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<br />Cb) That said City Commission, after having duly ad-
<br />vertised for bids in the mapner and for the time as required by
<br />law and the Charter of said City, did award a contract for the
<br />construction of said improvements to Gulf Bitulithic Company, a
<br />Di vision of Warren Brothers /. Company, it having been found to be
<br />the lowest responsible bidder for such improvements, and said
<br />contract has heretofore been duly executed and completed by said
<br />City and said Gulf Bitulithic Company, a Division of Warren
<br />Brothers Company, the execution of which contractvas duly authorized
<br />by Ordinance No. 760 enacted bY$id City Commission on March 6, 1967,
<br />and the Performance and Payment Bonds required by law and said con-
<br />tract have been properly furnished by said Gulf Bitulithic Company,
<br />and approved and accepted by said City Commission, and an appro-
<br />priation of available funds has been duly made by Ordinance of said
<br />City Commission to cover the City's portion of the costs of said
<br />improvements, all in full compliance with the requirements of the
<br />law and the Charter of said City. .
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<br />(c) That the City Engineer, and Director, Department of
<br />Public Works, as instructed by the City Commission, prepared and
<br />filed with the City Commission a proper statement of the estimates
<br />of the costs of the improvements of said streets and units and of
<br />the estimates of the amounts per front foot proposed to .be assessed
<br />against the property abutting thereupon and the owners thereof and
<br />of other costs and matters relating thereto, all as required by law,
<br />which statement of estimates was received, examined and approved
<br />by the City Commission by Ordinance 771 enacted on June 12, 1967,
<br />and further said City Commission did by said Ordinance No. 771
<br />order and set a hearing to be held at 2:00 o'clock P.M. on the 12th
<br />day of July, 1967, at the City Commissio~r Chambers at theCity Hall
<br />of and in the City of La Porte, Texas, for the real and true owners
<br />of the properties abutting upon said streets or Units within the
<br />limits above defined, and for all others owning or claiming ,any
<br />interest in, or otherwise interested in said properties or any of
<br />said matters as to the assessments and amounts proposed to be
<br />assessed against each parcel of said abutting property and the
<br />owners thereof and as to the special benefits to accr~e to said
<br />abutting properties and, the owners thereof by virtue of said im-
<br />provements, if any, or concerning any error in validity, irregular-
<br />ity or deficiency in any proceedings or contract concerning same,
<br />at which time all persons, firms, corporations, estates, owning or
<br />claiming any such abutting property, their agents, or attorneys, or
<br />any persons interested in said proceedings, might appear in person
<br />or by counsel and offer evidence.
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<br />Cd) That said City Commission did further by said Ordinance
<br />No. 771 order and direct the City Clerk of said City to give notice
<br />o~ said hearing in the manner and ~or the time as required by the
<br />law and the Charter of said City; and said notice, as so ordered
<br />and directed and as required by law governing these proceedings,
<br />has been properly and duly given, in the form and for the time as
<br />required by said law, by the publication thereof at least three (3)
<br />times before the date of said hearing in the La Porte - Bayshore
<br />Sun, a newspaper published in the City of La Porte, Texas, the
<br />first publication being made at least twenty-one (21) days before
<br />the date of said hering, the dates of such publications being June
<br />l~, 1967, June 22, 1967 and June 29, 1967, and further by the City
<br />Clerk giving additional written notice of said hearing by depositing
<br />in the United States mail, at least fourteen (14) days before the
<br />date of said hearing, written notice of such hearing postage pre-
<br />paid, in an envelope addressed to the owners of the respective
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