SECTION 2. There being no further protests or testimony for or against or
<br />in reference to said improvements, benefits, or proceedings, said hearing
<br />granted to the real and true owners of properties abutting upon said street
<br />within the limits and units herein defined, and to all persons, firms, corpora-
<br />tions, and estates, owning or claiming same or any interest therein, shall be,
<br />and the same is hereby closed, and all protests and objections, whether spe-
<br />cif'ically xnentioned or not, shall be, and the same are hereby overruled and
<br />denied.
<br />SECTION 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines upon the evidence
<br />heard in reference to each and every parcel of property abutting upon the street
<br />and units hereinafter set out that the enhancement in value to accrue to said
<br />property and the real and true owners thereof by virtue of the construction of
<br />said improvements in said portions of said street will be in excess of the
<br />costs of said improvements proposed to be, and as herein assessed against
<br />said abutting properties and the real and true owners thereof; and finds that
<br />the apportionment of the costs of said improvements and the assessments
<br />hereinbelow made are just and equitable and produce substantial equality,
<br />considering the benefits received and the burdens imposed thereby, and are
<br />in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of the Caty
<br />of Paris; and further finds that all proceedings and contracts heretofore had
<br />with reference to said improvements are in all respects, regular, proper, and
<br />valid, and that all prerequisites to the fixing of the assessment liens against
<br />said abutting properties, as hereinafter described, and the personal liability
<br />of the real and true owners thereof, whether named or correctly named
<br />herein or not, have been in all things regularly had and performed in compli-
<br />ance with the law and the proceedings of said City Council,
<br />SECTION 4. In pursuance of said ordinance duly enacted by said City
<br />Council authorizing and ordering the improvement of said street and units,
<br />including the said portions of said street and units hereinbelow set out,
<br />which ordinance was passed, as aforesaid, on the l lth day of March, A. D.,
<br />1963, and in pursuance of said proceedings heretofore had and enacted by
<br />said City Council in reference to said improvements and by virtue of the
<br />powers vested in said City with respect to said street improvements by the
<br />laws of the State of Texas, with particular reference to Article 1105b,
<br />Vernon's Annotated Givil Statutes of Texas, as amended, and the Charter
<br />of the City of Paris, there shall be, and is hereby levied, assessed, and
<br />taxed against the respective parcels of property hereinafter described and
<br />abutting upon the said street and units hereinafter set out and within the
<br />limits below defined and against the real and true owners of such property,
<br />whether such real and true owners be named, or correctly named, or said
<br />properties be correctly described herein, or not, the several sums of money
<br />hereinbelow mentioned and itemized opposite the description of the respective
<br />parcels of said property, the description of such property, the number of front
<br />feet of each, and the sever al amounts assessed against the same and the real
<br />and true owners thereof, and where the amount so assessed against ttLe
<br />corner properties has been computed by adjusting the frontage, such amount
<br />so assessed shall constitute a lien against the entire property abutting the
<br />paving actually constructed and not merely against the amount of frontage
<br />used as an adjusted basis for the assessment, and the names of the apparent
<br />owners thereof, all as corrected and adjusted by said City Council, being as
<br />follow§ to -wit:
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