Council Proceedings: October 16, 1905

Engineer

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FILED OCT 16 1905 Jno T. Montgomery City Sec'y

DEPUTIES: R. G. LITTLEJOHN W. B. MARTEL

OFFICE OF W. J. GILVIN City Assessor and Collector

Fort Worth, Texas Sept 29 1905

To the Hon Mayor & Members of the City Council, Ft Worth Texas

Gentlemen:-

Your petitioner hereby represents, that on the 19th of Jan, 1899_ Lot 12 Block 10 JenWest Addition to Ft Worth was the property of the "Wells Mission", a church organization, and was not subject to taxation, but through some error of the City Tax Assessor the same was returned on the "unrendered" roll for that year and still stands assessed on the Assessor books.

I therefore request that your Honorable Body instruct the City Assessor and Collector to cancel the same on paid tax rolls without cost

Respectfully David L. Evans

Petition

We your Finance committee to whom was refered the within petition beg to report that said the property refered to was purchased after The first day of January that we have no power to rebate the Taxes

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JF Henderson EP Maddox

FILED OCT 16 1905 Jno T. Montgomery City Sec'y

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Filed Sept 29/05 Jno T. Montgomery City Secty

To the said Council of the City of Fort Worth:

Your petitioners, tax payers in the city of Fort Worth, respectfully represent:

That Central Addition in said city is now thickly settled, and the property is valuable, and the taxes on the same have greatly increased, and are still increasing in amount, because of the increase of the value of property. That North School street is the only street leading into said Addition. That the land next the river is much higher than that back from the river, and because of that fact during wet weather the water stands in said street so as to make it impassable.

Wherefore petitioners pray that your Honorable Body have said street graded and graveled, and they are willing to contribute a reasonable amount toward the grading and graveling of said street, and they pray especially that said street be graded, and that the said land be ditched so as to allow the water to escape from the said street, before the fall rains set it, and petitioners will ever pray.

W.S. Essex W.E. Harkins J.S. Whitworth EW Standley R.C. Kilpatrick C Payton DS Duff Prince Pope HH Breton WE Ball

DDP Bomar OPCoffin John B Walker Austin P Harrington RG Robinson JH B Graham

Y Burnett WL Little SAm Parker Tell Pickett WH Marshall SD Hartman A T Sumewell WT Gibborn SL Marshall RD Turpern J Ben o Hinsey