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<br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />P~ge 4 of 7 <br />a. The City shall pay all of the cost of drainage <br /> <br />installations wherever located; all of the cost of excavation, <br /> <br />base preparation and pavi~g, within street and alley intersections; <br /> <br />and not less than one-third of the cost of excavation, base prepara- <br /> <br />tion and pavi~g of all other portions of the street units involved. <br /> <br />The abutti~g property within the limits hereinabove defined and the <br /> <br />real and true owners thereof shall be assessed for and pay all of <br /> <br />the remaini~g cost of all ,such improvements in front of their <br /> <br />respective properties; provided, however, that in no event shall <br /> <br />the cost of said improvements to be paid by the abutti?g property <br /> <br />4It. and the real and true owners thereof exceed two-thirds of the <br /> <br />estimated cost of such improvements.as e$timated by the City <br /> <br />Engineer and Director, Department of Public Works. <br /> <br />b. The City of La Porte shall pay all of the remainder <br /> <br />of said cost of said improvements after deducting the amounts <br /> <br />herein specified to be paid by the abutti~g property and the real <br /> <br />and true owners thereof as set out in sub-paragraph "a" above. The <br /> <br />City of La Porte shall pay for its part of the work on the various <br /> <br />street units on monthly estimates as the work progresses, ten per <br /> <br />cent (10%) of the amount due by the City on each such estimate <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />bei~g retained by 'the City until completion and acceptance of the <br /> <br />work involved in the street unit on which the estimates are sub- <br /> <br />mitted. <br /> <br />c. The remainder of the costs of such improvements <br /> <br />shall be assessed ~gainst the respective abutting properties and <br /> <br />the real and true owners thereof in accordance with Section Eight <br /> <br />and other applicable,provisions of the City Charter and the Statutes <br /> <br />of Texas herein referred to. No assessment shall be made ~gainst <br /> <br />any abutti~g property or the real and true owners thereof for costs <br /> <br />in excess of the benefits to such property in enhanced value <br /> <br />thereof by ~eans of such improvements. The amounts of such assess- <br /> <br />4It ments shall constitute a first and prior lien upon all such <br /> <br />properties and a personal liability of the true and real owners <br /> <br />, <br />, ' <br /> <br />thereof, wh~ther correctly named or not, and shall be payable in <br />