SECTION 2. There being no further pxotests 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 within the limits and units
<br />herein defined, and to all persons, firms, corporations and es»
<br />tates, owning or claiming same or any interest therein, shall be,
<br />and the same is hereby closed, and all protests and objections,
<br />whether specifically mentioned or not, shall be, and the same
<br />are hereby overruled and denied.
<br />SECTION 3. The City Council hereby f'inds and determines upon
<br />the evidence heard in reference to each and every parcel of pro»
<br />perty abutting upon the street and units hereinafter set out
<br />that th e enhancement in value to accrue to said property and the
<br />real and true owners thereof by virtue of the construction of
<br />said improvements in said portions of said street will be in ex»
<br />cess of the costs of said improvements proposed to be, and as
<br />herein assessed against said abutting properties and the real and
<br />true owners thereof; and finds that the apportionment of the costs
<br />of said improvements and the assessments hereinbelow made are just
<br />and equitable and produce substantial equality, co nsidering the
<br />benefits received and the burdens imposed thereby, an d are in
<br />accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of
<br />the City of Paris; and further finds that all proceedings and
<br />contracts heretofo re had with reference to said improvements are
<br />in all respects, regular, proper and valid, and that all prerequi-
<br />sites to the fixing of the assessment liens against sdd abutting
<br />properties, as hereinaf ter described, and the personal liability
<br />of 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 said
<br />City Council.
<br />SECTION 4, In pursuance of sa:id ordinance duly enacted by said
<br />City Council authorizing and ordering the improvement of said
<br />street and units, including the said portio ns of said street and
<br />units hereinbelow set out, which ordinance was passed, as afore-•
<br />said, on the llth day of March, 1968, and in pursuance of said
<br />proceedings heretofore had and enacted by said City Council in
<br />reference to said improvements and by virtue of the powers vested
<br />in said City with respect to said street improvements by the laws
<br />of the State of Texas, with particular reference to Article 1105b,
<br />Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended, and the
<br />Charter of the City of Paris, there shall be, and is hereby levied,
<br />assessed and taxed against the respective parcels of property here.
<br />inafter set out and within the limits below defined and against
<br />the real and true owners of such property, whether such real and
<br />true owners be named, or correctly named, or said properties be
<br />correctly described herein, or not, the several sums of money
<br />hereinbelow mentioned and itemized opposite the description of
<br />the respective parcels of said property, the description of such
<br />property, the number of front feet of each and the amount
<br />assessed against the same and the real and true owners thereof,
<br />and where the amount so assessed against the corner properties
<br />has been canputed by adjusting the f rontage, such amount so
<br />assessed shall constitute a lien against the entire property
<br />abutting the paving actually constructed and not merely against
<br />the amount of frontage used as an adjusted basis for the assess-
<br />ment, and the nam es of the apparent owners thereof, all as
<br />corrected and adjusted by said City Council, being as follows,
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