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AN ORDINARCE
Entitled an Ordinance levying and assessing as a tax upon
the lots, parts of lots, blocks, or tracts of land where not
divided into ,lots or blooks, fronting or abutting on Neches
Street from Railroad avenue to Washington Boulevard; Broadway
from Fifth.Street to tenth Street; Liberty._Avenue from First
Street to tenth Street; Fifth Street from -Calder Avenue to Long
Avenue, twb -thirds (Z/t) of the -cost of paving and gutter and
incidental .drainage, and -all the cost of curbing said Neches
Street from Railroad Avenue to Washington Boulevard; Broadway
from Fifth Street to tenth Street; Liberty Avenue from First
Street to Tenth Street; Fifth Street from Calder Avenue to Long.
Avenue, apportionable tothehereinafter referred to property; -
and declaring said tax a lien upon said property and a personal
dabt upon the owner or. owners thereof and providing a time when
said tax shall become due and payable, providing for the collection
of same and all costs incurred in collecting same; if not paid at
the time it becomes due and payable; and providing the rate of
interest sai& tag shall bear from the t1me it beoomes due until
paid; and declaring an emergency;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of sub-seation-h of
Section 68 of the Charter of the City -of Deawnont, 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 a Resolution .of said Commission, passed heretofore
on the 27th day of July, g.D.. 1923, ordering. a hearing_ to be
given to the persons, firma oorporations or estates, their
agents or attorneys owning property abutting on ,Neches Street
from Railroad avenue to Washington Boulevard; Broadway from Fifth -
Street to Tenth Street; Liberty Avenue from First Street to Tenth
Street; Fifth Street from Calder .Avenue to Long Avenue; end_
calling upon all persons interested in said matter to appear and
show cause, in conformity with the provisions -of the Charter above
referred to, why the assessments in said notice should not be
made against said property and the owners thereof, which hearing
was to be held in the Council Chamber of the City Sall of"Beaumont,.
Texas, at 10:00 A.M: on the 14th day of August, A.D4 1923:
AND, WHEREAS, a full and fair hearing in conformity with the -
Charter and the law in such -oases 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 hearing having been duly closed;
And it appearing that the assessments as proposed in"the above
mentioned Resolution passed on the 27th day of July. A.D. 19239,
with the exceptions hereinafter noted, are in all respects fair
and equitable, and that there will be a full and adequate and
special.benefit to the abutting property and the owners thereof
from and by reason of the proposed pavement and improvement in
excess of the amount assessed against the abutting property and the` -
respective o=ers thereof
NOW; THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMJISSION OF
THE CITY OF BEAMIONT:
SECTION 1
That there is hereby assessed against the several owners of
property and against their respective property abutting upon
:4Neohes Street from Railroad Avenue to Viashington Boulevard;
4.-
Broadway from Fifth Street to Tenth Street; liberty avenue
from First Street -to Tenth Street; Fifth Street from Calder
Avenue to Long Avenue; as a tag two-thirds (2/3) of the cost of
paving and gutter and incidental drainage., and all the cost of
curbing on Neches Street from Railroad Avenue to Washington
Boulevard; Broadway from Fifth Street to tenth Street; Liberty
Avenue from First Street to Tenth Street; Fifth Street from
ualder Avenue to Long .venue;
The lot, lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land on
which saidtax is levied and assessed is hereinafter described;
together with the number of feet front on each lot, parts of lots' -
blocks or tua,cts of land, the name or names of the owner or owners
thereof and they proportionate amount of the cost of said paving
and gutter, and the cost of said 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
ie -vied and assessed as a tax
upon such
lots,
parts
of lot;
blocks
or tracts of land as shown, to wit;
( INSE_IRT ASSESSMENT LIST)
Frovided; however; that Fifth 0treet from Ualder Avenue to
_Dong venue; or any part thereof, shall be paved 40 feet in width
instead of 27 feet where all of the property ovrners along any part
of such section of said street enter into a written agreement with
the Uvalde Kock Asphalt Gompany, satisfactory to such Oompany
obligating themselves to pay the additional cost of such paving over
the 27 feet provided for in the plans and specifications for which
the above amounts have been as--essed
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SECTION 2*
that said tax so levied and assessed shall become due and
payable upon completion of the paving upon the portions of said
streets, 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 assessed together with the cost of collecting same and
seven per cemt per aamzm from the date same is collectible until
paid is hereby declared a lien against the said lot, lots, part
of lots, blocks or tracts'of land, superior'to all other liens
claims or title except city, county and state taxes, and shall
constitute a personal charge or claim against the owner or owners
of the said lots, parts of lots, blocks or tracts of land:
SECTION
The fact that tfie foregoing portions .of 'streets are in bad
condition `end badly in, need of pa .-ing in order to facilitate the
heavy traffic over smme', creates an emergency and an imperative
public necessity necessitating the suspension of the rule requiring
ordinances to be read on three separate meetings, said rule is
therefore hereby suspended and this ordinance shall take effect
and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication;
Passed this day of $-
A.D.-' 1923, by the. affirmative
vote of all the members of the Commission:
Approved this the day of a�g, A.D. 1923: