2390 ORD DECLARING NECESSITY FOR ORDERING IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN STREET AND PORTIONS THEREOF IN COP

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Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to take the necessary steps for the improvement work herein de- scribed, in accordance with the Charter of the City oE Paris and the laws of the State of Texas. The Director of Public Works of the City of Paris is directed to prepare and file with the City Council his estimate of the total costs of the improvements herein ordered and the total amount of the part of the costs thereof to be paid by the City of Paris, in accordance with the provisions of Section b hereof and the instructions which may be given him by the City Council. Section 4. The City Council of the City of Paris deems it ad- visable and hereby determ.ines to proceed under and exercise the powers, terms and provisions of Article 1105b, Vernon's Annotated Texas Statutes, and the provisions of the Charter of the City of Paris adopting such statute of the State of Texas. Section 5. The costs of said improvements shall be paid as follows, to-wit: (a) The City of Paris shall pay all of the costs of drainage installation, wherever located, if any, all the costs of excavation, base preparation and paving within street intersections, and all of the costs of excavation, base preparation and paving of all portions of the street in- volved. In cases where the City Council may deem it j ust and proper, the City shall also pay all or any part of the amount of any credited adj ustment which may be allowed in the assessment of abutting properties and the owners thereof, as herein provided, for the costs of installation of curbs and gutters. The remaining costs of all such improvements shall be paid by the property abutting such portions of said street and the owners thereof. (b) The remainder of the costs of such improvements shall be assessed against the respective abutting properties and the real and true owners thereof in accordance with the statutes of Texas and the Charter of the City of Paris herein referred to. No assessment shall be made against any abutting property or the real and true owner thereof for costs in excess of the benefits to such property in enhance value thereof by means of such improve- ment. The amounts of such assessments shall constitute a first and prior lien upon all such pro- perties and a personal liability of the real and true owners thereof, whether correctly named or not, and shall be payable in installments as follows: When the improvements herein ordered for the street designated above and portions thereof have been completed and accepted by the City of Paris, the amount of the assessment against each property abutting thereon and the real and true owner thereof shall be and become payable in five (5) equal annual principal installments, due respectively thirty (30) days after one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years from the date of acceptance by the City, together with interest on each installment from said date of acceptance until paid at the rate of six per cent (6%) per annum, payable annually; provided, however,