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Wichita Falls, Texas,
Basement Morgan Bldg.,
October 22nd, 1923.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Jichita Falls, met
in regular session at 7:30 P. I.I. on the above date with the following
present:-
roved.
Frank Collier, Mayor
R. E.
N. M.
J. H.
J. T.
B. A,
Shepherd
Clifford
Patton Al de r m e n
Young Y
Stayton,
"McBrogom, City Clerk
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The minutes of the previous meeting were read and app-
Moved by Alderman Young that the American Legion be all-
owed to bring a carnival show to Wichita Falls during armisticA&eek.
Motion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried.
Moved by Alderman Shepherd that the petition of property
owners on Adams and Sixth Streets for a sidewalk on C. E. Hills property
be referred to Commissioner Clifford for investigation and report.
Lotion seconded by Alderman Stayton and carried.
Moved by Alderman Stayton that application of W. E. Ald-
ridge for a grocery store at 505 Adams Street be received and public hear-
ing ordered by publication for November 5th 1923.
Motion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried.
Moved by Alderman Shepherd that the %_I. . & T. Ry val-
uation for tax purposes for the year 1923 be reduced to ;7240, 900 and the
tax assessed on value in excess of this amount be remitted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Young and carried.
Moved by Alderman Young that the motorcycle returned by
Melvin Johnson for non payment be sold to J. S. Donoho for x,150.00; 0"50.00
cash and balance $25.00 per month with notes secured by chattel mortgage.
Motion seconded by Alderman Stayton and carried.
ORDINANCE 468
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE LAYING OUT AND DEDICATION OF
ADDITIONS, AND SUBDIVISIONS OF PARTS OF EXISTING ADDITIONS, TO THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND iiEPEALING ALL ORDINANCES d PARTS OF ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT WITH SAIVIE, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. AND CREATING THIS AN EMER-
GENCY 12ASURE AND SUSPENDING THE RULES:
Moved by Alder.-,an Shepherd that Ordinance No. 468 be pass-
ed on its second reading.
lotting vote:-
Motion seconded by Alderman Stayton and carried by the fol-
cti f�
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Yeas: Shepherd, Stayton, Patton, Young, Clifford.
Nayes: None.
The hearing to property owners with reference to repaving
Indiana Avenue from 7th Street to 10th Street was called and the following pro-
tests were filed against the type of pavement proposed by resolution on Sept-
ember 15th 1923.
J. C. Ward, owning 50 feet
Horace Robbing, Agt for Gug`enheim
and Cohen. 150 "
C. W. Snyder 100 "
I. H. Roberts 50 "
Sam 1 :ruger 50 Ft
First Nat r ;l Bank 50 "
J. A. Richolt 250
P. B. 1J. Co., 50 "
Maude Stonecipher 25 "
gloved by Alderman. Clifford that the hearing to property owners
with reference to repaving Indiana Street from Seventh Street to Tenth Street
be continued until 7:30 P. iI. October 29th 1923.
Motion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried.
The hearing to property owners continued from Sept. 17th
1923 with reference to paving 8th Street, Denver, Van Buren Streets was can -
ed and after discussion v°,rith property owners present, the following motion
was put in order.
Moved by Alderman Stayton that this hearing be continued
until 7:30 P. ld. October 29th 1923.
Motion seconded by A1derian Patton and carried.
, Moved by Alderman Clifford that Hooks Cash Grocery be
permitted to install and operate a curb gasoline filling station at 2208
Avenue F, under the usual provisions, to -wit:
That the said Hooks Cash 'frocery, their administrators,
successors, and assigns, and legal representatives shall hold the City of
'Wichita Falls, harmless from any damages that may arise from the operation
of said curb gasoline filling station and that the said curb gasoline fill-
ing station shall be installed- under':the supervision of the City Engineer,
and that he shall cease to operate said curb gasoline filling station when
so ordered by the Board of Aldermen of the City of '.`Wichita Falls, Texas.
Motion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried.
be adopted. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following resolution
:lotion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried.
IR E S GLUT ION.
RESOLUTIONDECLARING THE NECESSITY OF IMPROVING .AUSTIN
STREET F201M ITS INTERSECTION I " "ITH THE NORTH CURB LINE 2TH STREET TO THE
NORTH CURB LINE OF 14TH STREET, STATING THE NATURE OF UCH IMPROVETIENTS AND
THE i.TETHOD BY ",dHICH IT IS PROPOSED THAT PAYI +NT BE BADE THEREFOR AND DIRECT-
ING THE CITY ENGINEER TO HAVE PLANS, PROFILES, SPECIFICATIONS, AND ESTII -2UTES
OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS PREPARED.
BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERI,1EN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS: THAT,
I.
It is necessary that Austin Street from its intersection
with the North curb line'of 12th Street to the North curb line of 14th Street
bb improved by raising, grading, filling, and paving same,-and installing
concrete curbs, and that same be improved with one of the
following materials, to -wit:
(a) One course concrete pavement.
(b) Warrenite Bitulithic Pavement.
(c) Brick Pavement.
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The City Engineer is hereby directed to have plans, pro-
files specifications, and estimates embracing the foregoing materials and
plans of improvement prepared, and to file same with the Board of Alder -
men, the City Engineer being so directed, there being no City Manager.
III.
The said improvements shall be paid for in the following
manner, to -wit:
The benefited and abutting property and the owners thereat
shall be assessed and pay for all cost of installing curbs and not exceed-
ing ninety per cent of the remaining cost of such improvements, and the City
of Wichita Falls shall pay the remainder.
The sums payable by the benefited property and the owners
thereof shall be payable in four equal installments, the first of which
shall be due upon the date after the completion and acceptance bj the City
of such improvements, and the second shall be due on or before one (1)
year after such completion and acceptance, and the third on or before two
(2) years from such completion and acceptance and fourth on or before three
years from said date of completion and acceptance. The entire mmount of
the sums shall bear interest from the date of such completion and accept-
ance and until 1)aid at the rate of eight per cent (811'lo) per annum, payable
annually, but such property and the owners thereof shall have the privileEp
of paying any or all of such installments at any time before maturity,and
the failure to pay any installment upon the maturity thereof shall at the
option of the owner and holder of the certificate of special assessment
issued in evidence thereof mature the entire amount unpaid; and the sums
payable by ti;e respective lots or parcels of land or property abutting
upon the said improvement and benefited thereby, shall be assessed against
such lots or parcels and against the owners thereof, and shall be a per-
sonal liability of such ov-iner and a first and prior lien and charge again-
st such property, superior to all other liens, claims and charges and ch-
arges and demands of whatsoever kind excepting only State, County, and
ivlunicipal taxes.
No assessment shall be levied against any lot or parcel
of land, or the owner thereof in excess of the special benefits to such
lot or parcel of land in enhanced value thereof by means of such impro-
vement, and no assessment shall be levied until after the notice and hear*
ing as provided in the Charter and Lays in force and effect in this City,
and in the ordinance and proceedings of the Board of Aldermen applicable
thereto.
IV.
Upon the completion and acceptance of such improvements,
if same shall have been performed by contract, then certificates in evi-
dence of the assessments levied against the respective lots or parcels of
property, and the owners thereof, shall be issued to the contractor or
party performing the v'ork of such improvement and containing recitals law-
ful and properly applicable thereto and-the said improvements shall be
executed, and the said matters filed, a said notice and hearing ordered
given, and ordinance levying the assessment and any other matters with
reference to said improvement shall be done and performed in the manner
and form provided by the Charter and Laws, in force and effect in this City,
and the proceedin�::s, ordinances and resolutions of the Board of aldermen.
passage.
V.
This resolution shall take effect from and after its
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The City Engineer then submitted the following:-
LETTER OF ENGINEER SUBMITTING PLANS, PROFILES, SPECIFI-
CATIONS, AND ESTII:IATES.
TO THE HONORABLE 11AYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE C TTY
OF ;dICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.
In compliance withthe resolution of the Board of Aldermen
with reference to the improvement of Austin Street from its intersection
with the North Curb line of 12th Street to the North Curb line of 14th Street
I have prepared and hand you herewith plans, profiles, specifications, ani
estimates of the proposed improvements, the same embraces and different na t-
erial-, plans and methods of improvement set forth and specified in the said
resolution.
Signed: F. M. Rugeley, City Engineer.
be adopted. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following Resolution
Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and-carried by the fol-
lowing vote: -
Yeas: Shepherd, Stayton, Patton, Clifford, Young.
Nayes: None.
R E S 0 L U T I 0 N.
RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING PLANS, PROFILES SPEC-
IFICATION AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVE1,1ENT OF AUSTIN STREET FROM
ITS INTERSECTION `:`0ITH THE NORTH CURB LINE OF 12TH STREET TO THE NORTH CURB
LINE OF 14TH STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND DIRECTING THE
CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE "AKING AND CONSTRUCTT ON
OF SUCH IMPROVEIVIENTS .
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDE'_-,Ix1EN OF THE C Ii' Y OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS: THAT
WHEREAS, by resolution passed on the day of 64�&v
A. D. 1923, h the Board of Aldermen of the City of :dichita ails dec ared
the necessity of improving Austin Street from its intersection with the
North curb line of 12th Street to the North Curb Line of 14th i Street,
by raising grading, and filling same, and paving same and installing con-
crete curbs with the materials and in the manners and methods stated in ,th e
said resolution, and gave the method by which it was proposed that payment
be made therefor, and directing the City Engineer to have plans, profiles
specifications, and estimates of the proposed improvement prepared; and
WHEREAS, the said City Engineer has prepared such plans,
profiles, specifications, and estimates and has filed same with the Board
of Aldermen, and the same have been examined and inspected and corrected
where necessary:
I.
That the said plans, profiles, specifications, and est-
imates, be and they are hereby adopted and approved as those un6er, by and
in accordance with which the said Improvements shall be made and construct-
ed.
II.
That the City Clerk be and he is hereby directed to ad-
vertise for competitive bids for the making and constructing of the said
improvements, in the manner and for the length of time and in the form re-
quired and provided for by the City Charter and laws in force and effect at
this time, and by the ordinances and proceedings of this Board and such bids
will be received until and shall be opened on the 5th day of November 1`923,
at 7:30 P. o'clock, and all bids shall be made in the form and in the
manner, and accompanied by certified check and by the guarantee provided
and required by the said specifications.
III.
This resolution shall take effect from and after its
passage.
Passed and approved, this 22nd day of it October 1923.
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Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following Reso-
lution be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried.
R E S O L U T I O N
RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF IMPROVING HARRIS -
ON STREET FROM ITS INT1 SECTION VgITH THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF HUFF AVE-
NUE TO THE NORTH CURB LINE OF CLARENCE AVENUE, STATING THE NATURE OF SUCH
IMPROVE1ilENTS AND THE METHOD BY `illICH IT IS PROPOSED THAT PAYMENT BE IMADE
THEREFOR, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO HAVE PLANS, PROFILES, SPE-
CIFICATIONS, AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVETIIENTS PREPARED.
BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THEM BOARD OF ALDER11EN
OF THE CIL'Y OF oJICHITA FALLS: THAT,
I.
It is necessary that Harrison Street from its intersect-
ion with the South Property Line of Huff Avenue to the North Cmrb line of
Clarence Avenge, be improved by raising, grading, filling, and paving same
and installing concrete curbs x and that same be improved with one
of the following materials, to -wit:
(a) One course concrete pavement.
(b) Warrenite Bitulithic pavement.
(c) Brick Pavement.
II.
The City Engineer is hereby directed to have plans,pro-
files, specifications, and estimates embracing the foregoing materials
and plans of improvement prepared, and to file same with the Board of Ald-
ermen, the City Engineer being so directed, there being no City i:Tanager.
III.
The said improvements shall be paid for in the following
manner, to -wit:
The benefited and abutting property, and the owners there-
of, shall be assessed and pay for all cost of installing curbs and not ex-
ceeding ninety per -cent of the remaining cost of such improvements, and
the City of Wichita Falls shall pay the remainder.
The sums payable by the benefited property and owners
thereof shall be payable in four equal installments, the first of Vhich
shall be due upon the date after the completion and acceptance by the
City of such improvements, and the second shall be due on or before one
(1) year after such completion and acceptance, and the third on or be-
fore two (2) years from such completion and acceptance and the fourth
on or before three years from said date of completion and acceptance.
The entire amount of the sums shall bear interest from the date of such
com letion and acceptance and until paid at the rate of eight per cent
(80y per annum, payable annually, but such property and the' oners
thereof shall have the privilege of paying any or all of such install-
ments at any time before : Laturity, and the failure to pay-any install -
ment upon the maturity thereof shall at the option of the owner and
holder of the certificate of special assessment issued in evidence,there-
of mature the entire amount unpaid; and the sums payable by the respect-
ive lots or parcels of land pr property abutting upon the said improvement
and benefited thereby, shall be assessed against such lots or parcels
and against the owners thereof, and shall be a personal liability of
such owner and a first and prior lien and charge against such property,
superior to all other liens, clai.:.s and charges and charges and demands
of whatsoever kind excepting only State, County, and ITunicipal taxes.
No assessment shall be levied against any lot or parcel
of land, or the owner thereof in excess of the special benefits to such
lot or parcel of land in enhanced value thereof by means of such improve-
ment, and no assessment shall be levied until after the notice and hearing
as provided in the Charter and Laws in force and effect in this City, and
in the ordinance and proceedings of the Board of Aldermen applicable there-
to.
IV.
IV.
Upon the completion and acceptance of such improvements,
if same shall have been performed by contract, then certificates in evid-
ence of the assessments levied against the respective lots or parcels of
property, and the owners thereof, shall be issued to the contractor or party
performing the work of such improvement and containing recitals lawful and
properly applicable thereto and the said improvements shall be executed,
and the said matters filed, said notice and hearing ordered given, and ord-
inance levying the assessment and any other matters with reference to said
improvement shall be done and performed in the manner and form provided
by the Charter and Laws in force and effect in this City, and the proceed-
ings, ordinances and resolutions of the Board of Aldermen.
passage.
V.
This resolution shall take effect from and after its
The City Engineer then -submitted the following:
LETTER OF ENGINEER SUBMITTING PLANS, PROFILES,
SPECIFICATIONS, AND ESTIMAITES.
O THE HONORABLE 7LV1AYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF ``$ICHITA
FA11S, TEXAS.
In compliance with the resolution of the Board of Alder-
men with reference to the improvement of Harrison Street from its inter-
section with the South Property Line of Huff Street to the North Curb line
of Clarence Street, I have prepared and '.and you herewith plans, profiles,
specifications, and estimates of the proposed improvements, the same em-
braces and different materials, plans and methods of improvement set forth
and specified in the said resolution.
Signed: F. i1. Rugeley,
City Engineer.
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Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following Resolution
be adopted.
Motion secoiided by Alderman Shepherd and carried.
R E S 0 L U it I O N
RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING PLANS, PROFILES, SPE-
CIFICATIONS ND EST Iir1ATES OF THE PROPOSED I177', "(`V7,Pv1ZNT OF HARRISON STR72T
FRONT ITS INTERSECTION 'ITH '_'HE SOUTH CURB LINE-OF-HUFF :�IV' ?NUE TO '..H ' NORTH
CURB LINE OF CLARENCE AVENUE IN THE CITY OF ''ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND DIR-
ECTING THE CI`T'Y CLER 7 10 DV'.RTISE FOP COMPETITIVE BIDS POR THE %TAKING . AND
CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDE_AEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS: THAT
WHEREAS, by resolution passed on the ,22 day of ��
A. D. 1923, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls declared
the necessity of improving Harrison Street from its intersection with the
South curb line of Huff Avenue to the North Curb line of Clarence Avenge,
by raising, grading, and filling aame, and paving same and installing con-
crete curb with the materials and in the manners and methods stated in.the
said resolution, and gave the method by which it was proposed that payment
be made therefor and directing the City Engineer to have plans, profiles
specifications and estimates of the proposed improvement prepared; and,
Whereas, the said City Engineer has prepared such plans
profiles, specifications, and estimates and has filed same with the Board
of Aldermen, and the same have been examined and inspected and corrected
where necessary;
I.
That the said plans, profiles, specifications, and est-
imates, be and they are hereby adopted and approved as those under, by
and in accordance with which the said improvements shall be made and con -
structed.-
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II.
That the City Clerk be and he is hereby directed to ad-
vertise for competitive bids for the making and constructing of the said
improvements, in the manner and for the length of time and in the form re-
quired and provided for by the City Charter and Laws in force and effect
at this time, and by the ordinances and proceedings of this -'oard and such
bids will be received until and shall be opened on the — day of
1923, at ,�M O'clock, and all bids shall be made in the orm and in he
manner, and accompanied by certified check and by the guarantee provided
and required by the said specifications.
III.
This resolution shall take effect from and after its
passage.
Passed and approved this 22nd day of Oct. 1923.
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Moved by ..Ylderman Stayton that the following Resolution
be adopted.
Motion seconded by -alderman Shepherd and carried.
R E ) 0 L U T I C N
RESOLUTION DECLARING ,.HE NECESSITY OF IMPROVING SEVENTH
STREET FROM ITS INTI"- SEC ",ION ITH `'HE 'VEST PROPERTY LINE OF TRAVIS STREET
TO THE EASE' CURB--- r LINE CF BURNETT STREET STAT ING THE NATURE OF SUCH IM-
PROVEMEIITS AND THE :3THOD BY `::'HIGH IT IS PROPOSED THAT AYIU? NT BE MADE THERE -
FOR, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO HAVE PL:NS, -PROFILES, SPECIFICATIONS,
:AND ESTIL1J S OF THI- PROPOSED IMPROVEI: IENTS PREPARED.
BE IT _ ND IT IS I?E''EBY RESOLV ID BY THE BOARD OF ALDERIIEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS: THAT,
I.
It is necessary that Seventh Street from its intersection
with the `Nest Property Line of Travis Street to the Eas-t curb-N Line of
Burnett Street, be improved by raising, grading, filling, and paving same,
and installing concrete curbs and that same be improved with
one of the following materials, to -wit:-
(a) One Course concrete pavement.
(b) Warrenite Bitulithic Pavement
(c) Brick Pavement.
II.
The City Engineer is hereby directed to have plans, pro-
files, specifications, and estimates embracing the foregoing materials and
plans, of improvement prepared, and to file same with the Board of Alder-
men, the City Engineer being so directed, there being no City Manager.
III.
The said improvements shall be paid for in the following
manner, to -wit:
The benefited and abutting property, and the owners there
of, shall be assessed and pay for all cost of installing curbs and not exc-
eeding ninety per cent of the remaining cost of such improvements, and the
City of Wichita Falls shall pay the remainder.
The sums payable by the benefited property and owners there-
of shall be payable in four equal installments, the first of which shall be
due upon the date after the completion and acceptance by the City of such
improvements, and the second shall be due on or before one (1) year after
such completion and acceptance, and the third on or before two (2) years
from such completion and acceptance and the fourth on or before three years
from said date of completion and acceptance; The entire amount of the sums
shall bear interest from the date of such completion and acceptance and until
paid at the rate of eight per cent (8 %) per annum, payable annually, but such
property and the owners thereof shall have the privilege of paying any or all
of such installments at any time before maturity, and the failure to pay any
installment upon the maturity thereof shall at the option of the owner and
holder of the certificate of special assessment issued in evidence thereof
mature the entire amount unpaid; and the sums payable by the respective lots
or parcels of land or property abutting upon the said improvement and bene-
futed thereby, shall be assessed against such lots or parcels and against
the owners thereof, and shall be a personal liability of such owner and a
first and pripr lien and charge against such property, superior
Iff
to all other
liens, claims and charges and charges and demands of whatsoever kind except-
ing only State, County, and Municipal taxes.
No assessment shall be levied against any lot or parcel
of land, or the owner thereof in excess of the special benefits to such lot
or parcel of'land in enhanced value thereof by means of such improvement,
and no assessment shall be levied until after the notice and hearing as pro-
vided in the Charter and Laws in force and effect in this City, and in the
ordinance and proceedings of the Board of Aldermen applicable thereto. -
IV.
Upon the completion and acceptance of such improvements,
if same shall have been performed by contract, then certificates in evi-
dence of the assessments levied against the respective lots or parcels of
property, and the owners thereof shall be issued to the contractor or party
performing the work of such improvement and containing recitals lawful and
properly applicable thereto and the said improvements shall be executed,and
the s.-id matters filed, said notice and hearing rdered
levying the assessment and any other matters with refcrenceeto said oimprove-
ment
n shall be done and performed in the manner and form provided by the Char-
ter and Laws in force and effect in this City, the
ces and resolutions of the Board of Aldermen, Proceedings, ordinan-
ces
V.
This resolution shall take effect from -.nd after its
passage.
Passed and approved on the 22nd day of October 1923.
The City Engineer then submitted the following.
LETTER OF ENGINEER SUBI;IITTING PLANS, PROFILES,
SPECIFICATIONS,AND ESTIMATES.
TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERJEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,TEXAS
In compliance with the resolution of the Board of Aldeman
with reference to the improvement of Seventh Street from its intersection
with the 'lest Property Line of Travis Street to the ftst &rzbJdbgK Line of Bur-
nett Street, I have prepared and hand you herewith plans, profiles, speci-
fications, and estimates of the proposed improvements, the same embraces and
different materials, plans and methods of improvement set forth and specified
in'the said resolution.
Signed: F. Ii% Rugeley,
City Engineer.
Moved by Alderman Stayton that the following Resolution
be adopted.
T
otion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried.
R E S O L U T I O N
RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING PLANS, PROFILES, SPECI-
. FICATION AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEIv!ENT OF SEVENTH STREET FROM ITS
INTERSECTION WITH THE `NEST PROPERTY LINE OF TRAVIS STREET TO THE MAST, =�'z
LINE OF BURNETT STREET IN THE CITY -OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND DIRECTING THE
CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE I:ZAKING AND CONSTRUCTING
OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERI,IEN OF THE CITY OF WICH*
ITA FALLS TEXAS: THAT
WHEREAS, by tesolution passed on the , day of
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A. D. 1923, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls declared
i' the necessity of improving Seventh Street from its intersection with the
West Property Line of Travis Street to the .`lest Property Line of Burnett
Street, by raising, grading, and filling same, and paving same and in-
stalling Concrete curb with the materials and in the manners and methods
stated in the said resolution, and gave the method by which it was proposed
that payment be made therefor, and directing the City Engineer to have
plans, profiles, specifications, and estimates of the proposed improvement
prepared; and,
WHEREAS, the said City Engineer has prepared such plans,
profiles, specifications, and estimates and has filed same with the Board
of Aldermen, and the same have been examined and inspected and corrected
where necessary;
I.
That the said plans, profiles, specifications, and est-
imates, be and they are hereby adopted and approved as those under, b;,,
and in accordance iith which the said improvements shall be made and con-
structed.
II.
That the City Clerk be and he is hereby directed to ad-
vertise for competitive bids for the making and constructing of the said
improvements, in the manner and for the length of time and in the form
required and provided for by the City Charter and laws in force and eff-
ect at this time, and by the ordinances and proceedings of this Board and
such bids will be received until and shall be opened on the 5th day of
November 1923, at J W.J o'clock, and all bids shall be made in the form
and in the manner, and accompanied by certified check and by the guarantee
provided and required by the said specifications.
III.
age.
This.resolution shall take effect from and after its pass-
Passed and approved, this 22nd day of October A. D. 1,23.
Moved by Alderman Stayton that Lots 8; 9, 10 Block 47
Southland Addition be considered in Ed Wilsons rendid , ,
ion for the years
1920, 1921, and 1922 and that the taxes assessed in error on this pro-
perty be remitted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried.
were opened. Bids for repaving Ohio Street from 6th to 10th Streets
Moved by Alderman Shepherd that consideration of bids for
repaving.Ohio Street from 7th to 10th Street be postponed until 7:30 P. P:4
October 29th 1923.
Motion seconded by Alderman Stayton and carried.
Moved by Alderman Shepherd that the walks in R iverside
Cemetery between Lots 85 and 103 and 103 and 104 in Block E be closed.
I41otion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried.
The Board of Aldermen then adjourned.
Read 'and approved this IV —p-' day of &Ct-4_A,/ 1923.
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City lerk.