HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 15-JLEVYING AND ASSESSING AS A TAX UPON THE LOTS, PARTS OF
LOTS, BLOCKS OR TRACTS OF LAND WI]ERE NOT DIVIDED INTO LOTS OR BLOCKS,
FRONTING OR ABUTTING ON
Fourth Street from the north line of Washington
Boulevard to the north line of Franklin Street;
TWO-THIRDS OF THE COST OF THE PAVING, GUTTER AND INCIDENTAL DRAINAGE
AND ALL THE COST OF CURBING SAID STREET APPORTIONABLE TO THE HEREIN-
AFTER REFERRED TO PROPERTY, AND DECLARING SAID TAX A LIEN UPON SAID
PROPERTY AND A PERSONAL DEBT UPON THE OWNERS OR OWNER THEREOF, AND
PROVIDING A TIME WHEN SAID TAX SHALL BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE, PROVID-
ING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SAIVIE AND ALL COSTS INCURRED IN COLLECTING
SAME IF NOT PAID AT THE TIME IT BECOMES DUE AND PAYABLE, AND PROVID-
ING THE RATE. OF INTEREST SAID TAX SHALL BEAR FROM THE TIME IT BECOMES
DUE UNTIL PAID, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of Sub -division (h)
of Section 68 of the Charter of the City of Beaumont, the City
Commission of the City of Beaumont caused to be published for the time
and in the manner required therefor by the City Charter, a notice of
the resolution of said Commission, passed on the Sth day of September,
A. D. 1931, ordering a hearing to be given to the persons, firms, cor-
porations, and estates, their agents or attorneys owning property abu-
tting on the above named street, and calling upon all persons interest-
ed in said matter to appear and show cause, in conformity with the pro-
visions of the Charter above referred to, why the assessment in said
notice should not be made against said property and against the owners
thereof, which hearing was to be held in the Council Chamber of the City
Hall of Beaumont, Texas, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. on the 29th day of
September, A. D. 1931, and
WHEREAS, said hearing was adjourned from the 29th day of
September, A. D. 1931, to the lst day of October, A. D. 1931, at 10:00
o'clock A. M., and was on said date adjourned to the 6th day of October,
A. D. 1931, at 10:00 o'clock A. M., and,
WHEREAS, a full and fair hearing in conformity with the
Charter and law in such cases having been had in conformity with said
notice and the Commission having inquired into and determined all facts
necessary to the adjudication of all special benefits accruing to such
owners by means of such improvements, and said Y-;aringhaving been duly
closed; and,
It appearing that the assessment as proposed in the above
mentioned Resolution passed on the Sth day of September, A. D. 19312
with the exceptions hereinafter noted, are in all respects fair and
equitable and that there will be a full and adequate and special bene-
fit to the abutting property and the owners thereof from and by reason
of the proposed pavement and .improvement in excess of the amount assess-
ed against the abutting property and the respective owners thereof:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That there is hereby assessed against the several owners of
property and against their respective property abutting on Fourth Street
from north line of Washington Boulevard to north line of Franklin Street,
as a tax two-thirds cif the cost of paving, gutter and incidental drain-
age of said street, exclusive of the whole cost of improvement between
curb lines of said street at its intersections with other streets and
alleys, and all of the cost of curbing said street.
The lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land on
which said tax is levied and assessed are hereinafter described, to-
gether with the number of front feet on such lot, lots, parts of lots,
or blocks or tracts of land, the name or names of the owner or owners
thereof, and the proportionate amount of the cost of said paving and
gutter, and the cost of s aid curbing to be borne and paid for by such
owner or owners as shown by the statement prepared by the City Engineer
of the City of Beaumont, which said amount is hereby levied and assess-
ed as a tax upon such lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of
land, as follows, to -wits
Section 2.
That said amounts so levied and assessed shall become due
and payable upon the completion of the paving upon the portion of said
street upon which said lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks, or tracts of
land front and abut, and the amount of the tax hereby levied and assess-
ed, together with the cost of collecting and interest at seven per cent
per annum from the date same is collectible until paid is hereby declar-
ed alien against said lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of
land superior to all other liens, claims, or titles except city, county
and state taxes, and constitute a personal charge or claim against the
owner or owners of said lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of
land.
Section 3.
The fact that the portions of the above named street as in-
dicatedare in bad condition and jeopardize the safety of the people
travelling thereon creates an imperative public emergency necessitating
thesuspension of the rule requiring ordinances to be read on three (3)
several days before their passage. Wherefore, said rule is hereby sus-
pended, and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication.
Passed by the affirmative vote of all members of the City
Conmission, this the 27th day of October, A. D. 193
1.
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