ORD CC 08/31/1928 - Pavement - Avenue L .VBE STATE' OF TEXAS�
COUNTY' OF W.A.UMR9
CITY' OF HU1TPSV1LIL1.
On this 31st day of August, 1928, there was held a
special meeting of the City Council of the City Of Hutntsvillev Texas,
the following members being present, to-wit, Hon. Sam IfficKinney* Mayor,
H.W.Miller., Victor Randel and J-F-Standley, Aldermen; Kate Barr
Ross , City Secretarypwas also present, when the following 'business
was transacted, to-wit .,
The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, in pursuance
to an I oidinance—a- d-0-p-t-e-d by the City Council on August 15, 1928) with
reference to the pavement of certain portions of,.Avenue A xithin the
City of Huntsville, Texas$ the hearing having been set down for
the time and place of this meeting, at which the owners of property
abutting on said streets .might be heard; and thereupon the Council
received the oral protest Of -TErsoVoli-Pace that she was unable, to pay
for the paving in front of her property, and also the protest of airs.
John D.ffance that she was unable to pay her pro rata part art of the cost
of the paving in front of her property, and there was also received
the written protest Of J-.R-W'ilson that his property, abutting on
the Nest side of Avenue L, was his homestead and was exempt under
the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and not liable
for any part of said assessment., and further that the Proposed
assessment was illegal and void, 'because of the fact' that the County
was offering to pay the City' s Portion of said paving' and thereupon
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the Council proceeded to hear evidence as to the cost of said street
improvement and whether the cost adjudged against the several property
owners, individually, lvlas in excess of the benefits to be derived from
the enhanced value Of said abutting Property by reason of such improve-
ment,, and ,after hearing the testimony, it was moved, seconded and
carried by a. unanimous vote that the Council found as a. fact that the
amount PTOPbsed to be assessed against each and every property owner
affected was less than the benefits to be derived from said street
improvement in the enhanced value of the abutting propertyp and that
the proposed assessments were Ln all things legal and regular and
altogether authorized by law.
upon motion duly made and seconded, it was
voted that the hearing be closed.
The above and foregoing proceedings were had and entered
of record in open Council on this 31st day of August, 1928.
MAYORP CITY OF HUNTSVILLEs TBiXAs.
ATTESTi
CITY SAC-.Pd,,,TTffT—.
-.c!M STATE' OF L XS
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COUNTY OF WALUR.
-BEFORE Ta, the undersigned -authorityq on this day personally
appeared Kate Barr Ross, City Secretary of the City of Huntsville.,
who, having been first by m, duly sworn,' on her oath deposed as
follows :
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That affiant is the duly appointed, qualified and acting
City Secretary of the City of Huntsville, Texas, and was such on the
15th day of August, 1928, when the City Council of the City of
Huntsville, Texas, duly -adopted and entered of record an ordinance
determining the necessity of against evying an assessment the
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property and the owners thereof in the City of Huntsville, Texas,
abutting upon the streets and parts of streets therein named, which
said ordinance is duly of record in Book Gj, pages 183 et seq. p of the
11inutes of the City Council of the City of Huntsville ; that I caused
to be published a certified copy of said ordinance in the Huntsville
Item, a weekly newspaper published in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas,
once a week for three consecutive weeks, previous to the day of
hearing set forth therein, to-wit, on August 31, 1928; that pub-
lications were made on the 9th, 16th and 23rd days of August, 1928;
1 further swear that I mailed to each property owner named in said
ordinance against whom assessments were proposed to be made, as
therein set forth, at the last known address of each and .all of said
persons, a printed copy of said ordinance and notice, and said notices
were mailed out to said property owners , respectively, more than ten
days before the date of said hearing, and a printed copy of said
publication is returned herewith®
SWORIT TO AND SUBSCRIBED be re day o.f
August* 1928.
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