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-- """" ..~...---. ct ,~ ,- - ~, . . e THE STATE OF TEXAS D COUNTY OF HARRIS ~ CITY OF LA PORTE ~ .3 'It) ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ALL LOTS, TRACTS, OR OTHER PARCELS OF LAND FRONTING ON STATE HIGHWAY NO. 225 BETWEEN' FOURTH STREET AND TENTH STREET AND ON STATE HIGffil.AY NO. 146 BETI~EEN MAIN STREET AND SOUTH "'E" STREET, CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS; SUCH ASSESSMENTS BEING FOR THE COST OF MATERIAL AND IABOR TO BE EXPENDED BY THE CITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONTINUOUS CURB AND GUTTER BETbVEEN SAID STREETS AND IN COOPERATION WITH THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN THE 'bTIDENING OF PAVEr.1ENT BET\fE'l!2IT SAID STREETS; PRESCRIBING A VAXIMUM ASSESSMENT OF $4.65 PER FRONT FOOT AGAINS'Z' THE RESPECTIVE PROPERTY au.NERS; AND, FURTHER, PROVIDING THE MEI'HOD OF PAYM1!:NT OF SAID ASSESSMENTS AND AUTHORIZING SAID CITY TO ACCEPT THE NCYrE AND VOLUNTARY LIEN OF THE RESPECTIVE PROPERTY O1m-ERS 'JjITHn~ THE AREA DEFINlID IN EVIDENCE AND S3CURITY OF THE COST THUS EXPENDED. 'fJHEREAS, a necessity exists for the widening of pavement rlithin the City of La Porte, Texas, and on the streets hereinafter described; and, WHJmAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, has, by reso- lution passed on the 2nd day of August, 1949, agreed with the Texas Highway De- partment to pay the cost for the construction of continuous curb and gutter in ;tA..o connection 'With such pavement widening and -is more particularly set forth in said resolution, NON, THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAThTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CI'l'Y OF LA PORTE: SECTION ONE: That assessments be, and the same are, hereby authorized against all lots, tracts or other parcels of land fronting on State Highway No. 225 between Fourt~ Street and Tenth Street and on State Highway No. 146 between Main Street and South "E" Street, City of La Porte, Texas, for the purpose of defraying the cost of material and labor to be incun-ed in the construction of continuous curb and gutter within the described area and in cooperation with the Texas Highway Department in the widening of pavement within said area; that such assessment shall not exceed $4.65 for each and every foot of property fronting upon said State Highways and lying between the designated ,streets; SECTION TIlO: That the City of La Porte, Texas, have, as prescribed by law, a valid and subsisting lien against such property for the cost expended and that notice thereof be given to each of the respective property owners as required by law. ...'