Council Proceedings: September 1, 1907

DEPUTIES R. G. LITTLEJOHN W. B. MARTEL

OFFICE OF W. J. GILVIN City Assessor and Collector

Fort Worth, Texas, Sept 30 1907

To The Hon Mayor and Members of the Commission City of Ft. Worth, Tx.

I have the honor to report the assessment value of the City of Fort Worth for the year 1907 as follows:-

Assessor Rolls 1907 Report Assr & Coll

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FILED Sept 30 1907 W. J. Estes City Secretary.

State of Texas, Tarrant County.

I, Bert Honea, cashier of The Star Publishing Company, publishers of The Fort Worth Star, hereby certify on oath that The Fort Worth Star is a daily newspaper, printed in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, and that the notice, of which a copy, with bill, appears on the attached paper hereto, was published in same newspaper on Sept. 11-12-13-14-15 16-17-18-19-20, 1907.

Bert Honea

Subscribed and sworn before me on this 3 day of Oct., 1907.

J. P. Bancroft Notary Public, Tarrant County, Texas.

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I hereby certify that the foregoing order was duly presented and unanimously passed by the board of commissioners of the City of Fort Worth at a session held September 10, 1907. W. J. ESTES, City Secretary.

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ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON REPORT OF COMMISSIONER ON STREETS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS CONCERNING THE PAVEMENT OF ADAMS STREET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF RAILROAD AVENUE TO THE NORTH LINE OF CANNON AVENUE AND REQUIRING ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS TO COMPLY THEREWITH.

The report of the commissioner of streets and public grounds recommending that Adams street be paved from the north line of Railroad avenue to the north line of Cannon aveenue, with what is known as bitulithic pavement, coming on to be heard, and the board of commissioners thereupon, and also upon their own motion having carefully considered the necessity and advantage of paving said street in the manner requested, and it appearing to the board of commissioners that there is a public necessity for having said street paved with said pavement; and it further appearing that so paving said street will increase the value of the property abutting thereon in a sum equal to or greater than the cost of constructing said pavement in front of the respective properties abutting on said street. It is therefore hereby ordered that the owners of property abutting on said street be, and they are each respectively, called upon to construct said improvement in front of their several properties respectively, and that they construct said pavement in accordance with the specifications accompanying said recommendation, and which specifications are recorded on pages 506-7-8-9 of Book R, minutes of the board of commissioners of the city of Fort Worth, and that this order, not including said specifications, be published in the official newspaper of the city of Fort Worth, to-wit: The Fort Worth Star, once a day for ten consecutive days in order that persons owning property on said street, may have due notice thereof, and in order that if any person owning property on said street be unwilling to pay the cost of constructing said improvement in front of the property owned by him or her that such person may file, or cause to be filed, his or her objection or protest thereto on or before the next regular meeting of the board of commissioners after the final publication of said order.

I hereby certify that the foregoing order was duly presented and unanimously passed by the board of commissioners of the city of Fort Worth at a session held September 10, 1907. W. J. ESTES, City Secretary.

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Order of the Board of Commissioner on report of Commissioner of Streets and Public Grounds concerning the Pavement of Adams Street from the north line of Railroad Avenue to the north line of Cannon Avenue and requiring abutting property owners to comply herewith.

improvement in front of their several properties respectively, and that they construct said pavement in accordance with the specifications accompanying said recommendation, and which specifications are recorded on pages 506-7-8-9 of Book R, minutes of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Fort Worth, and that this order, not including said specifications, be published in the official newspaper of the City of Ft.Worth, to wit: The Ft.Worth Star once a day for ten consecutive days in order that persons owning property on said street may have due notice thereof, and in order that if any person owning property on said street be unwilling to pay the cost of constructing said improvement in front of the property owned by him or her, that such person may file, or cause to be filed, his or her objection or protest thereto on or before the next regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners after the final publication of said order.

I hereby certify that the foregoing order was duly presented and unanimously passed by the board of commissioners of the City of Fort Worth at a session held September 10, 1907.

W. J. ESTES, City Secretary.