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.....---...... ,e ""'~.'. - .' ,....---......, fit, -..:::!- --- ...., ~- e. . Page Three sions of' law requisite or pertinent thereto; atd WHERE'AS, after due, regular and proper notice thereof', all as provided by law and the Charter of' the City of La Porte, said hearing of which notice was so given was opened at 10:00 a.m. on December')(), 1953, on the secotd tloor of the old City Hall of' the City-of La Porte, Texas, pursuant to the notice herein- above referred to, at which time no persons, other than the members of the City Commission appeared. The City Attorney outlined brie.f'1y the nature and scope of the proposed work as set forth in the specif'ications therefor which had been approved, aai stated also the proposed rates per front foot of assessments as set forth in the ordinance calling this hearing and in the published notice which was given of this hearing. WHElIE:AS, at said hearing all parties desiring or in any manner wishing to be heard concerning any of the matters mentioned in said ordinance ordering and fix- ing the date of' said hearing am in said notice, and as to any other matters con- nected with said proposed improvements, contracts aId assessments and the amounts thereof were heard, and all matters as to the accuracy, sufficiency, regularity and validity and all matters of error, equality and other things and matters con- nected with said improvements, contracts and assessments having been heard, consi- dered and. corrected; and said City Commission having heard evidence as to the special benefits of' and to said abutting property and each parcel thereof' and to the respective owners thereof' in the enhanced value of said property by means of' such improvements, and said City Commission having heard and considered the evi- dence in the premises and having given a full and fair hearing to all parties appearing or desiring to appear, and having determined at such hearing said spe- cial benef'its as aforesaid, am having determined that there is not to be assessed against such abutting property and the owners thereof' more than all the costs of constructing, reconstructing, repairing and realigning curbs and gutters am nine- tenths of' the remaining cost of' such improvements as shown on the estimate of' the Engineers; aId :having determined that the Front Foot Plan or Rule is just aId equitable, the equities of' such owners and the adjustment of' such apportionment of' costs among :a11 propert:1.es and the owners thereof so as to produce a substan- tial equality Qf' be~f'its received am burdens imposed; and the City Commission hav- ing determined at said hearing that the assessments hereinbelow made aM the