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-" ,....----" '... .F' ,,'~ --...... '. ,- ...... ."---'- . . Section 2: '!'hat a public hearing be held bef'ore the City Commission of' the City of' La Porte, Texas, on the secom tloor of the City Hall on >>... -'- - - ,. - . the ~ --aay ot ~A. D., 195.1, atlqA.M in connection with the city improvements herein ref'erred to and ~,in~connecti.OD: ~with assessDlBnts on abutting propert:r, in accordance with Section 8 of the Charter of' the City of' La Porte aM Chapter 106, 40th Legislature, first called session, Acts of' 1927, as aDl8med, and at said time and place all persons owning or claim- ing any such abutting property, or interested therein, and all others owning, claillliDg or interested in said property or in any of the matters herein men- tioned, shall have the right to appear and be heard on an-Y matter as to which hearing is a constitutional prerequisite to the validity. ot said assessment, and to contest the amount of' the proposed assessment, the lien and liability thereot, the special benefits to the abutting property and owners thereot by means of' the improvements f'or which assessments are to be le~ied, the accuracy, sutticienc:r, regularity, and validity of' the proceedings and contract in con- nection with such improvements am proposed assessments. Section 31 '.rhat fo~wing such hearing as above p~ovided f'or, assessments will be levied against said abutting property and the real am true owners thereof' tor that portion of the cas t of said improvements here inabove determined to be payable by said abutting property and the rdal and true owners thereot, in the respe ctive amounts as shall be determined to be payable by sa1d abutt- ing property and the real and true owners thereof', in the respective amounts as~ shall be determined at said hearing, and. such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien against such abutting property from the date said improve- ments were ordered, and shall be a personalliabUity and charge against the true owners of such property at said date, whether nalDEld or not. In levying said assessmerIts, if' the name of any owner be unknown, it shall be suf'f'icjsnd; to to state the tact, alii if' aD1' said abutting property be owned by an estate oj; by any firm or corporation, it shall be sufficient to so state the f'act, and it shall not be necessary to give the correct name of' any owner, am no error or mistake in attempt!1.ng to name any such owner or in describing any of said property shall invalidate aw assessments or certificate issued in evidence thereof', but nevertheless the real and true owner ot said abutting property shall be liable . and the assessments against said property shall be valid whether or not. such ./ owner be correctly named.