Min 09/20/192633
7,'ichita Falls, Texas,
Basement City National B-nic Bldg,
September 20, 1926.
The Board of .-,l&ermen of the City of Wichita Falls met in
regular session on the ...hove date with the following members present:
R.E. Shepherd, Mayor,
Oral Jones-,
Frank Queisser,)
P.B. Curd, Ald-ermen,
J.H. Patton,
JX. Hunt,
W.E. McBroom, City Clerk,
,V.E. George, City Attorney.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the plat and dedication of the
East Sunset addition presented by representative of Eli Morgan be
approved.
Notion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried.
The hearing with reference to paving the alley in block
166, Original townsite w-s called., and after hearing no protests
the following motion was put in order:
adopted.
ing vote:
Moved by -1clerman Patton that.the follol"fing Resolution be
110tion seconded by alderman Curd and carried by the follow -
Yeas: -1clermen Jones,' Curd., L-aeisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Kays: None.
Form 8
Alley Block 166
7th to 8th- RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION CLOSING HE --RING TO PROPERTY O'.1NERS AND OTHERS
INTERESTED ',,ITH REG-FD TO I11PROVD0ENT OF LEY BLOCK 166, FROM THE
SOUTH PROPERTY LIKE OF SEVENTH STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LIKE OF
EIGHTH STREET, <--ND DETEMKINING -XOUUTS OF ASSESSMINTS AGi�INST
ABUTTING LOTS _ND PARCELS OF PROPERTY --ND THE OWNERS THEREOF.
BE IT RESOLVED BY ME BOARD OF ALDER11EN OF THE CITY OF
X WICFIT_, F-LLS, -T&-L, THAT:
WHERE--13 the said Board. of -a&ermen has heretofore ordered
that -_lley Block 1661 from the South property line of Seventh Street,
to the North property line of Eighth Street in said city be improved
by raising, grading' "d filling S,LMe -nd installing concrete curbs
and gutters and pavizng with one course reinforced concrete, ete, and
!-MTiREI;.S, by resolution of the Board of *-:ldermen passed and
approved on the 7th day of June 1926, it was ordered that a hearing
to all ovmers of property abutting on said portion of said Street
above mentioned and to all others interested, be held in the Council
ChambErof said Board in the basement of the City Nution.1 Bank
Building in said City at 7:30 P-m- on the 20th day of September
1926, and that due notice thereof be given to said parties, and
"M
WHEREAS, in accordance with said resolution clue notice of the
time and pl--oe and object of such hearing was given and such hearing
was duly held, and whereas all parties, their agents and attorneys,
and all others desiring to be heard, have been fully and fairly heard,
and the following protests were made at said hearing: There were no
protests.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY Tl-'-:, S"ID BOARD OF _-IDERMI,
I.
That all protests end objections, whether therein specifically
mentioned or not, be, and the same are hereby over ruled in whole and
in part. That the Board of ldermen finds from the evidence presented
thereto that no property will be damaged by means of, or as a result of,
any of such proposed improvements. It is further declared that the
just and proper rule of apportionment of the cost of said improvement
is that reported in estimates, statements and reports of the City
Engineer filed on the 7th day of June 1926, and heretofore approved by
the Board, and that by such plans and rules equality and justice will
exist between the various lots and parcels of land shown to be affected
thereby, and the respective owners thereof; and the Board further
finds that each lot or parcel of land abutting on said portion of
said Street will be benefited in enhanced value by means of such im-
provements thereon in an amount in excess of the portion of costs to
be assessed against same as shown by said estimates and reports of the
City Engineer.
1*0
That said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels of
land and against the owners thereof, and. the City attorney is hereby
directed to prepare and present detail form of assessment Ordinance
levying such assessments In accordance with the Charter and Laws in
force in this City and in accordance with the Ordinances, and other
proceedings applicable thereto.
That said hearing be and is hereby closed as to all parties
and as to all said improvements.
passage.
That this resolution shall take effect,.from and after its
PASSED -_HD --'FPROVED this 20th clay of September A.D. 1926.
ORDIN:ftNCE NO. 824.
ORDIN--!!CE 7-, VYIJG ZST`,SSbMNT FOR P-RT OF THE COST OF IIEROVING
PORTION OF _LLEY BLOCK 166 SM-THE CITY OF WICHITiL F_LLS, TEXAS, FIXING
A CHi.RGE 01D LIEN AG-INSI .TUTTING PROPERTY AND TEL 0113ERS THEREOF,
PROVIDING FOR TIHE COLLECTION OF SUCH ..ZSESSIENTS, Lul -','OR TUE ISSU_'TCE
OF _SSIGNABLL CERTIFICATES, _1,TD DEGLnRIFG _N UMRG�10Y.
Hoved by __lderman Queisser th-t Ordinance No. 824 be passed
on its first reading.
Motion seconded by -lderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: -ldermen Jones, Curd, Queisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Nays: None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting."Yeall.
Moved by Alderman Queisser that the rules requiring
Ordinances to be passed on three separate clays be suspended and an
emergency declared.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow-
ing vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Curd., Queisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Pays: hone.
The 1.1ayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
Move& by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 824 be
passed on its third anal final re -:ding and be adopted as read.
Lotion seconded by 1-_lderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: :ldermen Jones, Curd, Queisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Nuys: None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following Resolutions
be adopted.
I.-Otion seconded by adermin Jones and curried by the
following vote:
Yeas: -ldermen Jones, Curd, Queisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Hays: None.
Form 10
:alley Block 166
7th to 8th. RESOLUTION
7 ,IHIREAS, contract in writing between City of !�ichita Falls,
Texas, and L.E. Whitham and Company for the improvement of the
following street in said city to -wit: Alley Block 166, from'the
South property line of Seventh Street to the North property line of
Eighth Street, together with construction bonds and maintenance boft&s
required thereby, are this day presented to the Board. of Aldermen for
adoption and approval; and.,
WHIREAS, the bid. of L.E. 17hitham and Company for tha making
and construction of the improvements provided for in the said con-
tracts, has after due advertisement and notice, been made, and upon
opening of the said bids, said contract was awarded to said Company;
and
UHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide
for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in the said
contract to be paid by the City of TUchita Falls;
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of -Ildermen 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 y to pay and
defray all that portion of the cost of improving said portion of
said street, to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
The said contract and the construction bond and maintenance
bond, be and the same are hereby approved. and adopted, and the
Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract,
in the name of the City.
passage.
That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
Approved and passed this 20th day of September 1926.
Form 11
alley Block lftG
7th to 8th RESOLUTION
?THERE-S, contracts in writing between L.E. Whitham and
Company and the City of Wichita Balls, for performing of all work of
excavation in connection with the improvement of Willey Block 166,
from the South property line of Seventh Street to the North property
line of Eighth Street, for the prices named therein and upon the
terms therein set forth binding the City of ',ichita Falls, Texas, to
do and perform all work of excavation upon said street, as is provided
in the contract, being one contract for said street, are this day
presented to the Board of .Jdermen for adoption and approval, and,
'JHERhAS, it is deemed advisable to enter into said contract
upon the terms set forth therein, and for the compensation therein
provided,
Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas,
I.
That the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, do enter into con-
tracts with L.E. Whith= and. Company binding the City to do and perform
all the work of excavation shown in said contract, and on said street,
at and for the prices -nd for the terms therein stipulated :_.nd set forth
II.
That the said contract is hereby approved and adopted and
the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to exec -ate -ind sign the
said contract in the name of the City.
That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
passage.
PASSED AND -f-PROVITU) this 20th day of September _D. 1926.
The hearing with reference to paving Victory --venae from
Brook to Duval Streets was called and after hearing no protests the
following motion was put in order:
Moved by Alderman Curd that the following Resolution be
adopted.
Motion seconded by "Idernn Jones and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: -ldermen Jones, Curd, 'ueisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Nays: None.
Form 8
Victory - Brook to Duval. RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION CLOSING HEAPING TO PROPERTY 0151NERS AIM OTHERS
INTEREST= WITH RHG.,RD TO IMPROVE21ENT OF VICTORY STREET FROM 'THE WEST
PROP-MTY LINE OF BROOK =VENUEE TO TIy ..EST PROPERTY LINE OF DTUV_L STREET
:M DETERI.TINING n2.10UNTS OF ASSESSIVCNTS __G_.IN8T ..;BUTTING LOTS --ITD
P_RCELS OF PROP_tFTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF.
937
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDEERIMN OF THE CITY OF
17ICHITA F-LLS, TEXAS, TH.LT:
'.1HFREIAS, the said Board of Aldermen has heretofore ordered
that Victory Street from the 71est property line of Brook Avenue to
the Y,'est property line of Duval Street in said city be improved by
raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs a -rid
gutters and paving with one course reinforced concrete, and
�4111RE,4.S by resolution of the Board. of - - idermen passed. and
approved on the-4K day of June 1926, it was ordered that a hearigg
to all owners of property abutting on said portion of said street
above mentioned and to all others interested, be held in the Council
Chamber of said Board in the basement of the City National Bank
Building in said City at 7:30 p.m. on the 20th day of September
1926, and that due notice thereof be given to said parties, and
in accordance with said resolution clue notice of
the time and place and object of such hearing was given and such
hearing was duly held, and whereas all parties, their agents and
attorneys, and all others desiring to be heard, have been fully
and fairly heard, and the following protests were made at said heating:
There were no protests.
THEREFORE, B-- IT RESOLVED BY THE SAID BOARD OF ALDERMEN,
I.
That all protests and objections, whether therein specifi-
cally mentioned or not, be, and the same are hereby over ruled in
whole and in part. That the Board of Aldermen finds from the
evidence presented thereto that no property will be damaged by means
of, or as a result of, any of such proposed improvements. It is
further declared that the just and proper rule of apportionment of
the cost of said improvement is that reported in, estimates, statements
and reports of the City Engineer filed on the likk- clay of June 1926,
and heretofore approved by the Board, and that7y- such plans and rules
equality and justice will exist between the various lots and parcels
of land shovin to be affected thereby, and the respective oviners
thereof; and the Board further finds that each lot or parcel of land
abutting on said portion of said Street will be benefited in enhanced
value by means of such improvements thereon in an amount in excess
of the portion of costs to be assessed against same as shown by said
estimates and reports of the City Engineer.
II.
That said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels
of land and against the owners thereof, and the City -Lttorney is
hereby directed to prepare and present detail form of assessment
Ordinance levying such assessments in accordance with the Charter
and Laws in force in this City and in accordance with the Ordinances,
and other proceedings applic-ble thereto.
That said hearing be and is hereby closed a's to all parties
and as to all said improvements.
That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th (lay of September -.D. 1926.
ORDINANCE NO. 825.
OREIMNCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR P_,�RT OF THE COST OF
IL2ROVI3G A PORTION OF VICTORY STREET IN THL CITY OF 'PICHIT.& FALLS,
Ti-a-AS, FIXING A CH_,RGL .20 LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE
OV,,`N1,RS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLL:;CTION OF SUCH ASSESSM24TS,
AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, IM DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
Moved by alderman Curd that Ordinance No. 825 be passed
on its first reading.
Motion seconded by -iderman Jones and carried by the follow-
ing vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Curd, Dtaeisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Nays: None.
The 'Kayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
!loved by -.1der-ian Curd that the rules requiring Or&in.:nces
to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency
declared..
Motion seconded. by :alderman Jones and carried by the follow-
ing vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Curd, Queisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Nays: None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
l.'ove& by Al&er-nan Curd that Ordinance No. 825 be passed on
its third and final reading and be adopted as read.
Notion seconded by alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
adopted.
ing vote:
Yeas: aldermen Jones, Curd, Zueisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Nays: None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
Moved by Llderiaan Curd that the following Resolutions be
Yotion seconaed. by Llderman Jones and carried by the follow -
Yeas: .aldermen Jones, Curd, ZLueisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Nays: None.
Form 10
Victory
Brook to Duval.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, contract in writing between City of Wic-aita Falls
Texas, and. L.E. Thitham and. Company for the improvement of the
following street in said city to -wit: Victory Street, from the West
property line of Brook -.venue to the 'y,est property line of Duval Street,
together with construction bonds and maintenance bonds required there-
by, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and
ayprQval;, and,
7,H=-_-'1S, the bid of L.E. Whitham and Company for the
making and construction of the improvements provided for in the said
contracts, has after due aEvertisement and notice, been made, and
upon opening of the said bias, said contract was awarded to said
company; and
OF 3 9
71HEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide
for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in the
said contract to be paid by the City of Wichita Falls;
THMEFORE, be it resolved by the Board of aldermen of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that there be and is hereby set aside
and appropriates out o_f the funds available for that purpose, the
sum O'f to pay and
defray all That portion of the cost of improving said portion of
sid street, to be paid for by the City of li;ichita Falls, Texas.
The said contract -na the construction bond and maintenance
bond., be and the same are hereby approved and adopted, and. the
11ilayor is hereby authorized, to execute and sign the said contract,
in the name of the City.
That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
passage.
APPROVED ;,ND PASSED this 20th day of September 1926.
Form 11
Victory - Brook to Duval. RESOLUTION
MIERF-iiS, contracts in writing between L.E. Whitham and
Company and the City of Y,.ichita Falls, for performing of all
work of excavation in connection with the improvement of Victory
,.venue, from the hest property line of Brook _venue to the '..'est
property line of Duval Street, for the prices named therein and
upon the terms therein set forth binding the City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, to do and perform all work of excavation upon said street,
as is provided in the contract, being one contract for said street, are
this day presented to the Board. of -.1dermen for adoption and approval,
and.,
WIPMEA3, it is deemed advisable to enter into said con-
tract upon the terms set forth therein, and for the compensation
therein provided.,
Therefore, be it resolved by the Board. of _,laermen of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
That the City of Uichita Falls, Texas, &o enter into con-
tracts with L.E. Y:hitham nd 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 stip-
ulated and set forth.
That the said contract is hereby wpproved and arlopted and.
the Yayor is hereby authorized. and directed to execute and sign the
Ir
said contract in the name of the City.
That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
passage.
PASSED -'IM APPROVED this 20th day of September A.S. 1926.
The hearing with reference to paving Lamar Street from
Fourth to Third was called and after hearing protests the following
motion was put in order:
Woo
Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following Resolution be
adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow-
ing vote:
Yeas: Alderman Jones, Curd, (,ueisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Nays: None.
Form ---- ---
Lamar - 4th to 3rd. RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING TO PROPERTY 0''iM RS AND OTHERS
INTERESTED s;ITH REGARD TO IN4PROVEhENT OF IwU AR STREET FROM THE NORTH
PROPERTY LINE OF FOURTH STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF THIRD
STREET, 'ND DETERMINING AMOUNTS OF dSSESSIE NTS __GAINST ABiTTTING LOTS
JM P�:RCELS OF PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE i30.�D OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
i7ICHIT I FALLS, Tca =S, T17--T:
WHEREAS, the said Board of Aldermen - has heretofore ordered
that Lamar Street from the North property line of Fourth Street to the
North property line.rof Third Street in said city be improved by raising,
grwding and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters,
and paving with one course reinforced concrete, and
'!Y=E:'S by resolution of the Board of .ldermen passed and
approved on the 2'v"" day of June 1926, it was ordered that a hearing to
all owners of property abutting on said portion of said Street above men=l
tioned and to all others interested, be held in the Council Chamber of
said Board in the basement of the City National Bank Building, in said
city at 7:30 p.m. on the 20th day of September 1926, and that due
notice thereof be given to said parties, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with said resolution due notice of the
time and place and object of such hearing was given and such hearing
was duly held, and whereas all parties, their agents and attorneys,
and all others desiring to be heard, have been fully and fairly heard,
and the following protests were made at said hearing:
L.V. Duckworth, owner of 50 feet, protesting ag:-inst the cost
of such improvements and declaring that this is an inopportune time
therefor.
THEREFORE„ BE IT RESOLVED BY THE S_ID BO-RD OF -ID ERMEN,
I.
That all protests and objections, whether therein specifically
mentioned or not, be, and the same are hereby over ruled in whole and
in part. That the Board of Idermen finds from the evidence presented
thereto that no property .ill be damaged by means of, or as a result of,
any of such proposed improvements. It is further declared that the
just and proper rule of apportionment of the cost of said improvement is
that reported in estimates, statements and reports of the City Engineer
filed on the 21st day of June 1926, and heretofore approved by the
Board, and that by such plans and rules equality and justice will exist
between the various lots and parcels of land shown to be affected
thereby, and the respective owners thereof; and the Board further finds
that each lot or parcel of land abutting on said portion of said Street
will be benefited in enhanced value by means of such improvements thereo:
in an amount in excess of the portion of costs to be assessed against
same as shown by said estimates and reports of the City Engineer.
�h
941
That said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels
of land and against the owners thereof, and the City Attorney is
hereby directed to prep -,re and present detail form of assessment
Ordinance levying such assessments in accordance with the Charter
and. Laws in force in this city and in accordance with the Ordinances,
and other proceedings applicable thereto.
That said hearing be and is hereby closed as to all parties
and _s to all said improvements.
passage.
That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
P_,SSED M L -PPROVED this 20th day of September A.D. 1926.
0FD1Nj,NCE NO. 826.
ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSY-ENT FOR P.LRT OF TIE COST OF IM-
PROVING �1 PORTION OF LLVI;IR STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHIE'l F.11z, TEXAS,
FIXING '_ CHzRGE <=I7D LIEN _G_INST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE 011,74ERS
TILLREPOF, PROVIDING FOR T-q- COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSFwNTS, LM F(F.
TH--' ISSUnNCE OF :SSIGNnBLE CERTIFICATES, UqD DECLARING ;.N EBIERG'_NCY.
Moved by -aderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 826 be passed
on its first reading.
ing vote.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the follow -
Yeas: -1dermen Jones, Curd, Patton, Queisser, and Hunt.
Hays: None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
Moved. by, UderMLn Queisser that the rules requiring Ordinances
to be passed on three separate days be suspended Lnd. an emergency
declared.
11otion seconded by -'.lderman Jones and carried by the follow-
ing vote:
Yeas: iLldermen Jones, Hunt, Curd, Queisser, and. Patton.
Hays: None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 826 be passed
on its third and final reading and be adopted as read.
Motion seconded by -,lderman Jones and c�:.rried by the follow-
ing vote:
Yeas: -ldermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, Patton, and Queisser.
Hays: Hone.
The 1T.4yor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
Y,oved by -1-1derman Queisser that the following Resolutions
be adopted.
11otion seconded by Alderman Jones .-end carried by the follow-
ing vote:
Yeas: -ldermen Jones, Curd-, Hunt, Queisser, and. Patton.
Bays: None.
242
Form 10
Lamar - 4th to 3rd. RESOLUTION
WHME.--.S, contract in writing between City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, and L.E. �7hitham and Company for the improvement of the following
street in said city to -wit: Lamar Street, from the North property line
of: -Fourth Street, to the North property line of Third Street, together
with construction bonds and maintenance bonds required thereby, are
this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval;
and,
WHEREAS, the bid of L.E. Whitham and Company for the making
and construction of the improvements provided for in the said contracts,
has after due advertisement and notice, been made, anal upon opening
of the said bids, said contract was awarded to said company; -nd
I'MREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide for
the payment of all that portion of the cost required in the said
contract to be paid by the City of tiiichita Falls;
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that there be and is hereby set aside
and a prQ�ri ed out of the funds available for that purpose, the sum
of �qyY�( � to pay and
defray a hat portion of the cost of improving said portion of said
street,, to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas;
The said contract and the construction bond and maintenance
bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted, and the Mayor
is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract, in the
name of the City.
passage.
That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
APPRO`J _�M RASSED this 20th day of September 1926.
Form 11
Lamar - 4th to 3rd. R-FSOLUTION
WEERuiS, contracts in writing between L.E. Whitham and
Company and the City of Wichita Falls, for performing of all work of
excavation in connection with the improvement of Lamar Street, from
the North property line of Fourth Street, to the North property line
of Third Street, for the prices named therein and upon the terms
therein set forth binding the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, to do and
perform all work of excavation upon said street, as is provided in the
contract, being one contract for said street, are this day presented
to the Board of .'ldermen for adoption and pproval, and
.EZR-'S, it is deemed advisable to enter into said contract
upon the terms set forth therein, and for the compensation therein
provided,
Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of-Idermen of the City
of Wichita Falls, Texas:
I.
That the City of Wichita F- 11s, Texas, do enter into contractsy
with L.E. Whitham and Company binding the City to. do and. perform all
the work of excavation shown in said contract, and on said street, at f �
and for the prices the terms therein stipulated and set forth. p
II.
That the said contract is hereby approved and adopted and the '
Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and sign the said i
contract in the name of the City.
243
That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
passage.
PASSED tIND APPROVED this 20th day of September A.D. 19% .
The hearing with reference to paving Victory Street from
Duval to Harrison was called and after hearing no protests the
following motion was put in order:
Moved by iilderman Jones that the following Resolution be
ad -opted..
Motion seconded by __lder;i,_n Curd and carried by trLe follow-
ing vote:
Yeas. �,_ldermen Jones, Curd., Queisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Nays: None.
Form 8
Victory
Duval to Harrison.. RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION CLOSING HEj3ING TO PROPERTY O'�JKHRS AND OTHERS
INTERESTED ','v'1TH REG-= TO IMPROVIZIE-111T OF VICTORY STREET FROM THE
-.'.=,T PROPERTY LINE OF DUVAL STRIET TO THZ EAST PROPERTY LINE OF
HARRISON STREET, --dTD D7=RMINII1G AMOUNTS OF _SSESSD NTS AG__INST
ABUTTING LOTS AND Pi--RCELS OF PROPERTY AND THE 01',NERS THEREOF.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BO-RD OF -JOERMEN OF THE C ITY OF
WICHIT_ FhLLS, TEX:3, TIL,T:
IJIERT_,_S, -the soil Board of Aldermen has heretofore ordered
that Victory Street, from the vest property line of Duval Street,
to the East property line of Harrison Street, in s-id city be im-
proved by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete
curbs and gutters and paving with one course reinforced concrete, and
-.7HERa_S, by resolution of the Board of Lidermen passed and
approved on the 21st day of June 1926, it was ordered that a hearigg
to all owners of property abutting on said portion of said street
above mentioned and to all others interested, be held in the Council
Chamber Of SLLi& Board in the basement of the City National Bank
Building in said city at 7:30 p.m. on the 20th day of September 1926,
and th-,t due notice thereof be given to said parties, and.
VIHEFFS, in accordance with said resolution due notice of
the time .nd place and object of such hearing was given and such
hearing w.s duly held, and whereas all parties, their -gents and
attorneys, and all others desiring to b:: heard, have been fully and
fairly heard, and the following protests were made at said hearing:
There were no protests.
THER=ORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SkID BORD OF .-MERIMN,
I.
That all protests and objections, whether therein specifi-
cally mentioned or not, be, and the same are hereby over ruled in
whole -nd in part. That the Board of ld-ermen finds from the
evidence presented thereto that no property will be damaged by
means of, or as a result of, any of such proposed improvements. It
is further declared th-it the just and proper rule of apportionment
of the cost of said improvement is that reported in estimates,
st tements and reports of the City Engineer filed on the 21st day
of June 1926, and heretofore approved by the Board, and by such pl-ns
r, 4 4
and rules equality and justice will exist between the various lots and
parcels of land shown to be affected thereby, and the respective
owners thereof; and the Board further finds that each lot or parcel of
land abutting on said portion of said Street will be benefited in
enhanced value by means of such improvements thereon in an amount in
excess of the portion of costs to be assessed against same as shown
by:said. estimates end reports of the City Engineer.
That said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels of
land and against the owners thereof, and the City Attorney is hereby
�M directed to prepare and present detail form of assessment Ordinance
levying such assessments in accordance with the Charter and haws in
force in this city and in accordance with the Ordinances, and other
proceedings applicable thereto.
That said hearing be and is hereby closed .s to all
parties and as to all said improvements.
IZI.
That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
j passage.
PASSED AND .;PPROVED this 20th day of September A.D. 1926.
ORDINANCE NO. 827.
ORDINANCE IEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF 111-
PROVING A PORTION OF VICTORY STREET IN THE CITY OF wICHIT- F1�LLS,
T= S, FIXING A CH:"RGE AND LIEN AGAINST IBUTTING PROPERTY AND THE
OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AND
FOR THE _TSSUANCu OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, IUM DECLARING .11
=E1 RGENCY.
Moved by a1 derman Hunt that Ordinance No. 827 be passed on
its first reading.
Yotion seconded by :.lderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Y
Yeas: aldermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, �ueisser, and Patton.
Nays: None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
Moved by .alderman Hunt that the rules requiring Ordinances
to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency de-
clared.
I
Motion seconded by alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
i,
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, Qu,eisser, and Patton.
Nays: None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea:
Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 827 be passed on
its third and final, reading and be adopted as read.
Motion seconded b Alderman Jones and carried b the follows V
Y Y �;
vote:
i
Yeas: aldermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, Queisser, and Patton.
Nays: None.
The Mayor asked to berecordedasvoting"Yea°.
Moved by _11derman Hunt that the following Resolutions
be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: -ldermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, Queisser, and Patton.
Nays: None.
Form 10
Victory
Duval to Harrison. RESOLUTION
WHLRE,nS, contract in writing between City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, and L.E. V,,Ihitham and Company for the improvement of the
following street in said city to -wit: Victory Street from the ';;est
property line of Duval Street to the Fast property line of Harrison
Street, together with construction bonds and maintenance bonds re-
quired thereby, are this day presented to the Board of aldermen for
adoption and approval; and,
INFERL-S, the bid. of L.!:. 17hitham and. Company for the making
and construGtion.of the improvements provided for in the said con-
tracts, has after clue advertisement -nd notice, been made, and upon
opening of the said bids, said contract was awarded to said. Company;
and.
. -.-IHERELS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide
for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in the said
contract to be paid by the City of Wichita Falls;
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of -1dernen of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that there be and is hereby set aside
and appropriated ut of the funds available for that purpose, the
sun) of 0 to pay and
defray all that portion of the cost of improving said portion of
said street, to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
The said contract and the construction bond and maintenance
bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted, and. the
IT,yor is hereby authorized to exec -ate and sign the said contract,
in the name of the City.
passage.
That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
APPROVED 4TD P.ASSED this 20th day of September 1926.
Form 11
Victory
Duval to Harrison. RZS OLUT ION
contracts in writing between L.E. trhith,m and
Company and the City of Wichita Falls, for performing of all work
of excavation in connection with the improvement of Victory Street
from the Vvest property line of Duval Street to the East property
line of Harrison Street, for the prices named therein and upon the
terms therein set forth binding the City of �',Iichita Falls, Texas,
to do and perform all work of excavation upon said street, as is
provided in the contract, being one contract for said street, are
this day presented to the Board of --ldermen for adoption and
approval, and,
THEREAS, it is deemed "&visable to enter into said contract
-upon the terms set forth therein, and for the compensation therein
provided.
Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of aldermen of the
City of Y*;ichita F-11s, Texas;
I.
That the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, do enter into con-
tracts with L.E. V.hitham and Comp,Mny 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 anl set forth.
II. III
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.
IIZ. II
That this resolution shall take effect from 4n4 aft6r its
passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of September n.D. 1926.
The hearing with reference to paving the East side of
Broad Street from Eighth to Ninth was ealled and after hearing no
protests the following motion was put in order*
Moved by alderman Jones that the folloviing Resolution be
adopted.
11otion seconded by Alderm_Ln Curd. --nd carried by the follow-
ing vote:
Yeas: <Udermen Jones, Curd-, Hunt, Patton, and ',Iueisser.
Nays: None.
Form 8
East side of Broad
8th to 9th RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING TO PROPERTY O'WN=-,S _M OTHERS
INTERESTM ',.ITH REG-RD TO INPROVEIMM OF EAST.SIDE OF BROAD STREET
11�OM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF EIGHTH STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY
LINE OF NINTH STREET, AND DETER11INING -MOUNTS OF "SSESSMEINTS AG__INST
ABUTTING LOTS �XD PARCELS OF PROPERTY AND THE O',INHRS T.iEREOF.
; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF -IDERMIN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA F.,LLS, T=,S, THAT:
WHERE.',S, the said Board of --ldermen has heretofore ordered
that the East side of Broad Street, from the South property line of
Eighth Street to the Worth property line of Ninth Street in said city
be improved by raising, grading and filling same and installing con-
crete curbs and gutters and paving with one course reinforced con-
crete, and I .
-','HERE_S, by resolution of the Board of Aldermen passed and
approved on the 21st day of June 1926, it was ordered th-t a hearing
to all owners of property abutting on said portion of said street
above mentioned and to all others interested, be held in the Council
Chamber of said Board in the basement of the City National Bank
Building in said city at 7:30 p.m. on the 20th day of September 1926,
and that due notice thereof be given to said parties, and.
WHEREAS, in accordance with said resolution due notice of
the time and place and object of such hearing was given and such
hearing was duly held, and whereas all parties, their agents and
attorneys, and all others desiring to be heard, have been fully
and fairly heard-, tnd there were no protests at said hearing.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SAID BO-RI) OF -LDER11EN,
I.
That all protests and objections, whether therein speci-
fically mentioned or not, be, and the same are hereby over ruled in
whole and in part. That the Board of _aldermen finds from the
evidence presented thereto that no property will be damaged- by means
of, or as a Tesult of, any of such proposed improvements. It is
further declared that the just qn(l proper rule of apportionment of
the cost of said improvement is that reported in estimates, state-
ments, and reports of the City Engineer filed on the 21st day of
June 1926, and heretofore approved by the Board-, -.nd th-t by such
plans and rules equlity and justice will exist between the v-rio-,z
lots and parcels of land shown to be affected thereby, and the
respective owners thereof; .end the Board further finds that each lot
or parcel of land abutting on said portion of said Street will be
benefited in enhanced value by means of such improvements thereon
in an amount in excess of the portion of costs to be -Lssessed
against same -.s shown by said estimates and reports of the City
Engineer.
II.
That said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels
of land and against the owners thereof, and. the City Attorney is
hereby directed to prepare and present detail form of assessment
Ordinance levying such assessments in accordance with the Charter
and Laws in force in this city and in accordance with the
Ord.inynces, and other proceedings -pplic--lble thereto.
That said herring be and is hereby closed as to all
parties and as to all said improvements.
That this resolution shall take effect from and.
its passage.
PASSED -',ITD -.PPROVED this 20th &�.y of September —D. 1926.
ORIDIN-NCE NO. 828.
ORDINLNCE LEVYING SSESS=NT FOR P.'-RT OF THE COST OF
IPT-ROVING '- PORTION OF E-ST �IDE BRO--D STREIT IN THE. CITY OF
WICHIT- F-ZLS, T=,S, FIXING A CHARG--- AND LIEN AG.,=ST <ZUTTING
PROPERTY AND THE O'=,RS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF
SUCH ASSESSIENTS, 4ND FOR THE ISSULNCE OF "SSIGN-113LE CERTIFICATES,
i.ND DCI-;,FLING AN ETHERGEINCY.
Loved by alderman Jones that Ordinance -,'To. 828 be passed
on its first reading.
Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: -'ldermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, Q,ueisser, and. Patton.
Nays: None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yeall.
Koved by -lderman Jones that the rules requiring Ordinances
to be passed on three separwte days be suspended and an emergency
declared.
1,'otion seconded by i.-lderman Curd and carried by the
foilo%,r ing vote:
Yeas: aldermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, Queisser ::x-,& Patton.
Ilays: None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
Moved by alder: -.an Jones that Ordinance No. 828 be passed
on its third and final reading and be adopted as read.
vote:
Motion seconded by-lderman Curd and carried by the following
Yeas:-Iclermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, Queisser, and Patton.
Nays: None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
Moved by :dderman Hunt that the following Resolutions be
adopted.
Motion seconded by A]dermLn Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: ..I&ermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, �,ueisser, = nd Patton.
Nays: None.
Form 10
East Side Broad
Sth to 9th. RESOLUTION
V AS, contract in writing between City of 'aichita Falls,
Texas, and L.::. 77hitham and Company for the improvement of the
following street in said city to -wit: E_,.st sJ[d-e Broad Street from the
South property line of Eighth Street to the North property line of
Ninth Street, together with construction bonds and maintenance bonds
required thereby, are this d4y presented to the Board of _aldermen
for adoption and approval; and,
Ii7F S, the bid of L.E. whitham and Company for the making
and construction of the improvements ,rovided for in the said con-
trj.cts, has after due advertisement and notice, been made, and upon
opening of the said bids, said contract was aw-rded to said company; and
T:IIERi S, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide for
the payment of all that portion of the cost required in the said
contract to be paid by the City of Wichita Falls;
THR:�FORE, be it resolved by the Board of :.ldermen of the
Cit:�T of 7='ichita Falls, Texas, that there be and is hereby set aside
and appropriated out of the funds available for that purpose, the
sum of rr to pay and
defray all that portion of the cost of improving said portion of said
street, to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas:
The said contract and the construction bond and maintenance
bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted, aaad the Mayor
is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract, in the
name of the City.
That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
passage.
d,
APPF.OV_D AND PASSED this 20th day of ,September 1926.
Form 11
East Side Broad
8th to 9th. R X LUT ION
WHEREAS, contracts in writing between L.E. Whitham and
Company and the City of 7ichita Falls, Texas, for performing of all
work of excavation in connection with the improvement of vast Side
Broad Street, from the South property line of Eighth Street to the
North property line of Ninth Street, for the prices named therein and
4;.' 049
upon the terms therein set forth binding the City of -,'Oichita Falls,
Texas, to do and perform all work of excavation upon said street,
as is provided in the contract, being one contract for said street,
are this (lay presented to the Board. of Aldermen for adoption and
approval, and,,
1-,'HEY—L-S, it is deemed advisable to enter into said con-
tract upon the terms set forth therein, and for the compensation
therein provided,
Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of
.the City of Wichita Falls, Texas:
I.
That the City of 'Wichita Falls, Texas, do enter into con-
tracts with L.E. 17.iitham and Company binding the City to do and
perform all the work of excavation shown in said contract, and on
said street, at and for the prices and for the terms therein
stipulated and set forth.
That the said contract is hereby approved and a&opt6cl and
the Vayor is hereby authorized and directed to exec -ate and sign
the said contract in the name of the City.
That ti-iis resolution shall take effect from a.ncl after
its passage.
PASSED .-IM .-PPROVED this 20th clay of September a.D. 1926.
- - - - - - - - - -
The hearing with reference to the establishment of a
business building at 1501 Holliday Street was called wnd after
hearing no protests the following motion was put in order:
Koved. by =Uderman Patton that the hearing be closed and
the Building Inspector be authorized to grant J.Y. Mcquigg a permit
to construct a business building at 1501 Holliday Street.
11otion was seconded by -lderman Hunt and carried.
- - - - - - - - - - -
Moved by -lderman Queisser that the Building Inspector
be authorized to grant 1-S. Ellis a building permit for the con-
struction of a brick business building at the corner of -venue H
and Harrison.
!lotion seconded by _Jderm: n Patton _nd. carried.
- - - - - - - - - -
Engineer's letter accepting Elizabeth.
Wichita Falls, Texas,
September 20, 1926.
Hon. Mayor and City Commissioners,
'.'.ichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen,
This is to certify that the pavement,on Eliz--beth Street,
from the 7',est line of Lot 4, Block 25, of Southland. _.&dition, to
the -;Vest property line of Grace Street, has been completed. by L.E.
Whitham and Company, in accordlnce with the plans :nd specific-tions
therefor heretofore filed with your honorable body.
I, therefore, recommend that this pavement be accepted.
Respectfully,
(Signed) Rageley.
Novecl by -,lderman Queisser that the following Resolution
be adopted.
vote:
I
Motion seconded by t-_lderman Hunt and carried by the following!
Yeas: &I(Iermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, Patton, and Queisser.
Nays: None.
Form 14
Elizabeth Street
Lot 4, Blk 25 Southland to Grace.
RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE IMPROVEMENTS ON ELIZA13ETH STREET
FROM THE WEST LINE LOT 4, BLOCK 25 SOUTHLAND ADDITION TO THE VEST
PROPERTY LINE OF GRACE STREET, AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR = CITY CLERK
TO ISSUE CERTIFIC-TES OF SPECL""L =iSSESSMENTT =VIED AG_,INST THE VARIOUS
LOTS OR TR_-CTS OF Lfin AND THE OLNERS THEREOF ABUTTING UPON S__ID
PORTION OF SAID STREET.
, the Board of. _ddermen of the City of 61ichita Falls,
Texas, has heretofore ordered. that Elizabeth Street, from the West
line of Lot 4, Block 25 of Southland addition to the -,,-est property
line of Grace Street be improved by raising, grading, and filling
same, and installing concrete curbs and. gutters -nd paving same, and
after due notice and hearing, special assessments were levied aginst
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,
VEIEREAS, the said L.E. Whit -ham and. Company has fully per-
formed its said contract, and the said improvements have been made
and constructed in accordance with the said contract and the speci-
fications therefor, and to the entire satisfaction of this Board.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLV-_T) BY THE BOARD OF ,IDER19-IT OF 111E
CITY OF '.'j'ICHITA F_,LLS, T=S,
I.
That the said improvements on said portion of said street
be and the same are hereby accepted. and, L.E. Wiiitham 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 comp-ny for the maintenance of the said
improvements, but such maintenance bond sh�ll and does remain in full
force Lnd 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 owners thereof, and against which special assessment has been
levied., reciting the description of such property, the amount of
the assessment against s.;.me, the owner thereof, the terms of pay-
ment thereof the rate of interest, the date of completion and ac-
ceptance of the said improvements, the lien of the said assessment
and the personal obligation and liability of the owner of the prop-
erty, and reciting that all proceeding with reference to making
such improvements have been regu"arly had in accordance with the
M
551
Law, the Charter of said City, the terms of the certificate, and
that all prerequisites to the fixing of a lien and claim of person-
al liability evidenced by the certificates have been performed, and
containing other appropriate and pertinent recitals, all in accord-
ance with the contract ,,iith 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 from
and after its passage.
P_zSSED AND ,�PPROVED this the 20th clay of September _.D. 1926.
Engineer's letter on 15th. 17ichitA Falls, Texas,
September 20, 1926.
Hon. Idayor and City Commissioners,
111ichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen,
This is to certify that the pavement on Fifteenth Street,
from the Jest curb line of Bluff Street, to the yest property line
of Grace Street, has been completed by L.L. Whith�m and Company
in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor heretofore
filed with your honorable body.
I, therefore, recommend that this pavement be accepted.
Respectfully;
(Sigiled) el Ciij! EWe2ery.
Moved by -lderman Queisser that the following Resolution
be adopted.
14otion seconded by lderm�n Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: -idermen Jones, Curd., Hunt, Queisser, and. Patton.
Plays: None.
Form 14
-odepting 15th Street. RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE IbTROVEHLINTS ON FIFTEENTH STREET
FIQOITi THE rEST CURB LINE OF BLUFF STREET TO THE :ZEST PROPERTY LINE
OF GRACE STREET, AND DIR2CTING THE KtMR _ND CITY CLERK TO ISSUE
CERTIFIC-TES OF SPECI-L _LSSESSI-HiENT LEVIED .,G-INST THE V-RIOUS LOTS
OR TR.'MS OF L2LUD AND THE OV[NEIRS THEREOF ABUTTING UPON SAID PORTION
OF S-ID STREET.
WHERE-S, the Board of Aldermen of the City of 1'.,ichita.
Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered that Fifteenth qtreet,.,frol.
the 71est curb line of Biuff'Street, to the West property line of
Grace 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. ?Vhitham and. Company, -nd.,
the said. L.E. Whitham and. Company, has fully per-
formed its said contract, and the said improvements have been made
and constructed in accordance with the said contract end the speci-
fications therefor, and to the entire satisfaction of this Board..
Tl=,ORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF _,LDER-=-.' OF THE
CITY OF I',ICHIT_ F_LILS, TEXAS,
if,
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
improvements, but such maintenance bond shall and does remain in
full force and. effect.
4"
That the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby
authorized, instructed, and directed to issue to the said L.E.
Whit!L-,m and Company certificates of special assessment, in evidence
of the various assessments luvied 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 clesorlption of such property, the amount of
the assessment against same, the owner thereof, the terms of pay-
ment thereof the rate of interest, the date of completion and ac-
ceptance of the said improvements, the lien of the said assessment
ana the personal obligation and liability of the owners of the prop-
erty, 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 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 from
and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 20th day of September _D. 1926.;
Moved. by 1-ld-erman Hunt that the following Resolution be
adopted.
Motion seconded by _lder,*nan Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: ._l&ermen Jones, Curd, 9.aeisser, Hunt, and. Patton.
Nays: hone.
Form 5.
Elm St., 11iss.,Ave. A. RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO MAKE AND FILE
REPORT WITH THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN SHOWING ESTIMATED COST OF ,
I11PROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF ELM STREET FROM THE ',,EST CURB LINE OF
IMBITUCKY STREET TO T,-X'--, ::EST PROPERTY LINE OF MISSISSIPPI STREET;
MISSISSIPPI STREET FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF ELM STREET, TO
THE NORTH LINE LLEY BLOCK 18, BAR!7ISE A J.�LONIC .DDITION;
WENUE ;:EST PROPERTY LINE OF ',ZONROE STREET, TO TH_- E.,ST
Z A FROM TIRE '
PROPERTY LINE OF T�vTH STREET,
� 5 5S
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BQ,�D OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
7,ICHIT-L FALLS, TEXAS, TH;,T:
VM'EREAS, the Board of _,ldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Elm Street,
from the West curb line of Kentucky Street, to the West property
line of Mississippi Street; Mississippi Street from the North
property line of Elm Street, to the North line alley block'18,
Barwise and Jalonic Addition; _1venue A from the West property line
of Monroe Street to the East property line of Tenth Street, by
raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and
gutters and pavement with foundation, and has caused advertisements
to be made for bids for the making and construction of said im-
provements to be made and bids therefor have been taken, and said
Board has determined to make the s.:me in the manner described and
with one course reinforced concrete, as sho,m in the specifications
adopted therefor.
NOW, THEREFORE:
The City Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance with -
provisions of Section 108 of the City Charter, to make and file a
report with the Board of .-Idermen showing thereon the estimated
total cost of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to
be paid- by the City, the proportion thereof to be assessed against
the abutting property, and the owners of land abutting thereon and
benefited thereby, and the owners thereof, the rate per lineal foot
proposed to be assessed for curb, and the amount to be assessed,
in each case, for curb, the estimated amount to be assessed for ex-
cavation for pavement per front foot, the rate per front foot of
property proposed to be assessed for improvement other than curb,
the total amount proposed to be assessed against each lot or parcel
of land and the owners thereof, and such report may show other
matters or things and shall show the estimated amount of damages,
if any, to each piece or parcel of property, and the owners thereof,
which will be sustained by reason of said improvements. Such report
shall in all respects comply with the resolution and other proceed-
ings of this Board with reference to the proposed, improvement of
said portion of said street.
passage.
II.
This resolution shill take effect from and after its
P-SSED ..ND __PPROVED this the 20th clay of September ...D. 1926.
Form 6
Elm Street
Kentucky to lississippi.
To the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the
City of "7ichit_ Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen,
Wichita Falls, Texas,
September 20, 1926.
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of
improving Elm Street from the zest curb line of Kentucky, to the
West property line of Mississippi Street, showing the amount to be
assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the
Charter _tnd laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body.
.-s is shorn on this reoort the estimated total costs of
the improvement will be 9" /0, J-fO SFt
The estimated amount payable by the City for this
improvement will be 0 Y3.16
The estimated amount payable by the owners of the
abutting property will be $
The est?^ated cost to property owners per lineal foot
of curb is a o.4
The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation
for pavement per front foot is JF
The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners
for pavement is (,,113217 per front foot.
The estimated cost to be assessed against property
owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is v G, per front foot.i
The estimated damages are nothing in any case.
This estimate and report is based upon one -course rein-
forced concrete pavement, all in accordance v,,ith the specifications
thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body,
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) F.H. Rugeley
Ulty Engineer.
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following Resolution be
adopted. I
ing vote:
Motion seconded. by -L - I&erman Jones and carried by the folloiu-
Yeas: Alde-rmen Jones, Curd, Hunt, Queisser, and Patton.
Nays: None.
Form 7 on Elm Street
Kentucky to Mississippi. RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION APPROVING TIN REPORT AM ESTIMATE OF THy CITY
ENGINEER AS TO COST ,14D ASSESSI]ENT FOR THE IL1PROVEIENT OF ELM STREET,
FROM THE WEST CURB LINE OF KENTUCZY STREET, TO THE WEST PROPERTY LID
OF !,!2SS`!SSIPPI STREET, FIXING A TI!,E AND PUCE FOR A HE:,=, G TO
PROPERTY 0,,NEPS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK
TO GIVE NOTICE T! EOF -41%TD PRESCRIBING THL FORL OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY tM BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
'r.ICHITA F-ILS, TEX,,S, T!"T:
1,HERE_S, the Board of Ll&ermen of the Gity of ',iiahita Falls,
has heretofore ordered the improvement of Elm Street, from the ',,est
curb line of Kentucky Street, to the '..est property line of Mississippi
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 constructing curbs along said
portion of said street, and not exceeding Ninety Eight (98) 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 prop-
erty is the property that will be benefited by means of said improve-
ments, and the City Engineer h.s made and filed with the Mayor and
Board of aldermen his report and estimates of the costs of such im-
provemants 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 jaia the proceedings of
this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected.
I.
That said report of City Engineer filed on the 20th
day of September 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 Hation"l Bank Building inthe
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 p.m. o'clock on the 1 day of j��,J�L� 1926; and at which hearing and at -
and placeowners of s"id property, or any of them, their agents
or attorneys, or anyone 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 the
said matters,an& 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 anywise incident to or connected
with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments
thereof, or method or manner of paying for same.
III. *
That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and
shall set forth the matters and things in the manner dnd 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 -ldermen 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 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, -nd 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 there-
from shall prosecute -n& appeal to any Court having jurisdiction
within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and
final assessment levied .end not thereafter, =Lna all persons, firms,
corporations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration
of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever
burred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or
asserting any error, irregul"rity, mistake, or invalidity therein.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time
and place of said hearing to the ow.,ners 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 1ROPERTY ABUTTING ON FLU STREET
FROM THE i ST CURB LINE OF KENTUCKY STREET TO III,-- VIEST
PROPERTY LINE OF MISSISSIPPI STREET, AND TO ALL OTHERS
INTERESTED".
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City
of ';lichita Falls, Texas, to proceed with the improvement of
Elm Street, 2rom the 'Vest curb line of Kentucky Street, to
the West property line of Mississippi 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 str6et 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 / 11'� day of k_,, - A.D. 1926, in
the Council Chamber n the City=ational BaEk- Building in
the City of 'Wichita Falls, at 7:30 p.m. o'clock, allsuch
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 sill 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 if $ y.497, 4v
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is
per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment against
property owners and their property for pavement and excavation
is $ 4,3337 - per front foot.
11 persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their
agents or attorneys desiring to be heard in any matter or
thing in anywise connected with said improvements, the assess-
ment therefor, the benefits thereof, the damages resulting
therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be
and appear before said Board of -ldermen at said time and place
Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board
of idermen of the City of 11;ichita Falls, Texas, on the
day of September __.D. 1926.
{Signed) McBroom
City Clerk.
-nd 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 tie 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, :.nd 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. I
This resolution shall take effect _n(l be in force
I
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from and after its passage.
P;,SSED AND APPRO =5 this 20th day of September _.D. 1926.
Form 6
Kississippi Street
Elm to Alley 31k 16 B & J add., 'dichita Falls, Texas,
September 20, 1926.
To the Mayor and Board of -:,ldermen
of the
City of Tvichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen,
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of
improving Mississippi Street, from the North property line of Elm,
to the North line Alley Block 18 Barwise and Jalonic Addition,
showing the amount to be assessed against such progerty owners,
etc., as required by the Charter -and laws and by the proceedings
of your Honorable Body.
_Ls is shown on this report the estimated total costs
of the improvement will be 2-17-1--f `
The estimated amount payable by the City for this
improvement will be � .,-/ G, 3 -
. The estimated amount payable by the w:mers of the
abutting property will be ' , e-
The estimated cost to property owners per lineal.
foot of curb is 'I.'
The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for
pavement per front foot is * 12-
The estimated cost to be assessed against property
owners for pavement is 9" per front foot.
The estimated cost to be assessed against property
owners for pavement, exclusive of curb -Is 4&,-j7-]L per
front foot.
The estimated damages are nothing in any case.
This estimate and report is based -upon one -course
reinforced concrete pavement, all in accord -nee with the specifi-
c�tions thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your
Honorable Body.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) F.M. Rugeley.
City Engineer.
Yoved by __lderm�n Hunt that the following Resolution be
adopted.
Motion seconded by :alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas; aldermen Jones, Curd, �Iueisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Ways: None.
Form 7
Mississippi Street
Elm to Alley Block 18 B&J Add.. RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIIKnTE OF THE CITY
ENGINEER AS TO COST AND _13SESSMENT FOR THE IM?ROVE1,aNT OF MISSISSIPPI
STREET FROM THE NCRTH PRO2111TY LINE OF ELM STREET TO THE NORTH LINE
ALLEY BLOCK 18, B,aJRWISE sD JALONIC ADDITION, FIXING A TIME- LND PL.CE
FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTIMESTIM, AND DIRECTING
THE, CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORD? OF SUCH
NOTICE."
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF L,ERMEN OF THE CITY OF
-,.ICHITA F-LIZ, TES, THAT:
". -R !I, -Wichita Falls,
..HL,, -S, the Board of Aldermen of the City of
has heretofore ordered the improvement of Mississippi Street, from the
North property line of Elm Street, to the North line .,lley Block 18,
Barwise and Jalonic -dilition, and has received estimates, plans, and
specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and
after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received,
and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs
along said portion of said street, and not exceeding ninety-eight (98)
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 -'ldermen 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 proceedings of this
Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected.
Le
That said report of City Engineer filed on the 20th day of
September 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
II.
. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed
to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting
on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and
shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the
City National Bank Building in the City of �'Iichita Falls, Texas, at
7:30 p.m. o'clock on the 4.�— day of 1926, and at
which hearing 'and at said7ime and place the owners or said property,
or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or anyone 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
the said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said
property and ag_;inst 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 anywise incident to -or connected with the said
improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method
or manner of paying for same.
III.
That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall
set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and
required 'red by law and, the provisions of the City Charter. And other
claims or matters may be presented either orlly-or in writing and at
such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be
passed upon by the,Board of 'Idermen 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 -laermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot
or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine
9159
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 proviied and in the
m,,nner and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in
force in this City, and the City Charter, and th-_- ordinances, reso-
lutions, and other proceedings of this Bo-Lrd, and such assessments
when levied shall be a first and prior lien.
After such hearing is closed- anyone desiring to appeal there-
from shall prosecute end appeal to any Court having jurisdiction
within twenty (20) dwys from the date such hearing is closed and
final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms,
corporations, estates, "nd- other parties shall after the expiration
of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever
barred and estoppel in any manner doubting or resisting same or
asserting any error, irregul_�rity, 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 OIUNMS OF 2FOPERTY tLBUTTING ON MISSISSIPPI STREET
FROILT THE NORTH PROPERTY LINO OF EIJi STRUT TO THE NORTH LINE w4jiiFy
BLOCK 18 BA-MVISE AND JALOUIC ADDITIOIT, AND TO ALL OTHERS MiiLLSTED.11
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of
Vichita Falls, Texas, to proceed with the improvement of Mississippi
Street, from the North property line of Elm Street, to the North
line :alley Block 18, Barwise and Jalonic addition, by raising, grad-
ing, 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 Lmd. parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street
and all lots and land benefitted 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 / 4-ft (1,Ly Of — A.D. 1926, in the
n he
Council Chamber iCity 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 Bo-rd. of --ldermen, 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 -, t 7Jc J—
The estimated amount to be assessed against property
owners is $ / 3-
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is v 49. �J
per lineal foot of curb; and.,
The estimated amount of the assessment against property
owners and their property for pavement and excavation is 92 4. oVl�
per front foot.
All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents
or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in anywise
connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the
benefits thereof, 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 -lder-
men-of the City of Wichita Falls,.Texas, on the 20th day of September
I D. 1926.
(Signed,0 W.E. McBroom
City Clerk.
.fnd said notice still be published in said paper not less
than three times, and the first of said publications sh-11 a.pear
not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for syi& 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 VWichita Falls, Texas, but
such notice by letter shallbe cumulative of the advertisement, and
such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any
other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be re-
ceived or sent.
IV.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from anl
after its passage.
PZSED � -=ROVED this 20th day of September A.D. 1926.
Form 6
Avenue A
Monroe to Tenth. Falls, Texas,
September 20, 1926.
To the '-'ayor and Bo:xd of Aldermen
of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen,
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of
improving Avenue A, from the ':vest property line of Monroe Street, to
the East property line of Tenth Street, showing the amount to be
assessed against such property ovmers, etc., as required by the
Charter and laxis and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body.
Is Is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the
improvement will be %P" 4,Y f-(7
The estimated amount payable by the City for this
improvement will be :I'. r,41,s-G
The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting
property will be � 4,31v,l�
The estimated cost to property o=ers per lineal foot of
curb is 4
The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for
pavement per front foot is
The estimated cost to be assessed against property oviners
for pavement is ',21' S,gjt!;1 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-
inforc6cL concrete pavement, all in accordance with the specifica -
tions thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable
Body.
Respectfully submitted.,
(Signed.) f Roger*
Cii"_�' ELtiTe-'Fr.
Iloved. by _lderman Hunt that the following resolution
be adopted.
I -lotion seconaed. by Aldermen Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: -',-laermen Jones, Curd, Queisser, Hunt, and Patton.
Nays: None.
Form 7
Avenue
Monroe to 10th. RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT ;M ESML�TE OF THE CITY
ENGINEER '.S TO COST M ASSESSIEENT FOR THE IIIPROVEIENT OF AVENUE A,
FROV THE VEST PROPERTY LINE OF KONROE STREET, TO THE E.-3T PROPERTY
LINE OF TENTH STREET, FIXING A TrIa AND PLACE FOR .4. HE RING TO
PROPERTY 0",.NERS -ND OT=iS INTER-, SUID, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK
TO GIVk NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORK OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THI_ BOARD OF c'iLDER:a]17 OF THE CITY OF
-,'ICH IT- F.,LLS, TM.S, THAT.
V1HERE_-L, the Board. of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Avenue A, from
the :`lest property line of Lonroe Street, to the East 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 con-
structing curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding
Ninety-eight (98) per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements,
as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned., shall be assessed -
against the property abutting thereon Ejud 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 11_:yor 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., tLhd 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 re -Dort of City Engineer filed on the 20th day
of September 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and. approved..
II.
That a hearing shall be given to the property owners
proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the
property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all
others interested, and shall be given or held in the
Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank
Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 p.m.
o'clock on the 4t d"y of onlrpt;�� 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
anyone else in any manner interested either in said, property
or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of mak-
ing and constructing s:me, 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 the said matters and as to the amounts to be
assessed against the said property and against the owners
thereof,::end a * s 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 anywise incident to or connected with
the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments
thereof, or method or manner of paying for same.
III.
That any claim for &am-Zes shall be made in
writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the
manner and form provided and reclu-ired. by 3Bon and the pro-
visions of the City Charter. And other claims or matters
may be presented either orally or in ArritinG 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 lderm6n
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 og property by means of said improvements,i
and �d_ll 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 provided and in the manner and form and in accord -
once 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 LtncL prior lien.
-Pter such hd�ring is closed anyone desiring to
appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court
having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date
sLLch 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, irregul-rity, 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 MMERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON xVME A, FROM THE
PROPERTY LINE OF MONROE STREET TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE' OF
TIMTH STREET, _2,TD TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED."
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of
7.iiehita Falls, Texas, to proceed with the improvement of .-venue A,
from the Uest property line of Monroe, to the East property line of
Tenth Street, by raising, grading, and filling same and installing
concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -coarse reinforced
concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and construct-
ing such Improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutt-
ing; 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. -ssessecl, and
a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof. .
On the /.-- day of 1-v. .D. 1926, in the
Council Cham.)er in —the City National Bank Building in the City of
",'Iichita 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 thereof will be determined ani
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 PSI. 67
The estimated amount to be assessed against property
owners is
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is
per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment against -property
owners and their property for pavement and excavation is « J-.j-�Pej-7
per front foot.
All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their
agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard, in any matter or thing
in anywise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor,
the benefits thereof, 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 t"iiohita Falls, Texas, on the 20th day of
September A.D. 1926.
(Signed) W.E. 1,'cBroom
City Clerk.
And s2.i(I 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
7,lichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative
of the advertisement, and such notioe 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 -'.PPROV-D this 20th clay of September -11.D. 1926.
Moved. by - I aerm,,.n Jones that the bond filed. by M.A. Ellis,
City Treasurer, in the amount of � .25,000.00 be approved..
Motion seconcled by Aldermen Hunt and, earried..
ORDI1-_A�NCE NO. 629.
'_N ORDIN_:,CE 97MING ORDINANCE NO. 461 PASSED AND APPROVED
BY THE BOARD OF �EMMN OF THE CITY OF 71CHITA F__LLS ON THE 27TH
DAY OF AUGUST 1923, ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE EST 3LISHING A CITY POUND
PREVENTING THE RUNNING _T LARGE OF CERT -IN _,U11? '_LS AND PROVIDING FOR
THEIR DESTRUCTION IN CERT—IN C_"SES AND PROVIDING _� PENALTY".
Moved. by _Uderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 829 be passed -
on its first reading.
Motion seconded by :alderman Patton and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: n1dermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, Queisser, and. Batton.
hays: None.
1loved by 1clerman Jones that the following resolution be
adopted.
Motion seconded by —Iderm.n Hunt and carried by the
following vote;
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, Queisser, and Patton.
Nays: None.
RES OU, T ION
RESOLUTION MXING IDDITION" t,PPROPRLLTION, TO COVER TH:, COST I
OF CONSTRUCTING A. SZ,',_RAGE TRE.AT2.1NTT ','MKS FOR THE CITY OF ',-ICHITA FALLS.
the Board of �clermen has heretofore submitted. to
� the qualifl1e d taxpaying voters of the City of '.Achitu Falls, the
proposition, "Shall the Board. of —1clermen be authorized to issue bonds
in the amount of ti375,000.00 for the purpose of extending and improving
the sewerage system in and .for said City, and.
' * MRLAS, at said election said bonds were duly authorized. to
be issued and have been issued and sold; and
'UHEREAS, bids have been d.,aly advertised and received and a
contract has been duly and legally entered into for the construction
of a modern sewerage treatment works;
THEREFORE, ,Be it Resolved by the Board of ddermen of the
City of '..'ichita Falls, Texas:
Section I. There is hereby appropriated out of the Sewer
Bond Fund of the said. City the sum of y,5442.00 to cover the cost of
constructing a 611 7."ater Line to said sewage treatment works.
Section II. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to draw
warrants on the above stated appropriation upon the receipt of duly
approv6d estimates prepared by the *ILL-nager of the Water Department of
said city, :and duly allowed by the Board of —ldermen, payable to the
'slater Department, and the City Treasurer, is hereby authorized to pay
any and all warrants so drawn, provided they do not exceed the amount
of this appropriation.
PASSE -'LM- &?PROVED this the 20th day of September A.D. 1926.
*;.G 5
ORDINANCE NO. 830.
ORDPLT;iNCE REGULATING BUILDING LINES FOR RESIDENCES dv
BUS12TT-PSS BUILDIIYGS IN RESIDENTIiL SECTIO173 OF 7 ICHITTn FALLS,
T=a, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY, _1TD DECLU1ING !W� ElZRGI-MCY.
,The Ordinance was read in fall by'the City Clerk.
Loved by Alderman Patton that Ordinance No. 830 be
passed on its first reading.
!lotion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: aldermen Jones, Curd., Hunt, Queisser, and Patton.
Nays: None.
The Eayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
Moved by 2i10.erman Curd that the rules requiring Ordinances
to be passed on three separate clays be suspended and an emergency
declared.
Motion seconded by 1-1dermi.n Jones-tnd carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: -1dermen Jones, Curd., Hunt, Queisser, and Patton.
Nays: None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea".
Hoved by Alderman Curd that Ordinance No. 830 be passed
on its third and final reading and be adopted as read.
Yotion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: aldermen ;Tones, Curd-, Queisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Nays. None.
The Mayor asked to be recorded as voting "Yea
MovecL by --ldermLm Jones that the Mayor.be authorized to
execute a note payable to L.!,. `,`hitham and. Company in the amount
of .1,418.99 covering the cost of paring a park on _Lvenue 4, said
note to� April 15, 1927, and bear.interest at 6% per annum.
Llotion seconded by __lderrjian Patton and, carried.
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Yoved. by --ldernan Patton that the Ilayor be authorized to
execute a quit -claim deed to clear title as to delinquent taxes on
lot 5 block 202, original townsite.
Motion seconded by _Llaerman Hunt and carried..
Moved by -lderman Jones that the Mayor be authorized to
sign tU quit -claim deed to clear title as to delinquent taxes on
lot IZ, block 254 original townsite.
Motion seconded by _lderm,�-n Curd and carried.
G G
Moved by :alderman :�ueisser thLt TI.B. Allison be permitted to
install a curb gasoline pump # the corner of Virginia and Walnut
Streets.
Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried..
Uoved by -,Iderm-Ln, Jones that the request for a reduction in
the tax rendition of lots 8 and. 9, block 182, be declined for the
year 1925.
Motion seconded by .'-Iderm,:.n Cuil -n& curried.
Moved. by -41derman Queisser that the Fire Department be
authorized to increase the salary of 25 men now working at ir90.00
per month to .,',,95.00 per month.
0 tion seconded- by Alderman Jones and carried.
—'loved by Aaderman Patton that the Park Department be
authorized to purchase a second hand Ford truck at acost of.$-275.00
and trade in the old Ford touring car at a value of 5125.00, making
net cost of truck $150.00.
Motion seconded by -ldermLLn Jones and carried.
Moved by .'-lderm-Ln Hunt th-,.t the following Resolution be
adopted.
Motion seconded by Llderman Jones and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: —1clermen Jones, Curd., Hunt, Queisser, and Patton.
N"ys: None.
Form I
Bluff Street
14th to 15th.
RESOLUTION
RESOLUTIOH,DECLARING THI NECESSITY OF IMPROVING a PORTION
OF BLUFF STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHIT.. F.,TLS, TEXAS, ST—TING THE
IV-2URE OF SUCH 112ROVEAMENTS -'.ND THE METHOD BY ',;RICH IT IS PROPOSED
THJ'2T.P-,Y1::'1TT BE M—DE THEREFOR, ID DIRECTING TFT C , -. = .GI TE ERY A -- . TO
HAVE PLANS, PROFILES, SPECIFIC—TIONS A:C L-STII:Al'hS OF THE PROPOSED
11INTROVD1ENTS, PRE .,RED .
Form No. 2
Bluff Street
14th to 15th. ','ichita Falls, Texas,
September 20, 1926.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of --ldermen,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen,
In compliance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen
with reference to the improvement of Bluff Street, from the South
property line of 14th street, to the South property line of 15th Street,
I have prepared and hand you herewith plans, profiles, specifications
and estimate of the proposed improvements; tht,. same embraces the
different materials, plans and methods of improvement set forth and
specified in the said resolution.
(Signed) F.M. Eely
ulty engineer.
III
Iloved by ,lBerman Hunt that the following resolution
be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the
folloit-ing vote:
Yeas: -'-ldermLn Jones, Curd, Hunt, Qaeisser, and Patton.
Nays: None.
Form 3
Bluff Street
14th to 15th. RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING PLANS, PROFILES,
SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS OF
BLUFF STREET FROM TIM SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF FOURTEENTH STREET
TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF FIFTIENTH STREET, IN THE CITY OF
I IT�� F-=—S , AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE
71 TO H - TEX�.S,
FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE 111KING —'ND CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH
IMPROVE I. 'ITS,
Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be
adopted.
Motion seconded by -.1derman Jones and, carried by the
follo-aing vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Curd, Hunt, Queisser, and Patton.
Nays: Nohe.
Form 1
7th Street
Sunset Drive to Van Buren. RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF IMPROVING A PORTION
OF SEVENTH STREET IN THE CITY OF 7ICHIT— F�=S, TEXAS, ST-.TING THE
N:.TURE OF SUCH IMPROVE11',NTS A1',-D THE METHOD BY '.iHICH IT IS PROPOSED
THAT PAYM NT BE MDE THEREFOR, 2—M DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO
HAVE PLANS, PROFIIES, SPECIFICATIONS, AND ESTII.--,TES OF TF--,, PROPOSED
D,:PROV ----WTS PR='2ED.
Form 2
7th Street
Sunset Drive to Van Buren. Wichita Falls, Texas,
September 20, 1926.
To the Honorable Mayor "n2 Board of Aldermen,
Wichita Fills, Texas.
Gentlemen,
In compliance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen
with reference to the improvement of Seventh Street, from the East
property line of Sunset Drive to the '.lest property line of Van Buran
Street, I have prepared and hand you herewith plans, profiles,
specifications and estimate of the proposed improvements; the same
embraces the different materials, plans and methods of improvement
set forth and sjeeified in the said resolution.
(Signed) E - M - Ciz.yEngineer.-
Moved. by -1clerman Hunt that the following resolution be
adopted.
vote:
Motion seconded by --iderman Jones and, carried by the following
Yeas: Aldermen Jones, Curd, ,Iueisser, Patton, and Hunt.
Nays: None.
Form 3
7th Street
Sunset Drive to Van Buren. RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING PL-14S, PROFILES,
SPECIFICATIONS -"IITD ESTI1,11ZES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROV=--NTS OF SEVENTH
STREET FROH THE EAST PROPERTY LID E OF SUNSET DRIVE TO TIT Z- WEST
PROPERTY Lfi7-- OF V.0 BUREN STREET IN THE CITY OF ICHIT,F,KILS, TEXAS,
AND DIRECTING TIT=Y CLERK TO ADVERTISE* FOR 0011=1TIVE BIDS FOR THE
=ING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROV11.1NTS.
Yove& by -LIderman Jones that the meeting be adjourned.
Motion seconded by -'aderman Curd :,nd- carried.
The Board of lilaermen then adjourned.
RL—D IXD APPROVED this the 27th clay of September 1926.
ATTEST: