SECTION 2. There being no further protests or testimony for or
<br />against or in reference to said improvements, benefits, or Fr oceedings,
<br />said hearing granted to the real and true owners of properties abutting
<br />upon said street writhin the limits and units herein defined, and to
<br />all personspfirms, corporations, and estates, owning or clainiing same
<br />or any interest therein, shall. be, and the same is hereby closed, and
<br />all protests and objections, whether specifieally mentioned or not,
<br />shall be, and the saane are hereby overruled and denied.
<br />SECTION 3, The City Couneil hereby finds and determines upon the
<br />evidence heard in reference to each and every parcel of property
<br />abutting npon the street and units hereinafter set out that the
<br />enhancement in value to accrue to said property and the real and true
<br />owners thereof by virtue of the construction of said improvements in
<br />said portions of said street will be in excess of the costs of said
<br />improvements proposed to be, and as herein assessed against said
<br />abutting properties and the real and true owners thereof; andfinds
<br />that the apportionment of the costs of said improvements and t he
<br />assessments hereinbelow made are just and equitable and produce
<br />.;ubstantial equality, considering the benefits received and the
<br />burdens imposed thereby, and are in accordance with the laws of the
<br />State of Texas and the Charter of the City of Paris; and further
<br />finds that all proceedings and contracts heretofore had with referenee
<br />to said irnprovements are in all respeets, regular, proper, and valid,
<br />and that all prerec7uisites to the fixi.ng of the assessment li ens
<br />against said abutting properties, as hereinafter described, and the
<br />personal liability of the real and true owners thereof, whether named
<br />or correctly named herein or not, have been in all things regularly
<br />had and performed in compliance with the law and the proceedings of
<br />said City Council.
<br />SECTICN In pursuance of said ordinance duly enacted by said City
<br />Council authori.zing and ordering the improvement of said street and
<br />units, including the said portions of street and units herein below
<br />set out, which ordinance was passed, as aforesaid, on July 8, A. D.,
<br />1957, and in pursuance of said proceedings heretofore had and
<br />enacted by said City Council in reference to said improvements and by
<br />virtue of the powers vested in said City with respect to said street
<br />improvements by the laws of the State of Texas, with particular
<br />reference to Article 1105b, Vernonts Annotated Civil Statutes of
<br />Texas, as amended, and the Charter of the City of Faris, there 5ha11
<br />be, and is hereby levied, assessed, and taxed against the respective
<br />parcels of property hereinafter described and abuttir.g upon the said
<br />street and units hereinafter set out and within the limits below
<br />defined and against the real and true owners of such property, whether
<br />such real and true owners be named, or correctly named, or sdid
<br />properties be eorrectly described herein or not, the several sums of
<br />mone,T hereinbelow mentioned and itemized opposite the descriptdon of
<br />the respective parcels of said property, the description of snch
<br />property, the number of front feet of each, and the several amounts
<br />assessed against the same and the real and true owners thereof, and
<br />where the amount so assessed against the corner properties has been
<br />computed by adjusting the frontage, such amount so as5essed shall
<br />constitute a lien against the entire property abutting the pa ving
<br />actually constructed and not merely against the amount of frontage
<br />used as an adjusted basis for the assessment, and the names of the
<br />apparent owners thereof, all as corrected and adjusted by said City
<br />Council, being as follows, to-wit:
<br />
|