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SDCTION 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 and highway within the
<br />limits and units herein defined, and to all persons, firms,
<br />corporations and estates, owning or claiming same or any in-
<br />terest therein, shall be, and the same is hereby closed, and
<br />all protests and objections, whether specifically mention ed or
<br />not, shall be, 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 highway and units herein-
<br />after set out that the enhancement in value to accrue to said
<br />property and the real and true owners thereof by virtue of the
<br />construction of said improvements in said portions of said
<br />street and highway will be in excess of the costs of said im-
<br />provements made and as herein assessed against said abutting
<br />properties and the real and true owners thereof; and finds
<br />that the apportionment of the costs of said improvements and
<br />the assessments hereinafter made are just and equitable and
<br />produce substantial equality, considering the benefits received
<br />and the burdens imposed thereby, and are in accordance with the
<br />laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of the City (f Paris;
<br />and further finds that all proceedings and contracts heretofore
<br />had with reference to said improvements are in all respects,
<br />regular, proper and valid, and that all prerequisites to the
<br />fixing of the assessment liens against said abutting proper-
<br />ties, as hereinafter described, and the personal liability of
<br />the real and true owners thereof, whether named or correctly
<br />named herein or not, have been in all things regularly had and
<br />performed in compliance with the law and the proceedings of
<br />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 highway and units, including the said portions of
<br />said street and highway and units hereinbelow set out, which
<br />ordinance was passed, as aforesaid, on the 12th day of July,
<br />1971, and in pursuance of said proceedings heretofore had and
<br />enacted by said City Council in reference to said improvements
<br />and by virtue of the powers vested in said City with respect to
<br />said street and highway improvements by the laws of the State
<br />of Texas, with particular reference to Article 1105b, Vernon's
<br />Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended, and the Charter
<br />of the City of Paris, there shall be, and is hereby levied,
<br />assessed and taxed against the respective parcels of property
<br />hereinafter set out and within the limits below defined and
<br />against the real and true owners of such property, whether
<br />such real and true owners be named, or correctly named, or said
<br />properties be correctly described herein, or not, the several
<br />sums of money hereinbelow mentioned and itemized opposite the
<br />description of the respective parcels of said property, the de-
<br />scription of such property, the number of front feet of each
<br />and the amount assessed against the same and the real and true
<br />owners thereof, an d where the amount so assessed against the
<br />corner properties has been computed by adjusting the frontage,
<br />such amount so assessed shall constitute a lien against the
<br />entire property abutting the paving actually constructed and
<br />not merely against the amount of frontage used as an adjusted
<br />basis for the assessment, and the names of the apparent owners
<br />thereof, all as corrected and adjusted by said City Council,
<br />being as follows, to-wit:
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