Ord 576 5/25/1925 Form 7r9
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ORD IM""NCE 1,EVYI-`Gr '�S`SES i _,NT F01 PART OF THE COST or A, 20?TION CF
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OF 11UHITA FAL.�EJT_ ;!P , 1,"1_,-r_JTG' A CH21RGE
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THE, 0111NERS THEREGF, PROVIDING FOR THE COV4
LECTIOV OF SUCH ASSESSIMITS, AND FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, --A#D-
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WhoreEas , the Bo�.rd of Aldermen has heretofore by resolu*L-l"Lon
passea on the 23rdday of 2ebraarj 192 5 , �Drdored the
improve:nont of7L7i:1c/-lor Street in said City-from its inter-
section with the T3orth Oilr_T line of
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north Curb line of _eve. _LJ
by raising, grading_=nd fi113ng a and iiistalling concrete curbs
and gutters and ptiLving with one course ral_ creed co-
aar-a-t e
and contract for the i1aking and construction of such improvements
was let to It. E. 'Whitham & Co. and the Eng-
ineer filed: with the 0 ty roll or state,-�on'd sho�,Nir7g descriptions
of the various parcels of abutting property. the amounts to be
4SBessed against each parcel of propert-y and showing other matters
and things; and such roll or st,,ite,-_.,ent vas examined and approved ;
and after duo end proper notice, heariiie was held and had , and by
resolution passed on the -,.1th day of _"a-v 192 ' all
Protests and objections made were overruled and the sa+E75�,.ring
closed ; and
WHEREAS,REAS, ,-,I- . othcrr, -,if---, bters and things necessary and. pre--
requisite hereto have been done and and the Board Of
Aldermen being of the opinion -that the of tho cos b:4
hereinbelow made and set forth is in substantial proportion to
the benefits to the respective parcels of abutting property in
the ehhanoed value thereof by means of such improvements , and is
in ;accordanae with the law and Proceedings of the City, and that
the amounts hereinbelow shown and assessed against such parce." s of
property do not in any case exceed the benefits to such property
in the enhanced value thereof by means of such improvements, and
that the assessments so shown and made do not exceed the pro-
Protions of costs properly chargeable to such property under the
law and charter in force in this City ;
THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BDkRD OF ALDERI EN OF
THE CITY OF 'qriICHIT-A F.,1LLS, TEX.,�, T-HAT-
I.
There shaee be and is hereby levied and assessed against
each parcel of property hereinbelow and against the
owners thereof the sums of money bellow and itemized and
the total amount set opposite the desc7-J_p`-ii,,-n of each parcel of
property; the several amounts assessed against same , -together with
the total amount assessed , Ind the nanles of the owners of such
property so far as known being ns follows : —
II.
The several slxnas above mentioned assessed against said
parcels of property and the owners thereof, respectively, together
with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent per annum to-
gether with reasonable attorney 's fees and costs of collections, if
incurred, are h.)reby declared to be and made a lien upon the , res-
Pective,3parcels of property against which the same are assessed
and a Personal liability and charge against the real and true
owners of such property, whether such owners be named herein or
not, and the said lien shall be and constitute a first enforcealbe
claim against the property on ,-vhich assessment is levied , and
shall be the first and para- r-ount lien th3roon, superior to all
other liens and clai-.-2s except state, county, and municipal taxes,
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and the sums so assessed shall be p,,LY,-,bla ( s follows to wit :
In six ins tallnients (annual) , due
respectively on or beforo -'-Ile date of comrletion oi-ie v,,o .thrae -Poiir -P*, ve
Yearsafter t h e date o f c o n-I p cation �y e C`i tj
said improvements, -ind the sums assessed shall bear interest f r �
date of such completion rmd acceptance at the rate provided ,
,annually with each installiieiat, and pro-Tided that if defryult e
made in the payment cd art 7 -nci-pi7 or
Form # 9---Page 2 .
whole of the assessment upon which default is made shall, at
the option of L. L. ihitham & CO - or its assign,,
be and become at once due and payabla uogather with reasonable
attorney's fees and costs or collection if incurred , and provided
further that the owners of such property shall have the right
to pay any or all of the said installements before maturity sat
any time, by payment of principal and interest accrued to the
date of payment.
IIS.
The City of Wichita Falls shall not be in any manner
liable for the payment of any sums assessed against any abutting
property or any owner, but the said L. E. 'i'Phitham &- Co.
and its assigns shall look solely toos uouowners for payment of
the sums assessed ; but the City of Wichita Falls shall exercise
all Of its lawful powers to aid in tho enforcement and collection
of said liens and sums and personal liabilities; ' and if default
shall be made in the payment of any of said sums, collection
therefor shall be enforced either by sale of the property by the
tax assessor and collector of the City of ',,Viehita Falls, as near
as possible in the manner provided for sale of property for the
non-payr,ient of ad-valorem taxes, or at the option of the said
L. c ah 1.t'ham Pam^. V o. or
its assigns, the payment of said sums and said liens and liabil-
ities shall be enforced in any court having jurisdiction.
IV.
For the purpose of evidencing the several sums -assessed
against said parcels of abutting property and the owners thereof,
and the time and terms of payment, and to aid in the enforoofltc,zt
thereof, assignable certificates shall be issued by the City of
Wichita Falls upon the completion and :_-,coeptance of the work which
certificates shall be executed by the :Mayor in the name of the
City and attested by the City Clerk with the corporation seal,
and shall be payable to L. E . ih _t} a.� Q Co. or
its assigns, and shall declare the sa d amou�zis, time an terms
of payment, and the rate of interest, and the date of oompletion
and acceptance of the improvements, shall contain the name of
the owner of the property as accurately ss possible, shall
Contain a description of the property by lot and block number or
front feet thereof, or such other description as may otherwise '
identify same ; and if the property shall be owned by an estate ,
then the description thereof as so owned shall be sufficient, or
if the mae of the owner be unknown, th Dn to so st-ate shall be
sufficient, and no error or mistake in describing any property or
in giving the name of owner, shall invalidate or in any wise
impair any certificate or any assessment levied by this ordinanoe,
Said certificates shall provide substantially that if
same shall not be paid promptly upon maturity, then they shall be
collectible with reasonable attorney's fees and costs of collect-
ion if incurred, and shall also provide substantially that the
amounts thereby evidenced may be paid to the collector of taxes
in the City of ?,*diehita Falls, Texas, who shall issue his receipt
therefor, which receipt shall be evidence of such payment upon
any demand for same ; and the collector of taxes shall deposit
the sums so received by him forthwith with the City Treasurer
to be kept and held by him in a spea,rate fund hereby designated
as 'a ;lor Street Special Certificate Fund No.
1 and when any amount shall be made to the tax
co lector upon such certificates, he shall upon preatentation
to him of the certificate by the contractor or other holder
thereof, endorse said payment thereon, and the contractor or
holder of such certificate shall be entitled to receive from the
City Treasurer the amount paid, upon presenting to him such
certificate so endorsed and credited by /he holder with the amount
paid ; and such endorsement and credit shall be the Treasurer's
warrant for making such payment. Payments by the Treasurer shall
also be receipted for by -the holder of such certificates in writ-
ing, and by surrender thereof when -tlo principal, together with
accrued interest and all costs of cal1_ection and reasonable
attorney's fees, if ireu,.~_:•cd, have boen paid in full.
Said certificates F11,all further recite substantially that
all proceedings with refs r'.nce -U-c ma king such ' improvements have
been regularly had in compliance ^7ith th3 law, and that all pre-
requisites to the fixing of the assess,�ent lien against the pr. cr-
erty described in such certificates and the Personal liabil itvT C f
the owner have been regal,,-r'J.y done and performed, and s7ich -
als sha11 be prima fa I. ?;T 'J'iC e o T th? ^, 1 'C rc C
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ana no fl ther Proof thereof :;�Will bt, in an-VY J. court,
a�S a-h-d her,re t
attd -_e.z-t JLJI' -,-a- y
in evidence of eac-11 o.,- al! cf sctVeral s_ls talarnant-s them a-F
or may have ccupr,As for each of the firs u'- Jix ino tall
ments ; which coupons shall be -Dqyable either to U1
or its as or to
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XXXXX —or bearer; and sl�ch coupons may be s:;*-glied
either with the original or with the facsimile signature of the
Ylay and. City Clerk.
V.
Full power to make aid levy re-assessments in any case
and to corredt mistalk.es , errors, or irregularities;
either in assessments cr certificates isOued in evidenc,e the:?eof,
is in accordance with lam , vested in the Oi-cy,
VI.
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Passed and approved this _11t!- day of 1`4 L
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Attest : -
City Clerk.