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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 76-123• ORDINANCE NO.76- ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE CLOSING THE -HEARING GIVEN TO THE APPARENT ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS ON SOUTH FIFTH STREET FROM SARAH SOUTHWARD TO DEAD END AND BOOKER STREET FROM FOURTH STREET WEST AND SOUTH TO DEAD END, LINCOLN TERRACE ADDITION, AS TO SPECIAL BENEFITS TO ACCRUE TO SAID PROPERTY AND THE TRUE OWNERS THEREOF BY VIRTUE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS DESCRIBED HEREIN, AND TO THE ACCURACY, SUFFICIENCY, REGULARITY, AND VALIDITY OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND CONTRACTS IN CONNECTION WITH SAID IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS, AND ANY MANNER OR THING CON- NECTED THEREWITH; OVERRULING AND DENYING ALL PROTESTS AND OBJECTIONS OFFERED; FIND- ING AND.DETERMINING SPECIAL BENEFITS TO EACH PAROL OF PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF EQUAL TO OR EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT OF THE RESPECTIVE ASSESSMENTS AGAINST THE SAME; FINDING THE REGULARITY OF ALL PRO- CEEDINGS, AND THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL PRE- REQUISITES TO FIXING THE ASSESSMENT LIENS, AND THE PERSONAL LIABILITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS; LEVYING ASSESSMENTS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST SAID PROPERTIES SO ABUTTING SAID STREET AND THE TRUE OWNERS THEREOF FOR THE PA)IENT OF PART OF THE COST OF THE IM- PROVEMENTS WITHIN THE LIMITS DESCRIBED; PRO- VIDING FO THE ISSUANCE OF ASSESSMENT CERTI- FICATES AM THE MANNER OF THEIR COLLECTION; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas, has heretofore by duly enacted ordinance declared and determined the neces- sity for and ordered the permanent improvement of South Fifth Street from Sarah Southward to Dead End and Booker Street from Fourth Street West and South to Dead End, Lincoln Terrace Addition, public streets of the City of Beaumont, in accordance with plans and specifications which were by such ordinance also approved; and, WHEREAS, said City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas, after having advertised for and received bids on the construction of said im- provements for the length of time and in the manner and form required by the Charter of said City and the laws of the State of Texas, and after having duly and regularly made appropriation to cover the estimated cost of said improvements, all as provided by the Charter of the City of W 1 Beaumont and by law, did award a contract for the construction of said improvements to the contractor submitting the lowest and best bid, and said contract has been heretofore duly executed by said contractor and the City of Beaumont, Texas, and the construction bond, and payment bond, required by said contract has been properly furnished and posted by said contractor and accepted by said City Council of said City as to form and amount as required by the Charter of said City and the laws of the State of Texas; and, WHEREAS, the said City Council caused the City Engineer to prepare and file estimates of the cost of such improvements and the amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed against the property abutting said street to be improved, and the true owners thereof, and said City Engineer did file said estimates and a statement of other matters relating thereto with said City Council, and same were received, examined and approved by the City Council; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Beaumont ordered that a hearing be given to the real and true owners of property'abutting upon said street, within the limits. specified, and unto all persons owning or claiming any such abutting property or interested in said property or any of said matters as to the assessment and as to the amounts pro- posed to be assessed against each parcel of such abutting property, and the real and true owners thereof, and as to the special benefits to said abutting property and the owners thereof by means of said improvements for which assessments are to be levied, and as to the accuracy, sufficiency, regularity and validity of the proceedings and contracts in connection with said improvements and proposed assessments, and concerning any matter or thing connected therewith; said hearing to be held in the City Council Chambers of the City Hall of the City of Beaumont, Texas, at 10:00 a.m. on the 12th day of October, 1976, at which time all persons, firms, corporations, or estates owning or'claiming any such abutting property and their agents or attorneys, or persons interested in said proceedings might appear in person or by counsel and offer evidence; and, -2- VEEREREAS, the City Clerk of the City of Beaumont, Texas, was ordered to give notice of said hearing as required by the law of the State of Texas; and, WBEREAS, said notice by publication and mailing, as ordered and directed by the City Council, has been duly given, said notice so pub- lished and mailed having described the nature of the improvements for which assessments were proposed to be levied, having stated the street or portion thereof to be improved, the estimated amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof, and having stated the time and place at which said hearing should be held, and:said notice having in all respects fully met and complied with all provisions of the law of the State of Texas; and, WHEREAS, at said hearing all parties desiring or in any manner wishing to be heard concerning any of the matters mentioned in said ordinance ordering and fixing the date of said hearing and in said notice, and as to any other matters connected with said improvements, contracts and assessments having been heard,.considered and corrected; and said - City Council having heard evidence as to the special benefits of and to said abutting property and each parcel thereof and to the respective owners thereof in the enhanced value of said property by means of such improvements, and said City Council having heard and considered the evi- dence in�the premises and having given a full and fair hearing to all parties appearing or desiring to appear, and having determined at: -.such.;: hearing said special benefits as aforesaid, and having determined that there is not to be assessed against such abutting property and the owners thereof more than that assessment rate allowed by law; and having deter- mined that after making adjustments for any particular cases as may be described herein, the assessment rate is just and equitable having in view the special benefits in enhanced value to be received by the parcels of abutting property and the owners thereof, the equities of such owners and the adjustment of such apportionment of costs among all properties and the owners thereof so as to produce. a substantial equality of benefits received -3- and burdens, --imposed; and the City Council having determined at said hearing that the assessments made and the charges declared against said property owners and theirproperty are in all things just and equitable and that in each instance the assessment made against any parcel of property and its owner is less than the special benefits to said property and said owner in the enhanced value thereof by means of said improvements, and that all ob- jections a.nd protests should be overruled and denied; and, WHEREAS, all proceedings with reference to making the improvements above mentioned have been regularly had, and incompliance with the law, and all prerequisites to the fixing of the assessment lien against the properties listed and the personal liability of the respective owners thereof have been performed, and upon completion of said improvements and acceptance thereof by the City of Beaumont, assignable certificates should be issued in evidence of said assessments and liens and the liability of the true owner or owners of said properties, whether correctly named or not, all as provided by law; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: .. Section 1. That there be no further testimony or evidence or protest for or against such improvements at said hearing granted to the true owners of properties abutting upon..the aforementioned streets within the limits above defined and to all persons owning or claiming same or any interest therein and to all others owning, claiming or interested in said property or in any of the matters hereinabove mentioned, said hearing should be and the same is hereby closed; and all protests and objections, whether speci- fications mentioned or not, shall be and they are.hereby overruled and denied. Section 2. That the City Council finds and declares that all proceedings with reference to the making of improvements.on the aforementioned streets as -4- herein listed, have been duly and regularly had in compliance with the .. - law and the Charter of the City of Beaumont, that all prerequisites to the making of said contract for such work and improvement and all pre- requisites to the fixing of the assessment lien against the properties listed and the personal liability of the respective owners thereof, whether named or not have, been in all things performed and complied with; and said City Council further finds and declares that all persons in- terested have been given a full and fair hearing; that there is not to be assessed against such abutting property and the owners thereof more than all the costs of constructing, reconstructing, repairing and re- aligning curbs and gutters and -nine -tenths (9/10ths) of the remaining costs of such inppovements as shown on the estimate of the City Engineer; that adjustment and apportionment of costs amounts to all properties and the owners thereof have been made in full compliance with the law so as to produce a substantial equality of benefits received and burdens imposed and that the special benefits to each parcel of property and the owner thereof in the enhanced value thereof by means of said improvements.`_is:'.in each instance in excess of the amount of the assessment made against said parcel of _property and its owner; and that the assessments, liens and charges declared against said properties and their owners -are in all things just and.equitable. Section 3. That in pursuance of the ordinances and resolutions.. heretofore adopted and passed by the City Council of the City of Beaumont, relating to. the improvements of said portion of said street and in pursuance of the above-mentioned contract for the construction of said improvement, the estimates, reports, lists and statements of the City Engineer, and the notice and hearing aforesaid, and by virtue of the powers conferred and contained in Article 1105-b of Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas, and as adopted by the Charter of the City. of Beaumont, Texas, there shall be and there is hereby levied and assessed against the properties abutting on said portion of said streets heretofore ordered improved, and against the real and true owners thereof, respectively, the following amounts, the description of said properties and the apparent owners thereof, respectively, and the several amounts so assessed being as follows: 0.2 � c 5 ASSESSMENT PAVING ROLL PETITION N0. 75-1 �. PRELIMINARY JOB..NO. 8 0 FINAL SHEET N0. 1. OF .STREET/S South Fifth St. from Sarah Southward to Dead End and Booker St. from Fourth St. West and South to Dead End - Lincoln Terrace Addition PAVEMENT 26 ft. Reinforced Concrete with Curb and.Gutter PROPERTY O0MER'S COST $8.00/$10.00. PER FRONT FOOT PROPERTY 0WNER AND. MAILING FRONT PROPERTY 01lNER'S COST PROPERTY ADDRESS LOT BLK. FOOT LOCATION $8.00/FT: $10.00/FT. Benard, Lawrence S. 45' of 1 75' 750.00 Booker 4520 Booker 8 & N. Beaumont,. Texas 77705 30' of 9 Berry, Alphonse C., Jr. 1 _ 3 50' 500.00 Booker 4385 Booker Beaumont, Texas 77705 Boudreaux, Joseph A.. 3 2 46.74' 467.40 South Fifth 4365 South Fifth Beaumont,, Texas 77705 Brooks, T. H. 15 . 3 50' 500.00 South Fifth. 4485 South Fifth Beaumont,. Texas 77105 Brown, Henry N. 55' of 1 55' 550.00 Booker . 4440. Booker 3 Beaumont, Texas 77705 Chargois, Dudley 20 . 3 5.0' 500.00 South Fifth: 4415 South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 Chargois, John Harold 19 1 55.11' 551.10 South Fifth 4245 South Fifth 200 .24.89' 248.90 South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 80' 800.00 ONote: Lot 20 actually 90.63 only assessed 24.89 due to irregular shape of Lot Chatman, Edgar 19 3 53' 530.00 S -ugh Fifth , 4425 South Fifth Beaumont, Texas .77705 DEt;OTES CORNEP LOT, DISCOUNT PATE INCLUDED IN ASSESSMENT RATE FOR SIDE LOTS. C ) N W'S IN' PARENTHESIS REFLECT .OUNER' S AS LISTED ONi C I TY OF BEAUi=ONT TAX ROLL- ASSESSMENT PAVING ROLL PETITION NO. 75-1 ❑ PRELIMINARY. 8 JOB. NO. © FINAL SHEET NO. 2 OF 6 STREET/S South Fifth St. from Sarah Southward to Dead End and Booker St. from Fourth St. West and South to Dead End - Lincoln Terrace Addition PAVEMENT 26' Reinforced Concrete with Curb and Gutter PROPERTY IER'S COST $8.00/$10.00 O>"l�PER FRONT FOOT PROPERTY OWNER AND MAILING ADDRESS LOT BLK. FRONT FOOT PROPERTY OWNER'S COST PROPERTY LOCATION $8,00/FT;- $10.00/FT. Coney, Laurel 14 2 50' 5.00:00 Booker 4495 Booker Beaumont, Texas 77705 Cooper, Etta Mae 9 4 50.' 500.00 Booker 4340 Booker Beaumont, Texas 77705 Daigre, Lillie 80 2 50' 500.00 Booker 715 Devilleneuve 9 2 50' 500.00 Booker .. Beaumont, Texas 100' 1,000.00 'Note: Lot 8 actually 105/52 assessed 50' due to irregul shape of .lot. Dixon, Wellory 1 2 50' 500.00 South Fifth 4410 South Fifth p Beaumont, Texas 77705 Dobbin, Aaron 0. 7 3 50' 500.00 South Fifth 4370 South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 Ford, Edward A. 1 1 50' 500.00 Booker 4410 Booker Beaumont, Texas 77705 Gay, Peter, Jr. 9 2 61.30' 613.00 South Fifth. 4520 South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 Goodman, Henry N. 1 4 65' 650.00 South Fifth 4210 South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 DENOTES CORNER. LOT, DISCOUNT RATE INCLUDED IN ASSESSMENT RATE FOR SIDE LOTS. I (� W -1 -ES IN PARENTHESIS REFLECT 010IER'S AS LISTED ON CITY OF BEAUF?_?NT TAX POLL. -7- -)k3 b ASSESSMENT PAVING ROLL .PETITION NO. 75-1 ..... ❑ PRELIMINARY JOB. NO. 8 U. FINAL SHEET NO. 3 OF 6 i STP.EET/S South Fifth St. from Sarah Southward to Dead End and Booker St. from Fourth. St West and South to Dead End - Lincoln Terrace Addition. PAVEMENT 26 ft. Reinforced Concrete with Curb and Gutter PROPERTY 0',-RdER'S COST $8.00/$10.00. PER FRONT FOOT PROPERTY OWNER AND MAILING FRONT PROPERTY OWNER'S COST PROPERTY ADDRESS LOT BLK. FOOT LOCATION $8,00/FT. $10.00/FT. Guidry, H. J.- 19 2 531 530:00 Booker 4425 -Booker Beaumont,. Texas 77705 Hunter, Jessie, Sr. 11 3 59.68' .596.80 South Fifth., 45+5 South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 Johnson, General Louis 2 2 53' 530.00 South Fifth - 4420 South Fifth Beaumont_, Texas 77705 Johnson, Isadora 4 & S. 5' 1 6.0' 600.00 Booker : 4450 Booker of 3 & N. Beaumont, Texas 77705 5' of 5 Johnston, N. L. 12 2 61.30' 613.00: SouthFifth 4420 ..South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 .Jones, Sampson 16 3 501 500.00 South Fifth, 4465 South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 Lewis, C. 8 4 501 500.00 Booker 4330 Booker Beaumont, Texas 77705 Lincoln, Barbara J. 8 3 50' 500.00 South Fifth 4390 South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 Moore, James 8 2 501 500.00 South Fifth 4510 South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 DENOTES CORNER LQT,DISCOUNT RATE INCLUD`D IN ASSESSMENT RATE FOR SID= LOTS. C NAMP; TN PJR1=A1T"P:QTC E)Pm C('T n1,1F,1Cn1C AC 1-TCTCf\ mt rTTV !1C OCAIIP.4n%1r TAV C(V 1 ASSESSMENT PAVING ROLL PETITION NO. 75-1 ❑ PRELIMINARY JOB. NO. 8' © FINAL SHEET NO. 4 OF 6, STP.F_ET/S South Fifth St. from Sarah Southward to Dead End and Booker St from Fourth.St. West and South to Dead End - Lincoln Terrace Addition PAVEMENT 26 ft. ReiLforc d Concrete with Curti and Gutter PROPERTY OuJi,IER'S COST $8.00/$10.00._ PER FRONT FOOT PROPERTY OWNER AND MAILING FRONT PROPERTY OL,'NER'S COST PROPERTY ADDRESS LOT BLK. FOOT LOCATION $8.00/FT.. $10:00/FT. Nelson, Whitney Sr. 10 & S. 1 80..68' 806.80 -poker 4.540 Booker .21' of 9 Beaumont, Texas 77705 Provo, Albert, Jr. 11 4 50' 500.00 Booker 4360 Booker Beaumont, Texas 77705 Randolph, Hawthorne 10 2 59.68' 596.80 South Fifth 451+0 South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 Reed, Wm. N., Jr. 5 4 50' 500.00 South Fifth 4270. South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 Smith_, Roswell 12 3 61.36' 613.00._ South Fifth 4525 South Fifth Beaumont,. Texas 77705 Sonnier, Leon 20. 2 50' 500.00 Booker 4415 Booker Beaumont, Texas 77705 Straughter, Ralph 12 1 50' 500.00 Booker 3050 Booker Beaumont, Texas 77705 Turner, Buster, Jr. 4 4 50' 500.00 South Fifth 4495 South Fifth Beaumont, Texas 77705 (Cobert, Andrew) 4320 Booker 7 4 50' 500.00 3ooker V.A. Regional Office 515 Rusk Ave. Houston, Texas 77702 DENOTES CORNER'LOT, DISCOUNT TRATE INCLUDED IN ASSESSMENT PATE FOR SIDE LOTS. 1 *IAM�:C TSI t') A nrklTi m—, I e . rAI IA A/UIT -r A\/ r)nl 1 - ASSESSMENT PAVING ROLL PETITION NO. 75-1 D PRELIMINARY JOB. NO. B. © FINAL SHEET N0. 5 OF 6 STP.EET/S South Fifth St. from Sarah Southward to Dead End and Booker St. from Fourth St. West and South to Dead End - Lincoln Terrace Addition. PAVEMENT 26 ft. Reinforced Concrete with Curb and Gutter. PROPERTY 01-INER'S COST $8.00/$10.00. PER FRONT FOOT PROPERTY OWNER AND MAILING ADDRESS LOT BLK. I FRONT FOOT PP.OPERTY.OWNER'S COST PROPERTY LOCATION $8.00/FT. $10.00/FT. Williams, H. A., Jr. 16 2 50' 500.00. Booker. 4465 Booker Beaumont, Texas 77705 Young, Freddie, J. 2 1 50' .500.00 Booker 4420 Booker Beaumont, Texas 77705 DENOTES CORNER LOT, DISCOUNT PAT= I tiCLUDED I.".1 ASSESSMENT RATE FOP S I DF LOTS. r 1 tIAM:::C TAI C AntrNITI t"!`7!" -10- ASSESSMENT PAVING ROLL SUMMARY SHEET PETITION NO. 75-1 PRELIMINARY JOB NO. 8 Y. FINAL SHEET NO.. 6 OF 6 STREET/S PAVEMENT PROPERTY OWNER'S COST $8.00/$10.00 PER FRONT FOOT FINAL. TOTAL OWNER'S COST LESS PREPAID BY PROPERTY OWNER'S @ $8.00 RATE TOTAL ASSESSMENT TOTAL ESTIMATED CITY'S COST TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS -ll- $ 41;971.42 $ 21,72+.02 $ 20,246.8-o $ 108,028.5 $ 150,000.00 PRELIMINARY, TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION $ . TOTAL.PROPERTY OWNER'S COST @ $8.00 RATE $ TOTAL PROPERTY OVINEP'S COST @ $10.00 PATE $ TOTAL ESTIMATED CITY'S COST IF PROPERTY OWNER'S RATE @ $8.00 $ TOTAL ESTIMATED CITY'S COST IF PROPERTY OWNER'S RATE @ $10.00 $ I FINAL. TOTAL OWNER'S COST LESS PREPAID BY PROPERTY OWNER'S @ $8.00 RATE TOTAL ASSESSMENT TOTAL ESTIMATED CITY'S COST TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS -ll- $ 41;971.42 $ 21,72+.02 $ 20,246.8-o $ 108,028.5 $ 150,000.00 That said several amounts, together with interest, expense of collection, if any, and reasonable attorneys' fees, if incurred, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be a first and prior lien on and against said respective abutting properties, and said amounts so assessed, together with said.other items, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be personal liabilities and charges against the true owners of said properties, respectively, whether named or not, all as provided in said Article 1105-b of Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas, as adopted by the Charter of the City of Beaumont, as aforesaid; and such assessments shall be collectible with interest, expense of collections, if any, and reasonable attorney's fees, if incurred and shall be a first and prior lien on the property assessed, superior to all other liens and claims except State, County and City ad valorem taxes, and shall be a personal liability and charge against the said owners of the property assessed; that said sums so assessed shall be payable as follows, to wit: In five equal installments, one installment to be due and payable within thirty (30) days after the completion of said improvements and the acceptance thereof by the City of Beaumont, and another equal installment -payable annually thereof over the next four (4) years with interest at six (6%) percent per annum, from and after the date of acceptance. Said property owners shall have the privilege of paying any one or more of said installments before they mature by payment of principal and interest thereon, and if default shall be made in the payment of any interest or principal when due, the whole of said assessment, upon such default, shall at once become due and payable at the option of the City of Beaumont, or their assigns. The said amount payable by the property owners may also be paid,_ one-fifth (1/5th) of the total amount in cash within thirty (30) days of the acceptance of the improvements by the City Council and the balance, with interest at six (6%) percent per annum from and after the date of acceptance in monthly installments, not to:.exceed forty-eight (48).. A minimum monthly payment of Ten and No/100 ($10.00) Dollars including interest for each fifty (50') feet of propertyfrontage is permissible. -12- • Section 5. That for the purpose evidencing said assessments, the liens securing same and the several sums payable by said property owners and the time and terms of payment, and to aid in the enforcement thereof, assignable certi- ficates shall be issued by the City of Beaumont upon completion and ac- ceptance of said improvements, which certificates shall be executed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, with the corporate seal affixed, and shall be payable to the City of Beaumont, or their assigns; said certificate shall declare the said amounts and the time and terms of payment thereof, the rate of interest payable thereon, the description of.the respective properties against which the aforementioned assessments have been levied, sufficient to identify same, and same shall contain the name or names. of the apparent owners thereof. Said certificates shall further set forth_ and evidence the assessments levied and shall declare the lien upon the respective properties and the liability of the true owner or owners thereof, whether correctly named or not, and shall provide that if default be made in the payment thereof, same shall be enforced by.a suit in any court having jurisdiction. And the said certificates shall further provide that if default be made in the payment of any installment of principal or interest thereon when due, then, at the option of the owner and holder thereof, the whole of said assessment shall be collectible with .interest, expense of collection and a reasonable attorneys' fee if incurred. Said certificates.shall further recite that the proceeding with reference to making the improvements therein referred to have been regularly had in compliance with the law and the Charter of the City of Beaumont, and that all prerequisites to the fixing of the assessment lien against the property described and the personal liability of the owner or owners thereof have been performed, which recitals shall be evidence of all the matters recited in said certificate and no further proof thereof shall be required. -13- Provided that the failure to issue any such certificate to certificates shall in.no way invalidate any of the assessments herein levied, but such assessments shall in any event be due and payable as herein provided. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall in no wise affect the rEmining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the day of k , 1976. -14- 97 THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF JEFFERSON X, BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Ken Ritter, Mayor of.the City of Beaumont, Jefferson.County, Texas, known to me to be the person whose'name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged tome that he executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed -and in the capacity therein stated. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND 'SEAL OF OFFICE, this the Y . :y day -of fah, , A. D. 19 0-1 Notary lAlblic in and for J ffeY"§o • r ,;. �'/")¢sa ; it 1 U ,i County., Texas - '®SEMFa f`IE l7 . e. _ 1 FILED FOR, RECORD IEFFE ON CO MENT XAB 1005(;58 OEC 19 36 QM'� M®LIaPaga_15'6 M & L RECORDS STATE OF TEXAS QIN V Coy COUNTY OF JEFFERSON I hereby certify that this instrument was FILED for RECORD on the date and at the time stamped hereon; and duly RECORDED without delay in the Volume and Page of the above named RECORDS of Jefferson County, Texas as stamped hereon by me. "�c Z Z'- J ONC CODM�� COUNTY CLERK JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS