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

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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 installations, wherever located, if any, all the costs of excavation, base preparation and paving within street intersections, and not less than one-third of the costs of excavation, base preparation and paving of all other portions of the street involved. In cases where the City Council may deem it just and proper, the City shall also pay all or any part of the amount of any credited adjustment which may be allowed in the assessment of abutting properties and the owners thereof, as herein provided, for the costs of ex- cavation, base preparation, and paving, and of in- stallation of curbs and gutters. The remaining costs of all such improvements shall be paid by the property abutting such portion 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 improvement. The amounts of such assessments shall constitute a first and prior lien upon all such properties 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 desig- nated above and portions thereof have been completed and accepted by the City of Paris, the amount of the assessment against such 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, that the owners of any of said property shall have the privilege of paying all or any of said installments at any time before maturity thereof by paying the total amount of the principal of such installment, together Wth the interest accrued thereon to the date of payment. Further, if default be made in the payment of any of said installments of principal or interest promptly as the same mature, then at the option of the City of Paris, the entire amount of the assessment upon which default is made, together with reasonable attorney's fees and all collection costs incurred, shall be and become immediately due an d payable.