The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-14

upon such street, alley or Sidewalk
on the basis of the respective frontage
of the property npon the street, allie!
or sidewalk to be paved or improved
by ascertaining the entire expense O
such paving, graveling, macadamiz
ing sidewalk or curbing, and charg
Jug it upon each lot or parcel of rea
estate in the promotion that its front
age or abutment bears to that OF th'
abutting lots or parcels of real estatt
fronting upon the street, alley, side
walk or curblng so improved or con
structed.
Sec. 5. That the entire cost, in
GLIDING cost Of the culverts, headers
filling. excayating, engineering, labor
material, ETC., of such paying, gravel
ing, macadamszing of such streets OF
alleys or the portion thereof, as here
in provided, shall be apportioned as
follows:
First: The city shall pay in the
proportion that the area OF the inter-
sections of the streets or alleys OF the
portion thereof to be improved bears
to the total area of said street or al
ley or portion thereof.
Second: The abutting real estate
owners shall pay the remaining costs,
according to the front foot rule as
above stated.
Third: When railway occupies a
portion of the street or alley, the own
er thereof shall pay in the proportion
that the area of the space occupied by
it's road-bed, calculated for one foot
on the outside of leach loutside rail,
bears to the total area OF the street or
allev or portion thereof to be i'm
proved.
Where any sidewalk or curbing is
to be constructed, the property owners
of the abutting street or alley shall
pay the costs of said sidewalk or
curblng in the same proportion which
the frontage of the property owned by
said party, bears to the entire 'front.'
age upon such street or alley. The
said Town of Welsh shall pay the
costs of constructing all street and
alley cr"ssi -. "hCh crossings are
not to be calculated in the total cost
of sidewalks or curbings above re-
ferred to.
Sec. 6. That where any street or
alley or any portion thereof is paevd,
graveled Or macadamized, or where
any sidewalks or curbings are
as herein provided, the
Mayor and Board Of Trustees, shall,
upon the final and satisfactory COM
pletion of the work, accept the same
by an ordinance, and provide for the
assessment upon all the abutting real
estate and railroad tracks and road
beds for the amounts due by the own
ers thereof respectively, according to
the rules of apportionment provided
for in this Amendment; each assess
ment to be separately numbered in
order, and certified copy
of each ordinance containing said
assessment, shall, upon its passage,
be filed for record in the Office of Re-
,order of Mortgages, in the Parish of
CalCaSieu. .......... ....... 900.
and the same, when fled and recorded,
shall operate as lien and privilege
in favor of the Town of Welsh, or it's
assigns, or transferees. against the
property therein assessed, which lien
and privilege shall prime all other
claims, except taxes.
Sec. I. That the amounts assessed
n said ordinance shall be due and ex.
gible Immediately upon Its passage,
and il not paid within ten days after
he passage of said ordinance, the
Town Of Welsh shall have the power
% proceed by suit against the assessed |
and the owners thereof,
o enforce collection, together with
en- per cent of the amount of the
Judgment recovered as attorneys fees,
ind all delinquent assessments shall
,ear eight per cent per annum inter-
st.
SEC, 8. Thai the ii tyor and Board
II trustees of the Town of Welsh,
nav, in their disc elton in the ordi-
ance accepting the work and making
aid assessment, allow the property
wners therein assessed, who NAV,
'ithjn ten days after the passage of
aid ordinance, make written applica-
ION therefor, to pay in cash twenty
er cent OF the amount of their in.
ebtedness, to pay the balance of said
Indebtedness in four equal annual in