1912 ORD DECLARING NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING PAVING OF CERTAIN STREET AND PORTIONS THEREOF IN COP

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ORDINANCE NO. 1912 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING THE PAVING OF A CERTAIN STREET AND PORTIONS THEREOF IN THE CITY OF PARIS; APPROVING PLANS AND SPDCIFICATIONS FOR SUCH WORK; AU- THORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR SUCH WORK; DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF FINAL FSTIMATFS; INVOKING THE PRO- CEDURE PROVIDED BY ARTICLE 1105b, VERNON'S ANNOTATED TEXAS STA- TUTFS, AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TP-XAS, ADOPTING SUCH STATUTE; DETERMINING THAT A PART OF THE COSTS SHALL BE BORNE BY THE CITY OF PARIS AND THE BALANCE THEREOF SHALL BE BORNE BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY AND OWNERS THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE ASSFSSMENT AND THE TIME, TERMS, AND CONDITIONS OF PAYMENTS AND DEFAULTS OF SUCH ASSFSSMENTS AND PRFSCRIBING THE RATE OF IN- TEREST THEREON; PROVIDING FOR THE FIXING OF A LIEN TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF SUCH ASSFSSMENTS, ON SIMPSON STREET, FROM ITS INTER- SECTION WITH THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF 25TH STREET, S. E. ,.F.AST APPROXIMATELY 342 FEET TO THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT 26, BLOCK 5 ON THE NORTH AND ON THE SOUTH TO THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT l, BLOCK 8, BOTH IN THE BROOKSIDE ADDITION; AND DIRDCTING THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE A NOTICE OF THE ENACTMENT OF THIS ORDI- NANC E TO BE FILED IN THE MORTGAGE OR DEED OF TRUST RECORDS OF LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS; Section 1. That a necessity exists for the permanent im- provement of those certain portions of the public street herein- after listed, by excavating, grading, paving, constructing storm sewer and constructing curb and gutter, and such improvement is hereby ordered, the portion of such public street to be so im- proved being designated and defined as follows, to-wit: Simpson Street, from its intersection with the F-ast Boundary Line of 25th Street, S. E., East approximately 342 feet to the East Boundary Line of Lot 26, Block 5 on the North and on the South to the East Boundary Line of Lot 1, Block 8, both in the Brookside Addition. Section 2. Said street and portions thereof shall be paved with the following type of pavement; A six inch (611) soil cement base with a one and one-half inch (12") asphalt surface. The plans and specifications for such improvements, heretofore pre- pared by the Department of Public Works of the City of Paris, and now on .file with the City Council, are hereby, in all things, approved. Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized and di- rected totake the necessary steps for the improvement work herein described, in accordance with the Charter of the City of Paris and the laws of the State of Texas. The Director of Public Works of the City o.f Paris is directed to prepare and file with the City Council his estimate of the total cost 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 withthe provisions of Section 5 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 advisable and hereby determines 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.