SECTION 2. There being no further protests or testimony for or
<br />against or in reference to said improvements, benefits, or pro-
<br />ceedings, said hearing granted to the real and true owners of
<br />properties abutting upon said street within the limits and
<br />units herein defined, and to all persons, firms, corporations
<br />and estates, owning or claiming same or any interest therein,
<br />shall be, and the same is hereby closed, and all protests and
<br />objections, whether specifically mentioned or not, shall be,
<br />and the same are hereby overruled and denied.
<br />SDCTION 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines upon
<br />the evidence heard in reference to each and every parcel of
<br />property abutting upon the street and units hereinafter set out
<br />that th e enhancement in value to accrue to said property and
<br />the real and true owners thereof by virtue of the construction
<br />of said improvements in said portions of said street will be in
<br />excess of the costs of said improvements made and as herein
<br />assessed against said abutting properties and the real and true
<br />owners thereof; and finds that the apportionment of the costs
<br />of said improvements and the assessments hereinafter made are
<br />just an d equitable and produce substantial equality, consider-
<br />ing the benefits received and the burdens imposed thereby, and
<br />are in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the
<br />Charter of the City of Paris; and further finds that all pro-
<br />ceedings and contracts heretofore had with reference to said
<br />improvements are in all respects, regular, proper and valid,
<br />and that all prerequisites to the fixing of the assessment
<br />liens against said abutting properties, as hereinafter de-
<br />scribed, and the personal liability of the real and true owners
<br />thereof, whether named or correctly named herein or not, have
<br />been in all things regularly had and performed in compliance
<br />with the law and the proceedings of said City Council.
<br />SDCTION 4. In pursuance of said ordinance duly enacted by said
<br />City Council authorizing and ordering the improvement of said
<br />street and units, including the said portions of said street
<br />and units hereinbelow set out, which ordinance was passed, as
<br />aforesaid, on the 14th day of September, 1970, and in pursuance
<br />of said proceedings heretofore had and enacted by said City
<br />Council in reference to said improvements and by virtue of the
<br />powers vested in said City with respect to said street improve-
<br />ments by the laws of the State of Texas, with particular re-
<br />ference to Article 1105b, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes of
<br />Texas, as amended, and the Charter of the City of Paris, there
<br />shall be, and is hereby levied, assessed and taxed against the
<br />respective parcels of property hereinafter set out and within
<br />the limits below defined and against the real and true owners
<br />of such property, whether such real and true owners be named,
<br />or correctly named, or said properties be correctly described
<br />herein, or not, the several sums of money hereinbelow mentioned
<br />and itemized opposite the description of the respective parcels
<br />of said property, the description of such property, the number
<br />of front feet of each and the amount assessed against the same
<br />and the real and true owners thereof, and where the amount so
<br />assessed against the corner properties has been computed by ad-
<br />justing the frontage, such amount so assessed shall constitute
<br />a lien against the entire property abutting the paving actually
<br />constructed and not merely against the amount of frontage used
<br />as an adjusted basis for the assessment, and the names of the
<br />apparent owners thereof, all as corrected and adjusted by said
<br />City Council, being as follows, to-wit:
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