Charter of the City of Dallas Page: 56
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each owner. Such statement shall be submitted to the Board of Com-
missioners, and it shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners, to
examine the same and correct any errors which may appear therein, but
no error, omission or mistake in said statement shall in any manner in-
validate any assessment made or lien or claim of personal liability fixed
thereunder. When such statement has been examined and approved by
the Board of Commissioners, if said Board of Commissioners shall have
determined to. assess any part of the costs of said improvements against
such property owners and their property, it shall so declare by resolu-
tion directing notice thereof to be given to the owners aforesaid by publi-
cation for five successive days in a daily newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Dallas, and also by mailing to said owners a copy of said
notice by registered letter deposited in the postollice in Dallas, Texas,
directed to the address of said owner, if known, but if the address of any
owner be not known, then to the agent or attorney of such owner, if
known; provided, that the registered letters aforesaid shall be deposited
in said postoflice not less than ten days prior to the date set for the
hearing hereinafter provided for; and provided further, that the method
herein prescribed for service of notice by registered letter shall be merely
cumulative of the service of notice by publication above mentioned; and
provided, that in all cases where personal service by registered letter shall
not be obtained, said service by publication shall, nevertheless, be deemed
valid and binding. The certificate of the City Secretary, or such other
officer as may be designated by the Board of Commissioners, to the effect
that the address of any such owner or owners, or of their agent or
attorney, is unknown to him, and that personal service cannot be had
iupon them shall be deemed conclusive. Any such owner may, in writing,
waive the issuance of such notice and service thereof, and accept service.
The notice aforesaid shall state the time of the hearing hereinafter pro-
vided for, the general character of the improvements determined upon by
the Beard of Commissioners, the public highway, or part thereof, to be
improved, and the proportionate part and amount per front foot of the
total cost of the proposed improvement which is contemplated shall be
assessed against the property and the owners thereof abutting upon such
highway to be improved. On the day stated in the notice aforesaid, or
any time thereafter before any special assessment is actually levied, any
person, or firm or corporation interested in any property which may be
claimed to be subject to assessment for the purpose of paying the cost of
any improvement, in whole or part, shall be entitled to a full and fair
hearing before said Board of Commissioners as to all matters affecting
said property, or the benefits thereto, of such improvements, or any claim of
liability, or objection to the making of such improvement, or any in-
validity or irreguarity in any of the proceedings with reference to making
said improvement, or any other objections thereto. Such person, firm or
corporation shall file their objections in writing, and thereafter the said
Board of Commissioners shall hear and determine the same, and full
opportunity shall be given to the persons, firms or corporations filing
said objections to preduce evidence, subpoena witnesses and to appear in
person or by attorney, and a full and fair hearing thereof shall he given
by the said Board of Commissioners, which hearing may be adjourned from
time to time without further notice. And the Board of Commissioners,
shall have full power to inqluire into and determine all facts necessary to4 -
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Texas. Legislature. Charter of the City of Dallas, legislative document, 1907; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth610709/m1/62/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.