The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21


upon such street, alley or sidewalk
on the basis of the respective frontage
OF the property upon the street, alley
or sidewalk to be paved or improved,
BY sscsrtaininP the entire expense OF
such paving, graveling, mscsdamiz'
ing sidewalk or curbing, and charg-
ing it upon each lot or parcel OF real
estate In the promotion that its 'front.'
age or abutment bears to that OF the
abutting lots or parcels OF real estate
fronting upon the street, alley, side
walk or curblng so improved or con-
structed.
Sec. 5. That the entire cost, In
Guiding cost of the culverts, heaoers'
filing, excayating, engineering, labor,
material, ETC., OF such paying, gravel
ing. macadamszing OF such streets or
alleys or the portion thereof. IS here
in provided, shall be apporttoned 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
fhorpnt
Second: The AUDITING 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
its road bed, calculated for one foot
on the outside of each outside rail,
bears to the total area Of the street or
alley 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
paw 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 crossings, which 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
constructed 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 AUDITING 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
consecutive order, and certified copy
of each ordinance containing said
assessment, shall, upon it's passage,
be fled for record in the Office of Re-
corder of Mortgages, In the Parish OF
Calcasieu. ............ .......... go.
and the same, when filed and recorded,
shall operate as lien and privilege
in favor OF the Town of Welsh, or Its
assigns, or transferees. against the
property therein assessed, which lien
and privilege shall prime all other
claims, except taxes.
Sec. 7. That the amounts assessed
in said ordinance shall be due and ex-
igible immediately upon Its passage,
and II not paid within ten days after
the passage of said ordinance, the
Town OF Welsh shall have the power
to proceed by suit against the assessed
properties, and the owners thereof,
to enforce collection, together with
ten per cent Of the amount of the
Judgment recovered as attorneys fees,
and oil delinquent assessments shall
bear eight per cent per annum inter-
est
SIC. 8. That the Mayor and Board
OF trustees of the Town of Welsh,
may, In their discretion in the ordi-
nance accepting the work and making
said assessment, allow the property
owners therein assessed, who may,
within ten days after the passage of
said ordinance, make written spplica.
ton therefor, to pay in cash twenty
per cent Of the amount of their in
debtednesS, to pay the balance OF said
Ind nhtalna IN fo,r appal oooual 4.