Charter of the City of Dallas Page: 52
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may be a candidate to succeed himself, and unless he requests other-
wise in writing, the City Secretary shall place his name on the official
ballot without nomination. In any such removal election the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. At such
election if some other person than the incumbent receives the highest
number of votes, the incumbent shall thereupon be deemed removed
from the office upon the qualification of his successor. In case the party
who receives the highest number of votes should fail to qualify within
ten days after receiving notification of election, the office shall be deemed
vacant. If the incumbent receives the highest number of votes he shall
continue in office.
ARTICLE X.
STREET AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.
SECTION 1. The term "Street Improvements" as embraced in this Ar-
ticle, shall include the improvement of any street, avenue, alley, highway,
public place or square, or any portion thereof, within the city, by filling,
grading, raising, macadamizing, re-macadamizing, paving, repairing or other-
wise improving the same, or by construction or reconstruction of sidewalks,
curbs and gutters, or repairing the same; and shall also include the laying
out, opening, narrowing, straightening, or otherwise establishing, defining,
and locating any street, avenue, public alley, square, place or sidewalk; and
said term shall also include any other street improvement of a public
nature and for a public benefit.
(a) The term "Public Highway," wherever used hereafter in this ar-
ticle shall be deemed to include any street, avenue, alley, highway or
public place or square, or any portion thereof, with the C:ty of Dallas,
dedicated to public use.
(b) The Board of Commissioners shall have power to order the im-
provenient of any public highway or highways, or parts thereof, within
the City of Dallas, and shall have power to prescribe the nature and ex-
tent of such improvements.
(c) The Board of Commissioners shall have power to cause sidewalks,
curbs and gutters to be constructed, reconstructed, or repaired, under
and by virtue of the terms of this article and the various subdivisions
thereof, either separately or together with other improvements; provided,
that the cost of constructing, reconstructing or repairing sidewalks shall
be borne entirely by the owners of property abutting upon such side-
walks: and provided that the right of the Board of Commissioners to
order the construction, reconstruction or repair of such sidewalks, eurbs and
gutters, under the terms of this article and the various subdivisions
thereof, shall be exclusive of and in addition to, the powers herein:ifter
in this. charter conferred upon such Board of Conunissioniers to order such
improvements.
(d) Subject to the terms thereof, the cost of improving any public
highway may be paid wholly by the city, or partly by the city and partly
by the owners of property benefitted by such improventent and abutting
upon the public highway, or portion thereof, ordered to be improved; pro-
vided, that when any person, firm or corporation owns any railroad or
street railroad or railroad switch of any kind on such public highway, or
portion thereof, ordered to be improved, su(ch person, firm or corporation
shall pay the whole cost of such improvement between the rails and
tracks and for two feet on each side of the rails of such railroad or
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Texas. Legislature. Charter of the City of Dallas, legislative document, 1907; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth610709/m1/58/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.