Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-21
ORDER OF ELECTION

Whereas, the City Council of the
City of Bryan, Texas, deems it adj
yisable that the said City OF Bryan
shall accept the benefits of Title %,
Chapter II, providing that said city
shall have power TO improve any
streets, avenues, alleys, highways,
public places or square. or any portion
thereof. within its limits by filling,
grading, raising, paving or repaving
the same permanently. or by the con-
struction or reconstruction of side
walks. curbs or by widening, narrow
ing or Strengthening the same and TO
construct necessary appurtenances
thereto, including sewers and drains:
Therefore, it is ordered by the City
Council of said city that an election
be held on the 7th day of January,
1918, at which election the following
proposition shall be submitted, to-wit:
Shall the City Council of the City
of Bryan be authorized to make high
way improvements, partly by the city
and partly by the owners of the prop
erty under the following terms and
conditions as herein set ont?"
The cost of making such improve
ments shall be partly paid by the said
city and partly by the owners of abut-
ting property thereto, provided that
in no event that more than three
quarters Of the cost of any improve
ments. except sidewalks and curbs, be
assessed against such property
owners for their property. but the
whole cost of construction of side
walks and curbs in front of any prop
erty may be assessed against the
owner thereof or his property, and the
City Council of said city shall have
power to assess against the owners of
any railroad or street railway occupy
ing any highway ordered TO be i'm
proved (the term highway as used
herein shall include any street, ave
nue., alley, highway or public place or
/ square or portion thereof dedicated to
public usel; the whole cost of the i'm
provement between or under the rails
and tracks of said railroad or street
railway and two feet on the outside
| thereof and shall have power, by ordi-
(, nance, to levy special tax upon said
railroad or street railroad, and its
roadbed, ties, rails, and fixtures. rights
and franchises, which tax shall con-
stitute lien thereon superior to any
lien or claim, except state, county and
municipal taxes. and which may be
enforced, either by sale of said prop
erty in the manner provided by law
in the collection of ad valorem taxes
by the city, or by suit against the
owner in any court having jurisdic-
ton. The ordinance levying said
taxes shall prescribe when same shall
become due and delinquent, and the
method of enforcing same.
The City Council of said city shall
have power to assess, by ordinance
the whole cost of constructing side,
walks or curbs, and not to exceed
three-fourths of the cost of any other
improvement against the owners OF
property abutting on such improve
ment, and against abutting property
benefited by same, and provide for the
time and terms of the payment OF
such assessments and the rate of in
terest payable upon deferred Gay
ments thereon, which rate of int rest
shall not exceed eight Der centtSTo)
per annum, and to fix a lien uton the
property, and to declare SUCH assess
ments to be personal liability of the
owners of such abutting property; and
said City Council shall have power tc
cause to be issued in the name of the
city assignable certificates, declarine
the liability of such owners of theiI
property for the payment of such as
sessment, and to fix the terms and
conditions on such certificates
If any such certificate shall recitt
the proceedings with reference tC
making such improvements have beer
regularly had in compliance with law
and that all prerequisites to the fixinl
tof the assessment lien against the
property described in said certificate
eand the personal liability shall be