1857 ORD DECLARING NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING PAVING OF A CERTAIN STREET AND PORTIONS THEREOF IN COP

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ORDINANCE NO, 1857 , AN QRDINANCE DECLARING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING THE PAVING OF ACERTAIN STREET AND PORTIONS THEREOF IN THE CITY OF PARIS; APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SUCH riV'ORK; AU•• THORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FQR SUCH WORK; DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF FINAL ESTIMATES; INVOKING THE PRO- CEDURE PROVIDED BY ARTICLE 1105b, REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF TEXAS, AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ADOPTING SUCH STATUTE; DETERMINING THAT A PART OF THE COSTS SHALL BE BORNE BY THE CITY AND THE BALANCE THEREOF SHALL BE BORNE BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTIES AND THE OWNERS THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE ASSESSMENT C7F THE PORTION OF THE COSTS TO BE BORNE BY THE PRO» PERTY OTnTNERS; PROVIDING FOR THE FIXING OF A LIEN TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, ON WEST CHERRY STREET, FROM THE W. B. LINE OF 19TH STREET, N. W. TO THE W. B. LINE QF 24TH STREET, N. W.; SETTING THE TIME AND MANNER PROPOSED FOR THE PAY» MENT OF SUCH COSTS;-AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE A NO- TICE OF THE ENACTMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE TO SE FILED IN THE DEED OF TRUST RECORDS OF LAMAR COUIVTY, TEXAS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section l. That a necessity exists for the permanent im- provement of those certain portions of the public street herein» after listed, by excavating, grading, and paving the same, and such improvement is hereby ordered; the portions of such public street to be so improved being designated and defined as follows, to-wit: (1) West Cherry Street, from the W. B. Line of 19th Street, N. W. to t:he W. B. Line of 24th Street, N.W. Section 2. Said str2et and portions thereof shall be paved with the following type of pavement: A six inch (611) soil stabi«• lization asphalt base with twu courses of asphalt penetration for surface. The plans and speci:fications for such improvements, heretofore prepared by the De:partment of Public Works of the City of P°aris, 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, R.C.S., 1925, and the provisio ns of the Charter of the City of Faris adopting said statute of the State of Texas. Section 5. The costs of said improvements shall be paid as follows, to-wit: