Min 06/28/1926Wichita Falls, Texas.
Basement City National Bank Bldg.
June 28, 1926.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas
met in regular session on the above date with the following members
present:
R. E. Shepherd, Mayor
Oral Jones ¢
P. B. Curd $
J. H. Patton d Aldermen
J. W. Hunt
Frank Queisser
W. E. McBroom, City Clerk
W. E. George, City Attorney.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and
approved.
The hearing with reference to paving Avenue "S" from
Grant Street to Fairview Boulevard was called and after hearing pro-
tests the following motion was put in order.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following resolu-
tion be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Curd, Jones, Hunt, Patton, Queisser
Nays; None.
Form 8-Ave "S"
Grant -Fairview RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING WITH REFERENCE TO IMPROVE-
MENTS AND ASSESSMENTS THEREFOR ON A PORTION OF AVENUE
"S" IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.
WHEREAS, by resolution passed and adopted on the 22nd.
day of March 1926, it was ordered that Avenue "S" from its intersection
with the paving on Grant Street to its intersection with the East curb
line of Fairview Boulevard, be improved in the manner set forth in the
said resolution; and thereafter contract was let and entered into with
the Plains Paving Company for the making and construction of such im-
provements; and thereafter the City Engineer filed roll or statement
showing thereon the various parcels of property abutting upon said
street, with the names of the owners thereof, as far as known, and show-
ing the amounts to be assessed against each parcel, and showing other
matters and things; and such statement having been examined and approv-
ed, it was by resolution ordered that hearing be given to all owners
of abutting property and to all others interested and a time and place
was fixed therefor; and at said time and place, to -wit, the 28th. day
of June 1926, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock in the Council Chamber in the City
National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, said hear-
ing was duly had and �Id, notice of the time and place thereof and
of such hearing havin retofore given in due and proper manner and
for the length of ti a as was proper; and at said hearing the following
protests were made, to -wit;
Mrs. P. H. Richter, owner of 50 feet on said street,
protesting that she was unable to pave.
And all parties desiring themselves to be heard, their
agents, representatives and attorneys, were fully and fairly heard,
and evidence was introduced and considered; and the Board of Aldermen
having heard the evidence and having considered same, and having heard
and considered all protests and objections made, whether herein enumer-
ated or not, is of the opinion that all protests and objections should
be over -ruled, and that said hearing should be closed; and all errors
and other matters requiring corrections or rectification having been
corrected and rectified:
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF
THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
I.
All protests and objections, whether herein enumerated
or not, be, and the same are hereby over -ruled.
II.
The Board of Aldermen from the evidence finds that in
each and every case the property abutting upon the said improvements
will be enhanced in value by means of such improvements, in a sum in
excess of the amount proposed to be assessed against it therefor; and
further finds that the apportionment of the cost of the said improve-
ments made and applied and shown on the Engineer's roll or statement
is substantially in proportion to the benefits received by means of the
improvements, and that such apportionment is just and equitable and re-
sults in substantial justice and equality between the various parcels
of property and the owners thereof, considering burdens imposed and ben-
efits received.
III.
That the said hearing be, and it is hereby closed, and
it is ordered that each parcel of property abutting upon the said im-
provements and the owners of such property be assessed in the sums shown
on the said roll or statement opposite the description of the respective
parcels under the column "Total Assessment" and itemized in the columns
preeeeding such solumn; and it is directed that ordinance levying such
assessments in accordance with the terms and provisions of the proceed-
ings of the City with reference to said improvements and in accordance
with the law and charter be prepared.
IV.
The Board of Aldermen further finds that the sums
assessed against the respective parcels of property do not exceed the
amount or proportion authorized by charter and provided by the proceed-
ings of the City; and further finds all other matters and things necess-
ary and prerequisite to this resolution and to such assessments.
V.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 28th. day of June 1926.
ORDINANCE NO. 786
ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR A PART OF THE COST OF
IMPROVING A PORTION OF AVENUE "S" IN THE UITY Or
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST
ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR
THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSFSSMENTTS AND FOR THE IS"DANCE
OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES.
Moved by Alderman Jones that Ordinance No. 786 be passed
on its first reading.
following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the rules requiring ordinances
to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency declared.
following vote Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Runt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 786 be passed
on its third and final reading and be adopted as read.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following resolu-
tion be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Form approvin
contract Ave. S"
RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS OF
A PORTION OF AVENUE "S" IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS
AUTHORIZING THE: MAYOR TO SIGN SAME; APPROVING THE
CONTRACTORtS BONDS THEREFOR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
FOR THF, CITY'S 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 Avenue "S" from its intersection with paving on Grant Street to
its intersection with East curb line of Fairview Boulevard together
with the construction and maitenance 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 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 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 ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT
I.
Theee be and is hereby set aside and appropriated out
of the funds available for that purpose, the sum of Fifteen Hundred
Sixty Three and 11/100 ($1563.11) Dollars to pay and defray all that
portion of the cost of improving said portion of Avenue "S", to be
paid for by the City of Wichita Falls.
II.
The said contract and the construction and maintenance
bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted and the Mayor
is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract in the
name of the City.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 28th, day of June, 1926.
The hearing with reference to paving York Avenue from
Fairview Boulevard to Colquitt Avenue was called and after hearing pro-
tests the following motion was put in order.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following resolution
be adopted.
following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Form 8- York
Fairview-Colquitt. RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS
INTERESTED IN IMPROVEMENT OF YORK AVENUE BETWEEN THE
WEST PROPERTY LINE OF FAIRVIEW BOULEVARD AND THE EAST
CURB LINE OF COLQUITT AVENUE AND DETERMINING AMOUNTS
OF ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ABUTTING LOTS, AND PARCELS OF
PROPERTY, AND THE OWNERS THEREOF.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the following portion of Street in said City
improved by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete
curbs and gutters, and paving with Warrenite-Bitulithic Pavement on con-
crete foundations, to -wit; all the unpaved portion of York Avenue from its
intersection with the West Property Line of Fairview Boulevard and its
intersection with the East Curb Line of Colquitt Avenue,
WHEREAS, by resolution of the Board of Aldermen adopted
on the 26th. day of April 1926, it is ordered that a hearing to all owners
of property abutting on said portion of said street, and all others inter-
ested be held in the Council Chamber in the City National Bank Building at
7:30 P. M. otcloek on the 28th. day of June 1926, and that notice thereof
be given, and,
WHEREAS, due notice of the time and place of such hear-
ing was given and such hearing held, and all parties, their agents and
attorneys, and all others desiring to be heard, have been fully and fairly
heard, and at such hearing the fol'owing protests were made:
J. A. Kemp, owner of 300 feet protesting against the cost
of such improvements and that this is an inopportune time therefor;
I.
That all protests and objections, whether therein spec-
ifically mentioned or not, be and they are hereby over -ruled.
II.
That the Board of Aldermen finds from the evidence be-
fore it that no property will be damaged by means of, or as a result of any
of said improvements.
III.
The Board further finds from the evidence before it
that the proper rule of apportionment of the cost of such improvement is
that applied and shown on the estimates, reports and statements of the City
Engineer filed on the 26th, day of April 1926, and examined and approved
by the Board, and that such produces and effects substantial equality and
justice between the various lots and parcels of land shown and affected
thereby and respective owners thereof, and the Board further finds from
the evidence that each parcel or lot of land abutting on said portion of
York Avenue will be benefited in enhanced value by means of such improve-
ments on said portion of York Avenue in an amount in excess of the portion
of costs to be assessed against same as shown on said estimates, reports
and statements of the City Engineer; and that each parcel or lot of land
abutting on said portion of York lvenue will be benefited in enhanced
value by means of such improvements on said portion of York Avenue proposed
to be assessed against same as shown on said estimate reports and state-
ment of the City Engineer; and that each parcel or lot of land abutting
on said portion of York Avenue will be benefited in enhanced value by
means of said portion of York Avenue in an amount in excess of the portion
of costs proposed to be assessed against same as shown on said estimate re-
ports and statements of the City Engineer.
IV.
That said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels
of property, and against the owners thereof, and the City Attorney
is hereby directed to prepare form of Ordinance, levying such assess-
ments in accordance with the Charter and laws in force in this City
and in accordance with the Ordinances, resolutions and other proceed-
ings of the City applicable thereto.
V.
That said hearing be and it is hereby closed as to all
parties and as to all said improvements.
VI.
passage.
That this resolution take effect from and after its
APPROVED:
ORDINANCE NO. 787.
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE IMPOVEMENT OF A PORTION OF
YORK AVENUE FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE WEST PROPERTY
LINE OF FAIRVIEW BOULEVARD TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE
EAST CURB LINE OF COLQUITT AVENUE, DESIGINATING THE MA-
TERIALS AND METHODS OF IMPROVEMENT, AND PROVIDING FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION THEREOF BY CONTRACT AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PAYMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS, LEVYING ASSESS-
MENT THEREOF, AND FIXING THE TER14S AND TIMES OF PAYMENTS,
AND THE RATE OF INTEREST THEREON, AND PROVIDING FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 787 be passed
on its first reading.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow-
ing vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays- None.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that the rules requring Ordinances
to be read on three separate days be suspended and an emergency declared.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow-
ing vote:
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Naysj None.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 787 be passed
on its third and final reading and be adopted as read.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow-
ing vote:
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following resolutions
be adopted,
ing vote;
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow -
Yeas; Aldermen Patton,Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, contract in writing between the City of Wichita
Falls, and West Texas Construction Company, for the improvement of the
following street in said City, to -wit; York Avenue from its intersection
with the West Property Line of Fairview Boulevard to its intersection with
the East Curb Line of Colquitt Avenue together with construction bond
required thereby, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adop-
tion and approval; and,
WHEREAS, the Bid of West Texas Construction Company for
the making and construction of the improvement provided for in the said
contracts, has after due advertisement and notice, been made and upon the
opening of the bids said contract was awarded to the said Company; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide
for the payment of all that portion of the cost requited in the said con -
treat to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls;
Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the
City of Wichita Falls, and that there be and is hereby set aside and appro-
priated out of the funds available for that propose, the sum of $1,995.09
to pay and defray all that portion of the cost of improving said portion of
York Avenue to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls;
The said contract and the construction bond and mainte-
nance 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.
Its passage. That this resolution shall take effect from and after
Passed and approved this day of 1926
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 York Avenue
from its intersection with the West Property Line of Fairview Boulevard and
the East Curb Line of Colquitt Avenue, 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
contracts 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;
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,
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,
Its passage. That this resolution shall take effect from and after
Passed and approved this day of 1926.
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from Grant Street to GarfieldeStreetwwas callednandtafter heearinguprotests
of Mrs. H. E. Towner, C. E. Larson, C. H. Stimson and E. U. Smith, owners
of 670 feet fronting on this project the following motion was put in order.
Moved by Alderman Curd that the hearing be closed.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried.
Moved by Alderman Curd that all contracts, resolutions,
and proceedings heretofore had with reference to paving Avenue "N"
from Grant Street to Fairview Boulevard be cancelled and annulled.
Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that W. C. Perkins be permitted
to break the curb and pave the street 8 1/2 feet wide for a distance of
56 feet from the corner of Beeler Avenue and Holliday Street.
Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried.
Moved by Alderman Jones that the tax valuation on the
merchancise owned by the iAiley Furniture Company during the year
1925 be reduced from $25,000.00 to $12,500.00 and the tax on over-
valuation be remitted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried.
Moved by Alderman Curd that the building inspector
be authorized to grant a permit to A. Smarsh for the construction of a
lumber yard on Lots 4 and 5, Block 2, Spivey Addition.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried.
Moved by Alderman Patton that the sewer department
be authorized to construct the following Rewer lines:
3015 feet of 6 inch sewer line on Tulsa -Flood Street
Alley from Holmes to Harding Streets and Flood -Bonner Street Alley
from Holmes to Rosewood Streets and serve 74 houses at an approximate
cost of $3050.00.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried.
Moved by Alderman Patton that the sewer department
be authorized to construct a sewer line to serve Beverly Drive pro-
vided J. W. Marlow pays $200.00 if the total cost exceeds $1290.00.
following vote Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the
Yaes: Ald rmen patt n, Hunt, Jones and Queisser
Nays; f�QPiLf'
be adopted. Moved by Alderman hunt that the following resolution
following note: Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, in order
to acquire additional property and make additional improvements that
should be acquired and made in the near future, will have to incur
an indebtedness of approximately THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
($350,000.00) DOLLARS; AND,
, ,,8
WHEREAS, said City of Wichita Falls, Texas has a sufficient
income from taxes as now fixed for the repayment of any and all indebt-
edness incurred and to be incurred at this time in the foregoing sum; AND
WHERFAS, the Security National Bank, of Wichita Falls, Texas,
is the depository of the said City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at this time;
AND,
WHEREAS, the said The Security National Bank, of Wichita Falls,
Texas, at the request of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has agreed to
purchase and pay for and take up warrants and obligations issued and to
be issued by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, in connection with the
property to be purchased and improvements to be made as hereinabove
stated in a sum not to exceed THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($350,000.)
DOLLARS, inclusive of the amount now being carried by the said The
Security National Bank, of Wichita Falls, Texas, AND
i
WHEREAS, in order to induce the said The Security National Bank
of Wichita Falls, Texas to take up, pay off and carry such warrants and
indebtedness so incurred by the said City of Wichita Falls, Texas, the said
City of Wichita Falls, Texas hereby agrees to pay to said bank on any and
all amounts so taken up and carried by said bank, for the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, 6% interest thereon until such sums are paid; AND,
HREA, in
depository ofEthesfundseofntheoCitytofrWichitahFallsbank beTexas,tbefore seleced as tthe
payment of any and all amounts so taken up and carried by the said The
Security National Bank, of Wichita Falls, Texas, for the said City of
Wichita Falls, Texas all amounts owing shall be repaid to said bank
within ten days after such change of depository.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the council of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, that the said The Security National Bank, of
Wichita Falls, Texas", is hereby authorized, directed and empowered to take
up, pay off and discharge any and all warrants and other evidence of in-
debtedness owing by the said City of Wichita Falls, Texas, to the amount
of THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($350,000.00) DOLLARS; AND,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Wichita Falls, Texas,
pay to said The Security National Bank, of Wichita Falls, Texas, interest
on any and all amounts so taken up and paid off by it, at the rate of 6%
per annum, AND
BE IT HER
VED
the
Texas, in event heTSecurity LNational tBank ofiWichita d City oFalls,l,Texasita llfrom
any cause whatever ceases to be and act as the depository of the funds for
the City of Wichita Falls, Texas within ten (10) days thereafter, the said
City of Wichita Falls, Texas will pay off and discharge any and all obli-
gations of every kind and nature then held by the said The Security Nat-
ional Bank, of Wichita Falls, Texas, and for the payment of which the said
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, is in any way liable; AND
BE I
Falls, Texas, and DITHER McBroom,h Cityt
tClerk ofhthee
CityMofoWichitachita
Falls, Texas, be and they are hereby authorized and directed to make,
execute and deliver any and all papers and documents of every kind and
nature that may be necessary and proper to carry out the spirit and intent
of the foregoing resolution.
Engineer's Letter
Taft Wichita Falls, Texas.
June 28, 1926.
Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
This certifies that the Plains Paving Company has completed
the paving and otherwise improving of Taft Street from its intersection
with the South line of Lot 7, Block 95A, Highland Addition, to its inter-
n accordance
section with South Right-of-way line of W F & S Ry. Tracks i with the plans and specifications therefor and I hereby recommend the.
acceptance of the above described work.
Respectfully,
F. M. Rugeley
1 ng neer.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution
be adopted.
following vote;
Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt Queisser
Nays; None.
RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK OF PAVING AND OTHERWISE
IMPROVING A PORTION OF TAFT STREET AND AUTHORIZING
THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CER-
TIFICATES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER1EN OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, The City Engineer has certified that the
paving and otherwise improving Taft Street from its intersection with
the South line of Lot 7, Block 95A, Highland Addition to its intersec-
tion with the South Right -of -Way line of the 1".1. F. & S. Ry. Co. has
been completed by the Plains Paving Company in accordance with the
plans and specifications therefor and the said City Engineer recommends
the acceptance of the said work by the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE-OLVED B- THE BOARD OF ALDER-
MEN OF THE CITY (F VIICHITA FALLS, TEXAS,
THAT said paving and other improvements be and the
same are hereby accepted by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and the
Mayor be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute Special
Assessment Certificates evidencing the indebtedness of the owners of
the property abutting on said portion of street, in the name of the
City of Wichita Falls, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and di-
rected to attest same and to impress the Seal of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, and to deliver said Special Assessment Certificates
to the Plains Paving Company as set forth in the contract, for the
above named improvements., all in accordance with the ordinances and
resolutions heretofore adopted and passed by the City of Wichita Falls,
with reference to the above described improvements.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 28th. dLay of June 1926.
Englneerts Letter
Travis Wichita Falls, Texas.
Eleventh -Seventeenth. June 28, 1926.
Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
This certifies that the Plains Paving Company has com-
pleted the paving and otherwise improving of Travis Street from its
intersection with South property line of Eleventh Street to its inter-
section with the south property line of Seventeenth"Street in accord-
ance with the plans and specifications therefor and I hereby.recommend
the acceptance of the above described work.
Respectfully
(Signed) F.
it City RkI.L.21e;iey
Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution
be adopt ed.
Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK (F PAVING AND OTHERWISE
IMPROVING A PORTIOF OF TRAVIS STREET AND AUTHORIZING
THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CER-
TIFICATES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDE:i7jEll OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has certified that the pav-
ing and otherwise improving Travis Street from its intersection with
the South Property Line of Eleventh Street to its intersection with
the South property line of Seventeenth Street, has been completed by
the Plains Paving Company in accordance with the plans and specifica-
tions therefor and the said City Engineer recommends the acceptance
of the said work by the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER-
PM—U OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.
THAT said paving and other improvements be and the same
are hereby accepted by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Mayor
be and is.hereb7 authorized and directed to -execute Special Assessment
Certificates evidencing the indebtedness of the owners of the property
abutting on said portion of street, in the name of the City of Wichita
Falls, and the City Clerk is. hereby authorized and directed to attest
same and to impress the Seal of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and
to deliver said Special Assessment Certificates to the Plains Paving
Company, as set forth in the contract, for the above named improvements
all in accordance with the ordinances and resolutions heretofore adopt-
ed and passed by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, with reference to
the above described improvements.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 28th. day of June 1926.
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Engineerts Letter
Taft from Ave. "Llf Wichita Falls, Texas.
to Lot 7, Blk 95A June 28, 1926.
Highland Addition
Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
This certifies that the Plains Paving Company has com-
pleted the paving and otherwise improving of Taft Street from its in-
tersection with south property line of Avenue "L" to its intersection
with the South line of Lot 7, Block 95A Highland Addition in accord-
ance with the plans and specifications therefor and I hereby recommend
the acceptance of the above described work.
Respectfully,
(Signed) F. M. Rugeley
uit-
, Engineer.
Moved by Alderman Jones that the following resolution
be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Quoisser
Nays; None.
RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE VORK OF PAVING AND OTHERWISE
IMPROVING A PORT1011 OF TAFT STREET A!TD AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION AND D.=IFE.t7 OF SPECIAL ASSESS11_7FT CERTIF-
ICATES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER"IEN OF THE CITY OF
NICFITA FALLS, TEXAS, TFAT,
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has certified tl�ab the paving
and otherwise improving Taft Street from its intersection with the South
property line of Avenue "L" to its intersection with the South line of
Lot 7, Block 95k, Highland Addition, has been completed by the Plains
Paving Company in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor
and the said City Engineer recommends the acceptance of the said work
by the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.
THAT, said paving and other improvements be and the same
are hereby accepted by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and the IVIa7or
be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute Speical Assessment
Certificates evidencing the indebtedness of the owners of the property
abutting on said portion of street, in the name of the City of Wichita
Falls., and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest
same and to impress the Seal of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and
to deliver said Special Assessment Certificates to the Plains Paving
Companyy, as set forth lin.the contract, for the above named improvements,
all in accordance with the ordinances and resolutions heretofore adopt-
ed and passed by the City of 'Wichita Falls, with reference to the above
described improvements.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 28th. day of Juno 1926.
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Engineer's Letter
Travis Wichita Falls, Texas.
Fourth- Sixth June 28, 1926.
Hon. Mayor and City Commissioners,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen:
This is to certify that the pavement on Travis Street
from the North Property Line of Fourth Street to the North Property Line
of Sixth Street, has been completed by L. E. Whitham and Company, in
accordance with the Plans and Specifications therefor heretofore filed
with your honorable body.
Is therefore recommend that this pavement be accepted.
Respectfully,
(Signed) F.
T"
Gith—%uffl-elflry.
Moved by Alde-=-r_--. Jones that the following resolution
be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Hunt, Jones, Card, Queisser
Nays; None.
Form 14-Travis
Fourth -Sixth RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE IMPROVFMEIqTS ON TRAVIS STREET
FROT7 THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF FOURTH STREET TO THE
NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF SIXTH AND DIRECTING THE MkYCR
AND CITY CLERK TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF SPECIAL ASSESS-
TMENT LEVIED AGAINST THE VARIOUS LOTS OR 'TRACTS OF LAND
AND THE 91TNERS THEREOF ABUTTING UPON SAID P(RTION OF SAID
STREET.
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered that Travis Street from the North
Property Line of Fourth Street to the North Property Line of Sixth
Streets be improved, by raising, grading, and filling same, and in-
stalling concrete curbs and gutters and paving -same, and after due
notice and hearings special assessments were levied against the tarious
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,
1WIERRAS, 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 spec-
ifications therefor, and to the entire satisfaction of this Board:
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF 7.7ICHITA 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 Com-
pany 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.
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 ofspecial assessment, in evidence
of the various assessments levied against the respective lot or parcels
of land abutting upon said portion of said street, and the owners thereof
and against which special assessment has been levied, reciting the des-
cription of such property, the amount of the assessment against same,
the owner thereof, the terms of payment thereof the rate of interest,
the date of completion and acceptance of the said improvements, the lien
of the said assessment and the personal obligation and liability of the
owner of the property, and reciting that all proceeding with reference
to making such improvements have been regularly had in accordance with the
Law, the Charter of said City, the terms of the certificate, and that
all prerequisites to the fixing of a lien and claim of personal liability
evidenced by the certificates have been performed, and containing other
appropriate and pertinent recitals, all in accordance with the contract
with the said company and the law in force in the Cityy, and the pro-
ceedings of this Board.
IV.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
1926. PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 28th. day of June A. D.
ORDINANCE NO. 783
AN ORDINANCE A'1ENDING SECTION NO. 113 OF ORDINANCE
NO. 494, PASSED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN AND APPROV-
ED BY THE MAYOR ON THE 19th. DAY OF MAY, A. D 1924.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 763 be
passed on its second reading.
Yotion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Card, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the ap-,"lication of L. E.
Cowling, Jr., for a permit to construct a lumber yard on Lots 1 to 5,
Block 106 A- Highland Addition be received and the City Clerk be in-
structed to advertise for a public hearing to be held at 7:30 P. M.
July 12th. in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National
Bank Building for the purpose of hearing protests provided the appli-
cant agrees to pay the cost of advertising.
tions be adopted.
following vote:
,lotion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following resolu-
Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the
Yeas; Alderman Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Hays; None.
Form 7- Bell
Ave. J-Ave. L. RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT Alil) ESTI11ATE OF TILE
CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSME71T FOR THE, IT'-
PROVE1vlENT OF BELL STREET FROM' THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE
OF AVENUE "J" TO THE N(MTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "Ll'
FIXING A TI*AT, AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY
OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY
CLERK TO GIVE UOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORT-.
OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF *ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Bell Street from the
South property line of Avenue "J", to the North Property Line of Avenue
"L" 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 im-
provements, 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 ben-
efited 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 proceed-
ings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and
corrected:
I.
That said report of the City Engineer filed on the
21st. 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 hold in the Council Chamber in the basement of
the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas,
at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, on the 4e�.� day Of Q 1926, and at which
hearing and at said time and place =e owners 14C said property, or any
of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any manner in-
terested eitper 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.
(- C 4
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
6ther 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 he9rd, 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 im-
proverents, 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 ovmers 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 t-i;ienty
(20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and
estopped in any manner doubting or resis ting 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 in sub-
stantially the following form, to -wit;
"TO THE 01VERS OF IROPERTY ABUTTING ON BELL STREET
FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY Ll-,-E OF AvaTuE "J" TO THE
NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "L" AND TO ALL OTHERS
INTERESTED".
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City
of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed -::ith the improvement of Bell
Street from the Sou th Property Lire of Avenue "'V' to the North
Property Line of Avenue "L" 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 ad d street and all lots and land
benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments,
when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land
assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof.
On the day of A. D. 1926, in the NatioCoun-
cil
cil Chamber in the City nal ban.7 u 1—ding in the City of Vlichita
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
Tr
ill ill 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 Vie said improvement is oz-
The estimated amount to be assessed against property
owners is
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is
&,t*±_Per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment against prop-
erty owners and their property for pavement and excavation is Qpf-,549,4
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 21st. day of June
A. D. 1926.
(Signed) W. E. L'cBroom
(;1ty ( erk.
And said notice shall be published in said paper not
less than three times, and tl_e first of said publications shall appear
not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing,
not counting the date Pf hearing and the City Clerk shall cause to be
mailed to each oviner 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,
such 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.
1926.
Form 7- Lamar
Fourth -Third
PASSED AND APIROVED T'_IIS 2A day of June A. D.
RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTII-,"ATE OF THE
CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSHENT FOR THE IM-
PROVEI�TNT OF LATIAR STREET FROM THE NORTH PROFERTY
LINE OF FOURTH STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF
THIRD STREET, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING
TO PROPERTY 017YERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECT-
ING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF A11D PRE-
SCRIBING THE FOR!' OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERljMl CF THE CITY
OF 1_-ICHITA FALLS, T-.."IXASp THAT,
V,Tf!=AS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Lamar Street from the
North Property Line of Fourth Street to the North Property Line of Third
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 cons�.r. ct* curbs along said portion of said street,
and not exceeding ninet ) per cent of the remaining cost of said
improvements, as determined at the hearing hereinafter 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 estimates of the
costs of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against
each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof, and showing other
matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the pro-
ceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and
corrected:
C. -a C.
I.
That said report of City Engineer filed on the 21st. 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 o Wichita Falls, Texas,
'b-I 0 Wichita
at 7:30 P. M. otelock on the It& day o ' 926, and at which
hearing and at said time and p-1-ace 7he ow. �e 4�.aid property, or any
of the4iltheir agents or attorneys, or anyone else in any manner inter-
ested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner
or method of making and constructing same, or in the cop -tract 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 the said
ratters 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
anyvyise 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 heating 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 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 irvalidities
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 thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy assessments
against each such peice or parcel of property and against the owners
thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in
accordance with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the
City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings
of this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and
prior lien.
After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal
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, estaresp 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 THZ OIA.WERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON LAMAR STREET FROM
THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF FOURTH STREET TO THE NORTH
PROi7RTY LINE OF THIRD STREET ANDTO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED"
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of Lamar Street from
the North Property Line of Fourth Street to the North Property Line of
Third Street by raising, grading and filling same and installing con-
crete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete
and assessing a portion of the cost of making and const-,ucting such
87
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, irrhen levied, shall be a first
and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim
and a charge against the oviners thereof.
On the lbday of A. D. 1926, in the
Council Chamber in the City a ional B- i tiding in the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o1cloc , all such owners and their
agents iuill be fully hoard 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 oirners 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 ij? loo, Utz
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 pave°rent and excavation is
�1.yGs'7iper front foot,
All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their
agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in
any n+ise.'connected z:ith said improvements, the assessment therefor,
the benefits therefor, the darnages resulting therefrom, or the pro-
ceedings connected there�,�,ith, shall be and appear before said Board
of Aldermen at said time and place.
Dore in accordance with the resolution of the Board
of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 2 , day of
June A. D. 1926.
(Signed) Pti . E. I cBroom
i y 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 ocher :;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 Richita
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 TRI; 2$ day of June A. D.
1926.
From 7-Brook
Seventh-Truehart RESOLUTION.
. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIW TE OF THE CITY
ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMRKT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
OF BROOK AVENUE FROP+i THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF SEVENTH
TO TI_E SOUTH CURB LINE OF TRUEHART, FIXING A TIME AND
PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY O',ldERS AND OTHERS INTER-
ESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THERE-
OF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE.
6 ^8
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
n,iEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Brook Avenue from the
Worth Property Line of 7th. Street bo the South Curb line of Truehart
Avenue, and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the
City Engineers and after adoption of same and after due advertisement
and notice, competitive bids were received,,sand it has been determined
that all of the cost of constr q nicurbs along said portion of said
street, and not exceeding ninet, 9 ) per cent of the remaining cost of
said improvements, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned,
shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the
owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be ben-
efited 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
21st. 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 o- Wichit Falls, Texas,
at 7:30 P. M. o1clock on the' day of and at which
'��a the oin property, or any
hearing and at said time and p r,
of them, their agents or attorneys, or any ne 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 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 improve-
ments, contracts proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or man-
ner of paying for same.
That That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and I
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 I
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 damagess 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 eri-ors, mistakes, or in -
validities 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 prop-
erty and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in
the manner and form and in accordance with the tern -is required --iy law
in force in this City and the City Charters 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 fr,;m t,-e date such hearing is closed and final
f, rl.9
assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpora-
tions, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty
(20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and
estopped In any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any
error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of
the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said props rty 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 BROOK AVENUE
FROT' I THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF SEVENTH STREET TO
THE SOUTH CURB TZNIE OF TRUEHART 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 Brook Avenue
from the North Property Line of Seventh Street to the South Curb Line
of Truehart Avenue by raising, grading and filling same and installing
concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced con-
crete said 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. dayA. D. 1921, in the
Council Chamber in the C4,y4aati.1.Of1 _uildin� in he City of
Wichita Falls, at 7:30 P. M. otclock, a such owners 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 1::ill 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 4$_
The estimated amount to be assessed against property
owners is 5—
The estimated a,,..ount to be assessed for curb is
or lineal foot of curb; and,
The ostLmated amount of the assessment against prop-
erty o.mers 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 i�iise 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 resolut' of the Board of
Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas,
on thA. day Of June,
A. D. 1926.
(Signed) IV. E. McBroom
UIL7 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 hearingp and the City Clerk shall cause
to be railed to each owner whose name appears on said report bf 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
T (; 0
such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such
notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other
notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or
sent.
IV.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 21Ss day of June A. D. 1926
Form 7-Alley Blk 182-
Ninth-Tenth RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE R3PORT AND ESTITaITE OF THE
CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSI-IIENT FOR THE IVI-
PROVEHEITT OF ALLEY BLOCK 182 FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY
LINE OF NINTH STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF
TENTH STREET, FIXING A TII-E AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO
PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERTSTED, AND DIRECTING
THE CITY -CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRECCRIBING
THE FOR- OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALD7R�'WN OF T17 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 182, from
the South. property line of Ninth to the North Property line of Tenth
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 im-
provements, 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 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 21st.
day of June 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
IT.
That a hearing shall be given to the property owners
proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property
abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested,
and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the
City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30
P. M. ol clock on the 1,x day of (40=3/ _ .1926, and at which hearing and
at said time and place the owners of daid property, or any of them,
their agents or attorneys, or any one elseinany 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 pro -
cc --dings 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 (yiners thereof, and as to the benefits to thier property in enhanced
value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property
or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said
improvements, or as to any other matters or things in any wise incident
to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings or
assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same.
That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and
shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided
and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other
claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at
such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed
upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time
to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully hoards and after all
have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at
P-7t
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 oirner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said
improve-,-ients, and ,,rill correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities
in any proposed assess,-.ent, 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 Boards 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 par -ties shall after the expiration of twenty
(20) days from the levying of such assessments be forever barred and
estopped in any manner doubting of resisting same or asserting any
ertor, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of
the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and
to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the
official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantial-
ly the following form, to -wit;
"TO THE OTINERS OF EFOPERTY ABUTTING ON ALLEY BLOCK 182
FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF NINTH STREET TO THE
NORTH IR OPERTY LI12 OF TE=TH STREET AND TO ALL OTT.11S
INTERESTED".
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, to proceed with the improvement of Alley Block
182 from the South Property Line of Ninth Street to the North Property
Line of Tenth Street by raising, grading, and filling same and install-
ing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced
concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing
such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting
on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means
of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a
first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal
claim and a charge against theol,,mers thereof.
On the 3a day of eZ__11 -.A. D. 1926, in the Council
Chamber in the City NationsBankBuTTM71gin the City of Wichita
Falls, at 7:30 P. Y. o'clock, all such ovmers and their agents will be
fully heard by the Board of Alderrien, and any protests, objections,
or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages
resulting from said improvements i,:ill 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 sl-:owing 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 b" .7- ZL-1_.'77
The estina' eel
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 ,rise connected vit-, said improvements, the assessment therefor,
the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the pro-
ceedings connected theree.it,°, shall be and appear before said Board
of Aldermen at said tine and place.
Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board
of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 21st. day of June
A. D. 1926.
(Signed) 17. E. McBroom
(;Ity C;.LeFk-
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 hearigg, and the City Clerk shall cause to be
mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engi-
neer, 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 bd 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-,",D APPROVED THIS 28 day of June A. D. 1926.
Form 7-Broad
Eighth -Ninth RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE
CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IM-
PROVEMENT OF EAST SIDE BROAD STREET FROM THE SOUTH
PROPERTY LINE OF 8th. STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY
LINE OF NINTH STREET, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A
HEARING TO PROPZiTY Ol'ANR S AND OTHERS INTERESTED,
AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF
A11TD PRESCRIBING THE FORTJ OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of East side of Broad Street
from the South property line of 8th. Street to the North Property Line of
Ninth 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*L, tin curbs along said portion of said
�k 1
street, and not exceeding nine;. 9) 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 ben-
efited 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 21st
day of June 1926, be and it is 'Lereby 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 Bu-;di I in the Ciltj of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. 11,
o1clock, on the ' day of 1926, and at which hearing and at
said time and place -he owners osaid property, or any of them, their
agents or attorneys, or any one e,se in any manner interested either in
said property or in said improvements, or in the tanner of method of making
and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with
reference thereto, or the benefits or'dariages 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 ag-iinst tie 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 sustalned by reason of said improvements, or
as to any other matters or things in any wise incident to or connect-
ed 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 !,-y law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other
clairqs 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 tine 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 --
terrains 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 co--rect an, errors, mistakes,
or invalidities in any propAsed assessment, and in any proceeding
with reference to the making -ter 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, resolu-
tions, and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments when
levied shall be a first and prior lien.
After such hearing is closed anyone desiting 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
(26) 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 folloiiing form, to -wit;
11TO THE OYINERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON EAST SIDE
BROAD STREET FROK THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF STH.
STREET TO -THE NOR7i PRO I ERwTY LINE OF 9TH. STREET
I
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 East side
Broad Street from the South Property Line of Sth. Street to the North
Property line of 9th. Street by raising, grading., and filling same
and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course
reinforced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making
and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of
property abutting on said portion of said street, and all lots and land
benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments,
when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land
assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof.
Onthe
day of Lr7& A. D. 1926, in the
jj�j� y uJon
Council Chamber in he _al Banc 7BAI-Iding in the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their
agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests,
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 miners 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 improver:ent is $4-r .4 4--r. L 7
The estimated amount to be assessed against property
ouners is ,4'263.47
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is
per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment apinst property
- orners 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 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 2tst. day of June
A. D. 1926.
(SiELcd) W. E. McBroom
Uity 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 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 b.-- letter be received
or sent.
lAff
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
PASSED AND AP7-ROVED TEIS 2'0�V
11-,K day of June A. D. 1926.
ORDINA7'CE NO. 788.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF CLERK OF THE
CORPORATION COURT OF _NICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZ-
ING HIM TO APPOINT BY AND WITH THE CONSENT OF THE BOARD
OF ALDERMEN, SUCH DEPUTIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY PRO-
VIDING FOR A B017D FOR SAID CLERK AND DEPUTIES AND
DESCRIBING THEIR DUTIES, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 386,
AND DECLARI17G THIS TO BE AN EIVIERGE-ITCY UEASURE.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 788 be
pas,sed on its first reading.
1,1ot4-n seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that the rules requiring
ordinances to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an
emergency delcared.
Motion seconded by alder7lan Jones and carried by the
followirg vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jo^es, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No-
788 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read.
Potion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
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Moved by Alderman Queisser that C. B. lictonnell
be appotnted Clerk of the Corporation Court to serve until his suc-
cessor is appointed andPts qualified.
Notion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried.
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Moved by Alderman Queisser that E. E. James be ap-
pointed Deputy Clerk of the Corporation Court to serve until his suc-
cessor is appointed and Als qualified.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried.
Moved b7 Alderman Queisser that the bill of J. D.
Stephens in the amount of 62y000.00 covering the second estimate on
the construction of fire station No. 6, be approved and allowed.
Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried.
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Moved by Alderman Hunt that the sewer department
be authorized to construct a so -vier line to serve Blocks 49, 60 and
77, original town site, at a cost of approximately $975.00.
Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the City Clerk be
instructed to advertise for bids for the construction of sewer lines
for a period of one year in,,3ccordance with plans and specifications
out -lined by the City Elogirmer; said bids to be received at 7:30
P. M. July 12, 1926.
Motion seconded by Alderraan Patton and carried.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolu-
tions be adopted.
notion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried
by the following vote;
Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser
Nays; None.
Form 10- Harrison
Seventh -Tenth RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE IYPROVEMENT OF
A PORTION OF HARRISON STREET IN THE CITY OF ';VICHITA
E
FALLS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAME: APPROVING
THE CONT7ACTORTS BONDS THEREFOR AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS FOR THE CITYIS PORTION QF THE COST THEREOF.
a contract in writing betvieen the C*t7 Of
Wichita Falls, Texas, and Plains Paving Company for the improve ent of
Harrison Street from its intersection with South Curb Line of Se enth
Street to its intersection with North Property Linc of Tenth Street
together with the construction and maintenance bondsy required thereby,
are this day presented to tle Board of Aldermen for adoption and
approval; and
I
WIEIREAS, 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 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 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
Eighty seven and 04/100 (887.04) Dollars to defray all that portion of the
cost of improving said portion of Harrison Street, to be paid for by
the City of Wichita Falls,
II.
The said contract and the construction and mainte-
nance 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 sahll take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
APPROVED AND PASSED this 28th, da of June 1926.
Form 10-Filmore
Ninth -Tenth RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING COIETRACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
OF A PORTION OF FILFORE STREET IN THE CITY OF
-.-'ICHITA FALLS, AUTHORIZING THE 11AYOR TO SIGN S"ME.
APPROVING THE CONTRACTORTS BONDS THEREFOR AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE
COST THEREOF.
WHEREAS, a contract in writing between the City of
NTita Falls; Texas, and Plains Paving Company for the improvement of
Filmore Street from its intersection with South Property Line of Ninth
Street to its intersection with the North Property Lino of Tenth Street
together with the construction and maintenance bonds, required thereby,
are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and
approval; and
WHEREAS, the bid of Plains Paving Company for the
making and construction of the improvements provided for in the said
contracts, has after due advertise-ent a,--d notice, been.made and upon
the opening of the bids said contract was awarded to said Plains Paving
Company. and
11THEREASP it is deemed necessary to set aside and
provide for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in said
contract to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERITEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT
There be and is hereby set aside and appropriated
out of the funds available for that purpose, the sum of Two Hundred
Ninety and 40/100 ($290.40) Dollars to pay and defray all that portion
of the cost of in -proving said portion of Filmore Street, to be paid
for by the City of Wichita Falls.
II.
The said contract and the construction and mainte-
nance 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 28th. day of June 1926.
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Moved by Alderman Patton that the additional cost in
the amount of $12.50 in the Groezinger case No. 17522 be approved and
allowed out of the water fund.
Motion seconded by Alder -an Jones and carried.
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Eoved by Alderman Huy -it that the City Clerk be author-
ized to draw warrant on the street improvement fund for' ' 1 '210.00 pay-
able to L. E. Whitham and CompanT to cover cost of paving a patch
at the intersection of Avenue "BI and Buchanan Street; one-half of
this amount to be billed against J. T. Montgomery.
Eotion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried.
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Moved by Alderman Queisser that the street depart-
ment be instructed to pay the water department i,798.00 for moving
a fire plug at the intersection of Eighth Street and Austin Street.
Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried.
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Moved by Alderman Jones that the work of the equal-
ization Board for the year 1926 be accepted and the City Clerk be
instructed to pay each member of said Board the sum of '.200.00 for
services rendered.
Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried.
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The Finance Commissioner prespnted the following
report on the financial affairs of the Wichita General Hospital for
the month of Play, 1926.
Balance may 1, 1926 $6,227.81
Receipts 11,240.53
Disburseiients 6,849.38
Balance June 1, 1926 10,618.96
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Eoved by Alderman Jones that the tax valuation
for the year 1925 on the Kemp Hotel Building be reduced from
1�710'000.00 to V600,000.00.
Motion seconded by Alder,qan Hunt and failed to
carry by the following vobe:
Yeas; Aldermen Jones, Hunt
Nays; Aldermen Queisser, Curd, Patton.
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The Board of Alderren then adjourned.
Read and approved this the Wi. day of July, A.D.
1926
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ATTEST:
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