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<br />The City of Paris shall have the power to layout, establish, open, alter, widen, lower,
<br />extend, grade, abandon, discontinue, abolish, close, care for, pave, supervise,
<br />maintain and improve streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks, squares, public places and
<br />bridges, and regulate the use thereof and require the removal from streets, sidewalks,
<br />alleys and other public property or places of all obstructions: and all fruit stands,
<br />show eases private oropertv. and encroachments of every nature or character upon
<br />any of said streets and sidewall(S.
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<br />EXPLANATION: Amends the title to include other public property; amends the
<br />section to delete antiquated language and to clarify the city's authority to remove
<br />obstructions from public property.
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<br />PROPOSITION 10:
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<br />Section 11. Street and public property improvements.
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<br />The City of Paris shall have exclusive dominion, control and jurisdiction in, upon,
<br />and over and under the public streets, avenues, alleys, and highways of the eity,
<br />hi~hwavs and other public property of the city. and may provide for the
<br />improvement thereof by paving, re-paving, raising, draining, constructin!! public
<br />improvements or otherwise.
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<br />The provisions of Chapter 106, Fortieth Legislature, First Called Session, Aets
<br />1927, being article 1105b, Vernon's J.A...nnotated Ch'il Statutes of Texas, together
<br />with existing amendments and all such amendments as hereafter may be made,
<br />and aets supplementary thereto, now and thereafter enaeted, are expressly
<br />adopted and made a part of this Charter. The eity's authority over sueh publie
<br />property shall include all authority granted by the Legislature and Constitution
<br />of the state and all eontrol not expressly prohibited by the Legislature or the
<br />Constitution.
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<br />The city's authority over such public prooerty shall include all authority !!ranted
<br />by the Le~islature and Constitution of the state and all control not expressly
<br />prohibited by the Le~islature or the Constitution.
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<br />Such exclusive dominion, control and jurisdiction in, upon, over and under the public
<br />streets, avenues, alleys: and hi~hways. and other public orooerty of the city shall
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