1426 ORD CLOSING HEARING GIVEN TO REAL AND TRUE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON CERTAIN STREET IN COP

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f (e) That upon the filing of said estimates, the City Council did by ordinance duly enacted on the 9th day of September, A. D., 1957, provide for and order a hearing to be held at 7:00 otclock P.M. on the 14th day of October, A,D., 1957 in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of Paris, Texas, at whieh time and place all persons, firms, corporations, and estates owning or claim.ing any such abutting property, or any interest therein, and their agents and attorneys, and all other persons interested therein, were to appear and to be heard in person or by counsel, and such ordinance directed the City Manager to give due notice of such hearing in the manner required by law, (f) That after due publieation of notice as required by law and on the 17th day of September, A. D., 1957, at 7:00 o'clock P. M., said hearing was opened and held in accordance with said ordinance and notiee, at which time and place an opportunity was given to all of the above mentioned parties and agents and attorneys to be heard and to offer evidence as to all matters in accordance with said ordinance and notice, at which time the following appeared and testified as follow.; The Direetor of Public Works of the City of Paris briefly de5cribed the improvement,s proposed to be constructed and explained the method of apportionment of the costs of such i.mprovements between the City and the abutting property and the owners thereof. The City Attorney then pointed out t hat notice of hearing had been published in the Paris News at the time and in the manner required by law; that 5uch contained proposed rates per front foot to be assessed against the abutting property and its owners, The City Mana.ger, Albert K. Steinheimer, testified and advised the Council of the respective values of the improvements and the degree to which they enhanced the value of the respective abutting property owners, and that in his opinion the abutting properties, and each of them, would, if said street was pa.ved in aecordance with the contract and plans and specifications, and curbs and gutters were made, constructed, and installed in accordence with the eontract and plans and specifications, be enhanced in value in an amount greater than the proposed assessments against sueh properties. (g) That at said hearing the following property owners were present and offered objections or testirnony as to said improvements, contracts or assessments therefor, or as to the proeeedings with reference thereto: `f:...