Charter of the City of Dallas Page: 57
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Board of Com-
mmissioners, to
gar therein, but
any manner in-
,1 liability fixed
id approved by
ners shall have
rements against
lare by resolu-
resaid by publi-
leral circulation
a copy of said
Dallas, Texas,
address of any
such owner, if
l be deposited
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tat the method
shall be merely
mentioned; and
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or such other
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their agent or
cannot be had
my, in writing,
accept service.
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mimed upon by
thereof, to be
mt foot of the
plated shall be
ting upon such
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which may be
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or any clim of
it, or any in-
ence to making
person, firm or
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d to appear in
shall be given
adjourned from
Commissioners,
Ls necessary tothe adjudication of such objections and the ascertainment of special
benefits to such owners by means of such improvements; and shall render
such judgment and order in each case as may be just and proper. Any
objection to the regularity of proceedings with reference to the making
of such improvements as herein provided, or to the validity of any as-
sessment or adjudication of personal liability against such property or the
owners thereof, shall be deemed waived unless presented at the time and
in the manner herein specified. The day set for such hearing shall be not
less than ten days from the date of the first publication of said notice.
(i) When the hearing above mentioned has been concluded, the Board
of Commissioners shall, by ordinance, assess against the several owners of
property and against their property abutting upon the public highway or
highways, or part thereof, ordered to be improved, such proportionate part
of the costs of such improvement as by said Board of Commissioners may
have been adjudged against said respective owners and their property.
Said ordinance shall fix a lien upon such property and declare the respec-
tive owners thereof to be personally liable for the respective amounts to
be assessed; and shall state the time and manner of payment of such
assessments; and said Board of Commissioners may order that the said
assessment shall be payable in installments, and prescribe the amount,
time and manner of payment of such installments, which however, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided, shall not exceed three, and the payment
shall not be deferred beyond three years from the completion of
such improvement, and its acceptance by the city. The said ordinance
shall also prescribe the rate of interest to be charged upon deferred pay-
ments; provided, the same shall not exceed seven per cent per annum;
and may provide for the maturity of all deferred payments and their
collection upon default in the payment of any installment or principal or
interest.
Each property owner, his heirs, assigns or successors, however, shall
have the privilege of discharging the whole amount assessed against him,
or any' installment thereof, at any time before maturity, upon payment
thereof, with accrued interest. Ipon the payment by aly property
owner of his assessment in full, the city shall cause t- be executed by
its Mayor and duly acknowledged for record, a release of the lien of
such assessment. The fact that more than one parcel of lot or land, the
property of one ovner or jointly owned by two or more persons, firms or
corporations, have been assessed together in one assessment, shall not
invalidate the same or the lien thereof, or any claim of personal liability
thereunder. The cost of any such improvement adsessed against any
property or owner thereof, together with all costs and reasonable ex-
pense in collecting the same, including reasonable attorney's fees when in-
curred, shall constitute a personal clim against such property owner, and
shall be secured by a lien on such property superior to all other liens,
claims or titles, except city, county and State taxes, and such persontl
liability and lien may be enforced either by snit in aliy court of competent
jurisdiction, or by sale in the same manner, as far as applicable, as sales
are authorized to be made by the City of Dallas for the non-payment of
taxes; provided, that it shall not be necessary to sell at the same time as
for delinluent ad valorem taxes; and the Board of Commissioners may,
by resolution or ordinance, make such rules and regul t ions, not incon-
sistent with law, as may be deemed necessary to provide for the speedy
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Texas. Legislature. Charter of the City of Dallas, legislative document, 1907; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth610709/m1/63/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.