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SECTION 2. There being no further protests or testimony for
<br />or against or in reference to said improvements, benefits or proceed-
<br />ings, said hearing granted to the real and true owners of properties
<br />abutting upon said streets within the limits and units herein defined, and
<br />to all persons, firms, corporations and estates, owning or claiming same
<br />or any interest therein, shall be, and the same is hereby closed, and all
<br />protests and objections, whether specifically mentioned or not, shall be,
<br />and the same are hereby overruled and denied..
<br />SECTION 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines upon
<br />the evidence heard in reference to each and every parcel of property
<br />abutting upon the streets and units hereinafter set out that the enhance -
<br />ment in value to accrue to said property and the real and true owners
<br />thereof by virtue of the construction of said improvements in said por-
<br />tions of said streets will be in excess of the costs of said improvements
<br />made and as herein assessed against said abutting properties and the
<br />real and true owners thereof; and finds that the apportionment of the
<br />costs of said improvements and the assessments hereinafter made are
<br />just and equitable and produce substantial equality, considering the
<br />benefits received and the burdens imposed thereby, and are in accord-
<br />ance with the laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of the City of
<br />Paris; and further finds that all proceedings and contracts heretofore
<br />had with reference to said improvements are in all respects, regular,
<br />proper and valid, and that all prerequisites to the fixing of the assess-
<br />ment liens against said abutting properties, as hereinafter described,
<br />and the personal liability of the real and true owners thereof, whether
<br />named or correctly named or not, have been in all things regularly had
<br />and performed in compliance with the law and the proceedings of said
<br />City Council.
<br />SECTION 4. In pursuance of said ordinance duly enacted by
<br />said City Council authorizing and ordering the improvement of said
<br />streets and units, including the said portions of said streets and units
<br />hereinbelow set out, which ordinance was passed, as aforesaid, on the
<br />8th day of January, 1973, and in pursuance of said proceedings hereto-
<br />fore had and enacted by said City Council in reference to said improve-
<br />ments and by virtue of the powers vested in said City with respect to
<br />said street improvements by the laws of the State of Texas, with par-
<br />ticular reference to Article 1105b, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes of
<br />Texas, as amended, and the Charter of the City of Paris, there shall
<br />be, and is hereby levied, assessed and taxed against the respective
<br />parcels of property hereinafter described and abutting upon said streets
<br />and units hereinafter set out and within the limits below defined and
<br />against the real and true owners of such property, whether such real
<br />and true owners be named, or correctly named, or said properties be
<br />correctly described herein, or not, the several sums of money herein-
<br />below mentioned and itemized opposite the description of the respective
<br />parcels of said property, the description of such property, the number
<br />of front feet of each and the amount assessed against the same and the
<br />real and true owners thereof, and where the amount so assessed against
<br />the corner properties has been computed by adjusting the frontage, such
<br />amount so assessed shall constitute a lien against the entire property
<br />abutting the paving actually constructed and not merely against the
<br />amount of frontage used as an adjusted basis for the assessment, and
<br />the names of the apparent owners thereof, all as corrected and adjusted
<br />by said City Council, being as follows, to -wit:
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