1916 ORD DECLARING NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING PAVING OF CERTAIN STREET AND PORTIONS THEREOF IN COP

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ORDINANCE NO. 1916_y AN ORDINANCE DDCLARING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING THE PAVING OF A CERTAIN STREET AND PORTIONS THEREOF IN THE CITY OF PARIS; APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SUCH WORK; AU- THORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR SUCH WORK; DIRECTING THE PR EPARATION OF FINAL FSTIMATES; INVOKING THE PRO- CEDURE PROVIDED BY ARTICLE 1105b, VERNON'S ANNOTATED TEXAS STA- TUTFS, AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, ADOPTING SUCH STATUTE; DETERMINING THAT A PART OF THE COSTS SHAI,L B E BORN E BY THE C I TY OF PAR I S AND THE BALANC E TH ER EOF SHALL B:E BORNE BY THE ABUTTING PROPEKTY AND OWNERS THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND THE TIME, TERMS, AND CONDITIONS OF PAYMENTS AND DEFAULTS OF SUCH ASSFSSMENTS AND PRESCRIBING THE RATE OF IN- TEREST THEREON; PROVIDING FOR THE FIXING OF A LIEN TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, ON CARDINAL LANE, FROM ITS INTER- SECTION WITH THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF 36TH STR EET, S. E., IN A WFSTERLY DIRECTION APPROXIMATELY 428 FEET; THENCE IN A NORTHERLY DIRFCTION APPROXIMATELY 639 FEET TO THE NORTH SOUNDARY LINE OF LOTS 19 AND 20 IN CITY BLOCK 312; AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE A NOTICE OF THE ENACTMENT OF THIS ORDINANC 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: Cardinal Lane, from its intersection with the West Boundary Line of 36th Street, S. E., in a Westerly direction approximately 428 feet; thence in a Northerly direction approximately 639 feet to the North Boundary Line of Lots 19 and 20 in City BTock 312. 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 to take 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 of 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 with the 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.