Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of Texas, during the latter part of the Tyler term, 1874, and the first part of the Galveston term, 1875. Volume 42. Page: 616
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616 ROUNDTREE V. THE CITY OF GALVESTON. [Term of
Statement of the case.
"each lot, or fractional lot, lying and being on each side of
"the street, avenue, or alley, so to be improved as aforesaid,
"one-third of the estimated expense for such work or improve"'ment
on such avenue, street or alley, fronting, adjoining or
"opposite such lot or fractional lot, and on the acceptance and
"approval of said report and list by the City Council, said
"amounts shall be imposed, levied, and assessed as taxes, and
"shall be a lien upon the property until the payment of the
" same.
C ARTICLE III.
"Section 1. That after such action on the part of the City
"Council, as above provided for, such officer or committee
"shall give notice, as required by ordinance, of said tax being
"due, and within what time payable, and shall commence forth"with
to collect the same. That after the expiration of the
"period for the payment of the tax, said officer or committee
" shall levy on so much property on said list on which said tax
'has not been paid, as will be sufficient to pay the same, and
'' the same notice of sale as is required in sales for other taxes
" shall be given; and if the tax is not paid before the day of
" sale, said officer, or committee, shall sell said property in the
"manner, and under the circumstances, and to the same ex"tent,
and subject to the same conditions which are, or may
"be provided by ordinance for the sale of real estate in the
"city of Galveston, charged with the payment of taxes imposed
" by said Corporation; and said officer or committee shall execute
a deed to the purchaser, at any such sale, and all the pro'visions
of this Act, in reference to a deed drawn by the
' collector for taxes, shall apply to the deed provided for in
'this section.
' ARTICLE IV.
"'Section 1. That in addition to the power and authority
"granted to the City Council to collect said assessments of
' taxes, as aforesaid, they shall have the further and additional
" remedy of instituting suit in the corporate name in any court
"having jurisdiction, for the recovery against any owner of
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Texas. Supreme Court. Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of Texas, during the latter part of the Tyler term, 1874, and the first part of the Galveston term, 1875. Volume 42., book, 1881; St. Louis, Mo.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28531/m1/624/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .