS AND PARCELS OF PROPERTY AND THE O NERS THEREOF. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER;°EN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; WHEREAS, the said Board of Aldermen has heretofore ordered that Clark Street from the South Property Line of 12th. Street to the North Line of Lot 11, Austin Survey in said City be improved by raising, grading and filling same rind installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one course reinforced concrete, and I ,0 0 1 '+7HEREAS, by resolution of the Board of Aldermen passed and approved on the 21st, day of December 1925, it was ordered that a hearing to all owners of property abutting on said portion of said street above mentioned and to all others interested, be held in the Council Chamber of said Board in the City National Bank Building in said City at 7:30 P. M. on the 19th. day of April 1926, and that due notice thereof be giver_, to said parties, and WHEREAS, in accordance with said resolution due notice of the time and place and object of such hearing was given and such hearing was duly held, and whereas all parties, their agents and attorneys, and all others desiring to be heard, have been fully and fairly heard, and the following protests were made at said hearing: P?coma Berry, owner of 142 feet abutting this street. protesting against the cost og such improvements and declaring that this is an inopportune time therefor. THER7 ORE, BE IT RE-OLVED BY THE S�ID BOARD OF ALDERMEN, I. THAT, all protests and objections, whether therein specifically mentioned or not, be, and the same are hereby over ruled in whole and in part. That the Board of Aldermen finds from the evidence presented thereto that no property will be damaged by means of, or as a result of, any of such proposed improvements. It is further declared that the Just and proper rule of apportionment of the cost of said improvement is that reported in estimates, statements and reports of the City Engineer filed on the 21st. day of December 1925, and heretofore approved by the Board, and that by such plans and rules equality an,: ,justice wil- exist between the various lots and parcels of land shown to be affected there- by, and the respective owners thereof; and the Board further finds that each lot or parcel of land abutting on said portion of said street will be benefited in enhanced value by means of such improvements thereon in an amount in excess of the portion of costs to be assessed against same as shown by said estimates and reports of the City Engineer. I" THAT said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels of land and against the owners thereof, and the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare and present detail form of assessment Ordinance levying such assessments in accordance with the Charter ;nd Laws in force in this City and in accordance with the Ordin•;nces, and other proceedings applicable thereto. That said hearing be and is hereby closed as to all parties and as to all said improvements. III. passage. THAT this resolution shall take effect from and after its PASSED AND AP:ROVED this 19th. day of April A. D., 1926 ORDINANCE NO. 744 ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSI.1ENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF CLARK STREET IN THE CITY OF' WICHITA FALLS, TEXP3, rIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY ANDTHE OIFNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AID FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGN?,BLE CERTIFICATES, A',iD DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. ^::oved by Alderman Patton that Ordinance No. 744 be pass- ed on its first reading. fallowing vote; otion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, 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 Patton and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones,Hunt, Queisser 1. Nays; None. Moved by Alderman Curd that Ordinance No. 744 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. I Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow- ing vote; I Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. ------------------------- Moved by Alderman Patton that the following resolutions be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 10-Clark 12th, to Lot 11, Austin Survey RESOLUTION. VJHERE�.S, contract in writing between City of h'ichita Falls and L. E. Whitham and Company for the improvement of the following street in said City to -wit; Clark Street from the South Property Line of 12th. Street to the North Line of Lot 11, Austin Survey together with contraction bonds and maintenance bonds required thereby, are this day presented. to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval; and, WHEREAS, the Bid of L. E. 7,1hitham and Company for the mak- ing and construction of the improvement provided for in the said con- tracts, has after due advertisement and notice, been made and -upon" opening of the said Bids, said contract was awarded to the said Company, and !"HEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in the said contract to be paid by the City of Wichita Falls; THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, that there be and is hereby set aside and appropriated out of the funds available for that purpose, the sum ofto pay and defray all that portion of the cost of improving said portion of Clark street from the South Property Line of 12th. Street to the North Line of Lot 11, Austin Survey to be paid for by the City of V.Tichita Falls; The said contract and the construction bond and maintenance i bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract, in the name j of the City. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. I Approved and passed this 19th. day of April 1926. Form 11-Clark 12th. N.L.Lot 11 ' RESOLUTION. Austin Survey 17HERF.AS, contracts in writing between L. E. Vi7litham and Company and the City of Wichita Falls, for performing of all work of excavation in connection with the improvement of Clark Street from the South Property Line of 12th. Street to the North Line of Lot 11, Austin Survey for the prices named therein and upon the terms therein set forth binding the City of ?"ichita Falls, Texas, to do and perform all work of excavation upon said street, as is provided in the contract, being one contract for said street, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval, and, WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable to enter into said con- tract upon the terms set forth therein, and for the compensation there- in provided, Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas; I. That the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, do enter into contracts with L. E. Whitham and Company binding the City to do and perform all the work of excavation shown in said contract, and on said street, at and for the prices and for the terms therein stipulated and set forth. II. That the said contract is hereby approved and adopted and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and sign the said contract in the name of the City. its passage. That this resolution shall take effect from and after Passed and approved this 19th. day of April A. D. 1926 The hearing with reference to paving Avenue "F" from Monroe Street to Polk Street was called and after hearing protests the following motion was put in order. be adopted. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the Form 8- Ave. F Monroe -Polk Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED 17"ITH REGARD TO IMPROVEMENT OF AVENUE "F" FROM THE WEST PROPERTY LINE OF MONROE STREET TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF POLK STRFTT, AND DETERMINING AMOUNTS OF ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ABUTTING LOTS AND PARCELS OF PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER.'EN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA F�LTS, TEXAS, THAT; 77HEREAS the said Board of Aldermen has heretofore order- ed that Avenue "Ell from the West Property Line of Monroe Street, to the East Property Line of Polk Street, in said City be improved by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one course reinforced concrete, and WHEREAS, by resolution of the Board of Aldermen passed and approved on the 18th. day of January 1926, it was ordered that a hearing to all owners of property abutting on aid portion of said street above mentioned and to all others i n teAted, be held in the, Council Chamber of said Board in the City National Bank Building in said City at 7:30 P. M. on the 19th, day of April 1926, and that due notice thereof be given to said parties, and THERE,LS, in accordance with said resolution due notice of the time and place and object of such hearing was given and such hearing was duly held, and whereas all parties, their agents and attorneys and all others desiring to be heard, have been fully and fairly heard, and the following protests were made at said hearing: J. W. Pond, owner of 150 feet fronting on this street protesting against the cost of such improvements and declaring that this is an inopportune time therefor. THEREFORE, BE IT RFSOIVED BY THE SAID BOARD OF ,.LDERTmEN, I. THAT, all protests and objections, whether therein specifi- cally mentioned or not, be, and the same are hereby over ruled in whole and in part. That the Board of Aldenmen finds from the evidence presented thereto that no property will be damaged by means of, or as a result of, any of such proposed improvements, It is further de- clared that the just and proper rule of apportionment of the cost of said improvement is that reported in estimates, statements and reports of the City Engineer filed on the 19th, day of April 1926, and hereto- fore approved by the Board and that by such pl,ns and rules equality and ,justice will exist between the various lots and parcels of land shown to be affected thereby, and the respective owners thereof; and the Board further finds that each lot or parcel of land abutting on said portion of said Street will be benefited in enhanced value by means of such improvements thereon in an amount in excess of the portion of costs to be assessed against same as shown by said estimates and reports of the City Engineer. II. THAT said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels of land and against the owners thereof, and the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare and present detail form of assessment Ordinance levying such assessments in accordance with the Charter and Laws in force in this City, and in accordance with the Ordinances, and other proceedings applicable thereto. That said hearing be and is hereby closed as to all parties and as to all said improvements. III. passage. THAT this resolution shall take effect from and after its PASSED A14D APPROVED this 19th. day of April, A. D. 1926. ORDINANCE NO. 745 ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESS::iENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF AVENUE "F° IN THE: CITY OF WICHIT.A FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE O'"NERS THEREOF, PROVIDINIG FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSE SS o`ENTS, A -ND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, AND DECLARING AN EVERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Curd that Ordinance No. 745 be passed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. --------------------------- Moved by Alderman Hunt that the rules requiring Ordinances to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency de- clared. Motion seconded by Alderman Tones and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 745 be passed on its third and final reading and be.adopted as read. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser N?ys; None. r DES be adopted. following vote: Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolutions Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form(DAve. "F" Monroe -Polk RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, contract in writing between City of Wichita Falls and L. E. Whitham and Company for the improvement of the follow- ing street in said City to -wit; Avenue F from the West Property Line of Monroe Street to the East Property Line of Polk Street to- gether with contraction bonds and maintenance bonds required thereby, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval; andp WHEREAS, the Bid of L. E. Whitham and Company., for the making and construction of the improvement provided for in the said contract, has after due advertisement and notice, been made and upon opening of the said Bids, said contract was awarded to the said Company, and "'HEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and pro- vide for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in the said contract to be paid by the City of Wichita Fall; THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of lVichita Falls, that there be and is hereby set aside and ap opr.ated ou of the funds available fDr that purpose, the sum of rd to pay and defray all that portion of the -.0ir, 0 improving said portion of Avenue "F" from the 'Nest Property Line of Monroe Street to the East Property Line of Polk Street to ne paid for by the City of Wichita Falls; The said contract and the construction bond and main- tenance bond, be and the same are hereby approved end adopted, and the Mayor is hereby authoriz.ed to execute and sign the said contract, in the name of the City. its passage. That this resolution shall take effect from and after Approved and passed this 19th, day of April, 1926. Form 11-Ave F Monroe -Polk RESOLUTION. THEREAS, contracts in writing between L. E. Whitham and Company and the City of Wichita Falls, for performing of all work of excavation in connection with the improvement of Avenue "F" from the West Property Line of Monroe Street to the East Property Line of Polk Street for the prices named therein and upon the terms therein set forth binding the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to do and perform all work of excavation upon said street, as is provided in the con- tract, being one contract for said street, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval, and, WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable to enter into said con- tract upon the terms set forth therein, and for the compensation there- in provided, Therefore, be it resolved b,T the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas; I. That the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, do enter into contracts with L. E. Whitham and Company binding the City to do and perform all the work of excavation shown in said contract, and on said street, at and for the prices and for the terms therein stipulated and set forth. II. That the said contract is hereby approved and adopted and the Yayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and sign the said contract in the name of the City > passage. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its Passed and approved this loth, day of April A. D. 1926. -------------------------- Engineer's Letter accepting Warford St. Wichita Falls, Texas. April 19, 1926. Hon. Mayor and City Commissioner, Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: This is to certify that the pavement on 'A'arford Street, from the South Property Line of Seventh Street, to the North Property Line of Eighth Street has been completed by L. E. Whitham and Company, 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. I'd. Rugeley City Engineer.' Moved by Alterman Hunt that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Hunt, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. Form 14-Warford 7th.- Sth. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE IdPROV7M.ENTS ON (';AFFORD STREET FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF SEVENTH STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF EIGHTH STREET, AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY- C]ERK TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEVIED 4GAINST THE VARIOUS LOTS OR TRACTS OF LAND AND THE OI°NFRS THEREOF ABUTTING UPON SAID PORTION OF SAID STREET. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER;EN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls has heretofore ordered that i4!arford Street from the South Prop- erty Line of Seventh Street to the North Property Line of Eighth Street be improved by raising, grading, and filling same and install- ing 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 wnd the owners thereof abutting upon the said portion of s,iid street, and contract for the making an construction of the said improvements was entered into with k E. U�{u�. 'C=REAS, the said 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 samre are hereby accepted and L. E. Whitham and Co., 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. II. That this resolution does not and shall not in anv 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. That the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby authorized, instructed, and directed to issue to L. E. Whitham and Company certificates of special assessment in evidence of the various assessments levied against the respective lot or parcels of land abut- ting upon said portion of said street, and the owners thereof, and against which special assessment has been levied, reciting the des- cription of such property, the amount of the assessment against same, the owner thereof, the terms of payment thereof, the rate of interest, the date of completion 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 prerequisites to the fixing of a lien and claim of personal liability evidenced by the certificates have been performed and containing other apprepriate 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. PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 19th, day of April, A. D. 1926 -------------------------- Engineer's Letter accepting Alley Block 165 Wichita Falls, Texas. April 19, 1926. Hon. Mayor and City Commissioners, Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: This is to certify that the pavement on Alley Block 165 from the South Property Line of Seventh Street to the Pavement has been completed by L. E. Whitham and Company, in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor heretofore filed with your honorable body. I, therefore, recommend that this pavement be accepted. Respectfully, (Signed)'in! g 1T eue-F!ley Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 14-Alley Block 165 from 7th. to RESOLUTION. pavement RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE IMPROVEMENTS ON ALLEY BLOCK 165 FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF SEVENTH STREET TO THE PAVEMENT AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEVIED AGAINST THE VARIOUS LOTS OR TRACTS OF LAND AND THE 017'NERS THEREOF ABUTTING UPON SAI-) PORTION OF SAID STREET. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERYinT OF THE CITY OF ",'IC-ITA FAILS, !'!hereas, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls has heretofore ordered that Alley Block 165 from the South Property Line of Seventh Street to the pavement, be improved by rais- ing, grading, and filling same and installing concrete crubs and gutters and paving wame and after due notice and hearing, special assessments were levied against the various lots and tracts of land and the owners thereof abutting uponthe said portion of said street, and. contract for the making and construction of the said improvements was entered into with 11r11EREAS, the said L. E. Whitham and Company has fully performed its said contract and the said improvements have been made and constructed in accordance with the said contract and the specifi- cations 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. Unitham and Company, 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 construction of said improvements, 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. That the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby authorized, instructed, and directed to issue .to L. E. Whitham and Company, certificates of special assessment, 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 which special assessment has been levied, reciting the description of such property, the amount of the assessment against same, the owner thereof, the terms of payment thereof, the rate of interest, the date of completion and acceptance of the said improve- ments, the.lien of the said assessment and the personal obligation and liability of the owner of the property, and reciting that all pro- ceeding with reference to making such improvements have been regular- ly had in accordance with the Law, the Charter of said City, the terms of the certificate, and that all prerequisites 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. PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 19th. day of April A.D. 1926. Moved by Alderman Patton that the bill of A. F. Kerr, District Clerk, in the amount of $30.95 covering the court costs in the T. B. Landers injunction suit be approved and allowed. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. ---------------------------- 1 Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution Abe adopted. r1 Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Plays; None. STATE OF TEXAS Q TICHIT,A COUNTY Q BE IT KNO'`,,N that at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Nichita Falls, Texas, regularly held on the 19th. day of April A. D. 1926, it was called to the attention of the Council that on the 12th. day of April, A. D. 1926, R. E. Shepherd, Et 1 6 • N s N4 on behalf of the City of V"ichita Falls, Texas, executed a quit claim deed to E. L. Persons covering the West 1/2 of Lots Nos. 13 and 14, Block 166, original town of Wichita Falls, Texas, which deed was attested by W. E. McBroom, City Clerk, and which deed was executed in an emergency, it appearing that all taxes against said property had been paid and said deed was required as evidence of redemption of I delinquent taxes for which said property had been conveyed by the Citv Tax Collector many years ago, and it appearing that it was proper for the Mayor and the City Qlerk of 'Nichit a Falls, Texas, to execute and attest said deed, it etas moved by Alderman Jones and`!g,_. seconded by Alderman Curd, that the execution and delivery of said deed and its attentation be ratified and confirmed, which motion on being presented to the Council by the Mayor was unanimously carried. I, W. E. McBroom, City Clerk, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an excerpt from the minutes of the regular meeting of the City Council held on April 19th. 1926. City Clerk of Wichita Falls, Texas. Moved by Alderman Curd that the City Clerk be instructed to advertise for bids for the construction of a siphon under the water ditch at the end of Cherokee Street. Said bids to be received at 7:30 P. M., April 26, 1926. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. ORDINANCE NO. 746 ORDINANCE RECOGNIZING ?HE OBLIGATION TO L. F. WHITHAM AND COIPANY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF BELLEVUE PARK IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, BY THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CURB, GUTTER AND STREET ADJACENT THERETO, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUA14CE OF $3538.30 INTEREST BEARING TI'i�?E WARRANTS IN PAYMENT THEREFOR AIdD LEVYING A TAX TO PAY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST THEREOF AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Patton that Ordinance No. 746 be passed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote: i I Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. ---------------------------- Moved by Alderman Patton that the rules requiring Ordinances to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency declared. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. --------------------------- Moved by Alderman Patton that Ordinance No. 746 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. Tiotion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; Kone. --------------------------- Moved by Alderman Patton that the Mayor be authorize to issue deed to A. L. Ford conveying.Lot No. 2, Block B, Riverside Cemetery to him upon evidence of ownership on file in the office of the City Cleric. i Ialotion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried, ------------------------- voved by Alderman Jones that the following resolutions be adopted. Motion seconded by alderman Hunt and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 5-Lee, Bridge, Bridge, N. 4th, Hays, RESOLUTIOI•t.. -' v. 8th, N. 9th, N. 6th. N. 5th, Ave"N,'Ave. A. RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TOIrIAKE AND FILE REPORT 17ITH THE BOARD OF ALDERTMEN SHO79ING ESTIMATED COST OE IMPROVE;"ENT OF A PORTION OF • Cer+teY LEE Street from the akRi,� line of Front Street to the North curb line of Second Street, i BRIDGE street from the pavement'to the -center line of Front street i FRONT street from the !Jest Property Line of Bridge Street to the East Property Line of Lee Street, NORTH FOURTH Street from the East Property Line of North Broadway to the East Property Line of Grand Avenue, Hr_YS Street from the North Property Line of Cumberland Avenue to the South Curb Line of Ozark Avenue, NORTH EIGHTH Street from the East Property Line of North Broadway to the East Property Line of Linwood Avenue, NORTH NINTH Street from the !P?est Curb Line of North Brook Avenue to the East Curb Line of Linwood Avenue, NORTH SIXTH Street from the West Curb Line of Brook Avenue to the East Curb Line of Vermont Street, NORTH FIFTH Street from the Wast Curb Line of Grand Avenue - to the West Curb Line of Brook•Ave., AVENUE "N", from the East Curb Line of Garfield Street to Grant Street, I the Pavement on � a AVENUE "A", from. the East Property Line of Monroe Street to the west Property Line of Tyler Street BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER':.EN OF THE CITY OF 47ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; :HEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of the above streets, by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and pavement with foundation and has caused adver- tisements to be made for bids for the making and construction of said improvements to be made and bids therefor have been taken, and said Board has determined to make the same in the manner described and with one -course reinforced concrete as shown in the specifications adopted therefor. NOT, THEREFORE, I. The City Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance with provisions of Section.106 of the City Charter, to make and file a report with .the Board of Aldermen showing thereon.the estimated total 9 E. cost of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the City, the proportion thereof to be assessed against the abutting property, and the owners of land abutting thereon and benefited there- by, andthe owners thereof, the rate per lineal foot proposed to be assessed for curb, andthe amount to be assessed , in each case, for curb, the estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot, the rate per front foot of property proposed to be assessed for improvement other than curb, the total amount proposed to be assessed against each lot or parcel of landthe owners thereof, and such report may show other matters or things and shall show the esti- mated amount of damages, if any, to each peice or parcel of property, and the owners thereof, which will be sustained by reason of said im- provements. Such report shall in all respects comply with the resolu- tion and other proceedings of this Board with reference to the proposed improvement of said portion of said street. II. This resolution shall take effect fromand after its passage. Passed and approved this the 19th. day of April, A. D. 1926 Form 6-Engineer's Letter Lee Street Front -Second Wichita Falls, Texas. April 19, 1926 To The Mayor And Board Of Aldermen, of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen; I hand you �e� .e�.With report and estimate ofthe cost of Improv- ing Lee Street from Line Front Street to the North Curb Line of Second Street., showing the amount to be assessed against such prop- erty owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body; As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be C The estimated amount payable by the City for this improvement will be ."° -, F_' ,G The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is Z o..z" The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pave- ment per front foot is The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is rp 7.61.✓,1g per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is §__Zjk .«y per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one course reinforced concrete all in accordance with the s ecifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted., (Signed) F. M. Rugeley City g neer. Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the follow- ing vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Q,ueisser Nays; None. I Form 7- Lee N. Curb Line RESOLUTION. of 2nd. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COSTC ,,44lkSSESSIMENTT FOR THE I14PROVEMENT OF LEE STREET FROM 949 LINE OF FRONT STREET TO THE NORTH CURB LINE OF SECOYD STREET, FIXING A TIIAE AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS'INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK To GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERVEN OF THE CITY OF VVICHITA PALLS, TEXAS, THAT, ?WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of 'Fichits. Falls, has heretofore orderedthe improvement of Lee Street from Curb Line of Front Street to the North Curb Line of Second Street and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of samd and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been deter- mined that all of the cost of construct* rbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding Ninetj;6e) per cent of the remain- ing cost of said improvements, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the proper- ty that will be benefited by means of said improvements and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 19th. day of April 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners- - proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of 7'ichi.ta Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. m. O'clock on the 4 1 ,0_1 day of 1926, and at which hearing and at said TTm__e__a_n_d`p1a-ce the _o4ne!Ps&of-said property or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any spanner interested either in said property or in said improvements, or 'in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly hears as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners there- of resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form pro- vided 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, objections ections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be con- tinued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have b-en fully hears, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will there- after, by ordinance, make and levy assessments aglinst each such piece or parcel of property and against the owners 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 lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal in any Court Having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpor- ations, estates, And other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or assert-] ing any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substan- tially the following form, to -wit: "TO THE OIATN R OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON LEE STREET F WINE OF FRONT STREET TO NORTH CURB LINE OF SECOND STREET AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Texas to proceed with the improvement of Lee Street from the Line Line of Front Street to Forth Curb Line of Second Street, by raising, grading, and filling same and installing con- crete curbs and gutters and paving with one course reinforced con- crete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof. On the LZ _day of A. D. 1926, in the CTty National Bank BuIlding in the City of Council Chamber in thT a-Alet 'Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is 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 there- for, the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Vichita Falls, Texas, on the 19th day of April A. D. 1926. (Signed) E. McBroom M ­ty—C-1 e —rk And said notice shall be published in said paper not less) than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each oWvner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED ANT.) APPROVED THIS 19th, day of April A. J). 1926 -------------------------- Form No. 6-Engineerys Letter Bridge to center line of Front Wichita Falls, Texas, April 19, 1926. To The Mayor And Board of Aldermen, of the City Of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Bridge Street from the Pavement to the Center Line of Front Street showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as requited by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be $ 9 y 7.-, 47 The estimated amount payable by the City for this improvement will be � 3,1,47V The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be � - The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is $ d. ice The estimated amount to bd assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is $,_"�_per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one course reinforced concrete all in accordance with the specifications there- of heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F, M. R Iy CiTV EnR MIN near, 'oved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 7- Bridge Pavement -Center line of Front St, RESOLUTION. R-RggCLUTIOX ARFROV�NTG �IAI,i THE _d Y . - R1.$9HAfi?Y.NTIHFT IMPROVEMENT OF BRIDGE STREET FROM TFF PAVENTENT TO THE CENTER LINE OF FRONT STREET, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY O"TERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AYD DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE TFEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FOR',,r,, OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF AIDERNIEV OF THE CITY OF WICHITA F,?LLS, TEXAS; THAT, V]iEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Bridge Street from the. Pavement to the Center Line of Front Street and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of sane and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were re- ceived, and it has been determined that all of the cost of construct- i t curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding ninet ( A) per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as deter- *t mined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 19th, day of April 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock on the g6t _day of 1926 and at which hearing and at said time and place the Owners of said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner interested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly hears 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 bene- fits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof, resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the natters and things ii. the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have beer fully and fair- ly 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 improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner, thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference to the making or con- struction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments there- for, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and. lety 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 pro- ceedings of tlis Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date, such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corporations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and esto;"ted in any manner doubint or resisting same or assert- ing any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substan- tially the following form, to —wit: TO T117 O"VNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON BRIDGE STREET FROM THE PAVE,*,'HNT TO TH1 CNETER LINE OF FRONT STREET AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED" Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, to proceed:pith the improvement of Bridge Street from the pavement to the Center Line of Front Street by rais- ing, grading and filling sane and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. On the /,.& day of .6ce— A. D. 192 C , in the Council Chamber in the City National ank Bui ngin the Cit—y—o-T Wichita Falls, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, ob ' iections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined ind the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications Cor the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the Citv Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is $'4 The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is $ per front foot. -Z.-E �` All persons, firms, corporation, or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment there- for, the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of 17ichita Falls, Texas, on the 19th, day of April, A. D. 1926. City Clerk And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at 10fichits. Falls, Texas, J but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement sha',l be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, i PASSED AND APPROVE-) THIS 19th, day of April, A. D. 1926. ------------------------- Form 6- Engineer's Letter Front Street Bridge -Lee hlichita Falls, Texas. April 19, 1926 To The Hon, Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of hfichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Front Street from the ;Priest Property Line of Bridge Street to the East Property Line of Lee Street showing the amount to be assessed against such property ors=ners, etc., as reouired bti the Char- ter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be $ The estimated amount payable bL the City for this improvement will be 4 7j7.'cq The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutt- ing property will be w 43 0, �� The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is p, tca The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is--' The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is $ 7 .,7 per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is Sri 7 fb6z7 per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and. report is based upon one course reinforced concrete all in accordance with the specifications there- of heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. M. Rugeley CTT-7-Fn—gineer. Moved by be adopted. Aldermen Jones that the following resolution Niotion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, .Tones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 7- Front Bridge -Lee RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE' REPORT AND ESTI::iATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSM771T FOR THE IMPROVE-1ENT OF FRONT STREET FRO! THE VVEI!T PROPERTY LINE OF BRIDGE STREET TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF LEE STREET, FIXING A TI'1E AND PLACE FOR A HRAF71G TO PROPERTY 01'NFRS AND OTHERS IN- TERESTED, kND DIRFCTIFG TH- CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBIT-G T!!7 FOR!'J OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD 0' ALDEPRIVIEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA. FAILS, TEXAS, THAT, WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of,kilichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Bridge Street from the 'rest Property Line of Bridge Street to the East Property Line of Lee 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 constru t* curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding ninet4M) per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as determindO_ at the hearing hereinafter men- tioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimat- ed 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 qnd the proceedings of t',is Board for such re- ports, and same has been examined and corrected: if That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 19th. day of April 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. M, That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. IA. o'clock on the 411- day of 192 6 . and at which hearing and at said timeanyplaceain=place the oriners ofsaidproperty, or any of them, theiz, agents or attorneys, or any one else in any man- ner interested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise inci- dent to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceed- ings, or assessments thereofpor 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 obiections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference to the making or con- struction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments there- for, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy assessments against each such peice or parcel of property and against the owners there- of in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal '-0 any court having juris- diction within twenty (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 twont5 (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or assert- ing any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantially the following form, to -wit: "TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON FRONT STREET PROW THE WEST PROPERTY LINE OF BRIDGE STR,-�T TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF LFE STREET ANDTO ALL OTHERS IFTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of Front Street from the 1,est Property Line of Bridge Street to the East Property Line of Lee Street, by raising, grading and filling same and install- ing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making 9nd constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, ,nl14 such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upo n the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. On the 6,f- day of �— A. D. 192 in the Coun- cil Chamber in the City National Bank Bui-Ming in the Cif of Wichita Falls, at 7:30 P. M. otclock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages re- sulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is 0&/ J: The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is Y J-3.3-41 The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is aa per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against proper- ty owners and their property for pavement and excavation is -V 7,rO 6 p%r front foot. All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolttion of the Board of Aldermen of the City of "'ichita Falls, Texas, on the 19th, day of April, A. D. 1926. (Signed) W. E. McBroom City Clerk I And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) d"ys prior to the date set for said hear- ing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice such notice to be deposited ir. the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect Rnd be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED TTTTS 19th, day of April, A. D. 1926. -------------------------- Form No. 6-Engineer's Letter N. 4th. St., N. Broadway -Grand Ave. Wichita Falls, Texas. April 19, 1926 To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen, of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving North Fourth Street from the East Property Line of North Broadway to the East Property Line of Grand P.venue showing the amount to be assessed against such property, owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body. As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be 4 C 7 1 will be P The estimated amount payable by the City of this improvement nE7 _7-. J-Y The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be :$ The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is N ,.a - The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot X- The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is $,1j3,i.58 per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one -course reinforced concrete all in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully Submitted, Signed ii&A .......... . UT ty � Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution be adopted. I Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the follow- ing vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. I Form No. 7- N. 4th, N. Broadway -Grand Ave. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTI-F * �TE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESS"VIENT FOR THE IM- PROVE7ENIT OF NORTH FOURTH STRE-T FROM THE ,AST PROP- ERTY LINE OF NORTH BROADVTAY TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF GRAND AVENUE; FIXING A TI19E AND PLACE FOR A HEAR- ING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND, DIRECTING THE CITY CLERY, TO GIVE NOTICE TITEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING THE F.ORV OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALCER-,'FPT OF THE CITY OF ICFITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, 7iERE4S, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls,' has heretofore ordered the improvement of North Fourth Street from the East Property Line of North Broadway to the East Property Line of Grand Avenue and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due adver- tisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the cost of construct curbas, along said por- tion of said street, and not exceeding ninet��V per cent of the re- maining cost of said improvements, as determined at the hearing herein after mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his re- port and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed ggainst each lot or parcel of land, and the owners there- of and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter andthe proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 19th, day of April, 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvement;, being the property abutting on said portion of s-id street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building ie City 0,111i(jhita Falls, Texas'at 7:30 P. Y. O'clock on the Jk-r,03 day of 19 2\,o , and at which hearing and at said time and place the o aid property, or any of the, their agents or attorneys, or an,;Vur:�.:­., in any manner inter- ested either in 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 proper- ty in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connected, with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters end 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 orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be con- tinued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will de- termine the lob or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment and in any proceeding with re- ference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levy- ing of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and 4 Cu levy 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 assess- ments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdic- tion within twenty (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 (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantially the following form -to -wit: "To THE' 0 ITERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON NORTH FOURTH STREET FROM THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF VORTH BROAD7AY TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF GRAND AVENUE AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED" Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, to proceed with the improvement of North Fourth Street from the East Property Line of North Broadway to the East Property line of Grand Avenue by raising, grading, and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one course reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof. On the ?,l �L day of in the 'Council City National T 'id' Chamber in the Ci ;64i 1�g'?n_'_tFe City of 7"ichita Falls, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protetts, objections, or claims will be fully -and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is $ 4.1,go. cJ The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is 0.ceo 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 things in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the bene- fits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Alder- men 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 19th. day of April, A. D. 1926. (Signed) -- ill. E. McBroom City Cl And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, not count- ing the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texa;, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED ­D APPROVED T"IS 19th. day of April A. D. 1926 Form No. 6 Engineerts Letter Hays Street, Cumberland -Ozark Ave. Wichita Falls, Texas. April 19, 1926 To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Hays Street from the North Property Line of Cumberland Avenue to the South Curb Line of Ozark Avenue showing the amount to be assessed - agAinst such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be The estimated amount payable by the City for this im- provement will be The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be $ The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is � The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is $ per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is $ per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one course re- inforced concrete all in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F,M. Rugeley 'EyE e e 'I er be adopted Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form No. 7-Hays Cumberland -Ozark Ave. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST ^..ND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IMPR0VEMENT OF HAYS STREET FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF CUI.IBERLAND AVENUE TO THE SOUTH CURB LINE OF OZARK AVENUE; FIXING A TIME 477) PLACE FOR A BEARING TO PROPERTY OTNERS AND OTHERS INTERSTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMIEN OF THE CITY OF MIC$IT',. FALLS, T+XAS, THAT; WHERPAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of "I'ichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Hays Street from the North Property Line of Cumberland Avenue to the South Curb Line of Ozark Avenue 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 re- ceived and it has been determined that all of the cost of construct - in curbs along s^id portion of said street, and not exceeding ninety- (91) per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as deter- mined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or Parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected; That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 19th, day of April 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners pro- posed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Buildin i the City f 17ic ita F,a lls, Texas, at 7:30 P. 14. o'clock on the day of 192•1( , and at whic7a hearing and at said time n ace the ov ers of said property or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner interested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improve- ments, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or con- nected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same, III. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form pro- vided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other claims or matters may be presented ether orally or in writing ® and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be contined from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, a,nd .ill determine the lots or parcels benefited by Ica means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages,if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the n ced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying Of assessments therefor, and will thereafter by ordinance, make and levy assessments against each such pi6ce or par- cel of property and against the owners thereof in the Proportion pro- vided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms re- quir6d 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 shallprosecute and appeal to any Court haVing jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all p rsons, firms, corpor- ations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubint 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 interestedby causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City,.which notice shall be substantially the following form, to -wit: "TO THE 0 ... NERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON HAYS STREET FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINK OF CUMBERLAVD AVENUE TO THE SOUTH CURB LINE OF OZARK AVENUE aNDTO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED." Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of Hays Street from the North Property Line of Cumberland Avenue to the South Property Line of Ozark Avenue, by raising, grading, filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced con- crete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of Property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against -he owners thereof. On the day of�A.il), 192,19 , in the dCouncil Chamber in theC?tTyNationalng in th�e City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 D. m. 'k, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said improvements rill be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer Ishowing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is i he estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is 0 The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is t`p per lineal foot of curb; and, I _L The estimated amount of the assessment again t ro erty o�,mers and their property for pavement and excavation is per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents for attorneyls, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvdments, the assessment therefor, the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom or the pro- ceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 19th. day of April, A. D. 1926. ' And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk Gshall 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 Notic-, such notice to be deposited in the po-t 0"floe pi- Wichit^ Falls; 1x.-s; but such rotic- by �tt^r -hall b= cumulative of the advertisement; and such -n:otice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED pND APPROVED THIS 19th, day of Apri;, A. D. 1926 From No. 6 Engineer's Letter N. 8th �^dichi'ta Falls, Texas. N. Broadway -Linwood April 19, 1926 To The Hon. _Mayor and Board of Aldermen, of the City City of 71ichita, Falls, Texas, Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving North Eighth Street from the East Property Line of North Broadway to the East Property Line of Linwood Avenue showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as requir- ed by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will beep /3 ros 3 y I The estimated amount payable by the City for this improve- ment will be "'� :73.sy The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be / q/Z 531 9V The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is o,.�4 v The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is y /.jvLia3 per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is wr / yz1r4 per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one course reinforced concrete all in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, Signed) F. M. Rugeley City Engineer. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Tones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 7- N. Sth N. Broadway -Linwood RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIi-1ATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF NORTH EIGHTH STREET FROM THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF NORTH BROADVAY TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF LIN"OOD AVE. FIXING A TIME 'IND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO, PROPERTY O"'NERS i AND OTHERS INTEREzTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER'j1EN OF TFF CITY OF TICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, WHWRE"S, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Tichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of North Eighth Street from the East Property Line of North Broadway Street to the East Property Line of Linwood Avenue 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 constructi ' ' bs ed along said portion of said street, and not exceeding ninet� per, cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as dotermitia)t the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is,�the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 19th. day of April 1926, be and it is hereby adoped and approved. II. 0 That a hearing shall be given to the property owners propsed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Co neil Chamber in the basement of the di City National Bank Bui g in d the C ty of 14ichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 ; P. M. otclock on the ay of 192\11 , and at which hearing and at said time and pince the owner id pfoperty, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any on els, in any manner interested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, 6r the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly hears is to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the ownsers thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly hoard, 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 determ, the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improve- ments, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy assessments against each such 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 there- from shall prosecute and appeal to any Court Having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assess- ment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms,. corporations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irre- gularity, mistake or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantially the following form, to -wit: -"TO THE O`TNTERS OP PROPERTY ABUTTING ON NORTH EIGHTH STREET FRO"I.4 THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF NORTT' BROAD"'AY TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF LINWOOD PATENUE AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, to proceed with the improvement of the North Eighth Street from the East Property Line of North Broadway to the East Property Line of Linwood Avenue by raising, grading, and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and. such assessments, when levied shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, 'Ind a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. On the day of A. A. D. 192 in the Council v _7a`Er_ _k Chamber in the Cit. tonal Banding in tHe City of Wichita Falls, at 7:30 P. M. O'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages result- ing from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerl, and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is The estimated amount to be assessed against property ownt,rs I S $ S-3/, 9 >d The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is $ ­4eo per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is dtic 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 a ' ssessment therefor, the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or ;the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen.at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Tichita Palls, Texas, on the 19th. day of April A. D. 1926. —(Signed) W. E. McBroom City Clerk And said notice shall be published in said paper not less' than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force foom and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 19th. day of April A. D. 1926. Form No. 6 Engineer's Letter Wichita Falls, Texas. N. Ninth April 19, 1926. N. Brook -Linwood To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen Of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving North Ninth Street from the West Curb Line of North Brook Avenue to the East Curb Line of Linwood Avenue showing the amount to be assessed against such property wonero, etc., as required b-7 the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be The estimated amount payable by the City for this im- provement will be $L3(s19 The estimated amount payable by the�owrners of the abut- ting property will best The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is $ &a� The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is N per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one -course re- inforced concrete all in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed}Rugeley City 4� be adopted. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt; Queisser Nays; None. Form No. 7- North Ninth Brook to Linwood RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPRCVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGI7EER AS TO COST ,ND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF NORTH NINTH STREET FROM THE WEST CURB LINE OF BROOK AVENUE TO THE EAST CURB LINE OF LINWOOD AVENUE; FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARI'-G TO PROPERTY 0"'TTERS NO OTHERS INTEREST- ED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE TT'-REOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF nLDERVEN OF THE CITY OF WICHIT.A FALLS, TEXAS; THAT, WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of North Ninth Street from the West Curb Line of North Brook Avenue to the East Curb Line of Linwood Avenue 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 constru ti curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding ninetj W i) per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as determined at the hearing here- inafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof end 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 the said report of the City Engineer filed on the 19th, clay of April 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the prop- erty abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others inter- ested, and shall be given or held in the Council Ch base- ment of the City National Bank B ild_dpa- the Cipner in the Ichita Fallsu Texas, at 7:30 P. M. otclock on the o J192and at which hearing and at s-aid timlLeft"e owlL)ars of sa4d.— property or any of them, their agents or attorney,,T-, or any one else in any manner interested either in said property or in said improve- ments, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improve- ments, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same, That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, Protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at aid hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference to the making or con- structior of said improvements, or the levying of assessments there- for, and will thereafter, by ordirance, -n_qle and levy 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 terns required by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceed- ings of this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having juris- diction within twenty (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 (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be pub- lished in the official newspaper of the said City which notice shall be substantially the following form, to -wit: TO THE OWNP;RS OF PROPERTY ABUTTITG ON NORTH NINTH STREET FROM THE 'REST CURB LINE OF NORTH BROOK AVENUE TO 7-AST CURB LINE OF LINWOOD AVENUE ANDTO ALI. OTHER INTER- ESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of North Ninth Street from the West Curb Line of North Brook Avenue to the East Curb Line of Linwood Avenue by raising, grading, and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one - course, reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the o,,;ners thereof. On the ov,4*,dayof A. D. 192 in the t Council Chamber in the Basement o e City Barlonal Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P, M. o'clock all such owners and their agents will be fully hears 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 deter- mined and,the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is property owners is The estimated amount to be assessed against �144L_If__, The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is $ 6.,40 per lineal foot of curh; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and escavation is $ 4,13,35-1 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 the said improvements, the assessment therefor, the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith, sahll be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of 71chits. Falls.' Texas, on the 19th. day of April A. D. 1926. (Signed) W. E, McBroom. Ulty Cierk M And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three'times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hear- ing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at 1'7ichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letterbe received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. p PASSED A%D APPROVED THIS 19th. day of April A. D. 1926. Form No. 6-En7ineer+s setter _forth Sixth Street Brook -Vermont 1;uichita Falls, Texas. April 19, 1926. To The t,?ayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving north Sixth Street from the ?lest Curb Line of Brook Avenue to the East Curb Line of Vermont Street showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body. As is shoran on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be $ 2 — 87 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 The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is 0 quo The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is zi The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is i ry xo� per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is e�per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate an4 report is based upon one -course reinforced concrete all in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. 1._. Rugeley City Engineer. be adopted. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution :notion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the followring; vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, ^,ueisser Kays; hone. ' Form No. 7-North 6th. Betook -Vermont RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND HSTIi'kTF OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSES-4-NT vOR THE IH- PROVEli.!ENT OF NORTH SIXTH STREET FROM, THE '-EST CURB LINE OF BROOK AVE. TO TH7 EAST CURB LINE OR VERMONT STREET, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEA7,ING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVE BY THE BO;.-RD OF j'.IDER':Elf OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, TH-iT, 7HEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City Of Wichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of North Sixth Street from the West Curb Line of Brook Avenue to the East Curb Line of Vermont 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 per cent of the remaing cost of said im- provements, as determine at 'at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 19th, day of April 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the Cit ff/Wichi'�IZFalls, Texas, 7:30 P. M. ot clock on the _AQ - day of (:A9 lg and at which hearing `pTa­3 and at said time and ­e`7F_e Owners R. qid property, or any of them, their acents or attorneys, or any one Ylse in any manner interested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and is to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason or said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any -xise incident to to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same. III. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form pro- vided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other claims or,matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be con- tinued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will deter- mine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will] determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of prop- erty and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities,�� in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assess- ments theref6r, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and lety assess- ments against each such piece or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the ­ _� City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpor- ations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be Borever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error irregularity, mistake or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantially the following form, to -wit: "TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON NORTH SIXTH STREET FROM THE WEST CURB LINE OF BROOK AVENUE TO THE EAST CURB LINE OF VERMONT STREET AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Nichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of North Sixth Street from the West Curb Line of Brook Avenue to the East Curb Line of Vermont Street by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced fon- crete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof. On the 1,9.4- day of A. D. 192 C in the Council Chamber in "Elie City Natlonii=knk building in the City of 11.1ichita Falls, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objeep tions, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is d - 8 7 The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is $ The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is $ J_- 7 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 the said improvements, the assessment therefor, the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceed- ings connected therewith,' shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the city of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 19th. day of April A. D. 1926. (Signed) IPI. E. McBroom City Cl erk. And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times,and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the date of hearing, andthe 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, to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 19th, day of April A. D. 1926. ----------------------------------- Form No. 6, Engineer's Letter 1�7ichita Falls, Texas. North Fifth Street April 19, 1926 Grand Ave- Brook To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving North Fifth Street from the West Curb Line of Grand Avenue to the West Curb Line of Brook Avenue showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be .17 The estimated amount payable by the City of this improve- ment will be The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be The estimated cost to property owners per lineal coot of curb is The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement Per front foot is The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is a F.6o SGy per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is most per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is IIL6�4_­Eper front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one -course re- inforced concrete all in accordance with the specifications there6f heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, Singed) F. M. Rugele7 City Engineer. ?Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution be adopted. following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hurt, Queisser Nays; None. Form No. 7- North Fifth Grand -Brook RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF,THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSFS9!L-1:N%T FOR THE IMP70VID11ENT OF NORTH FIFTH STREET FROM THEVVEST CURB LINE OF GRAND AVE. TO THE WEST CURB LINE OF BROOK AVENUE ; FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OTHERS A"D,OTFERS INTEREST- EED, AFD DIR-FCTTf,G THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THER_'OF AND PRESCRIBI%G THE FORF 07 SUCv NOTICE. BE IT RESOIVED BY THE BWRD OP ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF .-.-ICHITA T LI.S, TEXAS, THAT- ,'T1EREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of 11,ichita Falls has heretofore ordered the improvement of North Fofth Street from the West Curb Line of Grand Avenue to the V.1est Curb Line of Brook Avenue 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, end it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding ninety (90) per cent of the remaing cost of said improvements, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, andthe owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law andthe City Charter and the pro- ceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has beer, examined and corrected: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 19th, day of April 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. IT. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Tichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. O'clock on the day of 192 and at -which hearing and,at said time and place the owners -60-f-saiTproperty, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner interested either in said property or in said improvements or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contrapt therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly hears as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise in- cident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, pro- ceedings, or assessments thereof or method or manner of paying for same. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form providdd 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 oblections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be con- tinued from time to time unti& 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 improve- ments, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said Improvements, and will correct any error, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment and in any proceed- ing with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy assessments against each such peice or parcel of property and Against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the man- ner 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 t1iis Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. I After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal there- from shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having hurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assess- ment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corporations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irre- gularity, 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 inter3sted by causing such notice to be published in the official newsppper of the said City, which notice shall be substantially the following form, to -wit: "TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON NORTH FIFTH STREET FROM THE VVIST CURB LINE OF GRAND AVENUE TO THE WEST CURB LINE OF BROOK AVENUE ANDTO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Tichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of North Fifth Street from the West Curb Line of Grand Avenue to the West Curb Line of Brook Avenue by raising, grading, and filling same and installing con- crete curbs and gutters and paving witn one -course reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof. On the day of A. D. 1926, in the Council Chamber in the City Ta-MonAl Bark'- =Uding in the City of Wichita Falls, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners there ofwill be determined and as assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form con- tract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is $_111;14.171q The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners fY,oi3. si0c 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 $,egv4--6c,/ per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be hears in any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom-, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and app--ar before s,id Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 19th, day of April, A. D. 1926. (Signed) W. E. YcBroom City -Clerk 11.6. �4 And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing,not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cuase to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent, � u IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, 4 PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 19th, day of April A. D. 1926. ------------------------------ Form No, 6-Engineer's Letter Avenue "N" Garfield -Grant Wichita Falls, Texas. April 19, 1926 To The IJlayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Avenue 'N9 from the East Curb Line of Garfield Street on G pavement ,the to � p rant Street showing the "mount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of ,your Honorable Body. As is shown on this report the estimated total cotts of the improvement will be .� The estimated amount payable by the City for this improve- ment will be The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be curb is The estimated cost to property woners per lineal foot of The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is v i The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is v, per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one course reinforced concrete a11,.in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body: Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. M. Rugeley Ui yy Engineer. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution be { adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Quei_sser, Hunt, Patton, Curd Nays; None. Form 7- Avenue "Nrf Garfield -Brant RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF AVENUE "N" FROM EAST CURB LINE OF GARFIELD STREET TO PAVEMENT OF GRANT STREET, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE ROR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DI- RECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIB- ING THE FORK OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERF!,T OR THE CITY OF ...... ..... . V'ICHIT4 FALLS, TEXAS, TH'T, ";HERFAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Avenue "N" from the East Curb Line of Garfield Street to Pavement of Grant Street, and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City En.7ineer, and after adoption of same -nd after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding ninety (90) per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said 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 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 andthe proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 19th. day of April 1926, be end it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners pro- posed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clockon the day of 1926, and at which hearing and at said time and --pTa—ce the owner—s--oT —said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner in- terested either in said property or in said improvements, or inthe .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 roperty and against the others thereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of pay- ing for same. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued i from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, -nd after all have been fully hnd fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of prop- erty and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or inval- idities or any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the lebying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and leby assessemtns 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 I IA �IppI� 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 there- from shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assesment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corporations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be sub- stantially the following form, to -wit: "TO THE O'fV'QERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON AVENUE N FROM EAST CURB LINE OF GARFIELD STREET TO PAVE`7"T ON GRANT STREET ANDTO' ALL OTHERS ID;TERR�TED % Notice is hereby given of the intention of the city of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement og Avenue "N" from East Curb Line of Garfield Street to the Pavement on Grant Street by raising, grading, and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. On the day of A. D. 192 , in the Council Chamber in the Ciiy Nation-. a Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully hears by the Board of Aldermen, and any pro- tests, objections-1 or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be de- termined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is $ The estimated amount to be assessed £or`curbris y per lineal foot of curb; and, 1 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 hear4 in any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the bene- fits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of�tie,Board of Aldermen of the City of ',lichita Falls, Texas, on the 19th, day of April A. D. 1926. (Signed) IN. E. McBroom Ci y C erk t H E And said notice shall be published in said p9per not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearingp not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed be each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be receiv- ed or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 19th, day of April A. D. 1926. ------------------------------ Form No. 6-Engineer's Letter Ave nue "A" !onroe-Tyler Wichita Falls, Texas. April 19, 1926 To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: -- I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Avenue A" from the East Property Line of Monroe Street to the West Property Line of Tyler Street showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by Charter and laws by the proceedings of your Honorable Body. As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be The estimated amount payable by the City for this improvement will be w'` The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pave- ment per front foot is The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is "I ',r.8o7z_r- per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. - This estimate and report is based upon one -course reinforced concrete all in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. :4. Rugeley City Engineer-. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution be adopted. Notion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, cones, Hunt, 4ueisser Lays; None. � 2 y From 7- Avenue "At' Monroe- Tyler RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE �EPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IIMPROVEMENT- OF AVENUE "A" FROM THE ?AST PROPERTY LINE OF MONROE STREET TO THE EST PROPFRTY LINE OF TYLER STREET, FIXING A TI14E AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OlICNERS AND OTHERS INTER- ESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FOR10 OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERVEIT OF THE CITY OF WICHITA -ALLS, TEXAS; THAT, WHEREAS, the Board'of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Avenue "A It from the East property Line of Monroe Street to the West Property Line of Tyler 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 cc ns t ru tin curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding ninet. ) per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mention- ed, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the 14ayor and Board of Aldermen his report and es- timate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 19th. day of April 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the pro-erty abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock., d)n the 2 day of 1926, and at which hear- ing and at said time ana place the owner, of said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner inter- ested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract, therefor, 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 is to the benefits to their property lin enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to isaid property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained !by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvements, con- itract, proceedings or assessments thereof, or method or manner of ,paying for same. MW That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter, And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will det-rmine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will deter- mine the amount of damages, if any, to each I-ot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mist9kes, or invalidities, or any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding wit-1, ,­P-rence to Cry. naking or construction of said improvements, or th- levying of assess- ments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, rn,,;tke and levy assess- nents against each such peice or parcel of property and against the ov,-ners thereof in the proportion pro4ded and in the manner and form and in accordance Aith the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other pro- ceedings of this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpor- ations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubint or resisting same or asserting any error irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantial- ly the following form, to -wit: "TO TT: p O!"NERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON AVENUE A FROM THE EAST PROPERTY LINT OF' MODFOE STRZFT TO TTJE !*EST PROPERTY LIVE OF TYLER STREET A11DTO ALL OTHERS INTERESTF-)". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of Avenue "A" from the East Property Line of Monroe Street to the West Property Line of Tyler Street, by raising, grading and filling same and installing con- crete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making -,nd constructing such im- provements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof. On the 1�dt day of ldA. D. 1926, in the Council Chamber in the City Natl-o-n—a-T—Bark Buz ding in the City of 17ichita Falls, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock all such owners and their agents will be fully heard bit th- Board of Ald-rmen, and any protests, objections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages re- sulint from said improvements will' be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and as assessTrent thereof will be levied. Plans -nd specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file bn the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is -L4/ 2 _4__17 The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is 0.,4 C, per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement -,nd excavation i per front foot. All persons, firms, corporation or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therrith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of ichita Falls, Texas, on the 19th, day of April A. D. 1926 (Signed) 'N. E. McBroom City Clerk. - And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, N 2 2 not counting the r1ate of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be depositedin the Post Office at Tichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 19th. day of April, A. D. 1926 --------------------------- Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the follow- ing vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Hunt, Jones, Queisser Nays; None. Form 5- Sidewalks Adams RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY EFGINFER TO 1QKE AND FILE REPORT WITH THE BOARD Or AL71ERI-iEN SHO" ING ESTIPIATED COST OF IMPIOVEI'E-T OR A PORTION OF THE SIDEIVALKS ON THE INEST SIDE OF ID TS STREIT ABUTTING BLOCK NO. 160, ORIGINAL TO­SiTE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OE ALDFRt.'EN OF THE CITY OF WICPITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: WHEREAS, the Board. of Aldermen of the 'City of Wichits. 1 Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of the sidewalks on the West side of Adams Street abutting block 160 Original townsite by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete sidewalks and has caused advertisements to be made for bids for the making and construction of said improvments to be made and bids therefor have been taken, and said Board has determined to make the same in the manner described and with concrete as shown in the spectifications adopted therefor. j. NO"T THEREFORE: I. The City Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance with provisions of Section 108 of the City Charter, to make and file a re- port with the Board of Aldermen showing thereon the estimated total cost of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the City, the proportion thereof to be assessed against the abutting property, and the owners of land abutting thereon and benefited there- by, and the owners thereof, the rate per lineal foot proposed to be assessed for curb, and the amount to be assessed, in each case, for curb!, the estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot, the rate per front foot of property proposed to be assessed for improvement other than curb, the total amount proposed to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land and the owners therof, and such report may show other matters or things and shall show the estimated amount of damages, if any,to each peice or parcel of property and the owners thereof, which will be sustained by reason of said improvements. Such report shall in all respects comply with the resolution and other proceedings of this Board with reference to the proposed improvement of said portion of said street. II. This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this 19th. day of April, A. D. 1926 --------------------------- Form No. 6, Engineer's Letter -Sidewalks, Adams St. Wichita Falls, Texas. April 19, 1926. To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 7ichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate. of the cost of improving the sidewalks on the west side of Adams Street abutting Block 160, Original Towrsite, showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of Your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be The estimated amount payable by the City for this improvement will be 5 S.A The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb i s The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is $1 0 ZI —/ The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is per front foot The estimated cost to be assessed against property onwers for pavement, exclusive of curb is -,�077SI per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. M. Rugeley UiLy Engineer be adopted. Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the following vote, - Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Kays; None. Form No. 7- Sidewalks Adams RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND FSTIf;:ATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER 1S TO CO"T AND ASSESQ-711ENT FOR THE 114- PROVEVEI'T OF THE SID-17�-AIKS 01' THL' "'-",T SIDE OF ADA145 G F AID PIAC7 7OR ' H—RING TO PROPERTY OVj-RS AND A TIM STREET ABUTTING BLOCK 160 ORIGI-AL TO '!SITE, FIX!' OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CIFRK TO GIVE NOTICE Tr-TEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER -,;EN OF THE CITY OF ,°ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; THAT, THPRE S the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, has heretofore,ord'ered the improvement of the sidewalks on the west side of Adams Street abutting block 160 original townsite and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City Engineer and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, com- petitive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along Faid portion of said street, and not exceeding ninety-eight (96) per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the Property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the pro- ceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: I. That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 19th. day of April 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. Ii. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners pro- posed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P' M. o'clock on the 10th, day of May 1926 and at which hearing and at said time and place the owners of said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner interested, dither in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages duo said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting froT-.or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise in cident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments. thereof, or method or manner on'paying for same. Law 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 clai--.s, protests, and obiectIons whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improve- Iments, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of `or by means of said improvements, -and will correct any errors, �mistakes, or invalidities or 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 agiinst each such piece or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in the proportion pro- vided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms re- quired 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 �therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpor- .ations, estates, and other parties shall after the expirationof' (twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever �barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or ,asserting any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the Mime and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the �official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substan- Itially the following form. "TO THE 0""TIPRS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON ADAMS STRFrT AND TO ALL OTT-TERS IVTERrSTED". 17otice is hereby given of the intention of the City of lVichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of the sidewalks on the West side of Adams street abutting Block 160 Original townsite by raising, grading, and filling same and installing concrete sidewalks and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots qnd parcels of property abutting on said p portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a fiist and prior lien.upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof. On the 10th. day of May A. D. 1926, in the Council Chamber In the City National Bank Building in the City of 'Alichita Falls, at 7:30 P. jwl, otclock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and as assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated coat of the said improvement is q277.90 owners is y272.34 The estimated amount to be assessed against property The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for sidewalks and excavation is $0.7781 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 assess-;ent therefor, the benefits therefor, for, the damages resulting therefrom, or*the proceedings connected therewith shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of 7:ichita Falls, Texas, on the 19th. day of May A. D. 1926 (Signed) 1-1:. E. McBroom Uit,7 Cierk And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three ti^.es, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each ol,,,,ner -ihose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whehter or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice b- letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shill take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED TFIS 19th, day of April A. D. 1926 Moved by Alderman Curd that the petition of G. J. Thompson for a permit to erect and operate a store and filling station at 1500 1/2 and 1502 Harrison be received and a public hearing be held for the purpose of hearing protests in the Council Chamber at 7:30 P. MI. otclock on Yay 3, 1926. Eotion seconded by Alderman Jones -nd carried. Moved by Alderman Jones that the City Clerk be instructed to draw warrant payable to L. E. lFbitham and Company in the amount of �1707.60 covering first•instal7ment of paving costs on 9th. Street fronting Bellevue Park. :Lotion seconded b,r Alderman Hunt snl carried. Moved by Alderman Curd that the City Clerk be instructed to draw warrant payable to L. E. Whitham and Company covering one- half of the cost of paving a patch at the intersevtior of Avenue "C" and Buchanan Street. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. ORDINANCE NO. 747 AN ORDI_­,",CE A-IMEW)ING SECTION 8 OF ORDINANCE NO. 340 PASSED BY SHE BOARD 0- PLDER;rEN Or' HE CITY OF TICHITA FAILS ON TIDE LOTH. DAY OF JANUARY, 1921, ENTITLED- "AN ORDI*',,'-CE CREATING TPE EXAMINING 'IND SUPERVISING BOARD OF PLUMBERS, DESIGINATE THE F.E,!',,BERS THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING THEIR POT -ER A'-,TD DUTIES 'ND TERV OF OFPIC.F. PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF PLUMBERS, AT:D THE GIVING OF INDE?r1NITY BONDS BY PERSONS, firms, OR CORPO"ATIO11S, -ENGAGES IN THE BUSIY-,SC)7 PLUMB- ING IN THF CITY OF 1'ICHITA -ALL.S, TEXAS, AI'D IETTING vORTH THE RULES, R-rGUITATIOYS, YANN.ER '.N- TAY IN ---ETCH PLUMBING WORK SHALT BE DONE: T'17 KIFI ",D CLASS OF MATERIALS TO BE UPED IN SUCH 7ORK, THE IFSP-CTION OF PLUMBING AND ALSO SCALE OF V3ES FOR SUCH INSPECTIONS: DEFINING THE POTER AND DUTIES OF THE CITY ENGIYEER t,ND INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING, AND RFj,-.UIRIIG TPRM17S LOR CERTAIN KIN^3 OF PLUMBING DRAINAGE? AND COMPEITING BU17 DIFG,S UN7ZR C�,RTAIN CONTDITIOI;S TO BE CONNECTED V'7TH SA17TARY SE ERS, PROHIBITING THE THOROTING OF ".'ASTES, GARBAGE,', ETC.? INTO THE S71ER SYSTEM, AND THE INJRY OF THE SYSTEM IN ANY MANNER, AND PRESCRIBING PEN- ALTIES POR THE VIOLATION 07 A7Y 0 " THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, AND RILPEAlING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT 1"ITH SAME. A11D CREATIRFG THIS AS EMERGENCY MEASURE 'ND SUSPEI-T`ING THE RULE8% Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance Eo. 747 be passed on its first heading. Motion seconded by Alderman 1,3urd and carried by the follow- ing vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. loved by Alderman Queisser that the traveling expense account of C. C. Bunnenberg, Park Supt., in the amount of ;, expense for trip to Dallas to attend Recreational meeting be approved and allowed. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried. Bids for paving York Avenue from Colquitt to Wenonah were opened and considered. Moved by Alderman Patton the the contract be awarded to Plains Paving Company on their bid of �2.60 per square yard for ", one half inch Yfillite-Asphalt on five.inch concrete base. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and failed to carry by the following votdte: �1,FT Yeas I a ,n on, Hunt , Nays. Aldermen Jones, Queisser, Curd I.,Ioved by Alderman Curd that the contract for paving York Avenue from Colo .uitt to Wenonah be awarded to the West Texas Con- struction Company on their bid of $2.76 per square y)rard for one half inch Vlarrepite-Bitulithie Asphalt on five inch concrete base. ".otion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. ,roved by Alderman Jones that the sewer departmert be authorized to construct the following sewer lines; -'to serve Blocks -50-51 33 -57-58-59-76-7q- and 80. Oriainal 4675 feet sewer in place at an estimated cost of 'P3191.95 wer TFirst Street 1490 feet of sewer in place at an estimated cost of 975.05 72.5 feet =fsew=i�*, place 500.00 !Keeler Street �xr�tion 775 feet of sewer in place 525.00 Total estimated cost $5192.00 ':lotion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. M loved by Alderman Curd that the water department be authorized to construct 350 feet of 2 inch park line on Buchanan street from Avenue "R" to the klichita Falls Valley Railway at an approximate cost of $139.00. Motion seconded by Alder -an Jones and carried. The Board of Aldermen then adjouned. Read and approved this 26th. day of April, 1926. C Ully erg