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Min 02/09/1925M6 5 iichita Falls, iera.s, -3asement ,'organ -building, .4Iebruary 9th, 1925. The .Board of Aldermen of the City of uichita Falls, met in regular session on the above date with the following present: - Frank Collier, IVIayor F. E. She _;nerd, i,. .:. Clifford, X J. H. Patton, X A l d e r m e n J. T. Young, Y ui. E. lac3room, City Clerk 4. George, City Attorney. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. #If"4#r##4#444, ####,####0�######## I:ioved by Alderman Clifford that the Street Department be authorized to --rade icGrer_or Stare t from L)ro 1T Street, two blocks Last and one block e s t .���o otion seconded b-.7 Alder:,,ian Patton and carried. „loved by Alderman Young that the l,Mayor be authorized to sign a contract for the construction of a seejer line from a connect- ion on Duval Street, Fast in the alley through Block 60, 61, 62, and 63, Southland- Addition and connect with a main sewer on Brook Street for and outlets .Said contract to be made by and between the City -and H. E. Huff, J. C. _.-,ytinE=;er, Land D. VIalker. Motion seconded by .lderrrian Patton and carried. krF�##44###4 #4#4 #irfz##Jrif' trm roved by Alderman Young that H. J. i3arron be permitted to put a ;aetal roof over his greasing racl: at 907 Lamar, provided said -roof is removed at any time it becomes objectionable. ; otion seconded by Aldermn Shepherd and carried. '.roved by Alderman Young that Gullahorn s', .Beard be granted a permit to install a clear plate glass window on the South Last side of their building at 523Avenue. ,,��'''�� !,I,otion seconded. by alderman Patton and carried. loved by Alderman Young that the newer Department be authorized to construct an 8 inch sewer line on Ozark avenue from the ,alley between Hays and Garfield to Santa il'e Avenue; thence on Santa 4�e avenue to the Jorth Dine of Block D, Pairview Addition, thence '.lest to k'airview i31vd. Said line to cost approximately ;r1100.00, five hundred of said cost to be 6onated by .11. i3. Chauncey and associates upon com�_)letion of excavation. Lotion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried. IT i`,rIt' Moved by Alderman Shepherd that the Vater Department be authorized to construct 1100 feet of 6" water main on the following stre- ets: .Beginning at Lississippi; thence 400 feet east on Galveston; thence 700 feet Borth on Virginia. Said line to cost approximately 1,681.40. Cc&v -that the water Department be authorized to con- struct 400 feet of 6" main on Virginia Street from Elm to Oak, provided the estimated cost thereof amounting to w741.30 be paid by the Eorthwestern Compress Company. iojion seconded by Alderman. 'Young and carried. 4#4'y Ivy Moved by Alderman Shepherd that the City accept the dedication of certain streets lying South of the Vichita valley Wracks between 3rook and Harrison Streets, running through the property owned by R. E. Huff and associates, provided that the plat showing location 1 of said streets is approved by the City Engineers. Yotion seconded by Alderman Young and carried. Moved by Alderman Shepherd that the, 4ater Department be authorized and instructed to change the rater Line on Lemp Boulevard between ivenue G, and Avenue H. from a 4 " to 6" provide& the contract for paving this block is consumated. otion seconded by Alderman Young and carried. t Tiir7�rrrt r i;`77 r r'il'i;'tt7-I I Yt�t011�iCit7Y71' Bids for paving sidewalls on the ' est side of 4'ilmore Street between.. venue # G, and ,venue H, were opened, and considered. ;.loved by Alderman Yount; that all bids be rejected. Lotion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the following vote : - Yeas Alderman Shepherd, Clifford, Patton, Young* laves: hone. Moved by Alderman Shepherd that the City 'Treasurer be authorized and instruct to call for redemption out of the available Sinking Punds, Sewer Pond r_�ber 3� dated .larch 15th, 1915, optional ;Larch 15, 1925, �Zu.�bered 1 , 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, amounting to 6,000.00. I:_otion seconded by Alderman Ulifford and carried. ORDINANCE TvO. 560 ©_?DITd 'iVlii� LEVYING ASSESS li TTT "! --' A PART U F TH7 COST OF IMP ? C VING A PORTION OF TAYLOR STREET IN THE CITY OF W IC HIT A FALLS , ` EX iS FIXING A CH.,iRGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUT"T I `G PROPERTY AND THE O ?NERS TH ` -� OF, PROVIDING FOR ''HE QQLL7CTION CT SUCH ASSESS MNITS FIND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CWTIFIOATES. Loved by A .0man Clifford that Ordinance 560 be passed on its third and final reading. 2otion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried by the following vote: - Yeas: Alderman Clifford, Shepherd, Patton, Young. ?ayes: None. PC M69' The City Engineer submitted the following letter. Wichita i"alls, `'exas. �'eb. 9th, 1925. Hon. ayor � Board of nlderrr:en �tiichita Falls, texas. Gent! emen : - This certi�ies that the Mains °aving CompaiV has com- pleted the paving and otherwise improving of 1'ilmore Street from its intersection �-aith the orth ,property Line of avenue to its intersection with the tdorth Property Line of :venue :., in accord- ance with the plans and specifications therefor and 1 hereby rec- ornmend the acceptance of the above described v,,ork. ::esp ect fully, i4l. i,:. Hugeley, City Engineer. i:iove(l, by Alderman uliffo-rd that the following :-resolution be adopted. i otion seconded by �Ilderi:ian Patton and carried by the following vote: - Yeas: Jdenr,ian _�)atton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd. I ayes: iron. R E S U L U T 1 0 N FESOLUTIOTI a'CCEPTITaG T "] O"I' y ZITITC, ::.ND CTH=,ISE IL'21- IVING ;. 30', 1T_L 0+' FIL ('_=E S` _,� ET ,ND-'JJTTT071 JITTG `'�?T EX7CUTIOTT _2TD DELIVERY OF SPECIaL S3ESS_ I'T CERTIEIChTES• T EE IT -?,SOLVED ` Y '-`77 "BO "D E � ,'��L�-."..;....E'Tv CI' '�'?-I _ C I� Y OF +�1Ci"�i.� ii ."t't1..=LS, �TEXriSI '0HAT 411=7#AS, the City :_.'ngi.neer has certified that the pavir and otherwise improving 11ilmore Street from its intersection with the T",orth "_ roperty Line of Avenae i, to its intersection with the North 'rcq)erty, Line of ,venue _, has been completed by the _Plains Waving Comp any in accordance with the plans and spec ifi ca.t ions there- for and the said City Engineer recommends the acceptance of the said :vork by the City. Tdt:GJ ,H RFFC ' E 3E IT �'ESOLV_4.D BY 217' BO__ARD N OF THE CITY OTy' "TCH i'll" PA"'JLS, rTEX_ S. THAW said caving and other improvements be and the same are hereby accepted by the City of "Vichi to Falls, Texas, and the mayor be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute Special Assessment Certificates evidencing the indebtedness of the oi�ners of the Property abutt iivr� on said portion of street, in the name of the City of I'.1ichita Falls, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest same and to impress the Seal of the City of �',Iichtta, galls, Texas, and to deliver said Special Assessment certificates to the Plains Paving Company, as set forth in the contract, for the ab- ove named improvements, all in accordance with the ordinances and resolutions heretofore adopted and passed by the City of Wichitas, Zalls, with reference to the above des,c-ribed improvements. Passed and approved this 9th day of It'ebruary 1925. �77it,7,71C,77r Moved by Alderman Clifford that the resolution of appreciation of the Safety Council of the Chamber of Commerce with ref- erence to the installation of electric traffic signals be accepted and filed. Notion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried. .:roved by Alderman Shepherd that all bids for paving 12th Street between Broad & Indiana be returned unopened on account of the property corners between Indiana and Scott revenue, having entered into a private contract with L. E. Whitham A Company, for the paving of their property. Lotion seconded by alderman Young and carried. Moted by Alderman Young that the following Aesolution be adopted. the following vote:- Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by , yeas: Alderman Patton, yYoung, Clif. ord, Shepherd. Naye s : lone. R E S O L U T I O N RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID FOR IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF F ILIIORE STREET, AND DIVECTING EXECUTION OF CONTRACT. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF WIC1i ITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT WHEREAS, the City of Qchita Falls, has heretofore ordered that Filmore Street in said city be improved from its intersect- ion with the North Property lane of ,-.venue ''K" to its intersection with the north Property Line of Avenue "L", by raising, grading, filling, in- stalling concrete curbs and butters and paving, with necessary appurte- nances, and thereafter plans and specifications were duly adopted and aylroved for such improvements, bids were adverbs ed for and received and on the 9th day of Pebruary, 1925, such bids were opened, and hHEE AS, the bids received have been fully canvassed and considered and the City Council after fully considering same is of the opinion that the bid of _Mains Paving Company is the most advantage- ous and should be accepted; NOW, THE AFORE , BE IT :ESOLVED BY THE CITY OF TICHIT A FAILS, TEXAS, THAT: I. The bid of Plains Paving Company for raising, grading filling, installing concrete curbs and -gutters, paving with Two (2) inch asphaltic concrete (Willite 2rocess) surface on rive (5) inch concrete (plain) foundation and all necessary apourtenances on said portion of street, filed with the City, be and the same is hereby accepted. II. The form of contract embraced in the specifications be and the same is hereby adopted and approved, and the Layor is author- ized and directed to enter into contract for such improvements with the said Plains Paving Company, and to execute such contract for and on be- half of and in the name of the City and the City Clerk is. hereby auth- orized and directed to attest same in the name of the City and to impress thereon the City's corporate seal. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Passed and approved this 9th day of 7ebruary 1925. No / 00 loved by Alderman Young that the following esolution be adopted. Kotion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Alderman Patton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd. Ivayes: ?:one. R E S O L U T I O N RESOLUTION D I ECTING TaR CITY NNGIN? ER TO ; AL'E _'! D FILE REPORT KITH THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN SHOIING THE ESTIMATED COST OF IMP- ROV75ENT OF A PORTION OF FILMORE STREET. BE IT 4ESOLVED BY THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Filmore Street from its intersection with the North Property .Line of Avenue "K", to its intersection with the worth Property line of .Avenue "MY by raising grading and filling same and installing; concrete curbs and gutters and paving with two inch asphaltic concrete (Willite Process) pavement on five inch plain concrete (Willite Process) pavement on five inch plain concrete foundation, and has caused advertisement to be made for bids for the making and constructing of said improvements and bids therefor have been taken, and said board of Aldermen is determined to mane the some in the said manner and with said two inch asphaltic concrete ( 'Iillite Process) pavement on plain concrete foundation, as shown in specifications ddopted therefor. NOW, THERE 1'OEE, IT IS HEREBY `;ESOLVED BY THE CITY OF `.`' ICHITA FAILS, TE nS, THAT I. The City Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance with provisions of Section 108 of the City Charter, to male and file a re- port with the Board of Aldermen showing thereon the estimated cost of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the City, the proportion thereof to be assessed against the abutting prop- erty -and the owners thereof, the owners of land abut ing thereon and benefitted thereby, a owner thereof, the rate per front foot proposed to be assessed for curb, and the amount to be assessed in each case for curb, the rate per front foot of property proposed to be assessed for improvements other than curb, the total amount proposed to be assessed a ra.inst each lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof, and such report may show other matters of things and shall dhow the estimated amounts of damates, if any, to each piece or parcel of property, and the owner thereof, which will be sustained by reason of said improve- ments. Such report shall in all respects comply with the provisions of the City Charter and with Chapter 11, Title 22, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas of 1911, and in all respects com- ply with the resolutions and other proceedings of this Board with reference to the proposed improvement of said portion of said Street. massage. II. This resolution shall cake effect from and after its Passed and approved this the 9th day of February 1925. The City .Engineer submitted the following report. Hon. Mayor & Board of Aldermen, dichi to Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: - I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of improving Filmore Street from its intersection with the North Property Line of _venue V" to its intersection with the North Tropergy Line of avenue "L", showing the amount to be assessed_ against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and by the proceedings of your _r onorable Body, `00% as is shown on this report the estimated total cost of the improvement will be •t-1' L11 0 z=L// _ The estimated amount payable by the City for this improvement will be J The estimated amount payable b'4 the ov iers of the abutting property will be ,S6Jo, 2j . The estimated amount -proposed to be assessed against the abutting -property and the o��ners thereof for curb will be i0.50 per front foot. T#e estimated_ amount -proposed to be assessed aFainst the abutting property and the owners there �af for improvements other than curb will be /�/_`i'_per front _foot. The total estimated. amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof will be per front foot. The estimated damage is nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs and gutters and two inch asphaltic concrete (01illite process) p avers eat on plain concrete foundation, all in accordance with the specifications there- for heretofore ado ,ted by and filed with your Honorable 3ody. ELesnectfully submitted, ��. rgeley, City Engineer. y'ichita 'alls, Texas. ebruary 9th, 1925. 7r7r7f7r,rr77f Moved by Alderman Yount that the following esoluti.on be adopted. i.`otion seconded by Alcerrrlan 2atton and carried by the following vote: - Yeas: Alderman Patton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd. ITayes: TIone. R-E S O LU �2 I ON RESOT,UTIOTT AP-?OVTTTG THE '?EPORT aTTP ESTIiJzi1F OF THE CITY EPIGINEER ,.S TO THE COST ATTD ASSESSi TNTS FOR THE IMPROVFIvTEiTT OF FIL- MORE STREET FROM ITB INTERSECTION 1.'rITH '1FD NORTH�tROP.E?TY LINE OF A77ENUE "K" TO ITS INTERSECTION ''ITH THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF _AVJT]I7r "L", FIXING A TIIJE ATT�) PLACE FOR A HE,1'- ITTG TO PIROP I TY 0`�ITTER$ ATM OTHERS INTE'RT'S'1� ED, ZI) DI?ECTIITG THE CITY- CII,' � TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF, 1ITL P' 'IBING THE FORM OF SUCH ITOTICE. BE IT ? ''SOLVED BY '_'HE BOARD OF ALDERI:�N CIF TH? CIT'T OF '4ICHITA PALLS, TEXAS, 'THAT, WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of 'lichi.ta Falls, `texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Filmore Street from its intersection with the lr'orth Property Line of :,venue "K", �to its intersection with the orth 2raperty Line of Avenue "L", and has received estimates, plans and sp ecifications from the City Engineer, and after ad- option `of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received and it has been determined that all of the cost of constr- uctin cu K s along said portions of said street, and not exceeding per cent of the remaining cost of said improvemen , as determine -.-a thehearing; hereinafter .mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon, and against the property ornzears thereof, and that said oroperty is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvement; and the City Engineer has made and filed with_ the 1Payor and Board of Alder:-_ren his report and estimate of the cost of such improve- ments, and the estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property, and the owners 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: That a hearing will be given to the oraners of property proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said Street, and to all others interested,and same shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the Basement of the :.:organ Building in the City of ;ichita _'ails, at (O'clock T:i on the day of ` AltC1j 1925, and at which -hearing E� lee 9 and at -said time and place the ot:.ners of said property, or any of them their agents or attorneys or any one else in -any way interested either in the said property or in said improvements, or in arry .-tanner or me- thod. of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed af,a-- iiot the said property and the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their said property in en- hanced value by means of said improvement, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof, resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matter or thing in any wise incident or c oiu-iected with the said improvement, contract, proceedings or assessment therefor., or the .iethod or manner of paying for same. II. That any claim for darnat es shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and. form provided and required by later and the provisioris of the City Charter. Adel other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing, and at such hearing; all claims, protests and objections hatsoever drill be ?passed upon bU the Board, and said hearing may be ,ontinued from time: to time untill all desirin,,to be heard shall have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard the said hearing will be closed, and at said 'nearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the ort-;ner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improve - merits, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each such lot or parcel of n-roperty and- the owner thereof, the enhanced value ff each lot or parcel of -property by deans of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, invalidi ies in any proposed assessment and in any proceedings with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, levy and make assessments- against each such piece or parcel of property and against the oviners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terrias -required by lair in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien. After , uch hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute an appeal in any Court having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date of such hearing is closed and final assessment is levied, and not thereafter, and all persons, firms corporations, estates and otherx parties shall, after the expiration of the twenty days from the levying of such- assessment be forever barred and estop ed in any r:ianner doubting or resisting same or assert- ing any error, irregularity, mistake or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to :-Jve notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said -property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the Official newspaper of the City, which notice shall be in substantially the following form, to -wit: "TO THE OVMERS OF PROPERTY ABTJTTIIT OI`T TPILI,101?E STR71`,T BE`1' ",''CEEl1 tilT i l?UE "Ii" AND i'JEIIUE "L TM 1JID TO ALL ;:' 1 T? rRS INTERESTED". NOTICE is hereby given of the intention of the City to proceed with the imrpr overnent of l ilrnore Street from its intersection with the orth Lrooerty Line of Avenue "r�" to �its intersection with the T�orth _'Property line of "venue "L" by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters inhere adequate curbs and gutters are not now installed, and oaving with two inch asphaltic concrete - (willite Process 6 pavement on five inch plain concrete foun- dation, and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improverents against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and �na-reels of property bene- fited by means of such irairovements and the o,�,,aiers of such lots or par - eels of property; and such assessments, i�lhen levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and -parcels of property assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the oviners thereof. � 0 � 0 On the day of VjajzIK 1925, in the Uouncil Chamber in the _..organ Building in the City of.;ichita 7alls, Texas 1*•+. at ° o'clock, ;, all such o-jners and their agents or attorneys or any other persons or parties desiring to be heard, will be fairly heard by the Board of aldermen and any y�rotests, objections or claims will be fully and fairly heard, the benefits and daria es resul.tinF� from said imp- rovements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel o property and the owners thereof, are on file in the of mice of the City Clerk and are open to inspection. The estimated cost of said improvement is °,r A 0 z, O SC The estimated amount to be assessed against the property o,.-�ners iss 3-e, z 8 `'2he estimated amount to be assessed for curb is per lineal foot of curb; and, T. The estimated amount of the assessment artiains t prop rty otianers and their property for pavement and excavation is tr G, �s3;7dl-per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations or eatates, ti_ei.r agents er attorneys, desiring to be heard in any natter or thing in any valise coi-naected with said improver tints, the assessment therefor the benefits thereof, the damages resulting therefr orn, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board at said time and _ ace. Done in accordance with esolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of E�ichita Falls, :exas, on the 9th day of !Iebruary 1925. ie L. '-cEroom, City clerk. And said notice shall be published in said newspaper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than :en days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the day of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner %,those name appears on said report of the City hn ineer, a registered letter containing a copy of said notice, such letter to be denosited in the Yost Office at viAita Falls, texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement, and such notice by advertise- ment shall be sufficient 1r;hether or not any other notice be given and_�r,hether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. assed and Approved this the 9th duy of February 1925. Hr%(/ ORDIMTME, ITO. 563 AN 0RDLd� T?CE E''TULATIITG 'IT" 07 1'_UTOIJOBI TS DURING CI+'?'.1' II'? HOURS Oil GERT 'iIT1 ST:tL`TS OF, IICHI`i"A -FALLS, 1'^Ii, FOR TIIr PUR?OSE OF AC IL IT ATITIG STREET CLEAINTING; PRESC=?IBTNG A PET�ALTY :}.ETD ?%ECI ITTG FAIT F-T7?, GTECy. Moved by Alderman Shepherd that Ordinance 563 be passed on its first reading. following vote:- -otion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. by the Yeas: Aldermen Patton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd. Ilaye s : None. Moved by Alderman 'young that the valuation on a nart of Lots 16, 19, 20, Bloch 1913, Jalonick Addition be reduced from r2500.00 to .�1250.00 for the /ear 1924. ,lotion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. r it r ri t i it irii i Ir`i � #f t t�r /6/1 0 i;oved by Alderman Shepherd that the `fax Collector be auth- orized to employ deputy :yssessors to go out and assess the real and personal property in the business district only , and that property owners out side the business district be required to come to the Tax Collector's office and render their )roperty for the year 1925. iiotion seconded by Alderman Patton and Carried. l 1 T 7ffiT ' i T14T�t7�T�liTff17t 44, !:loved by Alderman Young that the Tax Collector be authorized to buy a new typewriter at a net cost of 70.00. "otion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. ai� I; oved by Alderman Shepherd that the folloc�Ting :resolution be adopted. i:iotion seconded by Alderman noun; and carried by, the fol- lowin,E_ vote: - Yeas: A�der:nan Patton, Young, Clif=:"ord, Shepherd. I1ayes: none. E S O L U I O Ii `iHF,REAS, contract iri writing between City of 4ichita :Falls and L. E. dhitham �, CO-, for the improvement of the following street in said City to -wait: i=emp Blvd from the South property Line of Avenue G, to the South Property Line of ,iven,fe H, together with con- traction bonds and maintenance bonds required thereby, are this day presented to the -oard of Hld.ermen for adoption and approval; and VIHEREAS, the bid of L. E. VJhitham rc Co., for the L1ah-ins and construction of the improvement provided for in the said contracts has after due advertisement and_ notice, been rr.ade and upon opening of the said bids, said contract was awarded to the said Company,and JHEF�AS, 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 Jichita Y&lls: THLREpORE, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of 'ichita -Falls, that there be and is Hereby set aside and app- rQpri to out of h funds available for that purpose, the sum of to pay and defray all that portion of the cost 612 ir_proving st--,id portion of Lemp Blvd. from the South Property Line of Avenue G, to the South Property Line of avenue iI, to be paid for by the City of 'Jichita Tails: The said contract and the construction bond and rnai.nt enance bond, be and the sane are hereby approved and adopted, and the !Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract, in the ame o f the City. passage. That this resolution shall tale effect from and after its Passed and Approved this 9th day of r ebruary 1925. -1 1 1 1TT Ir Moved by Alderman Shepherd that the following 1,Lesolution be ado .ted. 1,flotion seconded by ,!lder_:ian Young; and carried by the fol- lowing vote: - Yeas; Alderman Shepherd, Yount;, Clifford, Patton. ayes : IJone . 0 R E S O L U T I O TT WIFEREAS, contracts in writing between T.IJ. 7hitham and Company and the City of ',lichita Falls, for performing of all work of excavation in connection with the im-orovei.,ent of temp Blvd from the So4th 2roperty Line of ,venue G. to the South Property Line of Avenue H, for the prices named therein and upon the terms therein set forth binding the City of. Vichita 'alls to do and perform all wore, of exca- vation u,)on the said street, as is provided in the contract, being: one contract for said. street, are this day presented to the Board of Alder- rrtent for adoption and approval, and JI-IERE AS, it is de r.,ied advisgble to enter into said contract upon the terms set forth therein, and for the c cmpensation therein provided, Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of �iichita Falls: I. That the City of Yiichita ii'alls do enterxinto contracts with L.. E. 11hitham c Co. binding the City to do and perform all the work of excavation shown in said cont-,-act, and on said street, at and for the prices and for the terms therein stipulated and set forth. II. That the said contract is hereby approved and adopted and the i,ayTor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and. sign the said contract in the name of the City. its passage. That this resolution shall ta':e of 'ect from and after Passed and approved this 9th day of February 1925. The Board of Aldermen then adjourned-. Dead and approved this IlLbday of 1925. day or . ATTEST: - City Clerk.