1782 ORD DECLARING NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING PAVING OF CERTAIN STREET AND PORTIONS THEREOF

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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 pro- visions af Article 1105b, R. C. S. 19259 and the provisions of the Charter of the City of Paris adopting said statute of the State of Texas. Section 5. The costs of said improvements shall be paid as fol,lows~ to -wzt: (a) The City shall pay all of the co sts of drainage installations, wherever located9 if any, all the costs of excavation, base preparation and paving within street intersectionsa and not ].ess than one-third of the costs of excavation, base prepara- tion and paving of aIl other portions of the street involved. In cases where the City Council may deem it just and proper, the City shall also pay alI or any part of the amaunt of any credited adjustment which may be a1lowed in the assessment of abutting properties and the owner thereof, as herein pro- vided, for the cost of excavation., base preparation, and paving, and of installation of curbs and gutters. The remain- ing costs of all such improvements shall be paid by the pro- perty abutting such portion of said street andthe ow:iers thereof. (b) The remainder of the costs of such improvements sha11 be assessed against the respective abutting properties and the real andtrue owners thereof in accordance with the statutes of Texas and the Cnarter 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 sha11 constitute a first and priDr 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 in- stallments as follows: Wnen the improvements herein ordered for the street designated above and portions thereof have been completed and accepted by the City of Paris, the amaunt of the assessment against each property abutting thereon and the real and true owner thereof shall be and become payable in five (5) equal annual installments, due respectively thirty (30) da,rs after one (1), two (Z), three (3), four (4), and five (5) years from the date of acceptance by the City9 together with interest on each installment from said date off acceptance until paid at the rate of six per cent (6%) per annum, payable annually; provided, however9 that the owners of any of said property shall have the privilege of paying a71 or any of said installments at any time before maturity thereof by paying the total amount of the prin- cipal of such installment, together with 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 opinion of the Ci.ty of Parisa the entire amount of the assessment upon which default is made, together wzth reasonable attorney2s fees and a1l coU.ection costs incurred, shall be and become immediately due and payab].e.