Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-15

AN ORDINANCE LEvYING AS
SrSSMENTS FOR PART OF THE
COST OF IMPROVING SECOND
STREET. IN THE CITY OF
BROWNSVILLE BETWEEN THE
EAST LINE OF ELIZABETH
STREET AND THE WEST LINE
or MADISON STREET, EXCEPT
INTERSECTIONS WITH JEFFER-
SON STREET AND INTERSEL-
TONS ALREADY PAVED. FIX
ING a CHARGE AND LIEN
AGAINST PROPERTY AUDITING
THEREON AND AGAINST OWN
Frs THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR
THE COLLECTION OF SUCH AS
SESSNENTS AND ISSUANCE OF
ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES IN
EVIDENCE THEREOF.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF BROWNSVILLE.
WHEREAS, The City OF Browns
vile, Texas, has heretofore ordered
that Second Street i'm said city from
the east line OF Elizabeth Street
70 the west line Of Madison Street
except intersection with jefferson
Street and intersections already
paved. be improved by raising, grad
ing. filling, installing concrete eurbs
and cutters where such curbs and
cutters are not already installed on
proper grade and lire, and paving
with one and one-half inch Warren
lite Bitulithic wearing surface o.
two and one-half inch bituminous
concrete base on three inch COM
pressed gravel sub-base. together
with all i~ncidentals and appurten-
ances. and the construction OF such
improvements and contract therefor
was awarded TO and entered into
with Southwest Bitulithic Company;
and.
WHEREAS. the City Paving En-
Fineer Of said City prepared and
filed q roll or statement for the i'm
~provements in said portion Of street,
showing the amounts 20 be assessed
against the various parcels OF or in
terests in parcels Of abutting prop
erty and the owners thereof, and
showing other matters and things,
and the same was examined by the
City Commission Of the City Of
Brownsville, and approved, and time
and place was fixed for hearing to
the owners Of such abuttinR proper
ty, and 20 all others in anywise in
terested therein, or having lien OK
claim thereon, and due and proper
notice Of the time, place and purpose
Of such hearing was given, ard said
hearing was had and held nc the
time and place fixed therefor, to-
wit. on the End day Of Sept, A. ID.
1927, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, in the City
Council room in the City Hall IN the
City Of Brownsville, Texas. and said
hearing was continued until all de-
string "a be heard were given full
and fair opportunity to be heard;
and the said City Commission having
fully considered the evidence and
all proper matters, the said hearing
was finally closed on the End day OF
September, 1927; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission
from the evidence finds that the
assessments and charges are right
and proper and are substantially in
proportion TO the benefits to the re-
spective parcels OF property by
means OF the improvements I'm the
said portion OF street for which such
assessments are levied, and establish
substantial justice and equality and
uniformity between the respective
owners Of the respective properties
or interests therein, and between ell
parties concerned, considering the
benefits received and burdens i'm
posed, and further finds that in
each case the abutting property, or
interest therein assessed, as the case
may be. IL especially benefited in
enhanced value to said property or
interest therein. as the case may be,