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Wichita Falls, Texas,
Basement City National Bank Bldg.,
June 14, 192e
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas
met in regular session on the above date with the following members
present:
P. B. Curd 8
J. W. Hunt Q Aldermen
Oral Jones
Frank Queisser
W. E. McBroom City Clerk.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
Moved by Alderman Jones that Alderman Curd be appointed
Mayor Pro Tem to act during the absence from the City of Mayor, R. E.
Shepherd.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried.
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The hearing with reference to paving Bluff Street from
18th. Street to Burnett Street was called and after hearing protests
from Wichita Mill and Elevator Company, Ben Richmond and H. Beer,
&Tytinger and Clalker and Mr. Royal, owners of 971 feet fronting on
this street, the following motion was put in order.
Moved by Alderman Jones that the hearing be closed.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried.
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Moved by Alderman Jones that all contract and proceedings
heretofore had with reference to the paving of Bluff Street from
18th. Street to Burnett Street be cancelled and annulled.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried.
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The hearing with referehce'to the application of E. A.
Scott for the construction of a frame building at Fifth and Scott
Streets was called and after hearing no protests the following mo-
tion was put in order.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the hearing be closed.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried.
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Moved by Alderman Jones that the building inspector be
authorized to grant a permit to E. A. Scott for the construction of
a business building at the corner of Fifth Street and Scott Avenue.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried.
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Engineer's Letter
16th. Street
Hon. Mayor and City Commissioner,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
Wichita Falls, Texas.
June 14, 1926
This is to certify that the pavement on Sixteenth Street
from the West Property Line of Travis Street to the East Property Line
of Austin Street has been completed by L. E. Whitham and Company in
accordance with the Plans and Specifications therefore heretofore
filed with your honorable body.
I, therefore, recommend that this pavement be accepted.
Respectfully,
(Signed) F. M. Rugeley
U ity Engineer.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following resolution
be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow-
inf vote; '
Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Queisser, Hunt.
Nays; None.
Form 14- 16th.
Travis -Austin. RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE IMPROVEMENTS ON 16th. STREET
FROM THE WEST PROPERTY LINE OF TRAVIS TO THE EAST PROPERTY
LINE OF AUSTIN, A:SD DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND" CITY CLERK TO
ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEVIED AGAINST THE
VARIOUS LOTS OR TRACTS OF LAND AND" -THE O.'NERS THEREOF
ABUTTING UPON SAID PORTION OF SAID STREET.
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, has heretofore ordered-tha-t 16th, street from the West Property
Line of Travis to the East Property Line of Austin Street, be improved,
by raising, grading, and filling same and installing concrete curbs and
gutters and paving same, and after due notice and hearing, special
assessments were levied against the various lots and tracts of land"and
the owners thereof abutting upon the said portion of said street, and
contract for the making and construction of the said improvements was
entered into with L. E. Whitham and Company and,
WHEREAS, 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:
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE
CITY OF 7'VICHITA FALLS, TEXAS,
I.
That the said improvements on said portion of said street
be and the same are hereby accepted and L. E. Whitham and Company and
the sureties on its construction bond are hereby released from any
further obligation for, or on account of, the contract or bond for the
making and constructing of said improvements.
That this resolution does not and shall not in any way
effect the bond of the said company for the maintenance of the said
improvements, but such maintenance bond shall and does remain in full
force and effect.
III.
That the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby
authorized, instructed, and directed to issue to the said L. E. Vi'hitham
and Company certificates of special assessment, in evidence of the
various assessments levied against the respective lots 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,
�1 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 accord-
ance with the Law, the Charter of said City, the terms of the certif-
icate, 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, all in accord-
ance 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 and be in force fran
and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS the 14th. day of June, A. D.
1926.
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Engineerts Letter Taylor Wichita Falls,.Texas.
Avenue "L"- Avenue "PI". June 14, 1926.
Hon, Mayor and City Commissioners,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
This is to certify that the pavement on Taylor Street
from the North Curb Line of Avenue "L" to the North Curb Line of
Avenue "Id" has been completed by L. E. Whitham and Company in accord-
ance with the Plans and Specifications therefore heretofore filed with
your honorable body.
I, therefore, recommend that this pavement be accepted.
Respectfully,
(Signed) F. M Rugeley
'jt7 tiigineer.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following reso-
lutibn be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Form 14-Taylor
Ave. L- Ave. M RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING TIIE ID4PROVEMEMS ON TAYLOR STREET
FROM THE NORTH CURB LINE OF AVENUE "L" TO THE NORTH
CURB LINE OF AVENUE "Y" AND DIRECTING THE MYOR AND
CITY CLERIf TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF SPECIAL ASSESSIENT
LEVIED AGAINSY TEE VARIOUS LOTS OR TRACTS OF LAND AND
_J THE MIMERS THEREOF ABUTTING UPON SAID PORTION OF SAID
STREET.
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered that Taylor Street from the North
Curb Line of Avenue "L" to the North Curb Line of Avenue "M" be im-
proves, by raising, grading, andfillingsame, and installing concrete
curbs and gutters and paving same, and after due notice and hearing
special assessments were levied against the various lots and tracts of
land and the owners thereof abutting upon the said portion of said street
and contract for the making and construction of the said improvements
was entered into witl-, L. E. Whitham and Company, and,
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'WHEREAS, the said L. E. VPhitham 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 specifica-
tions therefor, and to the entire satisfaction of this Board;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERI.IEN OF
THE CITY OF '01ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS,
I.
That the said improvements on said portion of said street
be and the same are hereby accepted and L. E. Whitham and Company and the
sureties on its construction bond are hereby released from 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 any way
effect the bond of the said company for the maintenance of the said im-
provements, 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 the said 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 'ovmers therof, and
against which special assessment has been levied, reciting the descrip-
tion of such property, the amount of the`assessment against same, the
o,^mer 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 pre-
requisites to the fixing of a lien and 'claim of personal liability
evidence by the certificates have been performed, and containing other
appropriate and pertinent recitals, all in accordance Faith the contract
with the said company and the 1a,Fa in force in the City, and the pro-
ceedings of this Board.
° IV.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED ThIS the 14th. day of June, A. D.
1926.
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Engineer's Letter- Avenue L Wichita Falls, Texas.
Grant -Hays June 14, 1926.
Hon. Mayor and City Commissioners,
Fichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
This is to certify that the pavement on Avenue "L"
from the Grant Street Pavement to the East Curb Line of Hays Street has
been completed by L. E. Whitham and Company., in accordance with the Plans
and Specifications therefore heretofore filed with your honorable body.
I, therefore, recommend that this pavement be accepted.
Respectfully,
(Signed) F. Y. Rugeley
City Engineer.
be adopted. Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following resolution
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow-
ing vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Form 14-Ave. "L"
Grant -Hays RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE IMPROVEME-ZITS ON AVENUE "L"
FROM THE GRANT STREET PAVEMENT TO THE EAST CURB LINE
OF HAYS STREET, AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK
TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF SPECIAL ASSESSI1"ENT LEVIED
AGAINST THE VARIOUS LOTS OR TRACTS OF LAND AND THE Ol^J1?ERS
THEREOF ABUTTING UPON SAID PORTION OF SAID STREET.
!ARiEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, has heretofore ordered that Avenue "L" from the Grant Street
Pavement to the East Curb Line of Hays Street be improved, by raising,
grading, and filling same, and installing concrete curbs and gutters
and paving same, and after due notice and hearing, special assessments
were levied against the various lots and tracts of land and the owners
thereof abutting upon the said portion of said street, and contract
for the making and construction of the said improvements ,,,,as entered
into with L. E. Whitham and Company, and,
'NHEREAS, the said L. E. iVhitham 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
specifications therefor, and to the entire satisfaction of this
Board:
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER!,EW CF THE
CITY OF l='IICHITA FALLS, TEXAS,
I.
That the said improvements on said portion of said street
be and the same are hereby accepted and L. E. Whitham and Company
and the sureties on its construction bond are hereby released from
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 anyway
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 ary hereby
authorized, 'instructed, and directed to issue to the said L. E.
VLhitham 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
' o'vners thereof, and against which special assessment has been levied,
reciting the description of such property, the amount of the assess-
ment 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 pf,the said assessment and the personal ob-
ligation 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 evidence by the certificates
have been performed, and containingother appropriate and pertinent
recitals, all in accordance with the contract with the said company
and the lawn in force in the City, and the proceedings of this Board.
IV.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th. day of June, A. D. 1926
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Moved by Alderman Jones that the contract between
the City and Welch, Richardson and Kemp covering the construction of
sewer lines in Kempfair Park Addition be approved and the Mayor be
authorized to sign same.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried.
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ORDINANCE NO. 778.
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 763, PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE LOTH. DAY OF MAY, 1996, ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF AN ELECTION
IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS FOR THE PRUPOSE OF
SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY WHO
ARE PROPERTY TAXPAYERS THEREIN, A PROPOSITION FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE
MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, ($1,200,000.00)
for the purpose of extending the water works system
IN SAID CITY, A14D LEVYING A TAX ON ALL TAXABLE PROP-
ERTY IN SAID CITY, TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON
SAID BONDS."
Moved by Alderman Jones that Ordinance No. 778 be
passed on its second reading.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried, by the
following vote:
Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
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ORDINANCE NO. 779
ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 764, PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 10TH. DAY OF MAY, 1926, ENTITLED
"ANT ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF AN ELEC-
TION IN THE CITY OF -WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FOR THE PUR-
POSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY
WHO ARE PROPERTY TAXPAYERS THEREIN, A PROPOSITION FOR
THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF
$150,000.00, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING PERMANENT
STREET IMPROVEMZ,_,.TS IF SAID CITY, AND LEVYING A TAX
ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY TO PAY THE PRIN-
61PAL AND INTEREST ON SAID BONDS".
Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 779 be
passed on its second read.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Hunt, Jones, Queisser
Nays; None.
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ORDINANCE NO. 780.
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 765, PASSED AND
APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEFJ ON THE 10th. DAY
OF MAY, 1926, AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE PRO-
VIDING FOR THE'HOLDING OF Ali ELECTION IN THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUB7..7ITTING TO
THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY, WHO ARE PROPERTY
TAXPAYERS THEREIN, A PROPOSITION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $190,000.00, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF RAISING FUNDS TO PAY THE COST OF EXTEND-
ING AND IMPROVING THE SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN SAID
CITY AND LEVYING A TAX OF ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID
CITY TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON SAID BONDS".
Moved by Alderman Jones that Ordinance No. 780 be passed
on its second reading.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the follow-
ing vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Hunt, Queisser.
Nays; None.
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ORDINANCE NO. 781
All ORDINANCE GRAFTING THE FT. WORTH & DENVER RAILROAD
COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND LESSEES, THE RIGHT
TO CO`STRUCT A STANDARD GAUGE SIDE TRACT ALONG NORTH
INDIANA STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 781 be passed
on its first reading.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas:. Aldermen Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
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Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolutions
be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, contracts in writing between the West Texas
Construction Company and the City of Wichita Falls, for the performing
of all work of excavation in connection with the improvement of Kemp
Boulevard between the South Property Line of Avenue "Q" and the North
Property Line of the Wichita Valley Railway Right-of-way, and binding
the City of Wichita Palls, for the prices named therein, and upon the
terms therein set forth, to do and perform all -work of excavation
upon said street, as is provided in the contract, being one contract
for said street, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for
adoption and approval; and,
IATHEREAS, it is deemed advisable to enter into said
contracts upon the terms set forth therein, and for the compendation
therein provided,
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of
the City of Wichita Falls;
I.
That the City of Wichita Falls do enter into contracts
with the West Texas Construction Company, binding the City to do and
perform all the work of excavation shown in said contract, and on said
street, at and for the prices and for the terms therein stipulated and
set forth.
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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.
passage.
That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th. day of June 1926.
Ave. "I". RESOLUTION.
"WHEREAS, contract in writing between the West Texas
Construction Company and the City of Wichita Falls, for the performing
of all work of excavation in connection with the improvement of Avenue
"I" from its intersection with the West Curb Line of Giddings Street
to its intersection with the East Curb Line of Bell Street, and binding,
the City of Wichita Falls, for the prices named therein, and upon the
terms therein set forth, to do and perform all work of excavation upon
said street, as is provided in the contract, being one contract for said
street, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and
approval; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable to enter into said con-
tracts upon the terms set forth therein, and for the compensation there-
in provided,
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the
City of Wichita Falls:
That the City of Wichita Falls do enter into contracts
with the West Texas Construction Company, binding the City to do and
perform all the work of excavation shown in said contract, and on said
street, at and for the prices and for the terms therein stipulated and
set forth.
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.
III.
That this resolution shall take effect from and after
its passage.
Passed and approved this 14th. day of June, 1926.
RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A
PORTION C+ POLK STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAME: APPROVING THE CON-
TRACTORS BONDS THEREFOR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR
THE CITYtS 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
Polk Street from its intersection with north curb line of Avenue "H"
to its intersection with north curb line of Avenue "J" together with
the construction and maintenance bonds, required thereby, are this day
presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval; and
t".1EEREAS, the bid of Plains Paving Company for the mak-
ing and construction of the improvements provided for in the said con-
tracts, has after due advertisement and notice, been made and upon the
opening of the bids said contract was awarded to said Plains Paving
Company; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide
for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in said con-
tract to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; THAT,
I.
There be and is hereby set aside and appropriated out
of the funds available for that purpose, the sum of Eight Hundred
Forty -One and 92/100 (841.92) Dollars to pay and defray all that por-
tion of the cost of improving said portion of Polk Street, to be paid
for by the City of GVichita 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 14th. day of June, 1926.
RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE IIvIPROVEIrENT OF A
PORTION OF POLK STREET,IN THE CITY OF ''WICHITA FALLS;
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAslIE; APPROVING THE
CONTRACTORIS BONDS THEREFOR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
FOR THE CITY}S PORTION OF THE COST THEREOF.
WHEREAS, a contract in writing between the City of
,7ichita Falls, Texas, and Plains Paving Company for the improvement
of Polk Street from its intersection with north curb line of Avenue
"J" to its intersection with North curb line of Avenue "M" together
with the construction and maintenance bonds, required thereby, are
this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval,
and
PTHEREAS, the bid of Plains Paving Company for the mak-
ing 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 awa-rded'to said Plains Pav-
ing Company; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and pro-
vide for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in
said contract to be paid for by the -City of 17ichita Falls;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT
I.
There be and is hereby set aside and appropriated out of
the funds available for that purpose, the sum of Thirteen Hundred Sixty-
eight and 25/100 ($1368.25) Dollars to pay and defray all that portion of
the cost of improving said portion of Polk Street, to be paid for by the
City of Wichita Falls.
II.
The said contract and the construction and maintenance
bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted and the Mayor
is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract in the name
of the City.
III.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
APPROVED AND PASSED this 14th, day of June, 1926.
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RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVE7ENT OF A
PORTION OF BROWN STREET IN'THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS;
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAME; APPROVING THE CON-
TRACTORtS 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 Brown
Street from its intersection with South Property Line of Avenue "J" to its,
intersection with South Property Line of Avenue "L" together with the
construction and maintenance bonds, required thereby, are this day pre-
sented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval; and
WHEREAS, the bid of Plains Paving Company for the making
and construction of the improvements provided for in the said contracts,
has after due advertisement and notice, been made and upon the opening
of the bids said contract was awarded to said Plains Paving Company; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide
for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in said con-
tract to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERK'EN OF
THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
I.
There be and is hereby set aside and appropriated out of
the funds available for that purpose, the sum of Eight Hundred Sisteen
and 48/100 ($816.48) Dollars to pay and defray all that portion of the
cost of improving said portion of Brown 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 sjgn the said contract in the
name of the City.
W"
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
APPROVED AND PASSED this 14th. day of June 1926.
RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEYENT OF A
PORTION OF BELL STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAME: APPROVING THE CON-
TRACTORIS BONDS THEREFOR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR
THE CITYfS PORTION OF THE COST THEREO_'.
WHEREA§, a contract in writing between the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, and Plains Paving Company for the improvement of Bell
Street from its intersection with North Property Line of Avenue IIETT
to its intersection with the North Property Line of Avenue "D" to-
gether with the construction and maintenance bonds, required thereby,
are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval;
and
WHEREAS, the bid of Plains Paving Company for the making
and construction of the improvements provided for in the said contracts,
has after due advertisement and notice, been made and upon the opening
of the bids said contract was awarded to said Plains Paving'Compan7;
and,
1113E_,REAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide
for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in said con-
tract to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OFTHE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
L
There be and is.hereby set aside and appropriated out
of the funds available for that purpose, the sum of Two Hundred
Ninety -Five and N0/100 $295.00) Dollars to pay and defray all that
portion of the cost of improving said portion of Bell Street, to be
�1 paid for by the City of Wichita Falls.
_ II.
The said contract and the construction and maintenance
bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted and the Mayor is
hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract in the name of
the City.
III.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
APPROVED AND PASSED this 14th. day of June, 1926.
RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEKENT OF A
PORTION OF AVENUE "D" IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS;
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAKE; APPROVING TIIE COP? -
TRACTOR'S BONDS THEREFOR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR
THE CITYTS PORTION OF THE COST THEREOF.
WHEREAS, a contract in writing between the City of
UJichita Falls, Texas, and Plains Paving Company for the improvement of
Avenue "D" from its intersection with East Property Line of Monroe
Street to its intersection with West Property Line of Bell Street,
together with the construction and maintenance bonds, required thereby,
are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and appro-
val; and,
HEREAS, the bid of Plains Paving Company for,the mak-
ing and construction of the improvements provided for in the said con-
tracts, has after due advertisement and notice, been made and upon the
opening of the bids said contract was awarded to said Plains Paving
Company; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and pro-
vide for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in said
contract to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERTJEN
OF THE CITY OF T'ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT
I.
There be and is hereby set aside and appropriated out
of the funds available for that purpose, the sum of Two: Hundred Four-_
teen and 36/100 ($214.36) Dollars to pay and defray all that portion
Hof the cost of improving said portion of Avenue "D", to be paid for
by the City of Wichita Falls.
II.
j The said contract and the construction and maintenance
(bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted and the Mayor is
hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract in the name of
the City.
III.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage,
APPROVED AND PASSED THIS 14th. day of June 1926
--------------------------
Form 6-Engineerts Letter Wichita Falls, Texas.
8th. Street. June 14, 1926.
Han. Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of �
improving unpaved portions of 8th. street from its intersetion with
]Lamar Street to its intersection with Brook Street, showing the amount to
be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter
and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body.
As is shown on this report the estimated total cost of
the improvement will be $42�-7,47
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 i/J-Y.0--
The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against
the abutting property and the owners thereof for curb will be $ o.Sa
per front foot.
The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against
the abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements other than
curb will be per front foot.
The total estimated amount proposed to be assessed
against the abutting property and the owners thereof will be 7 yy
per front foot.
The estimated damage is nothing in any case.
This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs
and gutters and two (2) inch sheet asphalt (Willite Process) pavement
on five (9) inch plain concrete foundation, all in accordance with the
specifications therefor heretofore adopted by and filed with your
Honorable Body.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) F. AI. Rugeley
Z3E� �igineer.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution
be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Hunt, Jones, Queisser
Nays; None.
Form 7-8th. St.
Lamar -Brook. RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE
CITY ENGINEER AS TO THE COST OF ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
IMPROVEI.IEIIT OF ALL UNPAVED PORTIONS OF EIGHTH STREET,
FIXING A TIM ASID PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY
O':JRTERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY
CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING THE
FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. -
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT.
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of*all unpaved portions
A
of Eighth Street from its intersection with Lamar Street to its inter-
section with Brook Street and has received estimates, plans and spec-
ifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after
due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received and it has
been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said
portions of said street, and not exceeding Ninety per cent of the re-
maining cost of said improvement, as determined at the hearing herein-
after mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting there-
on, and against the property owners thereof, and that said property
—2 is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvement;
and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements,
and the estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel
of property, and the owner thereof, and showing other -matters and
things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of
this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected;
IM
THAT a hearing will be given to the owners of property
proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property
abutting on said portion of said Street, and to all others interested,
and same shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the basement
of the City-,Katioral Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, at
7:30 ofolock P. M., on the day of 192 , and at which hearing
and at said time and place Viers of said property, or any of them,
their agents or attorneys or any one else in any way interested either
in the said property or in said improvements, or in any manner or
method, of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor,
or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages
to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said
matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property
and the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their said property
in enhanc-ed value by means of said improvement, and as to damages to
said property or the owners thereof, resulting from. or to be sustain-
ed by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matter or thing
in any wise incident or connected with the said improvement, contract,
proceedings or assessment therefor, or the method or manner of pay-
ing for same.
II.
THAT any claim for damages shall be made in writing
and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form pro-
vided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And
other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing
and'at such hearing all claims, protests and objections,whatsoever
will be passed upon by the Board and said hearing may be continued from
time to time until all desiring to be heard shall have been fully heard,
and after all have been fully and fairly heard the said hearing will be
closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of
Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot
or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine
the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements* and
will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each such lot or
parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of
each lot or parcel of property by means of said improvements and will
correct any errors, mistakes, invalidities in any proposed assessment,
and in any proveedings with reference to the making or construction
of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will
thereafter, by ordinance, levy and make assessments against each
such piece or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in the
proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with
the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City Charter,
and the ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings of this Board,
and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien.
After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal
therefrom shall prosecute an appeal in any Court having jurisdiction
with twenty (20) days from the date of such hearing is closed and final
assessment is levied, and thereafter, and all persons, firms, corporations
estates and other parties shall, after the expiration of the twenty days t
from the levying of such assessment, is levied, and thereafter, and
all persons, firms, corporations, estates and other parties shall,
after the expiration of the twenty days from the levying of such
assessment, be forever, barred and estopped in any manner doubting
or resisting same or assessing any error, irregularity, mistake or in-
validity therein.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of
the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to
all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the
official newspaper of the City, which notice shall be in substantially
the following form, to -wit;
"TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON ALL UNPAVED
PORTIONS OF EIGHTH STREET BETWEEN LAMAR STREET AND
BROOK STREET AND ALL OTHERS INTERESTED."
NOTICE is hereby given of the intention of the City
to proceed with the improvement of all unpaved portions of Eighth
Street from its intersection with Lamar Street to its intersection
with Brook Street by raising, grading and filling same and installing
concrete curbs and gutters where adequate curbs and gutters are not
now installed, and paving with two inch (2) sheet asphalt (Willits
Process) pavement on five (5) inch plain concrete foundation, 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 parcels of property
benefited by means of such improvements and the owners of such lots
or parcels of property; and such assessments, when levied, shall be
a first and prior lien upon the lots and parcels of property assessed, i
and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof.
On the 44�4 day of ✓,/, 11924 in the Council
Chamber in the City National Bank Building in th7e City of Wichita
Falls, Texas at 7:30 o'clock P. M.p all such owners and their agents
or attorneys, or any other persons or parties desiring to be heard,
will be fairly heard by the Board of Aldermen and any protests, ob-
jections or claims will be fully and fairly heard, the benefits and
damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the
amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and the
owners thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and are
open to inspection.
The estimated cost of said improvement is p 127--l
The estimated amount to be assessed against the prop-
erty owners is lkzz,f .aJ_
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is
I "P _LZper lineal foot of curb; and
The estimated amount of the assessment against prop-
erty owners and their property for pavement and excavation is 1§' -1. 2-i'7.
per front foot. 7
All persons, firms, corporations or estimates, their
agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in the matter or thing in
any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor
the benefits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom or the proceed-
ings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board at
said time and place.
Done in accordance with Resolution of the Board of
Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 14th. day of June
1926.
city Clerk
And said notice shall be published in said newspaper
not less than-W18times, and the first of said publications shall
appear not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for said
hearing, not counting the day of hearing, and the City Clerk shall
cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report
of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of said
notice, such letter to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita
Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the
notice by advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be
sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or
not such notice by letter be received or sent.
PASSED AND AP7ROVED this the 14th. day of June, 1926.
---------------------------
Form No. 6 Wichita Falls, Texas,
Engineer's Letter June 14, 1926
Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost
of improving unpaved portions of 9th. Street from its intersection
with Brook Avenue to its intersection with Tilden Street, showing
the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as
required by the Charter and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body.
As is shown on this report the estimated total cost of
the improvement will be $1i"o.
The estimated amount payable by the City for this Im-
provement will be $ 4,e7v
The esti-ated amount payable by the owners of the
abutting property will be $/ c,7&,,'
The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against
the abutting property and the owners thereof for curb will be $
per front foot.
The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against
the abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements other
than curb will be $ y 9e per front foot.
The total estimated amount proposed to be assessed
against the abutting property and the owners thereof will be
per front foot.
The estimated damage is nothing in any case.
This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs
and gutters and two (2) inch sheet asphalt (Willits Process) pavement
on five (5) inch plain concrete foundation, all in accordance with the
specifications therefor heretofore adopted by and filed with your
Honorable Body.
Respectfully Submitted,
(Signed) F. M. Rugeley Ciy igineer.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolu-
tion be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Hunt, Jones, Queisser
Nays; None.
Form No. 7-9th.
Brook -Tilden RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE
CITY ENGINEER AS TO THE COST OF ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
IMPROVE!,TENT OF ALL UNPAVED PORTIONS OF NINTH STREET
FIXING A TIME AND PLACE IiOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY
OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY
CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING THE
FORM OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of all unpaved
portions of Ninth Street from its intersection with Brook Street to its
intersection with Tilden Street and has received estimates, plans and
specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and
and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were reeeiv-
ed and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing
curbs along said portions of said street, and not exceeding ninety
per cent of the remaining cost of said improvement, as determined at
the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the
property abutting thereon, and against the property owners thereof,
and that said property is the property that will be benefited by
means of said improvement; and the City Engineer has made and filed
with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the
cost of such improvements, and the estimated amount to be assessed
against each lot or parcel of property, and the owner thereof, and
showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter
and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been
examined and corrected:
I.
That a hearing will be given to the owners of property
proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property
abutting on said portion of said Street, and to all others interested,
and same shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the basement
of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, at
7:30 P. M. o'clock on the day of 192 , and at which
hearing and at said time and place the owners ai- said property, or any
of them, their agents or attorneys or any one else in any way inter-
ested either in the said property or in said improvements, or in any
manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract
therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits
or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to
any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the
said property and the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their
said property in enhanced value by means of said improvement, resulting
from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any
other matter or thing in any wise incident or connected with the said
Improvements, contract, proceedings or assessment therefor, or the
method or manner of paying for same.
II.
That any claim for damages shall be made in writing
and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form
provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter.
And all others claims or matters may be presented either orally or in
writing, and at such hearing all claims, protests and objections
whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board, and said hearing may be
continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard shall have
been fully heard, and after all have b*_;=n 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 as-
sessed 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 each lot or parcel of property means of said improvements, and
will correct any errors, mistakes, invalidities in any proposed as-
sessment, and in any proceedings with reference to the making or con-
struction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor,
and will thereafter, by ordinance, levy and make assessments against
each such peace or parcel of property and against the owners thereofin
the proportion provided and in the manner and from and in accordance
with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City
Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings of
this Board, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and
prior lien.
After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal
therefrom shall prosecute an appeal in any Court having jurisdiction
with twenty (20) days from the date of such hearing is closed and
final assessment is levied, and thereafter, and all persons, firms,
forporations, estates and other parties shall, after the expiration
of the twenty days from the levying of such assessment, be forever
barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or
asserting any error, irregularity, mistake or invalidity therein.
The
is
of the time and placeCofysaidrhearing toytherected ownerstOfgsaid
nprope
and to all others interested by causing such notice to be property
lished in
the official newspaper of the City, which notice shall be inbsubstan-
tially the following form, to -wit:
"TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON ALL UNPAVED
PORTIONS OF NINTH STREET BETWEEN BROOK AVENUE
AND TILDEN STREET AND ALL OTHERS INTERESTED".
NOTICE is hereby given of the intention of the City
to proceed with the improvement of all unpaved portions of ninth
street from its intersection with Brook Avenue to its intersection
with Tilden Street, by raising, grading and filling same and install-
ing concrete curbs and gutters where adequate curbs and gutters are
not now installed, and paving with two inch (2) sheet asphalt (Willits
Process) pavement on five (5) inch plain concrete foundation, and
assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such im-
provements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said
portion of said street and all lots and parcels of property benefited
by means of such improvements and the owners of such lots or parcels
of property; and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and
prior lien upon the lots and parcels of property assessed, and a per-
sonal claim and charge against the owners thereof.
On the 1 ,7-4- day of / 192 < in the Council
Chamber in the City Nations ank Bui -Laigg in the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas at 7.,30 o+clock, P. M. all such owners and their agents
or attorneys, or any other persons or parties desiring to be heard,
will be fairly heard by the Board of Aldermen and any protests,
objections or claims will be fully and fairly heard, the benefits and
damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the
amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and
the owners thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and
are open to inspection,
The estimated cost of said improvement is $ ii_a, PO
property owners is
The estimated amount to be assessed against the
$ io7c.io
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb
is $ o.r° per lineal foot of curb; and
The estimated amount of the assessment against
property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is
e.io g8 per front foot.
All persons, firms, corporations or estimates,
their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in the matter or
thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment
therefor the benefits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom, or the
proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said
Board at said time and place.
Done in accordance with the Resolution of the Board
of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 14th, day of
June 1926.
And said notice shall be published in said newspaper
not less than times, and the first of said publications shall
appear not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for said
hearing, not counting the day of hearing, and the City Clerk shall
cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of
the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of said
notice, such letter to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls,
Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by
advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient
whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice
by letter be received or sent.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 14th, day of June 1926
Engineer's Letter-llth. St.
Scott -Brook Wichita Falls, Texas.
June 14, 1926.
Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the
cost of improving unpaved portions of llth, street from its intersection
with Scott Avenue to its intersection with Brook Avenue, showing the
amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required
by the Charter and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body.
As is shown on this report the estimated total
cost of the improvement will be $s�e3 7y:2 7
The estimated amount payable by the City for this
improvement will be $ sv.s
The estimated amount payable by the owners of the
abutting property will be ,,,g.,j—
The estimated amount proposed to be assessed -
against the abutting property and the owners thereof for curb will be
$ o.Sv per front foot.
The estimated amount proposed to be assessed a-
gainst the abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements other
than curb will be front foot.
The total estimated amount proposed to be
assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof will be
$� lryoa per front foot.
The estimated damage is nothing in any case.
This estimate and report is based upon concrete
curbs and gutters and two (2) inch sheet asphaltd(Wl teR Pro �?rP.ve-
ment on five (5) inch plain concrete foundation, a'11 n ac'c r ance w�h the
specifications therefor heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable
Body.
Respectfully Submitted,
(Signed) F. M. Ru els
ult7 ineer.
Form No. 7 Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following
resolution be adopted.
by the following vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried
Yeas; Aldermen done$, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
llth. Street
Scott -Brook. RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF
THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO THE COST OF ASSESSMENTS
FOR IMPROVEMENT OF ALL UNPAVED PORTIONS OF
ELEVENTH STREET, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A
HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED?
AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE
THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT, RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERTiF.N OF THE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of all unpaved
Portions of Eleventh Street from its intersection with Scott Avenue to
its intersection with Brook Street and has received estimates, plans and
specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and
after due advertisement and notice, competitiite bids were received and
it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along
said portions of said street, and not exceeding Ninety per cent of the
remaining cost of said improvement, as determined at the hearing herein-
after mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon,
and against the property owners thereof, and that said property is
the property that will be benefited by means of said improvement; and
the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Alder-
men his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements, and the
estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property,
and the owner thereof, and showing other matters and things required
by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such
reports, and same has been examined and corrected;
I.
That a hearing will be given to the owners of property
proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property
abutting on said portion of said Street, and to all others interested,
and same shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the basement
of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, at
7:30 P. M. Ofeloek on the day of 192 , and at which
hearing and at said time ancTpTa—ce the owners -or sail property, or
any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any way
interested, either in the said property or in said improvements, or in
any manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract
therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or
damages to salU property, shall bd fully and fairly heard as to any of
said matters add as to the amounts to be assessed against the said
property and the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their said
property in enhanced value by means of said improvement, and as to
damages to said property or the owners thereof, resulting from or to be
sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matter or
thing any wise incident or connected with the said improvement, con-
tract, proceedings or assessment therefor, or the method or amnner o f
paying for same.
II.
That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and
shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided
and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter, and other
claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing, and at
such hearing all claims, protests and objections whatsoever will be pass-
ed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from
time to time until all desiring to be heard shall hate 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 deter-
mine the amount of damages, if any, to each such lot or parcel of property
by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes,
invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceedings with
reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levy-
ing of assessments therefor, and will thereafter by ordinance, levy
and make assessments Againsteach such peace or parcel of property and
against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner
and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in force in
this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions and
other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments, when levied, shall
be a first and prior lien.
After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal
therefrom shall prosecute an appeal in any Court having jurisdiction
with twenty (20) days from the date of such hearing is closed and final
assessment is levied, and thereafter, and all persons, firms, corporations,
estite§, gnd other parties shall, after the expiration of the twenty
days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped
in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, 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 City, which notice shall be in substantially
the following form, to -wit;
" TO THE OY4NERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON ALL UNPAVED
PORTIONS OF ELEVENTH STREET BETWEEN SCOTT AVENUE
AND BROOK STREET AND ALL OTHERS INTERESTED".
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the
City to proceed with the improvement of all unpaved portions of Eleventh
Street from its intersection with Scott Avenue to its intersection with
Brook Street by raising, grading, and filling same and installing con-
crete curbs and gutters where adequate curbs and gutters are not now instal
installed, and paving with two (2) inch sheet as liklt� (W41ite�P�roceps)
pavement on five (5) inch plain concrete founds onA�9M akeessing a`
portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against l
all lots and parcels of property abutting such improvements against all
lots and parcels of propertybenefited by means of such improvements and
the owners of such lots or parcels of property; and such assessments, when
levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and parcels of
property assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. I
On the / 9-4- day of ,T,/ 192 G in the
Council Chamber in the City Nall a Bank BuiTRhg in =e City of
Wichita Falls, Texas at 7:30 o'clock, P. M., all such owners and their
agents aor attorneys, or any other persons or parties desiring to be
hears, will be fairly heard by the Board of Aldermen and any protests,
objections or claims will be fully and fairly heard, the benefits and
damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the
amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and the
owners thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and are
open to inspection.
The estimated cost of such improvement is
��379,7-7
The estimated amount to be assessed against the
property owners is �,3s
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is
v-!a per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment against
property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is
�, o .+--- per front foot.
All persons, firms, corporations or estates,
their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in the matter or thing
in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor,
the benefits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceed-
ings, connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board at
said time and place.
Done in accordance with Resolution of the
Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 14th.
day of June 1928.
ryQnd said notice shall be published in said
newspaper not less than times, and the first of said publications
shall appear not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for
said hearing, not counting the day of hearing, and the City Clerk shall
cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of
the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of said notice,
such letter to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls,
Texas, but such no ice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by
advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient
whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice
by letter be received or sent.
June 1926, PASSED AND APPROVED this the 14th, day of
Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution
be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Hunt, Queisser.
Nays; None.
Form 5- RESOLUTION.
(13 streets)
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO HAKE AND FILE
REPORT 6?ITH THE BOARD OF ALDERNEY SHOWING ESTIMATED
COST OF IMPROVE11y.'ENTS OF A PORTION OF ALLEY BLOCK 166,
MONROE STREET, DENVER AVENUE, FOURTH STREET, FILMORE
STREET, TAYLOR STREET, 25TH. STREET, 26TH. STREET,
VICTORY AVENUE, JASPER STREET, 24TH. STREET,
BUCHANAN STREET AND MARSHALL STREET.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF 4ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS_THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of
ALLEY BLOCK 166, from the South Property Line of 7th.
Street to the North Property Line of Gth. Street, .
MONROE STREET, from the South -Property Line of Avenue
"J" to the South line of Lot 13, Block 89 A of the
Highland Addition,
DENVER AVENUE, from the South Property Line of 10th.
Streetto the North Property Line of llth. Street,
FOURTH STREET, from the West Property Line of Ohio
Avenue to the East Property Line of Scott Avenue,
FILMORE STREET, from the North Property Line of Avenue
"M", to the North Property Line of Wichita Valley
Right -of -Way,
TAYLOR STREET, from the North Curb Line of Avenue "M"
to the North.Property Line of Wichita Salley Right -
of -Way,
TWENTY FIFTH STREET, from the East Property Line of
Holliday Road to the West Property Line of City
Acquaduct,
TWENTY SIXTH STREET, from the East Property Line of
Holliday Road to the East Property Line of City
Acquaduct,
VICTORY AVENUE, from the West Property Line of Brook
Avenue to the West Property Line of Duval Street,
JASPER STREET, from the North Property Line of 24th.
Street to the North Property Line of Harvard Street,
T.'EFTY FOURTH STREET, from the East Property Line of
Holliday Road to the East Property Line of Jasper Street
BUCHANA-7 STREET, from the South Property Line of Avenue
110H to the South Property Line of Avenue "R", and
MARSHAL•L STREET, from South Property Line of Huff
Avenue to the C. L. Alley in Block 31 Southland
Addition,
by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs
and gutters and with fommdation
and has caused advertisements to be made for bids for the making and
construction of said improvements to be made and bids therefor have
been taken, and said Board has determined to make the same in the
mannerdescribed and with
as shown in the specifications adopted therefor.
NOW THEREFORE:
4 i �
I.
The City Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance
with the provisions of Section 108 of the City Charter, to make and
file a report with the Board of Aldermen showing thereon the estimated
total cost of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be
paid by the City, the proportion thereof to be assessed against the
abutting property,,and the owners of land abutting thereon and bene-
fited thereby, and the owners thereof, the rate per lineal foot pro-
posed to be assessed for curb, and the amount to be assessed, in each
case, for curb, the estimated amount,to be assessed for excavation
for pavement per front foot, the rate per front foot of property pro-
posed to be assessed for improvement other than curb, the total amount
proposed to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land and the
owners thereof, and such report may show other matters or things and
shall show the estimated amount of damages, if any, to each piece or
parcel of property, and the.owners thereof, which will be sustained by
reason of said improvements, Such report shall in all respects comply
with the resolution and other proceedings of this Board with reference
to the proposed improvement of said portion of said street.
i
II.
This resolution shall take effect from and after its
passage.
I
PASSED AND APPROVED this thellth. day of June, A. D.
1926. -
Form 6- Alley Blk 166
7th. to Sth, Nichita Falls, Texas.
June 14, 1926
To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
I hand you herewith repo*-t and --estimate of the cost of
improving Alley Block 166 from the South Property Line of 7th. Street
to the North Property Line of Sth. Street showing the amount to be
assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter
and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body:
As is shown on this report the estimated total costs
of the improvement will be $
The estimated amount payable by the City for this im-
provement will be I
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 W
The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for
pavement per front foot is p
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 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. Rugeley
City Engineer.
be adopted. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolutionS
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Form 7-Alley Blk 166
From 7th. to Sth. RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT A:17D ESTI'JATE OF THE
CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST A14D ASSESSIENIT FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF ALLEY BLOCK 166 FROT THE SOUTH PROP-
ERTY LINE OF SEVE11TH STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY
LINE OF EIGHTH STREET, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A
HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED,
AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF
AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDLRVEN OFTHE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Alley Block 166,
from the South Property Line of 7th. Street to the North Property
Line of Sth. Street and has received estimates, plans and specifica-
tions 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 (91) L4,,t7-
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 Alder -men 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 oirner 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 ex-
amined and corrected:
I.
That said report of the City Engineer filed on thell h.
day of June, 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 I the City of Wichita Fg eianlls,
Texas, at 7:30 P. M, o1clock on the th. day of� 26, d at
which hearing and at said time and p.Ue the owner 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 thereofp 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 assess-
ments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same.
III.
That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and
shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided
and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter,. And
other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing
and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever
will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may
be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have
been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the
said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts
before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be
assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner
thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of
said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any,
to each lot or parcel of property.and the.owner thereof, the enhanced
value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct
any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment
and in any proceeding with reference to the making or construction of
said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will
thereafter, by ordinance, make and leloy assessments against each
such piece or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in
the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance
with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City
Charter, andthe 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 Cout 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 for-
ever 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 1ROR.RTY ABUTTING ON ALLEY BLOCK
166 FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF SEVE,:TH STREET
TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF EIGHTH STREET AND TO
ALL OTHERS INTERESTED".
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City
of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of Alley
Block 166 from the South Property Line of Seventh Street to the
North Property Line of Eighth Street, by raising, grading and fill-
ing 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 par
eels 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 tfib q%h. day of V I" D. 1926, in the Council
Chamber in the City National Bankt ldi,;g, in the City of Wichita
Fallsy at 7:30 P. M, o1clocko all such oirrners and their agents will
bd fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objec-
tions, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and
damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and
the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land
and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof
will be levied.
Plans, and specifications for the improvements, and
form contract and report of Engineer shivoing 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 jp
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 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 Palls, Texas, on the)jr*. day of
June A. D. 1926.
(Signed) W. E. McBroom
Ulty Ulerir.
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 hhall 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 TIIIS/*h. day of June A. D.
1926.
Form No. 6-Engineers
Letter Wichit Falls, Texas.
June ); l
926.
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 Monroe Street from the South Property Line of Avenue
Jy to the South Line Lot 13, Block 89, A - Highland Addition 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 $ Z 9,, d f
The estimated amount payable by the owners of the
abutting property will be 7ej-7.P_-
The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot
of curb is 0.,Zv
The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation
j for pavement per front foot is 111-4- -
The estimated cost to be assessed against property
owners for pavement is $:a/j,_;,p per front foot.
The estimated cost to be assessed against property
owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is $7-1,34sdher 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,
(Signeg)f. Ift Rugeley
1t7 Engineer.
Form No. 7- Monroe
Avenue "J"-Lot 13, B89-A
Highland Addition. RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE
CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE
IMPROVESIENT OF MONROE AVENUE FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY
LINE OF AVENUE "J" TO THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 13, BLOCK
SID-A, HIGHLAND ADDITION, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR
A HEARING TO PROPERTY O_1[NERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED,
AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF
AND PRESCRIBING THE FORE OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDEM1,1Ek OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Monroe Street from
the South Property Line of Avenue "J" to the South Line of Lot 13,
Block 89-A-Highland Addition 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 ct,in be
cui
along said portion of said street, and not exceeding nint4) per
cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as determid at the
e
hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property
abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said prop-
erty is the property that will be benefited by means of said improve-
ments, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improve-
ments 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)%g.
day of June 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
aubtting 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, f Wichita Falls, Texas, at
7:30 P. K. otclock or-, the,42fth. day of ig 1926, and at which hearing an(
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
meth6d 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 mat-
ters 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 suB-
tained by reason of said improvement, or as to any other matters or
things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvdments,
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, 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 closedp and at said hearing and from the facts
before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assess-
ed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof,
and will. determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said im-
provements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot
or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of prop-
erty by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mis-
takes, 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, male and levy assessments a.giinst 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 forever bar-
red and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting
any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the
time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to
all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the
official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substan-
tially the following form, to -wit;
"TO THE O'?,NERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON M0I1TROE STREET
FROI4 THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "J" TO SOUTH
LINE OF LOT 13, BLOCI{ 89-A, HIGHLAED ADDITION, 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 Monroe
Street from the South Property Line of Avenue "J" to the South Line
Lot 13, Block 89-A, Highland Addition, 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 ggainst 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
ov,rners thereof.
�b On the "4th. day of d �^ A. D. 1926, ir_ the Council
Chamber of the City Rational Bank Building in the City of Wichita
Falls, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such o',,ners and their agents will
be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objec-
tions, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits
and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and
the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land
and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof
will be levied.
Plans and specifications fnr 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 amount to be assessed against property
o mens is 0s it g 7� , ?
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is
a.,1 m per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment against proper-
ty owners and their property for pavement and excavation is $ z.i3 o3 B'
per front foot.
rr\ All persons, firms; corporations, or estates, their
agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in
any vise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor,
the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom or the pro-
ceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board
of Aldermen at said time and place.
Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board
of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the)V(h. day of
June, A. D. 1926.
(Signed) Wi E. McBroom
- C ty Ulerk.
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 minaer whose name appears on said report of the
City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said not-
ice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls,
Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertise-
ment, 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 APFROVED this).11,
1�th. day of June A. D. 1926.
Form 6
Engineer's Letter
Denver
kith- llth. Wichita Falls, Texas.
June*, 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 Denver Avenue from the South Property Line of Tenth
Street to the North Property Line of llth. Street, showing the amount
to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the
Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body;
As is shown on this report the estimated total costs
of the improvement will be $ J_ _", : I
The estimated amount payable by the City for this
improvement will be
The estimated amount payable by the ovmers of the
abutting property will be
The estimated cost to property owners per lineal
foot of curb is 0.4-
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 isper 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_yourHonorable Body.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) F. M. RuSele7
ity Engineer.
Form 7-Denver St.
10th-llth. RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY
EYGI1.1EER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IMPROVEIKENT
OF DENVER AVENUE FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF TENTH
STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF ELEVENTH STREET.
FIXING A T11E 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 RESOLV.,'�OD BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMFEN OF THE CITY (F
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Denver Street from
the South Property Line of Tenth Street to the North Property Line of
Eleventh 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 (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 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 7th.
day of June 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
11M
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. otclock -on the-Oth. day of 1926, and at which hearing
and -at said time and place the owners of gaid 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 in the
manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the cop -tract
therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits
or damages to said property, shall be fully dnd fairly heardas to
any of said matters and as to the amounts to[-bz,\assessed against the
said property and against the owners thereof, arid 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
improvementsp contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method
or manner of paying for same.
That any claim for damages shall,
be made in writing and
shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form\ provided
and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And
other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing
and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever
will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be
continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been
fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said
hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before
it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed
against each lot or parcel of property and against the 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, mistakesp or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in
any proceeding with reference to the making or construction of said im-
provements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will there-
after, by ordinance, make and levy assessments against each such
piece or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in the
proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with
the terms required by law in fore 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,
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 bycausingsuch 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 OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON DENVER AVE14-UE FROM
THE SOUTH BROPERTY LINE OF ELVE11TH STREET AND TO ALL
OTHERS INTERESTED%
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, to proceed with the improvement of Denver
Avenue from the South Property Line of Tenth Street to the North
Property Line of Eleventh 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 assess-
ments, 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�th. day of Pmve, A. D. 1926, in the Council
Chamber in the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita
Fqlls, 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, ob-
ject -ions, 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 5 ry.
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is 11.0,go
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 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 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 thel#th, day of
June, A. D. 1926.
(Signed) W. E. 11cBroom
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 Ulichita Falls,
Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the adver-
tisen-ent, 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 A117D APPROVED THIS/#th. day Of June A. D. 1926.
Form No. 6-Fourth
04io Ave- to Scott Ave.
Engineerls Letter Wichita Falls, Texas.
WichitaFall.
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 Fourth Street from the West Property Line of Ohio
Avenue to the East Property Line of Scott Avenue, showing the amount
to be assessed against such property otvners,-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 i
0
The estimated amount payable by the City for this improve-
ment will be $ .7go.13-
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 f —
The estimated .cost to be assessed against property
owners for pavement is t_j.,L, per front foot.
I
The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners
for pavement, exclusive of curb is $2,1j-4�qj
7--- _per front foot.
The estimated damages are nothing in any case.
This estimate and report is based upon one -course rein-
forced concrete all in accordance with the specifications thereof
heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) F. E. Rugeley
City Engineer.
Form No. 7- Fourth
Ohio- Scott.. RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY
ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESS11'ENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
FOURTH STREET FROM THE WEST PROPERTY LIVE OF OHIO AVENUE
TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF SCOTT AVENUE, FIXING A TIME
AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS IN-
TERESTED, Al- D DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE
THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FOR-- OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERI."EN OF THE CITY OF
-XICHITA FALLS, TEXAS: THAT,
f-C 3
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Fourth Street
from the West Property Line of Ohio Avenue to the East Property Line
of Scott Avenue and has received estimates, plans and specifications
from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due ad-
vertisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has
been determined that all of the cost of constructing s along
said portion of said street, and not exceeding ninet_�14 per cent
of the remaining cost of said improvements, as determined at the hear-
ing 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 ",hereof 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/nth.
day of June 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
11.
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. otolock on the tj'k day of O-uf.1926, and at which hearing and at
said time and place the ownersof 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
add as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and
against the oirners 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 sus-
tained 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.
!0"
That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and
shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided
and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter, And other
claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and
at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be
passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued
from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard,
and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will
be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board
of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each
lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will
determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements,
and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel
of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property
by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes,
or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding
with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or
the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance,
make and levy assessments against each such 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, reso-
lutions, 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,
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
C.- 0 &
asserting any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the
time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to
all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the
official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substan-
tiall7 the following form,'to-wit:
"TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON FOURTH STREET
FROY THE HEST PROPERTY LINE (F OHIO AVENUE TO THE
EAST PROPERTY LINE OF SCOTT 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 Fourth
Street from the West Property Line of Ohio Avenue to East Property
line of Scott --Avenue by raising, gradings 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 improvenentsp 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 theq,,h. day of 6?441.A. D. 1926, in the Council Chamber
in the City National Bank Building in the City 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 $Lopr9 C
The estimated amount to be assessed against property
owners is § 2
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 0 7. e j—z
per front foot.
All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents
or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise
connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the benefits
therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected
therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen•at-said
time and place.
Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of
Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the/fth. day of
June A. D. 1926.
(Signed) W. E. McBroom
C Pt �ye r .
And said notice shall be published in said paper not
less than three times, and the first of said publications shall ap-
pear not less than fourteen days (14) 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 desposited 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 T-IS 7th. day of June A. D. 1926.
Form No. 6- Filmore
Ave. "N"- ITVV-Right-of-
way. Engineerts Letter
To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the
City of 'Wichita Fallsy Texas.
Gentlemen:
.Iffichita Falls, Texas.
Junel+, 1926.
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of
improving Filmore Street from the North Property Line of Avenue !?mll
to the North Property Line of the Wichita Valley Right-of-way showing
the amount to -be assessed against such property owners, etc., as re-
quired 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 ed amount payable by the City for this im-
provement will be
The estimated amount payable by the owners'of the
abutting property will.be Ix
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 $_L 3-3S33 ,per front foot.
The estimated cost to be assessed against property
owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is $4j-jrg� per front foot.
The estimated damages are no4hing"in any case.
This estimate and report is based upon one -course re-
inforced concrete all In accordance with the,,speoifications thereof
heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) F, Y -E2ley ulcy =gTnL..r.
Form 7-Filmore St.
Ave." M" -WV. Right -of
Way RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTI14ATE OF THE
CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IM-
PROVEMENT OF FILMORE STREET FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY
LINE OF AVENUE I'M" TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF THE
',t`ICHITA VALLEY RIGHT OF WAY, FIXING k TI!E AND PLACE
FOR A HEARIUG 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 ALDERIffET OF THE CITY OF
IkTICHITA FALLS, TEXAS,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of 'Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Filmore Street, from
the North Property Line of Avenue I'M" to the North Property Line of
Wichita Falley Right-of-way, 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 (90)
6 _V C
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 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 7th.
day of June 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 NationalL Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at
7:30 P. M. o'clock on the 7th. day of June 1926, and at which hearing
and at said time and place the owners of said property, or any of them,
their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner interested
either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or
method of making and constructing same, or in the contract, therefor,
or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages
to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said
matters and as to the'amounts to be assessed against the said property
and against the owners thereof and as to the benefits to their property
in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to
said property or the owners thereof, resulting from or to be sustained
by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in
any wise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract,
proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of 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 oo.itinued
from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard,
and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be
closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of
Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or
parcel Of Property and against the owner thereof, and will determine the
lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will
determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of prop-
erty and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of
said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or 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 therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy 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 lay, in force in t1-is
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 lion.
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 of 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.
rU7
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 ell 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 U.'JNERS OF RROPERTY ABUTTING ON FILMORE STREET
FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "Yl" TO THE NKRTH
PROPERTY LINE OF THE WICHITA VALLEY RIGHT OF WAY 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 Filmore
Street from the North Property Line of Avenue "M" to the North Prop-
erty line of the Wichita Valley Right of Way 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 7th. day of June A. D. 1926, in the Council
Chamber in the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such ov,.rners and their agents,
will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, ob-
jections, 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 cost of the said improvement is $_f/ ;IJ . %_7
The estimated amount to be assessed against property
Owners is $_LLj2S.q-V
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is Ep b.40
per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment against property
owners and their property for pavement and excavation is
per front foot.
All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents
or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise
connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the bene-
fits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings
connected therewith, shbLll 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 thel#th. day of June
A.
D. 1926.
(Signed) W. E. McBroom
Ult7 Ulerk.
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 desposited in the Post Office it Wichita Falls,
Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertise-
ment, 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
AL. h. day of June A. D.
1926. IS 77
Engineer's Letter
TaTlor from Ave
"TO to INV. Right -Wichita Falls, Texas.
of Way June)*, 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 Taylor Street from the North Curb Line of Avenue "M"
to the North Property Line of Wichita Valley Right -of -Way, 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 0
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 6
$ 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 11 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 esti,ate 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,
(SiE;ned) F. M. Ejjgeley
uity Engineer.
Form 7-Taylor
Ave. M-WV. Right -
of -Way RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE
CITY ENGINEER ASTO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IY-
PROVEMENT OF TAILOR STREET FROM THE NORTH CURB LIKE
OF AVENUE "Yl" qO THE N(RTH PROPERTY LINE OF ..ICHITA
VALLEY RIGHT OF ---AY, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A
HEARING TO PROPERTY OVJUERS AND CTHERS INTERESTED,
AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOT ICE THEREOF
AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERIEN OF THE CITY
OF ',ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
G11HEMU.S, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Taylor Street, from
the north Curb Line of Avenue "M" to the North Property Line of,11Tichita
Valley Right of Way, and has received estimates, plans, and specifica-
tions fro,r. 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 oons;trF?9ting curbs along said portion
of said street, and not exceeding ninet 9, ) per cent of the remaing
cost of said improvements, as determined at the hearing hereinafter
mentioned, shall be assessed against the propefty abutting thereon and
against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that
eill 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 andthings required by law and the City Charter
and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been
examined and corrected: I
I.
That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 7th
day of June, 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
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 Vational Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30
P. M. otclock on the 7th. day of June 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
mthod 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 agiinst
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 a ustained by reason of
said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise
incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceed-
ings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same.
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 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, it 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 invaliditi.ps in
any proposed assessment and in any proceeding with reference to the making
or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments there-
for, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy assessments against
each such piece or parcel of property and against the owners thereof
in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance
with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City
Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings of
this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior
lien.
. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to
appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdic-
tion within tvirenty (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 011MERS (F PROFERTY ABUTTING MT TAYLOR STREET
FRO11 NORTH CURB LINE OF AVENUE "M11 TO THE NORTH
PROPERTY LINE OF WICHITA VALLEY RIGHT-OF-WAY 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 Taylor Street
from the North curb line of Avenue "11" to the North Property Line of
Wichita Valley right of way 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 icharge against the owners thereof.
On the�j�,,l �'A. D. 1914, in the Council
Bank f tLn tykoB
Chamber of the City National B � ding in thelity of Wichita
u
Falls$ at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such ocrners 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 esti ated 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 esti ated amount to be assessed against property
owners is $.
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is $
per lineal footof curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment against
property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is
p per front foot.
,All persons fir--s, forporations, or estates, their
agents or attorneys, desi_ing to be hears in any matter or things in
any wise connected with 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
Alder•:,Len at said bi-,e and place.
Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of
Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls$ Texas; on the WZL
e
A. D. 1926. 17-Th. day of Jun
(Signed} W. E. McBroora Crty Ulerk.
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 fDr said hearing
not counting the date of hearing, and thw City Clerk shall cause to
be mailed to each o-.,ner 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 77ichita 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. I
IV.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
PASSED A171) APPROVED THISJ9_�t2a. day of June, A. D.
1926.
I . c � 1
Form No. 6
Engineer?s Letter
25th. St. from
Holliday Road to
City Acquaduct._ Wichita Falls, Texas.
June A, 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 25th. Street from the East Property Line of Holliday Road
to the West Property Line of City Acquaduct showing the amount to be
assessed against such propevty owners, etc., as required by the Charter
and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body:
As is shownonthisreportthe 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 propebty will be
The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot
of curb is $ '.'t 6,
The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for
pavement per front foot is no
The estimated cost to be assessed against property
owners for pavement is $a_t Per front foot.
The estii-.ated cost to be assessed against property
ormers for pavement, exclusive of curb is �$±,.2-3./7...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.
Form No. 7- 25th. St.
Holliday Road -City. Acquaduct.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) F. T..". Rugeley
. Uity Engineer.
RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY
ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSTITIENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
OF 25TH. STREET FROM THE EAST H-,'OPERT-Y LINE OF HOLLIDAY
ROAD TO THE EST PROPERTY LINE OF CITY ACQUADUCT, FIXING
A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OTTERS AND
OTTERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE
ITOTIZE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM (F SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER!EN (F THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improverient of 25th. Street, from the
East Property Line of Holliday Road to the West Property Line Of City
Acquaduct and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from
the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due advertise-
ment and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been de-
termined that all of the cost of constr. 4l .1 ,A curbs along said portion
of said street, and not exceedingtper 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
c ,12
showing other matters and things required b7 law and the City Charter and
the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been ex-
amined and corrected; -
I.
That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 4th.
day of June 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
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 t y of Wichita Palls, Texas, at 7:30
P. IS. otclock on the9_7th. dayU 4926, 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, sahll be fully and fairly heard as to any of said
matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property
and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their
property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to
damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to
be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters
or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said improve-
ments, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or man-
ner of paying for same.
IM
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 t),e 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 heating 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 own-
ers 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 assess-
mentp and in any proceeding with reference to the making or construc-
tion of said improvements, or the lebying of assessments therefor, and
will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy assessments against each
such piece or parcel of property and against the oi,.rners 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 partiesshall 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 OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON 25TH. STREET FROM
THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF HOLLIDAY RAOD TO THE NEST
PROPERTY LINE OF CITY ACQUADUCT ANDTIO ALL OTHERS
INTERESTED".
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, to proceed with the improvement of 25th. Streets
from the East Property Line of Holliday Road to the West Property Line
of City Acquaduct by raising, grading and 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 improvement, 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 thell"'r.h. day of S"—) A. D. 1926, in the Council
Chamber in the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls,
at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully
heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or
claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages re-
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.
Pland 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 $9131dl-1
The estimated amount to be assessed against property
owners is $ 3114,td
The estimated amount to be assessed for cub is $ 0.3,ev
per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment -against property
owners and their property for pavementand excavation is $ 3..23/1per
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 resolution of the Boariof
Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on thel�th, day of June
A. D. 1926.
(Signed) W. E. McBroom
C itClerk.
And said notice shall be publised 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 4ate set for said hearings
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
Engineers 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 advertisements 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 THIS10th, day of June A. D. 1926.
Form 6-
Engineer's Letter
26th. St. from Holliday
Road to City Acquaduct. Wichita Fallsp Texas.
Junel*, 1926.
To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentle -men:
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of
improving 26th. Street from the East Property Line of Holliday Road
to the East Property Line of City Acgaaduct,showing the amount to be
assessed against such property o�rners, etc., as required by the Charter
and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body:
As is shove on this report the esti�ated total costs of
the improvement will be w yc7o.o�/
The estimated amount payable by the City for this
'~ improvement will be $ y66. "
The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutt-
ing property will be yy o3.7
The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot
of curb is $ o,cty
The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for
pavement per front foot is °>nothi�
The estimated cost to be assessed against property
owners for pavement is per per front foot.
The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners
for pavement, exclusive of curb is vi3.zy1- per front foot.
The esti-:ate.and report is based upon one -course rein-
forced concrete, all in accordance with the specifications thereof
heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) F. M. Ru. ele
ity Engineer.
Form No. 7-
26th. from Holliday
Day Road to City
Acquaduct. RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTII:ATE OF THE
CITY EWGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSIIENT FOR TIME IIBIPROVE-
I!'IENT OF 26th. STREET FROI.I THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF
HOLLID°�,_ ROAD TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF CITY ACQUA-
D"uCT, FIXING A TIK. AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROM RTY
O.JTERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY
CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORiri
OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERIto OF THE CITY ff
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of 26th. Street, from
the East Property Line of Holliday Road to the East Property Line of
City Acquaduct and has received estimates, plans, and specifications
from the City Engineer and after adoption of same and after due
advertisement and nbtice,,competitive bids were received, and
it has been determined that all of the cost of constructin curbs
along said portion_ of said street, and not exceeding ninety
per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as dete :lined at
the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed agai_-ist the prop-
erty 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 Engineers has made and filed with the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and esti ate of the cost of such
improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or
parcel of land, and the owner thereof and shuwing 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 7th.
day of June 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
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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. bl. o'clock, on the 7th. day of June 1926, and at which heaing 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, orin 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 mat-
ters 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 sustainted 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 ir.,ill be
passed upon by the Board of Aldermen sand 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 de-
termine 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 assess-
ments therefor,
and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy 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 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
assessement levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpor-
ations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty
(20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and
estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error,
irregularity, mistake , or invalidity therein,
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the
time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to
all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the
official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantially
in the following form, to -wit:
"TO THE OWITERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING 014 26TH. STREET
FROM THE EAST IROPERTY LINE OF HOLLIDAY ROADTO THE EAST
PROPERTY LINE OF CITY ACQUADUCT AND TO ALL OTHERS
INTERESTED".
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of
',,Iichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of 26th. Street,
from the East Property Line .ofHolliday Road to the East Property
Line of City Acquaduct, by raising, grading, and filling same and in-
stalling 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 h. day of 0,A- D. 1926, in the Council
Chamber in the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls,
at 7:30 P. 11. 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 7 0.
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. I
All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their
agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or things in
any wise connected with the said improvements, the assessment therefor,
the benefits therefor, the damageg 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 resolutioi .1 of the Board of
Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on thel4tth. day of June
A. D. 1926.
(Signed) W. E. McBroom
Ulty 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 v.hose 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 ad-
vertisemert, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient
whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice
be letter be received or sent.
IV.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS *h. day of June A. D. 1926.
Form No. 6-Victory
Brook -Duval Sts.
Engineer's Letter Wichita Falls, Texas.
Junel�-, 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 Victory Avenue from the West Property Line of Brook Avenue
to the West Property Line of Duval Street, showing the amount to be
assessed against such property oviners, 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 of this improve-
ment will be %I/11-2v
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 $ or front foot.
The estimated cost to be assessed against property
oviners for pavement, exclusive of curb is per front foot.
The estimated damages are nothing in any case.
This estimate and reports 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. 1.1. Rugeley
Uit7 Engineer.
Form No. 7-Victory Ave.
Brook- Duval. RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE
CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESS' ENT FOR THE III-
PROVEMENT OF VISTORY STREET FROM THE EST PROPERTY
LINE OF BROOK AVENUE TO THE EST HZOPERTY LINE OF
DUVAL STREET, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING
TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECT-
ING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE TTTEREOF AND PRE-
SCRIBING TFF FORE OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
CF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Alderman of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Victory Avenue from
the West Property Line of Brook Avenue to the West Property Line of
Duval Street, and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from
the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due adver-
tisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been
determined that all of the cost of constr, t**pn urps along said por-
tion of said street, and not exceeding ninlct per cent of the re-
maining cost of said improvements, as determine 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 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
)'Juh. day of June 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�- if il,*Iichita Falls, Texas,
at 7:30 P. 11. o1clock, on the��h. day ofc-tyk- 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 cop -tract thereforl or
the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to
said property, shall be f,'lly 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 sus-
tained 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 claimsy protests, and objections whatsoever
will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be
continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been
fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said
hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before
it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed
against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof,
and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said im-
provements, and will determine the amount of damages, if' any,,to each
lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of
property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors,
mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any
proceeding with refernece to the making or construction of said improve-
ments, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by
ordinance, make and levy assessments against each such 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, reso-
lutions, and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments when
levied shall be a first and prior lien.
After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal
therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction
within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is, closed and final
assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpor-
ations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty
(20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and
estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error,
irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein,
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the
time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to,
all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the of-
ficial newspaper of the said City, which -notice shall be substantially
the following form, to -wit:
"TO THE M-NERS OF P7 OPE TY ABUTTING ON VICTORY AVENUE
FROKI THE REST PROPERTY LINE OF BROOK AVENUE TO THE W82T
PROPERTY LINE OF DUVAL STREET, AND TO ALL OTHERS INTER-
ESTED".
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, to proceed with the improvement of Victory Avenue
from the T.-lest Property Line of Brook Avenue to the West Property Line
of Duval Street, by raising, grading, and filling same and installing
concrete curbs and glitters 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 owner:T�thereof.
On thq�th. day ofs4i� D. 1926, in the Council
Chamber in the City National Bank BuM.ding in the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. !,I. ovelock, all such 'owners and their agents
will be fully heard by the Board of Alder -ion, and any protests, ob-
jections, 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 the reof, are on
file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection.
The estimated cost of the said improvements is
The estimated amount to be assessed against property
Owners is t1-'q1A.j
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
S 114% per front foot.
All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their
agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any -matter or thing in any
wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the
benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefro, or the proceedings
connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen
at said time and place.
Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board
of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on thejU Y h. day Of June
A. D. 1926.
{Signed) W. E. McBroorm
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
cuase to be -mailed to eadh 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 advertise-
ment, 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 THISj4th. day of June A. D.
1926,
Form No. 6-Engineer's Letter
Jasper from 24t"h. to Harvard.
To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
Wichita Falls, Texas
June 1;�, 1926
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost
of improving Jasper Street from the North Property Line of 24th. Street
to the North Property Line of Harvard Street, showing the amount to be
assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the
Charter and laws and by the procee ings 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 1,01
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 510
The estimated cost to be assessed against property
civne_rs for pavement is $ per front foot.
C, 6, 2, k:
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 rein-
forced concrete all in accordance with the specifications thereof here-
toforeadopted by and filed with your Honorable Body.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) F. M. Rugeley
City Engineer.
Form No. 7-Jasper
24th. to Harvard
RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATEOF THE CITY
ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IkI 7ROVEMENIT
OF JASPER STREET FRO11 THE N(R TH PROPERTY LINE �OF 24th.
STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF HARVARD STREET, FIX-
ING A TIES AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OVINERS AND
OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE
NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS: THAT,
111HEREAS, the Board, of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
�'Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Jasper Street from the
�anNorth Property Line of 24th. Street to the North PropertPropertyLin6�of
Harvard Street, and has received estimates, plans, d'sp&ific'ations,,
(from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and aftel, due,�dver-
! tisement 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 (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'sald property is the property
ithat will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City
,Engineer has madeand filed with the Mayor and.Board of Aldermen his
Ireport and estimate of the cost of such ifforbVements and estimated amount
f,to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner there -
:of 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 thel�h.L_-'
day of June 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 Buifdin,-, the City of 1711 h* a Falls, Texas,
M. o'clock, on the '2
at 7:30 P. day of 19 and at which
hearing and at said time and place the own is of sa d property, or any
in any manner of them, their agents or attorneys, or any, no 41
in-
terested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the
manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract
therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits
or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of
said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said
property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to
their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and
as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from
or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other
matters or things in any wise incident to or connected with the said
improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method
or manner of paying for same.
L*"
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
r a, I
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 lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and
will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of
property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by
means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes,
or invalidities in any proposed assessment and in any proceeding with
reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the
levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make
and levy assessments against each such piece or parcel of property and
against the owners thereof in the proportion procided 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, 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 douoting 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 OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON JASPER STREET
FROM THE N(R TH PROPERTY LINE OF 24th. STREET TO THE
NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF HARVARD STREET, AND TO ALL
OTHERS INTERESTED".
Notice is hreby given of the intention of the City
of Wichita Falls, Texas, to proceed with the improvement of Jasper St.
from the North property line of 24th. street to the north property line
of Harvard Street, by raising, grading, and 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 the owners thereof.
On the day of j ng A 121, in the Council
i� I t�el,
Chamber in the City Nations. I�Lank Builrdng i y of Wichita
1 .
Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. O'clock, al such owners and their agents
will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objec-
tions, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and dam-
ages 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
of 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
er lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment against property
owners and their property for pavement and excavation is 4.LLper
_
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, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be abd appear
before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place.
Done in accordance with the resolution off the Board of
Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the h. day of
June A. D. 1926. It
(Signed) W. E. McBroom
Z7� ty 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 hearings and the City Clerk shall cause to
be mailed to each oi:,iner whose name appears on said report of the City
Engineer, a registed 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 whehter or not such notice by letter
be received or sent.
IV.
This resolution sahll take affect and be in force from
and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED T:ISI#t-h. day of June, A. D. 1926.
Form No. 6-
Engineerts Letter Wichita Falls, Texas.
24th. from Holliday June 7, 1926.
Road to Jasper
To The Mayor
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 44th. Street from the East Property Line of Holliday Road
to the East Property Line of Jasper Street showing the amount to be
assessed against such property owners, ate., 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 improvemet 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 4!?
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 Yp_ 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 rein-
forced concrete, all in accordance with the specifications thereof
heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body.
Respectfully , Submitted,
(Si wed) F. 11.
City EnsMllaiF
0
cAu
Form 7- Twenty Fourth
Holliday Road -Jasper. RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPOFT AND ESTIIiATE OF THE
CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESS7'RITT FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF 24th. STREET FROM THE EAST PROPERTY
LINE OF HOLLIDAY ROAD TO THE FAST PROPERTY LINE OF
JASPER STREET, FIXING A TIYE AND PLACE FOR A HEARING
TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECT
ING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRE-
SCRIBING THE FORT' OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERIT= OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Buchanan Street, from the
East property Line of Holliday Road to the East Property Line of Jasper
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 constr)�_cting curbs along said portion of said street,
and not exceeding ninetg%) 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 esti*ate of the cost
of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot
or parcel of land, and the ovrner 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)�h.
day of June 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
II.
That a hea ring shall be given to the property olmners
proposdd 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 Builli in the Cit- Of 5[ichita Falls, Texas, at
X _X 1921, and at which hearing and
7:39 P. IT., 0 1 cloak on the day of
of s I any of them, their
at said time and place the owner ati prop-,ty, or a
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 mak-
ing and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceed-
ings 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 improvementso 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
ass essments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same.
Off
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 pass-
ed upon by the Board of Aldermenand 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 haring will be clos-
ed, and at said, hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Alder-
men 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 deter-
mine 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 assessmenty and in any proceeding with reference to the mak-
ing or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments
therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy assessments
against each such piece or parcel of property and against the owners
thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in ac-
624
coraance 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,
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 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 ot#ers 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 01"MERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON 24th. STREET
FROM THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF HOLLIDAY HOLD TO EAST
PROPERTY LINE OF JASPER STREET ANDTO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED".
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of
I,Vichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of 24th. Street,
from the East Property Line of Holliday Road to the East Property Line
of Jasper Street, by raising, grading, and 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 the owners thereof.
A
On the �h day Of A. D 19 , in the Council
Chamber in the City National Bank ti+ilding in City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents,
will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objec-
tions, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and
damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the
amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land the
owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be
levied.
Plans and specifications for the improvements, and
form contract a -ad 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 is9
per front foot.
All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their
agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or things in
any -.rise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor,
the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the pro-
ceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board
of Aldermen at said time and place.
Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of
Alde=en of the City of ',,.,'ichita Falls, Texas on thelikh, day of June
A. D. 1926.
(Signed) W. E. McBroom
Uy 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 hear-
ing, 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.
IV.
This resolution sahll take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED T`ISIkth- day of June A. D. 1926.
Form No. 6- ,
Engineer's Letter
Buchanan from Ave.
0- to Avenue R Wichita Falls, Texas.
June 1,W,, 1926.
To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the
City of 17ichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of
improving Buchanan Street from the South Property Line of Avenue
"0" to the South -Property Line of Avenue "R" 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 tZILL,(.4-
The estimated amount payable by the City of this im-
provement will be $
The estimated amount payable by the owners of the
abutting property will be L 3tiJ.aa
of curb is 0 The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot
-9--!:21—
The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation
for pavement per front foot is nm
The estimated cost to be assessed against property
owners for pavement is $j.QjLjj) _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 condrete all in accordance with the specifications thereof
heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) F. Y. L12ie7
City Engineer..
Form No. 7-Buchanan
Avenue 0- Ave. R RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTI'CATE OF THE CITY
ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASS7SSIMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
BUCHANAN STREET FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVMPHJE
"0" TO THE SOUTH PROP=TY LINE OF AVENUE 11R" FIYITG A
TILE AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNEERS AND
OTHERS 11,TERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE
NOTICE THEREOF' AND PRESCRIBING THE OF SUCH NOTICIE3.
C
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERI,:E]T OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls
has heretofore ordered the improvement of Buchanan Street from the
So
uth Property Line of Avenue "0" to the Sotth Property Line of Avenue
"R" and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City
Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and
noticep competitive bids were received, and it has been determined that
all of the cost of cons ciing curbs along said portion of said street,
and not exceeding ni ) per cent of the remaining cost of said
improvementsy 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 Ecard of Aldermen his report and esti-
mate of the cost of such improvements and estimated amount to be assess-
ed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and
showing other matters and things requited bylaw and the City Charter
and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been
examined and corrected:
I.
That said report ot' the City Engineer filed on the.
day of June 1926, be and it is hereby acopted and approved;
II.
That a hearing shall be given to the property owners
proposed to be assessed for the Laid 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 Buil dijig in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas,
at 7:30 P. M. ofolock on theh. day TAb: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 ipanner inter-
ested either in said property Or in said improvements, or in the
man -Tier 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 oifners thereof, and as to the benefits to
th6ir 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
others matters or things in any wise incid nt to or connected with
the said Improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof,
or method or manner of paying for same.
That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and
shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided
and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other
claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at
such hearing all. claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be
passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued
from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard,
and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will
be closed, and at said hearing and fro- the facts before it the Board
of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot
or Parcel Of PrOPBrt7 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 proceedings with
reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the
levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance,
make and leb7 assessments against each such piece or parcel of
property and ag inst the ovniers thereof in the proportion provided and
in the ranner 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 fron 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 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 doubt-
ing or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake,
or invalid#y 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-.. -it:
"TO TIME O.UERS OF PROPRTY ABUTTING OUT BUCHANAN STREET
FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "0" TO SOUTH
PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "R" AND TO ALL OTHERS INTER-
ESTED".
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City
of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of Buchanan
Street from the South Property Line -of Avenue TV' to the South Property
Line of Avenue "R" by raising, grading and filling same and instal -ling
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 ag inst all lots and parcels of property abutting
onsaid 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 lion upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal
claim and a charge against the oimners thereof.
On the-'5th. day of X-4 A. D. 1926, in the Council
Chamber in the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita
Falls, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all sucl, owners and their agents will be
fully heard by the Board of Alder -en, 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. I
The estimated cost of the said improvements 2,/Z - gz Z
The estimated amount to be assessed against property
owners is
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is
jp.J-0 per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment against prop-
erty owners and their property for pavement and excavation is $zpj4fg
per front foot.
All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their
agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in
any vise connected with said improvements, the assess, -lent therefor,
the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the pro-
ceedings connected therBwith, 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)#th. day of June
A. D. 1926.
(Signed) IV. E. 11cBroom
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 re.istered 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 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/I�th. day of June A. D. 1926.
Form No. 6-Engineer's Letter
Marshall Street from Huff Ave.
to dS. L. Alley Blk. 3,Sonthland
Addition
To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
Wichit Falls, Texass
June /F, 1926.
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost
of improving Marshall Street from the South Property Line of Huff
Avenue to the 5. L. Alley in Block 31 Southland Addition, showing the
amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as reoired
by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Bodyl
7
As is shown on this report the estimated total costs
of the improvement will be a 7"."e-
The estimated amount payable by the City for this im-
provement will be $_Z_aa. _
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 � 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 6_LZ3y�- p er front foot.
The estimated cost to be assessed against property
owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is , . _49,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. IT. RuSeley
City Engineer.
Form No. 7- Marshall
St.from Huff to-C,. L.
Alley Blk, 3, South-
land Addition. RESOLUTION.
QESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY
ENGINEER ASTO COST AND ASSESS1,13NT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
MARSHALL STREET FROM THE SOUTHPROPERTY LINE OF HUFF
AVE. TO 8. L. ALLEY ITT BLOCK 3, BOUTHLA14D ADDITION,
FIXING A TIPPLE AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY
O':NERRS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND T:IRECTING THE CITY
CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM
OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF 'XICFITA FA-,-.I:S, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Marshall Street, from
the South property line of Huff Avenue to the,5. L. Alley Block 3,
Southland Addition 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 oon?tru n4)vubs along said
an portion of said street, d not exceeding ninetlk 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 Alder-
men his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements and esti-
mated 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:
I.
That said report of the City Engineer filed on the
Oyth. day of June 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 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 th(
City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Tetas at
7:30 P. M. o1clock on the day of1926, and at which
hearing and at said time Ju f7tface the ownlorSof said property, or any
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
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 theirproperty
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, con-
tract, 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
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 inval-
idities In any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference
to the Taking or construction of said improvements, or the levying of
assessments therefor, and will thereafter by ordinance, make and letry
assessments against each such. piece of 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 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 assert-
ing any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein.
Z, U
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 k1l 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 THE OW11,TERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON MARSHALL
STREET AND TO ALL OT17ERS II-TTERESTED".
Notice is hereby given by the intention of the City
of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of Marshall
Street from the South Property Line of Huff Avenue to the 8. L. Alley
in Block 3, of the Southland addition, by raising, grading and filling
sameand installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving withand
assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such im-
provements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said
portion of said street, and all lots and land bensfitedby 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'-;th. day of aft A. D. 1926, in the Council
Chamber in the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls,
at 7.30 P. M. o'clock all such owners and their agents will be fully
heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or
claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages
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-
of -wmill 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 cost 6f the said improvement is
The estimated amont to be assessed against property
owners is
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is
4c a per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment against property
owners and their property for pavement and excavation is _E-_-7 3,--
per front foot.
All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their
agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in
any wise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor,
the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the pro-
ceedings connected thereuith, 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 thej)�th. day of
June, A. D. 1926.
(Signed) '.:. E. 11cBroom
City Glerk.
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 uhose name appears on said report of the
City Engineer, a fegistered letter containing a copy of the said notice
such notice to be desposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls,
Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement
and such notice by advertisement sha,11 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 A -ID AP7ROVEDT1 ISJ'#.day of June, A. D. 1926
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Moved by Alderman Jones that the following estimates
on the Fire Station No. 6 be approved and allowed:
J. D. Stephens, F�stimate No. 1 $2805.00
Jerry Schaffer, architect 245.00.
Motion seconded by Aldon-mr- Himt and carried.
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Moved by Alderman Jones the the expense account,
of Commissioner Curd on trip to Buffalo, New York to attend the
American Water Works.Association,Convention in the amount of 8230.00
be ap?roved and allowed out of the water fund.
I -lotion seconded by Alderman Hurt and carried.
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T'ovod 1)7 Alderman Jones that the water depart'.�ont
be authorized to construct the following water mains:
450 feet'on Goosby Avenue and 450 feet on Tulip
Avenue North from Roosevelt Street at an approximate cost of 0342.00
260.feet of 2 inch galvanized line on Victory
Street between Brook -,iid DurvToodat an approximate cost of $ 91.00
400 feet of 2 inch galvanized line on Caroline
from Houston to Corwin and 320 feet or Corwin from Caroline to
Lincon at an approximate cost of 274.10
500 feet of 2 inch galvanized line on
Washington Street from Hamilton Street to 11cDowell at an
approximate cost of 190.00.
lotion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried.
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The Board of Aldermen then adjouned.
Read and approved this the 21st, day of June 1926.
ATTEST:
U!Uy Uierk