The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

upon such street, alley or sidewalk
on the basis of the respective frontage
OF the property npon The street, alley
or sidewalk to be paved or improved,
by ascertainine the entire expense OF
such paving, crawling, macadamlz'
ing sidewalk or curbing, and charg-
ing it upon each lot or parcel OF real
estate Ia 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, headers,
filling, excayating, engineering labor
material, etc., of such paving, gravel,
ing, macadamszing of such streets or
alleys or the portion thereof, as here
in provided, shall be apportioned as
follows:
First: The city shall pay in tue
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 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
it's road bed, calculated for one foot
on the outside of seach loutside rail,
bears to the total area of the street or
allev or portion thereof to be i'm.
proved.
Where any sidewalk or curling is
to be constructed, the property owners
of the AUDITING 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 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 a certified copy
OF each ordinance containing said
assessment, shall, upon its passage,
be fled for record in the Office of Re-
cOrder of Mortgages, in the Parish of
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
Sioituos CASCpV udhCSs
Sec. 7. That the amounts assessed
in said ordinance shall be due and ex-
igible immediately upon Its passage,
and if 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 all delinquent assessments shall
bear eight per cent per annum inter-
est.
sac. 8 That he VI ,sor and Board
Of ruSlees of the Town of Welsh,
may, in their dscretiUn in the Ordi-
nance accepting the work and making
said assessment, allow the property
owners therein assessed, who NAV,
within ten days after the passage of
said ordinance, make written applica-
ton therefor, to pay in cash twenty
per cent OF the amount of their in.
debtedness, to pay the balance OF said
Indebtedness in four equal annual in